Comment by drewg123 | Hacker News Reader

Comment by drewg123 | Hacker News Reader

One of the reasons traditional TV is in trouble is because it is a pain in the neck to deal with. The episode-at-a-time schedule is frustrating, now that I'm used to binging on Netflix. To get around this, I tend to watch network TV shows only at the end of the season, so I can save up an entire season and binge watch the show (I have a PVR and an antenna). However, you often find that some or all of your season is missing because the networks can't keep to a schedule.

Just last night, Golf on NBC pushed their primetime schedule back by 10 minutes, causing me to loose the last 10 minutes of the series finale of something that I was binge watching. This is ... disappointing.

Similarly, a previous episode of the same show was been 100% interrupted by overzealous local news/weather folks covering phantom "severe weather" which was basically some high wind and lighting.

Except for sports, I'm now planning to just ignore linear TV, and wait for the shows to appear on streaming services, which actually deliver the content..

The idea of "channels" seems so archaic now. Why should extended news coverage push back the schedule?

News going long? Spawn a temporary, new channel and the coverage can continue there for those interested while the scheduled content continues on the main channel.

I know why things are the way they are, but we have computers now: we can do anything.

> we have computers now: we can do anything.

That's the title of my upcoming self-help book for millennials dealing with their aging baby-boomer parents' technology issues.

Will there be a chapter called, "Can't you just...?"

Brilliant. This phrase is so loaded with passive-aggression and condescension.

>One of the reasons traditional streaming is in trouble is because it's a pain in the neck to deal with. The upload at a time schedule is frustrating, I have to wait for my favorite YouTuber to upload something.

I don't see the difference here. If you need instant gratification, you will have trouble with episodic content no matter what the medium.

This strikes me as a strawman, at best.

After all, Netflix, Hulu and Amazon posts entire seasons at a time for (some) new shows. Perhaps more importantly, they do so for older shows and for movies.

Even waiting for a YouTuber upload isn't the same as waiting for an exclusive time-slot on a channel, which cannot actually be relied on.

Eh. Binging's not so great. Especially with serialized shows that reward discussion and measured consumption like Westworld, I much prefer traditional week at a time discussion. If you really prefer binging, you can always just stick your fingers in your ears until the season has been fully released and watch it then.

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