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I tried for tickets and was shut out, even using the pre-sale. Not paying those prices, especially given the fact that it will be on TV live.

 

At first I figured this thread was just about the calendar quirk of the date.

But, having just watched a commercial for the concert, I figured out what it was about.

So...

Is this thing really only going to air on the Cooking Channel? The fucking Cooking Channel? I don't get the Cooking Channel.

If this is a fundraiser, why aren't they giving it away to any cable network that wants to air it?

Either way, they should have come up with a better cable partner than the Cooking Channel.

 

You may have just seen a partial listing, YF. I think it's on every channel. And in movie theaters. And streaming.

Here's the list from the site:


AMC
AXS TV
BIO
Bloomberg
CBS
Cooking Channel
Destination America
Discovery Fit & Health
Encore
EPIX
FX Movie Channel
Fuse



G4
Hallmark Movie Channel
HBO
HBO Latino
IFC
ION Television
Lifetime Real Women
Live Well Network
Military History
MSG
MSG Plus
mundoFox

NJTV
Ovation
Palladia
SHOWTIME
Smithsonian Channel
Sundance Channel
Thirteen
VH1 Classic
WEtv
WLIW.

INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION CHANNELS

A+E International
AXN
Belgacom
CyfrowyPolsat
Direct TV Brazil
Direct TV Latin America
Direct TV Pan Americana
Fox International Channels’ worldwide networks
GlobosatMultishow



HBO (Latin America)
ITI Neovision
MGM Latino
Movie Networks Australia
37 MTV Channels
Numericable
RTL
SGT JAMBOX
Sony Entertainment Television

SPIN
Sundance Channel Asia
Sundance Channel Europe
Telehit-Televisa
Telenet
VH1 Brasil
WE tv Asia
YES Drama

 

Also:

STREAMING WEBSITES

AOL
Clear Channel Media and Entertainment
Clear Channel Outdoor
Crackle
Fuse
Hulu
iHeartRadio
MTV Networks
Vevo
Yahoo
YouTube
People.com
Time.com
InStyle.com
EW.com

 

OK, thanks.

I had HGTV on (don't judge me) and they ran an ad for the concert on the Cooking Channel, and from the ad, it looked like it was only airing there.

 

FYI, there is not a decent hotel room in NY on this date for under $500. Must be a lot of entourages making the trip.

 

There usually isn't in December, anyway. Too many of us from the hinterlands want to visit so our daughters can see The Nutcracker at Lincoln Center.

 

And lo, a shepherd said unto them, get thee below 14th street, or surpassing far uptown. Also, Brooklyn is nice.

 

12-12-12, THE SANDY CONCERT

we all know by now the channels airing it and who's on the bill. so, who opens the show and who closes it? take your best shot.

mine: springsteen and estreet band open. for several reasons, starting with they reprsent the folks most affected by the hurricane along the jersey shore. maybe billy joel bats second on behalf of long island's victims. i've grappled with this since the concert was announced, 'cause the boss on the bill in ny/nj translates into an impatient, rude crowd demanding 'BROOOCE!' from the get-go. it was a huge problem back in the day for 'no nukes,' which is why he hasn't done all-star gang bangs since in the states. so i'm figuring it opens with bruce to try to satisfy folks. maybe let him start with a 30-minute set of his greatest crowd pleasers. and let him appease the crowd by promising to be back later if everyone behaves themselves the rest of the night.

and mccartney will close the show because he's effin' sir paul mccartney and that's how beatles roll. as sepinwall likes to say, 'what does everybody else think?'