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zaj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-19-06 11:12 PM
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Poll question: Boston Legal Fans: Watch Boston Legal or protest ABC?
Which did/will you do?
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keopeli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-19-06 11:17 PM
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I decided I can target my protests and hopefully change their ways. nt
I'm so glad I found a rationale while I was setting my TiVo!
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napi21 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-19-06 11:17 PM
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1. Sorry guys, I watched BL tonight, and I'll even admit, I'll watch
Desperate Houswives on Sunday night too.

That's IT! I stopped watching Nightline, and the ABC News. Somehow, I doubt the network is going to survive with only two shows.
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peekaloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-19-06 11:18 PM
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2. I will continue to watch it.
and I will gladly help measure anyone for trousers, too. :-)
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Erika Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-19-06 11:20 PM
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3. No way will I watch ABC ever again
It joined FAUX/Bushco news. No more.
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tuvor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-19-06 11:26 PM
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4. Can you watch the show, and refuse to patronize the sponsors?
I haven't got a clue; I don't care for TV dramas.
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Drum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-19-06 11:27 PM
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5. Watch your show if you like it.
Dont't punish the people who appear in and make the show...they aren't the network.
I hate anything FOX, but I gave in when it came to X-Files and House sometimes....
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slay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-19-06 11:35 PM
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6. I say watch it - unless you're a Nielsen house
And if that's the case, you could always d/l it off one of the torrent sites. :evilgrin: Also, I hate to punish a great show like Boston Legal just cause of the idiot suits at ABC. :shrug:
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TheDebbieDee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-19-06 11:36 PM
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7. I watched BL tonight......
but it won't aid ABC because my household is not a Nielsen household!

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Donnachaidh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-19-06 11:52 PM
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8. so much for principles?
I don't watch ABC anyway - but I do seem to recall a large amount of bellowing about boycott. If you said you were going to boycott -- do it!

This is not meant as a dig at anyone in particular -- but aren't we trying to make a POINT? "Oh, I'll boycott 22 hours a day, because I cannot miss {put your shows here} is NO boycott.

My opinion -- YMMV
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datadiva Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-19-06 11:54 PM
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9. I will miss Boston Legal
but I can't watch ABC in all good conscience
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fujiyama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-20-06 12:01 AM
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10. It really doesn't make a difference
A disorganized boycott, which will have no effect on ratings and ad revenue is meaningless anyways.

After all, it's not as if ABC's sponsors don't advertise elsewhere.

Ultimately, I wouldn't worry about watching ABC (well, I only have one show I'll be watching next month- LOST) because I'm not in a Neilson household anyways. I heard however that ABC does get TIVO and DVR-record numbers so if you don't want their ratings helped, try watching the show over the air, or non-TIVOed.

Or the best way - d/l it on torrents. HAHAHA, no ads whatsoever and pretty good quality (much better than SD anyways).
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TreasonousBastard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-20-06 02:13 AM
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11. I watched it. This kind of "boycott" is bullshit...
and I see no reason to avoid a show I like when it will have absolutely no effect on ABC, their sponsors, or the assholes who made one movie that pissed a lot of people off. If I didn't watch, I would be the one "losing," not the network, so what would be the point besides some vague feeling of moral superiority.

Besides, isn't this Parker Posey's last episode?


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