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Title: Snow days are always good days
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on November 18, 2019, 10:36:54 PM
Snow days are always good days (http://starbeacon.com/news/local_news/snow-days-are-always-good-days/article_f54e9688-bfae-5852-a9f8-77d3183f0bc1.html)

References the joy of watching DS as a kid on a snow day...

I have to say that in '68-'69 when DS was moved to 8:30am and 2:30pm in my area, I was thrilled when there was a snow day and I got to see DS!
Title: Re: Snow days are always good days
Post by: Patti Feinberg on November 19, 2019, 02:31:07 AM
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when DS was moved to 8:30am and 2:30pm in my area,

8:30??
And, 2:30?

Were there 2 eps per day? Or same ep, shown 2x/day?

Patti
Title: Re: Snow days are always good days
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on November 19, 2019, 02:43:57 AM
The 8:30am show was a day behind. And the 2:30pm show was a week behind. And that separation was good because I not only got to see two completely different shows, I got to see where the storyline was going...
Title: Re: Snow days are always good days
Post by: Gerard on November 19, 2019, 11:29:29 AM
For its first season, our local ABC affiliate aired DS at 11:30 a.m., showing the episode from the previous day.  I went home for lunch in elementary school so I got to watch it.  Then the affiliate switched it to 3:00 p.m. CST on the day it was aired.  I got home from school just in time.

Gerard
Title: Re: Snow days are always good days
Post by: Brandon Collins on November 20, 2019, 06:35:47 PM
Quote from: Mysterious Benefactor on November 19, 2019, 02:43:57 AM
The 8:30am show was a day behind. And the 2:30pm show was a week behind. And that separation was good because I not only got to see two completely different shows, I got to see where the storyline was going...

This is a strange way of programming a television show. Though I suppose if you could only catch one time and not the other, you at least had some flexibility in the pre-VCR days.