What has America come to? MEET THE PRESS is being replaced by UK Football today?

[brooklynite]

Civilization!

[Cooley Hurd]

1. All NBC channels (including MSNBC) are showing it...

[earthside]

2. That will improve the political discourse.

Meet the Press and all the other Sunday 'interview' shows are nothing but platforms for the corporate order. They all ought to be canceled permanently.

[Mika]

9. +1,000,000 n/t

[procon]

3. It's an invasion!

I was scrolling through the morning TV schedule on Dish Network, and its everywhere. What's odd is that it's showing on channels like SyFy that have nothing to do with sports.

[mcar]

11. Every Premier League game is played at the same time today

Thus the many channels. It's the last day of the regular season and they always do it this way. I don't know how long US networks have aired all the games, though.

[NV Whino]

4. Probably a better choice

You'll be saved the Republican clown car.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

5. I don't mind the press being taken down a notch or two

Maybe Chuck Todd can use this time for sober self reflection.

[IDemo]

6. Hooligans wearing pinstripes are just pretentious n/t

[Paladin]

7. Suits me.

I'll probably be watching Turner Classic Movies, anyway......

[WilliamPitt]

8. What's civilized about Meet The Press?

It's been an unobstructed megaphone for war criminals and thieves for going on two decades. Give me a good game. At least there are rules.

[NaturalHigh]

10. My son is thrilled about it.

I'm not too stressed about it either.

[BeyondGeography]

12. Arsenal is up 4-0 at the half

Did someone hit a grand slam?

[TBF]

13. I'd rather watch football then

political theater.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

14. I don't miss MTP but a test pattern would be more entertaining than soccer.

[LWolf]

15. I've never watched "Meet The Press" anyway.

Never even been tempted.

[Scurrilous]

16. You're not going to like this article...

Dumb People Upset Championship Sunday Is Pre-Empting Their Reruns

http://screamer.deadspin.com/dumb-people-upset-championship-sunday-is-pre-empting-th-1706642376

....sorry!

[Eleanors38]

20. Come to think of it, Meet the Press does sound like a re-run.

[brooklynite]

17. One of the great things about the UK system...

...(or for that matter, most European Leagues), is that if you have a lousy year, you get dumped into a minor league, and the best minor league team moves up.

[Yupster]

22. I love that rule too

I wish our leagues had that. It adds great drama to the end of the season and also gets rid of teams trying to lose to get better draft picks.

[tblue37]

18. Meet the Press is no more enlightening or uplifting than spectator sports anyway, which is why I

never waste time watching either one.

[muriel_volestrangler]

19. That's a bit surprising - for once, there's not too much to be decided on the final day

Chelsea was already guaranteed to win the Premier League; Man. City to come 2nd; Arsenal was almost certain to come 3rd and Man. Utd 4th (unless Arsenal lost really badly and Utd won really well); and that's the 4 teams for next season's European Champions' League. The bottom 2 teams were guaranteed to get relegated; there's just Hull and Newcastle to decide who's the 3rd, and the order for 5th to 7th for what might happen for Europa League places (and 7th won't know if they're in until the FA Cup final happens - next Saturday, I think - if Arsenal win that, 7th is in; if Aston Villa win, they get the Europe League place).

So there hasn't been that much tension about what will happen.

[LittleBlue]

21. Weak year

No drama with City falling off and 2 hopeless bottom feeders