It's a matter of scheduling

It's getting to be that time again. Fall television is ready to start, and I just learned something I found interesting. I was perusing my Facebook News Feed on Friday and I noticed my local NBC affiliate was advertising a new local show slotted for 9pm on Monday nights. In my head I was thinking, "That's odd. Monday @ 9pm is a high roller prime time slot. Why would NBC leave that open for local affiliates to fill, and why would my local affiliate fill it with all things, a pseudo talk show about the people and places of our state. I mean did Jay's prime time show not teach them anything?"

So I did a little digging and found this gem. KSL, the local NBC affiliate here in SLC, is refusing to air NBC's new Monday night show The Playboy Club. And for those of you who have spent a good portion of your life in Utah, you will know that this isn't the first time KSL has done this. Back when KSL was a CBS affiliate they chose to stop airing Picket Fences in prime time, but found a "late night" slot for the show to air in.

But before I write more about content, lets talk go back to the time slot for a minute. This new local show is competing against Castle (my Monday night choice) and Hawaii Five-0 (a good runner up). So your telling me that of all the content NBC Universal has the rights to, KSL couldn't use any of it. They couldn't even get their hands on re-runs of an older popular show, or something that was canceled but still had un-aired episodes? It was almost like they said, "We know were screwed in this time slot, so lets just give up."

Now back to content. There are a certain set of standards that KSL has, and this particular show flies directly in the face of those standards. But...I had to have a but right...nobody likes being told they can't do something even if it is just watching a show. My thought is this, KSL made a commitment to NBC when they became an affiliate. They should suck it up and air the show. One of two things will happen. Either the dismal ratings will help get the show get canceled, and show NBC this kind of program isn't what their viewership wants, or it will go off the hook and show KSL they are mis-reading their market.

Personally, NBC doesn't really do it for me. I can count one, maybe two shows that I watch on occasion, but they don't really have anything I am in love with or dedicated to. I can say this though, I want to see The Playboy Club now, just to know if it is really as bad as KSL is making it out to be.