CBC "Heidi's" The Canadian Football League
Monday, August 20, 2007
Obviously it's not on the same level as the time NBC cut away from a Jets-Raiders game in 1968, but this was pretty bad in its own right....
Football fans and CBC staffers were furious on Saturday night over the network cutting short its Canadian Football League telecast to air a movie. Yesterday, Scott Moore, the head of CBC Sports, met with CFL commissioner Mark Cohon to assure him the mistake would not happen again.So what was the movie you ask? Could it possibly be worse than Heidi??? Oh it can, and it was...
"He understood the problem and understood these things don't happen very often," Moore said. "When you're hit with a unique situation, sometimes decisions are made that you regret."
Given that CFL fans felt ripped off, the movie, starring Nick Nolte, was appropriately titled The Good Thief.Nick Nolte?!?!?! Nice. I bet if it was Blue Chips no one would have even cared.
CBC fumbles coverage of Roughriders game (Globe and Mail)
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In addition to that, they aired the final hour of the game at a midnight slot.
NBC cut out of a game, between the New York Jets and the Oakland Raiders, to show the movie "Heidi" in it's entirety. Not the Super Bowl.
Nick Nolte is still the president of the Hilarious Mugshot Hall of Fame.
Aaaah...who cares. It's just Canada, right?
I heard a rumor that, just to mess with them, a bunch of Americans are going to buy all of the CFL clubs and relocate them to Arizona, Texas, and Florida...just like the NHL!
Neon Badeau, eh?
Aaaah...who cares. It's just Canada, right?
I heard a rumor that, just to mess with them, a bunch of Americans are going to buy all of the CFL clubs and relocate them to Arizona, Texas, and Florida...just like the NHL!
Don't be an ass. I was legitimately pissed, but not surprised, that our GOVERNMENT-run TV network did not return to the game.
Sorry aboot the game, hoser.
Viva Canadaland!
J.R, don't complain. You get NFL and CFL games through the roof. Plus, there is no regional coverage crap for the CFL.
I still love the opening scene of Blue Chips.
Anyway, CFL (usually shown on Comcast Philly the day after the actual game, anyway) was somehow replaced by a competitive fishing show this past weekend. Total bullshit.
Why can't I get reliable Aussie Rules and CFL coverage? How much fishing, poker, and Magic Bullet informercials am I supposed to watch?
They still had it online. Plus the Roughriders won anyway. They didn't miss a dramatic ending.