2010 Indy 500

We're starting our engines and there's no thread on this yet?? (or am I missing it?)

I just want to know: If Jim Nabors ever dies, who is going to sing the song?

 

21: Mellencamp.

And please, a win for TK or Marco Andretti today.

 

Figures--21 is already into the wall.

 

Jesus ... nice driving, Hamilton.

 

WTVD in Raleigh cut into the race coverage to cover a murder-suicide. WTF?

EDIT: Oh, and the incident happened 2 and a half hours ago.

 

Ganassi and DeFerran Dragon are probably going to be looking for new pit crew members tonight.

 

Why wouldn't they cut in? The murder happened in a public location (Target) where shoppers witnessed the whole thing. And the store is now shut down. Of course WTVD is going to break in with that story. They would be stupid not to.

 

Because it's a) old already, b) there's no threat to the public if the gunmen offed himself, which they knew by the time they cut in, and c) no one watching the race is going to be heading off to the SuperTarget in the middle of it. Breaking in is not understanding the audience watching the race. They could easily insert a scroll and direct people to one of their sub channels instead of interrupting race coverage.

 

It wasn't the last lap of the race. It was a significant news story. The store was shut down. The station completely gets the race audience because it clearly understands that not too many households are watching it. The ratings suck. I guarantee you that very few viewers are calling WTVD to complain about a brief interruption.

Edit: Sorry for the threadjack

 

Try cutting into a NASCAR race in this region. Not kidding.

Dunno why TVD would deem this worth interrupting network programming. But since TVD is an ABC O&O, there will be no word from the powers-to-be.

 

Oh, I get NASCAR. I live in a similar market. The affiliate I worked at would never have cut into a race.

 

As irrelevant as the 500 has become, the ratings likely spiked with the break-in.