I'm so flipped, I missed a "Trace" episode

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ghostjmf · #1 Post by **ghostjmf** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 5:49 pm

which aired on 1/17/07. It wasn't advertised to air that date, either by CBS ahead of time, nor by tv.com ahead of time. But apparently they switched it so that the last new ER to air this year wouldn't be without competition. So now I have to wait for the reruns. Of which it looks like there will be plenty!

I also missed a new SVU which aired 1/8/08, NH primary night. Around here, they showed the primary results. In Providence, far enough away, apparently, they showed SVU, but the station is no longer broadcasting strongly enough for me to pick it up except intermittantly. Either that, or there's a really strong something producing TV interference in my neighborhood; all the local stations have been fuzzy, on & off, lately.

My sister taped that for me, but if she can't locate it next visit, in the spring, its "closely watched reruns" time for this show also.

The interesting thing (to me, anyway) is: The networks expect that you will be watching them like a hawk for news of your favorite shows being moved around, aired on wrong nights, etc etc. However, if they have little or no new fare on, why on earth would I be watching them at all? I do check their rarely-updated websites regularly, lot of good it did me in this case, but my other CBS shows in the week leading up 1/17/08 were, I think, all in reruns. They even chose not to air an advertised-to-be-new "Shark" one week when a sports event, not unexpectedly, ran overtime. (That one is currently scheduled to air this weekend, but you never know.)

VAdame · #2 Post by **VAdame** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 8:38 pm

I didn't see that one; I watched it last night for the first time in ages. It was Res Ipsa -- TV reporter disappears after learning that her presumed-dead son may be alive in a Guatemalan prison. Dealt with torture, etc.....some pretty hideous stuff was shown.

But the son's friend from Guatemala, the one who tells the Mom he's alive -- it was Wilson Jermaine Heredia -- Angel Dumott Shunard from Rent! Unfortunately Leah wasn't home from work yet to watch it -- she's a bit of a Rent-Head.

MarkBarrett · #3 Post by **MarkBarrett** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 10:22 pm

fanfast.com
hulu.com
joost.com
veoh.com
meevee.com
myspace.com/primetime

Has anyone used any of these places for missed TV shows? The USA Today had an article about these sites earlier this week, but I've been lucky/skillful enough with my recorders and schedule checking not to need their services.

Ritterskoop · #4 Post by **Ritterskoop** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 2:25 am

VAdame wrote:I didn't see that one; I watched it last night for the first time in ages. It was Res Ipsa -- TV reporter disappears after learning that her presumed-dead son may be alive in a Guatemalan prison. Dealt with torture, etc.....some pretty hideous stuff was shown.

But the son's friend from Guatemala, the one who tells the Mom he's alive -- it was Wilson Jermaine Heredia -- Angel Dumott Shunard from Rent! Unfortunately Leah wasn't home from work yet to watch it -- she's a bit of a Rent-Head.

Heredia is terrific in Rent. I'll try to watch this episode now I know he's on it.

VAdame · #5 Post by **VAdame** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 7:54 am

Ritterskoop wrote:
VAdame wrote:I didn't see that one; I watched it last night for the first time in ages. It was Res Ipsa -- TV reporter disappears after learning that her presumed-dead son may be alive in a Guatemalan prison. Dealt with torture, etc.....some pretty hideous stuff was shown.

But the son's friend from Guatemala, the one who tells the Mom he's alive -- it was Wilson Jermaine Heredia -- Angel Dumott Shunard from Rent! Unfortunately Leah wasn't home from work yet to watch it -- she's a bit of a Rent-Head.
Heredia is terrific in Rent. I'll try to watch this episode now I know he's on it.

I told Leah last night -- she said oh yeah, she'd seen it before.

Did you ever see Law & Order SVU's episode "Nocturne?" He's the young piano prodigy in that one.

Ritterskoop · #6 Post by **Ritterskoop** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 2:15 pm

VAdame wrote:
Did you ever see Law & Order SVU's episode "Nocturne?" He's the young piano prodigy in that one.

I'll be on the lookout, thanks.