M-D November, to Jon Delfin, in part: > > Dumb question, but when did the Sweeps period begin? That could have > something to do with the intended scheduling of new episodes. > > October 30th, per Nielsen announcement posted at, for example, TVJobs <http://www.tvjobs.com/sweeps.htm> (link)
> Are the dates for the various series set in stone ahead of time, or do > they modulate depending on how long the preceding series run? It occurs to > me that we had a DS go the full 5 games, a CS go to game 6 and now the WS > is going to game 7 - meaning that this is almost as late as the post-season > could run. Is it possible the networks hedged their bets on shorter > series, causing the WS to end in October? > > >> The schedule makers, for years, always set specific dates for all postseason series, taking into account the mandatory number of off days for all clubs, something I believe has been part of collective bargaining agreements with the players, across the full season. The savvy fans find out about these during the winter meetings early in the year, ISTR. B -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
