Rose Parade Coverage Disgustingly Thin And Cheap.

[TheMastersNemesis]

You wonder why ABC and NBC even bothers to show up at the Rose Parade in its 125th year. There were too many commercials and too much idle chatter and not enough coverage of the parade itself. And they left a lot of floats out of the coverage. They also did very little interviewing. It looked like they had only three people for the camera work. And there was almost no background coverage like there was in the past. Besides that they cut away from the parade long before it was over.

One network was in a hurry to get to the hockey game of little interest. The parade was more than half an hour from being over when they ended coverage. A lot of people do a lot of work for this parade and network coverage was no better than the local news. I guess they cannot afford to pay any reporting talent because the CEO needs a new yacht.

Compared to years past the coverage of this parade has slipped miserably. There used to be shows before the parade talking to people who put in the hours of work. There were interest pieces to fill in what the parade is all about. Maybe the networks were mad about the gay marriage.

It is obvious that our media no longer serves the public an any significant way. They insulted the parade workers by short shifting coverage. We have to take back the media and FORCE them to do the job.

[msongs]

1. on tv one rose parade looks pretty much like the others. in so cal they are rerun over and over lol

[JCMach1]

2. Hallmark channel had the best coverage of all places...

[Esse Quam Videri]

6. Agree. They showed the whole parade without commercials.

Enjoyed the coverage.

[itsrobert]

7. that originates from KTLA

Channel 5 in L.A..

[Warpy]

3. I've always wished they'd get rid of the yappers and just show the event

The same applies to the Olympics, especially opening ceremonies and ice skating competitions.

I don't need vacuous blow dried dim bulbs unleashing a torrent of verbal diarrhea, honestly.

[rurallib]

4. most everything around the holiday time of year on TV

has so many commercials and self promotion that if it is something I want to see I record it and play it back skipping commercials. Else I just blow it off any more.

Fuck them money grubbing greedy bastards.

[Raine]

5. I'm in SoCal, here at least one station has it with no commercials and then repeats

it continually thru out the day. Unfortunately for Thanksgiving we see the Macy's parade the way you see the Rose Parade, endless commercials and spotty coverage.

[itsrobert]

8. see post 7

Nt

[Raine]

24. yup that's channel #5, they have the best coverage. nt

[xxqqqzme]

29. Which is why I haven't

watched the Macy's parade in years.

[JI7]

9. i find the parade boring but i agree that they should provide better coverage

and focus on the floats and others in the parade if they are going to show it.

[Codeine]

10. Very few people care about the Rose Parade anymore.

It simply isn't on the radar of anyone under the age of 45, based on what I've experienced. I've never met anyone my age who thinks parades/floats/baton drill teams/whatever are anything other than slightly pathetic television fodder for our grandparents. When entertainment consisted of three channels and the radio the Rose Parade probably seemed like a big deal; in the Internet Age, with three hundred channels on my TV, streaming movies and shows, and DVDs arriving in your mailbox, it's not so much.

If people were interested and tuned in they'd have the coverage those viewers would warrant. Nobody cares so the coverage suffers.

[alcibiades_mystery]

12. Agreed

I thought the OP was parody until I realized that maybe some people care about shit like this.

Not many, though.

[TheMastersNemesis]

15. I Agree That The Parade Is Less Relevant. It May Go The Way Of The Dodo Bird Eventually.

It is a generational thing for sure.

[cherokeeprogressive]

21. It's a helluva party though.

I've never watched it on T.V. but have slept on Colorado Boulevard maybe 20 times... It's a whole different experience when you're 20 ft away.

Anyone who hasn't seen Locke High School's marching band hasn't seen a marching band.

[Raine]

25. Lots of young people go to see it in person ...

I guess that makes it not a grandparent thing but when you're old and decrepit sleeping out on the curb to see a parade is physically not always possible.

[tritsofme]

11. My interest was for that one network to get to the hockey game!

Sorry!

[frylock]

19. me too!

[TheMightyFavog]

22. Same here.

Red Wings got robbed. That switching sides halfway through OT is a bullshit house rule for the Winter Classic.

I will say this though: The one float that had the three separate little floats on it was wicked cool, and a real neat piece of engineering.

[elfin]

13. It was THE parade for so long.

Now college football is diluted with a proliferation of bowls and "championships", relegating the parade and even the game a bit to lesser status.

The invention of a national championship was the beginning of the end IMO. Now the big 10 is 12 and growing beyond the traditional geography of the "Midwest", which was more closely aligned with the old Northwest territory of yore.

The descent of college football to its current phony status is sad. Just pay them already out of that obscene tv money and don't even try to make it look like they are getting a real degree. Celebrate the ones who do far more than the ones who don't.

But right now this Ann Arbor alum is rooting for Sparty - a first.

[Capt.Rocky300]

14. We watched it on HGTV........

Nice there were no commercials but the folks doing the commenting were complete buffoons. They couldn't pronounce many of the local city names on the floats or the names of the flowers. We'll try Hallmark next year.

[chillfactor]

16. I watched the parade on the Hallmark Channel......

the coverge was fantastic and they covered the entire parade.....

[Initech]

17. Here in Los Angeles KTLA airs it uninterrupted all day.

[MrYikes]

18. My wife was fit to be tied

and had brutal things to say about the channel she was watching while berating the hockey that took away from the parade. She won't waste her time next year.

[catbyte]

28. If you have cable or satellite, the Hallmark Channel was good.

Whole parade, no interruptions, & they even congratulated the gay couple getting married. They ran it at least twice.

[msanthrope]

20. I'm watching the Mummer's Fancy Brigades right now....and grateful

for it.

[kwassa]

27. nothing beats the Mummers.

but I missed it and will have to look for the videos this year.

[Morning Dew]

23. I watched most of it on RFD tv.

Limited commercials but the announcers didn't seem too knowledgeable.

[kwassa]

26. I much prefer the Pasadena Doo Dah Parade, the satire on the Rose Bowl parade

I participated in it about 20 years ago.


http://pasadenadoodahparade.info/