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Not very funny: TBS difficulties preventing ALCS broadcast
sports.yahoo.com - 10/19/2008
Not very funny: TBS difficulties preventing ALCS broadcast
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Sports fans will generally allow networks to get away with any number of things. Among them: Strange start times, egotastic announcers and commercials that never seem to end . But the one thing fans cannot — and should not — is forgive a broadcast that doesn't start on time because ...
5 Reasons Why TBS Really Blew It on Game 6 of the ALCS
bizofbaseball.com - 10/20/2008
5 Reasons Why TBS Really Blew It on Game 6 of the ALCS
— bizofbaseball.com — If you think TBS screwed up getting Game 6 of the ALCS on the air, here's 5... reasons on why it was worse than it should have been. (more) 5 Reasons Why TBS Really Blew It on Game 6 of the ALCS

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TBS Experiences Technical Difficulties Getting ALCS Game 6 on the Air
bizofbaseball.com - 10/19/2008
TBS Experiences Technical Difficulties Getting ALCS Game 6 on the Air
— bizofbaseball.com — UPDATE : The game finally got on the air at 8:28pm ET with the Rays up 1-0.... For those that are tuning into TBS to catch Game 6 of the ALCS, you may be asking why you’re seeing Dick Clark’s Bloopers or The Steve Harvey Show , it appears TBS is having technical difficulties . As of 8:15 pm ... (more) TBS Experiences Technical Difficulties Getting ALCS Game ...

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Top 10 'difficulties' TBS had with start of ALCS broadcast
sports.yahoo.com - 10/19/2008
Top 10 'difficulties' TBS had with start of ALCS broadcast
— sports.yahoo.com — 10. It was a very specia l "Steve Harvey Show." 9. Tropicana Field forgot to pay cable... bill. 8. Aunt Bea from "Andy Griffith" takes up way too much bandwith. 7. Aging Ted Turner messing around in TV truck unnecessarily trying to ... (more) Top 10 'difficulties' TBS had with start of ALCS broadcast

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Spike TV and "Live" Television
Bloody Elbow — ... It wasn't nearly as bad as the TBS/Steve Harvey Show gaffe for Game 6 of the MLB playoffs.  Still, Spike TV plugged tonight's UFC 89 as "live" from Birmingham, England.  There's only one problem...it wasn't. ...

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