It’s official! ABC’s re-run schedulers hate us
Talk about mistakes being made!
According to an ABC press release, the re-run scheduled for August 26 is not Episode 19, “Bad News,” which would follow sequentially from next Sunday’s showing of “Game Night”; or Episode 20, “Grapes of Wrath,” the food-fight fiesta that would logically come next if the network continued its habit of leapfrogging over the grimmer episodes; but (drum roll please) “Mistakes Were Made Part 2,” the ninth episode of the series, which we have already viewed, let’s see, one, two, three times before, in November, March, and most recently July 8.
May I just say, ABC, WTF?
Why would they possibly be going back in time to air an episode that’s had so many previous showings? Are they trying to discourage newcomers from catching up with the storyline? Do they find the aftermath of the Rebecca/Joe kiss too upsetting to revisit? Do they have some kind of contract with Tom Skerritt that requires his episodes to receive a certain number of airings? Or is this (please, please, please) a massive typo that will be rectified in a future press release?
I love that first Walker road trip as much as anybody, but come on!
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August 14th, 2007 at 8:09 am
My thinking is that they are multiple repeating certain episodes and trying not too repeat some of the episodes in order to get people to buy the season DVDs when released.
August 15th, 2007 at 5:15 pm
Hi Terri, ABC Media just issued a press release. It turns out they’re airing MWM Part 2 as part of a campaign to promote ABC’s Emmy-nominated series. (ABC must feel this episode is one of the series’ strongest, with which I would most certainly agree.)
Also, the press release notes that a “sneak peek” of the upcoming season will air during the 8/26 repeat, so be sure to tune in.