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Bandit

Thursday, March 06, 2003 - 09:01 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I just heard that George Dubya is going to speaking tonight. Does that mean Survivor isn't on? Has anyone else heard anything?

Hermione69

Thursday, March 06, 2003 - 09:06 am EditMoveDeleteIP
From CNN.com


Bush to hold news conference

Thursday, March 6, 2003 Posted: 10:25 AM EST (1525 GMT)

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Bush will hold a news conference Thursday night to talk about Iraq and the ongoing war on terrorism, according to White House spokesman Ari Fleischer.

Bush will not use the occasion to announce a war against Iraq, Fleischer said, adding that the president still has not decided whether the United States will go to war.

The news conference is scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. EST.

Bandit

Thursday, March 06, 2003 - 09:14 am EditMoveDeleteIP
RATS!!! Right when Survivor is starting for us Central Time Zone people. GRRR!!! Those lucky West Coasters!

P.S. Thanks, Hermione!

Hermione69

Thursday, March 06, 2003 - 09:19 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I know, I'm East Coast and very disappointed. Although it doesn't say, I can't imagine that the major networks's won't carry Bush's speech. I also dont know if they will show Survivor later or if it will be preempted altogether. I checked TVGuide, but it didn't say. It is probably a local station decision anyway as to how to handle that, right?

Gina8642

Thursday, March 06, 2003 - 09:34 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Last week I lost sound for the last 15 minutes of the show. This week I might miss the first ??15-45??minutes of the show??

Is someone trying to tell me something!!??!!??

The president seems to like to choose 'must see TV' night to make statements. Very annoying!

He already knows exactly what he plans to do, he could announce it anytime he wants. He wants to interupt Survivor/Friends.

UGH!!!

Djgirl5235

Thursday, March 06, 2003 - 09:34 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Last year when Survivor: Africa began, it was exactly October 11th, 2001. Bush had a conference that night in regards to it being one month since the attacks, and the entire show was preempted, and it was the premiere night. I would imagine that we may have to wait until tonight to find out what happens...

Webkitty

Thursday, March 06, 2003 - 09:39 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Oh, this is JUST great!
Why can't eveyone just get along? Maybe if every home in the world had a tv, and got Survivor, this world wouldn't be such a mess. Why does there have to be weapons, and discord in the world? Why can't eveyone have the same benifits in life, Earth is a beautiful place! Or it could be, and should be. (that's my big political speech)
<going off to pout>

(mad at ALL the leaders of the world right now, get it together guys!)

Bandit

Thursday, March 06, 2003 - 09:43 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Maybe we'll be lucky that he won't speak for very long (he usually doesn't) and they might join it in progress. Or maybe, they will just start it afterwards. Survivor is one of CBS's cash cow, they wouldn't want to pre-empt it would they???

UGHHHH!!!!!!

Gina8642

Thursday, March 06, 2003 - 09:54 am EditMoveDeleteIP
If there is an emergency - he can pre-empt whatever he likes, I have zero problem with that. I just hope CBS will run the show another time.

In this case I feel he choose Thursday night because he knows lots of people are watching. I'm sure what ever he's going to say could have been said on Wednesday night or Friday night.

Ok, 'nuff said. He's the president, I guess if he wants to say something, I ought to be listening, even if I don't always like what he says.

I just hope we can see the full episode at some point. Either delay the start tonight, or run it in its entirety on another night very, very soon.

Wilsonatmd

Thursday, March 06, 2003 - 10:04 am EditMoveDeleteIP
My guess is the show will just be delayed...both CSI and Without a Trace are reruns tonight, so CBS might just move Survivor to 9PM and dump one of the other 2 shows....or show all three shows after the conference.

Mygetaway

Thursday, March 06, 2003 - 10:42 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I was going to say what Wilson said.. CSI is a rerun, so hopefully they would just dump that and air Survivor instead.

Catfat

Thursday, March 06, 2003 - 10:49 am EditMoveDeleteIP
We live close enough to Canada that we get Survivor (and other shows)simulaneously on stations from both countries. Sometimes the US show is pre-empted while the Canadian show goes on as scheduled. I hope I hope Ihope that's the case tonight.
I'm in Washington state, by the way.

Cba79

Thursday, March 06, 2003 - 11:02 am EditMoveDeleteIP
My uncle works at a local CBS affiliate and as of now, about 1 central, it is still unclear if CBS will even cover the news conference (he said it may end up being left to individual local affiliates as has been done before). He did say that the GM told them if CBS does carry it, that Survivor would "almost assuredly" be pushed back and aired immediately after it ends.

Hermione69

Thursday, March 06, 2003 - 11:21 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Thank you for the info, CBA79!!!

Conejo

Thursday, March 06, 2003 - 12:02 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm pretty sure that if the show is interrupted that it will be aired either later tonight or at some other time. I don't think the network would continue running this series without showing this episode.

Gidget

Thursday, March 06, 2003 - 12:09 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I don't mind the President speaking in prime time and as someone else said, he is usually brief. What I do mind is the 6 news casters who take the next 45 minutes to tell me what the president said and then the opposing party opposing whatever the president said just because they are the opposing party.

I DO MIND THAT VERY MUCH!!!

Fanny

Thursday, March 06, 2003 - 12:18 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
The CBS site says that Survivor will air immediately following the presidential address. Or something like that.

Marysafan

Thursday, March 06, 2003 - 12:28 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I just heard on CNN that the President will make a statement on Iraq and the war on terrorism and then open it up for questions from the press.

The bad news is ...it probably won't be short.

The good news is...if the rumors are to be believed...he will announce the capture of Osama Bin Laden. (which the White House so far denies...but something is defintiely "up")

Allyg8r

Thursday, March 06, 2003 - 12:37 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
The CBS Website says:

President Bush will hold a news conference tonight at 8PM ET. CBS's primetime line-up (SURVIVOR: THE AMAZON, CSI, WITHOUT A TRACE) will air in its entirety immediately following the speech.

Tashakinz

Thursday, March 06, 2003 - 01:24 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Gina - are you in the Detroit area? We lost sound last Thursday night, just in time for tribal counsel...sucked bigtime.

Now this...

Tash

Gina8642

Thursday, March 06, 2003 - 01:55 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Yup, I'm in the Detroit area. I sent an e-mail request to channel 62 and asked them to rebroadcast. All I got back was a form e-mail aknowledging the problem. They didn't even address my request to rebroadcast.

Bummer.....

I've read all the boards and I pretty much know what was said, but it's always better to hear it yourself. Too bad I didn't have closed captioning....

Crossfire

Thursday, March 06, 2003 - 02:19 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Catfat: Do you get Canadian television channels in the US? We get a pile of American programming in Canada, but I never imagined that it went both ways. That would come as a huge surprise to me.

If the show does come on here earlier than in the US, I'll probably hang back so I can participate in the thread in real time with everyone else.

Woofy

Thursday, March 06, 2003 - 02:52 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
From CBS's site:

President Bush will hold a news conference tonight at 8PM ET. CBS's primetime line-up (SURVIVOR: THE AMAZON, CSI, WITHOUT A TRACE) will air in its entirety immediately following the speech.

Denecee

Thursday, March 06, 2003 - 03:38 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
One good thing about living on the west coast is we get to listen GB and watch survivior!

Gina8642

Thursday, March 06, 2003 - 03:45 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
If they really caught Bin Laden, I'm willing to forgo Survivor. But if he is just using this to try (once again) to convince us that war is a peachy idea, during the highest viewing time of the week, then I'm definetely annoyed.