VCR Alert: Worlds TV Schedule

[leon]

2004 World Championships Figure Skating Broadcast Schedule:
(ALL TIMES ARE U.S. EASTERN STANDARD)
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Saturday April 3, 2004
• Exhibition: 4 - 6:00pm ABC
• Original Dance and Ladies Short (Repeat): 7 - 9:00pm ESPN
• Men's Free and Pairs Free (Repeat): 9 - 11:00pm ESPN
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Sunday April 4, 2004
• Ladies Free and Free Dance (Repeat): 9:00 - 11:00pm - ESPN
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Saturday April 10, 2004
Exhibition (Repeat): 4:30 - 6:30pm ESPN
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(Dates, times and locations are subject to change. Please check your local listings as the air times are listed only for eastern time zone)

see also USFSA Schedule (http://www.usfsa.org/Event_TV_Schedule.asp) and ESPN (http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tvlistings/index)

[bbtano]

I've looked in several diffierent places the past few days to make sure I had the time right and the Exhibition was always listed 4-6 Eastern, so imagine my surprise when I turned on the TV about an hour early (so I thought) and saw my favorite skater, Joubert, taking his bows. :cry: WAHHH!

I need a copy of the Exhibitions if anyone out there caught the change in the schedule and would be willing to copy it for me. Please email me at bbtano@mindspring.com with a price.

Thanks!

[Debbie S]

bbtano, the exhibitions will be repeated next Saturday at 4:30-6:30 on either ESPN or ESPN2 (can't remember offhand). I will have to watch those, b/c my local ABC station today is showing a lacrosse game instead of the skating.

The cable broadcast next week follows golf, and the listing contains the standard disclaimer of "time approximate". I sure hope those golfers play quickly. How much time does it take to whack a ball anyway? :lol:

[Julie K]

Umm, you posted the wrong time for today. The Exhibition is on from 2-4 Eastern...I hope no one ELSE was mislead by your post.

IMO, it's no one's business but my own to verify schedules. Even if it's listed locally, online, and in TV Guide as the same thing, my local affiliates tend to shuffle things around, and no one's perfect. Mistakes are made, and this is not the ONLY place online (or in print) I've seen the wrong information.

I hope that Leon and other people who post online schedules doesn't get their feelings hurt for trying to provide others with as accurate information as they have. I'm grateful for them, as it's more of a pain to sift through a regular TV guide for skating info (though I do occasionally do that, too).

[leon]

Sorry I missed the exhibition. Spent all day volunteering at Univ of DE Division IV Championships and of course my VCR was set wrong. I used the times at the USFSAsite (http://www.usfsa.org/Event_TV_Schedule.asp)
I gave the links I used and repeated the disclaimer to check local listings. Sorry if my post caused someone to miss the exhibition who would have otherwise caught it. Lets try again next week.

We also might encourage ABC and ESPN to give us better notice and more reliable schedules. Is it any wonder ratings are down?

leon

[Arsenette]

Actually.... I cross reference everything with TVGuide online and as of Thursday night.. it WAS 4 PM.. I had not been online or even bothered glancing at tv until SUNDAY night to find out I taped SOCCER :frus: