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smokey982
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I know I'm a few days late posting on this subject. But can someone tell me why the ACC semi-finals games last Saturday(3-15) were blacked out in my area on ESPN? I live in East Tennessee, SEC country, and I was not able to watch the North Carolina game or the Clemson/Duke game.

I know in times past, that if the game was also shown on my local Fox Sports channel, that it would be blacked out on ESPN. But I scanned the entire guide and also checked all of the ESPN alternate channels. There was nothing. It was also blacked out for my friends and family that have DirecTV, but my local cable company (Charter) carried both games. Does anyone know why??
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bhenge
I am not sure about your area, but here in NC it is blacked out because Raycom Sports has exclusive broadcast rights for the ACC in our area. Prior to this year, it used to really tick me off because Raycom broadcast only in SD while ESPN and ESPN2 broadcast the same games in HD. Fortunately for the most part, Raycom had HD broadcasts this season.
Dah-Henny
Boy, I really miss the old BUD C/Ku this time of year. You could watch any March Madness game from CBS that you wanted.

The whole "blackout" scenario really bites. :(
G
I had read an article that ncaa website and cbs website were offering streaming online free for all the games if you get stuck.
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I know I'm a few days late posting on this subject. But can someone tell me why the ACC semi-finals games last Saturday(3-15) were blacked out in my area on ESPN? I live in East Tennessee, SEC country, and I was not able to watch the North Carolina game or the Clemson/Duke game.

I know in times past, that if the game was also shown on my local Fox Sports channel, that it would be blacked out on ESPN. But I scanned the entire guide and also checked all of the ESPN alternate channels. There was nothing. It was also blacked out for my friends and family that have DirecTV, but my local cable company (Charter) carried both games. Does anyone know why??

Trust me.. blacked out is usually higher quality than the Raycom broadcasts :) How are you getting this "upgrade" for free??? :)

(Raycom appears to have barely, but finally, discovered HD this year (for a very few games)
bowens
I was expecting ESPN to be blacked out for me during the tourney since it was on a local channel here (horrible PQ) but it was not so I watched in glorious high definition. I think they just screwed up. Some people were blacked out when they shouldn't be and some like me got to watch when it should have been blacked out.
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dishstaller
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Don't know if any of you have watched this series yet, it would be interesting to see if you feel this review was accurate. It was very humorous to listen to however.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tsDO3y8I2c
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KAB
KAB
What a "pile of slop" review! I liked the show.
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What a "pile of slop" review! I liked the show.
If the review is like the article, oi! Eighteen paragraphs into the review and... all they've done is not really talk at all about the actual thing they are reviewing.

Halfway into the "written" review, I know more about how the writer "thinks" than I do about what they are writing about. I understand their politics, their self-overestimated understanding of film, their inability to be funny.

Takes about 22 paragraphs to get to one that starts "Anyway, the story kicks off...". Talk about Slop! 😂
K
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Season 2 order already in hand:

'Star Trek: Starfleet Academy' Renewed for Season 2, Tatiana Maslany to Guest Star in Season 1

I've not been optimistic about this show based on what I've read so far. Seems to be aimed at a younger audience. Interesting though that Tatiana Maslany will have some sort of role.
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K
I'm sure I will watch at least the first episode but I am not optimistic.
Here i am over a year later and just finished season 1. Not great but not as bad as I was expecting. Did not care for the barefoot captain stuff but overall ok. Actually looking forward to see what they did for season 2.
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MikeD-C05
Here i am over a year later and just finished season 1. Not great but not as bad as I was expecting. Did not care for the barefoot captain stuff but overall ok. Actually looking forward to see what they did for season 2.
Yeah, the foot stuff was just nasty. I kept thinking of how dirty her feet would get traipsing around shoe-less. Funny, I love being shoe less at home and never wear shoes indoors in my home for long, but seeing her laying on all her furniture with her bare feet hanging out just kind of grossed me out.
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harshness
I kept thinking of how dirty her feet would get traipsing around shoe-less.
Where would this "dirt" come from? Dead skin and dandruff?
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MikeD-C05
Where would this "dirt" come from? Dead skin and dandruff?
There would still be dirt ,dust in the future I am sure. So walking around the station like she did she would get stuff on her feet. I am sure the robot vacuum is still going to miss stuff, with all those different alien species running around there.
harshness
There would still be dirt ,dust in the future I am sure.
Where is it going to come from -- specifically?

Why do you think cleaning technology won't improve in the next few hundred years? HEPA filtration was invented as part of the Manhattan Project.
MikeD-C05
Where is it going to come from -- specifically?

Why do you think cleaning technology won't improve in the next few hundred years? HEPA filtration was invented as part of the Manhattan Project.
I don't know, but I still don't like her walking through the station or the academy with out her shoes. It looks unprofessional and very "hippy like" for someone of her status and I personally don't get off to feet, so there is that. ;)
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osu1991
I don't know, but I still don't like her walking through the station or the academy with out her shoes. It looks unprofessional and very "hippy like" for someone of her status and I personally don't get off to feet, so there is that. ;)
Stay out of my office. I rarely have shoes or socks on in the office. My office and business is at home though :clapping
MikeD-C05
Stay out of my office. I rarely have shoes or socks on in the office. My office and business is at home though :clapping
Say, I don't wear socks or shoes in my house either. But for a captain in Star Fleet it looks bad to be walking around the academy with no shoes. Gives off 1960 Hippie vibes.
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Jimbo
Gives off 1960 Hippie vibes.
You say that like it's a Bad thing or something ... :biggrin
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long_time_Dish
Well, look at the way she sat in the Captain's Chair. I didn't say the show should have been called "Captain Chair-Whore" for nothing...
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primestar31
Say, I don't wear socks or shoes in my house either. But for a captain in Star Fleet it looks bad to be walking around the academy with no shoes. Gives off 1960 Hippie vibes.
star trek GIF by HULU


Just sayin...
MikeD-C05
You say that like it's a Bad thing or something ... :biggrin
For a whole generation of adults it was in the 1960s and 1970s.

All In The Family Nostalgia GIF by Sony Pictures Television
All In The Family Singing GIF by Sony Pictures Television
harshness
Females wearing any clothing is unthinkable on Ferenginar.
long_time_Dish
Females wearing any clothing is unthinkable on Ferenginar.
Was never a huge of the Ferengi-centric episodes in Trek...
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Sometimes a thread gets so many posts in it that is can cause issues for the server so that why today we introduce The Song Name Game Part 3!

So let the game continue!

The last song was added by Bobby who posted...

One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters

CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!

Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game

Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.

Example:

Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow

Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio

Another example:

Ride the Lightning -- Metallica

Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne


Get it?


An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
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Gondoliers, Shakespeares, Overseers, Playboys and Bums - Norman Greenbaum
Bobby
I Wish I Was Eighteen Again - George Burns
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I Wish - Stevie Wonder
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Lonesome Road -- The Wonder Who?
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Lonesome Loser - Little River Band