Cbs Sucks

[ShelbyvilleCathead]

what are they thinking changing games?

[ntrich]

Seriously what the.... We won? Right.

[UFWildcat]

I'm so pissed right now. :icon_evil:

[SGTWildcat]

What the ####*#*#*#*#**#. the game isn't over and you cut over to DUKE

[NashvilleUK]

F that. You can delete this post if you want mods, but F that. CBS is getting an earful from me right now on the other line.

[KennesawCat]

This just SUCKS< SUCKS, SUCKS.

Cut to a Duke game when ours isn't over. And there's no Duke bias? NOw its bled over to CBS.

[I REP NY 91]

AHHHHH

What a great time to switch

Thank god for Live Audio

[CatClaws1]

Did they honestly just do that?

[freethrow]

I was screaming at them too. Glad it came back. Good win for the Cats. I was worried about this one. GREAT D by the Cats today.

[BamaCat86]

I just called the CBS affiliate in Birmingham and they said that the network changed the game.

[KennesawCat]

Never came back in Atlanta.

[DenCat]

Sounds like something ESPN would do. I was pissed.

[Sir Richard F. Burton]

I am in Orlando Fl and I thought it was just a local glitch CBS stinks!

[Hendo/Atlanta Cat Fan]

I am so pissed

[WestTexCatFan]

Unreal, freaking unreal!

[jh4uk]

i've said it before and i'll say it again. cbs is the worst of the network channels. :tongue3:

[ShivelyKatFan]

As if we don't have to listen and watch the constant Duke overhype on a 24/7 basis, they switch our game right at the wire. WTF is CBS doing???
63-58...how sweet it is!

[Will Lavender]

I can't help but think that somebody at CBS headquarters thought he'd play a cruel joke.

Duke? Duke cuts in with 30 seconds to go in a Kentucky game? That's no coincidence, my friends.

Just gives me another reason to hate Duke. :thumbdn:

[UFWildcat]

I am in Orlando Fl and I thought it was just a local glitch CBS stinks!

We are in SEC country! Complete B/S

[ShelbyvilleCathead]

I have never seen crap like that before. i am glad it came back but that is friigin un real.

[John Clay Rice Jr.]

I called them "Duke Lovers"

[ukfanaticus]

Same here in Pittsburgh,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,CBS SUX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!but UK WINS GO BIG BLUE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Maybe The Johnnies will beat Puke and make this a GREAT day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Dr. H Lecter]

It figures...and Duke no less. When they cam back it was no longer in HD so something must have happened with the HD broadcast.

[swimmer77]

I'm in Pennsylvania. At first it was just a glitch and then I looked at the time and thought the worst. And then the worst happened........Duke came on the tube. What the heck is more important, the end of a game or the beginning?

[RxRusty]

What is up with CBS!?!?!?! I cannot believe the incompetence of this network. Thank goodness my mom called me from Paducah and said, "wasn't that a great game!" It never went back to the UK game at all. I was stuck seeing the first minute of the Duke game, thinking surely they would get back to it. :tongue3:

[Littlemeyer]

Wow, I can't believe they'd do that. Ours never cut away, for some odd reason. Usually, our CBS affiliate is the one that sucks.

[UFWildcat]

It never came back for me. I had to switch ESPN.com's gamecenter.

[crice561]

I wish someone besides cbs had the tourney. They have no clue on how to handle college basketball.

[AppyCat]

Lost it down here in the Tampa area also. Someone post the phone number for CBS so we can let them know they SUCK!

[allnet]

I can't help but think that somebody at CBS headquarters thought he'd play a cruel joke.

Duke? Duke cuts in with 30 seconds to go in a Kentucky game? That's no coincidence, my friends.

Just gives me another reason to hate Duke. :thumbdn:

Paranoia cuts deep,
Into your life it may seep...

[Bombastic Blue]

As if I didn't have enough reasons to HATE duke!

[Catdaddy24]

Everyone should send CBS and e-mail right now expressing the dislike.

[AppyCat]

Found the info.

Main Number:
(212) 975-4321
CBS News
555 West 57th Street
New York, NY 10019

[Praray]

As much as ESPN love Duke, they do not cut away from a close game to show the start of their game. Only at CBS I guess. They took the last 50 plus seconds away from us here in South Carolina to start the Duke/St Johns game, bummer.

[Tom Blevins]

OK, CBS changed the game over to Duke. That's bad enough. What's worse, Channel 27 in Lexington switrched over to the Raycom game, Vanderbilt at Georgia. I swiched to 32 and watched for a couple of more plays, then they switched to Duke. I went to Channel 5 in Nashville, they were carrying the Duke game, too. Thank God for the Big Blue radio network. At least I could hear the end of the game.
The worst thing about all this is that about 2:45 (Central Time) there was a message across the bottom of the screen, saying that the Arkansas-Kentucky game would be carried in it's entirety and the Vanderbilt-Goergia game would be joined in progress. I'm happy that the team won today, but the TV people were, well mama always said if you couldn't say something good about someone, don't say anything at all. So I'll end this post.

[jkeller]

God forbid we miss one second of Duke basketball.:icon_rolleyes::icon_rolleyes: I was yelling profusely at the TV before sprinting into the next room to turn on Tom Leach. I can't believe that WKYT, who usually can override CBS when they try to switch away from Kentucky, couldn't even keep them from showing their precious dookies.

This is one more on my long list of reasons I hate dook. They own everything.

[dougwhit]

i might, just might understand if it was a blow out game, but not a nail bitter

[BigBlue75]

The game finally got switched back here in LaGrange during that last out of bounds play in front of the Arkansas bench. What makes it more aggravating is not only was it Duke, but they were playing bleetin' St. Johns! It wasn't like they were playing North Carolina or a top tier team, no. What this infatuation is with Duke by the networks is beyond me.

[SGTWildcat]

I sent CBS and our affiliate here in Louisville an email letting them know how I feel. I know they don't care, but it sure felt good to vent.

[jkeller]

i might, just might understand if it was a blow out game, but not a nail bitter

That's what I said. It's amazing that they would switch away from a 4 point game with 50 seconds left, no matter who was playing in it.

[Bombastic Blue]

God forbid we miss one second of Duke basketball.:icon_rolleyes::icon_rolleyes: I was yelling profusely

Well, I was yelling profanity! It would have seriously distressed my dear old Mother!

[Lloyd Christmas]

http://www.sportsline.com/help/contactus

That is CBS Sports Feedback...make sure to select CBS Sports TV from the drop down menu.

They have kind of disenfranchised most, thought, as you have to have a Sportsline ID to send feedback...lol...

[AppyCat]

Well, I got through on the phone line and nobody would answer, it wouldn't even go to an answering service to leave a message. Probably what we can expect come tournament time - crappy coverage.

[Lloyd Christmas]

CBS Television Network
51 West 52nd Street
New York, NY 10019

Main Number:
(212) 975-4321

[EMAN1116]

C an't
B roadcast for
S &*%.....................

[catfanintn]

Sports about the only thing, except local news, that I will watch on CBS. We lost the feed here in S. Tennessee, too, for about half a minute game time, but finally got it back in time for end.

That was absolutely pathetic.....sure some poor guy will have to answer for that mistake.

[dougwhit]

C an't
B roadcast for
S &*%.....................
good one

[Catdaddy24]

Here is a good place to post some comments to CBS TV.

http://cbs.sportsline.com/help/contactus/usersspeak

[flacat22]

I am so @&#@)^!^(@+!* http://saintsreport.com/forums/images/smilies/cussing.gifmad right now...I was playing with my daughter and paused the game on the DVR so I could skip the commercials. After Patterson's second FT the screen went black and then...http://saintsreport.com/forums/images/smilies/no.gifduuuuuuuuuuuke. *&^*(%@#%^@!!!! Since it was no longer live I didnt have the luxury to get to the computer to listen cause by then it was already over! :mad:

Heres the email contact list for the CBS affiliate in Orlando and my message to the general manager...

http://www.local6.com/contact/index.html

Unbelievable!!! How in the world do you switch the coverage from the Kentucky/Arkansas game with a close score and 50 seconds left to the beginning of the Duke game and remain there until the Kentucky game was over? What are you people thinking? Incidents like this is why CBS is absolutely HORRIBLE at broadcasting college basketball. How long until your contract for the tournament is up, not a moment too soon in my opinion!

[Sticeman]

I run a sports bar try having hundreds of peole yelling at you like your the reason that the game switched it was madness

[jkeller]

C an't
B roadcast for
S &*%.....................

Haha!

[flacat22]

I run a sports bar try having hundreds of peole yelling at you like your the reason that the game switched it was madness

sorry bro but I would have been yelling with them (then after the dust settled realized it wasnt the bar)...frustration is a mighty force :)

[dwarfdorin]

I sent CBS and our affiliate here in Louisville an email letting them know how I feel. I know they don't care, but it sure felt good to vent.

What is the e-mail address for CBS?

:widcat::widcat: Go CATS!!!

[jkeller]

They had to realize that there were a whole lot of Kentucky fans in the area that kind of would have wanted to see the outcome of this game. As opposed to the handful of bandwagon dook fans who were probably all out buying their Red Sox world champion t-shirts at the time anyway.
:icon_rolleyes:

[j_allen]

Wow, I can't believe they'd do that. Ours never cut away, for some odd reason. Usually, our CBS affiliate is the one that sucks.

same here, im in owensboro and ours never cut away, but as soon as horn blew they then took it straight to the other game, and that other game was kansas/oklahoma st.

[Catdaddy24]

Its hilarious. WKYT in Lexington has already posted an explanation and a complaint that they are getting flooded by callers and emails regarding the game switch. They are now referring them to the New York Number.

[Cant Get Right]

We are in SEC country! Complete B/S

After listening to the final minute on the internet, I sent local channel 6 Orlando an e-mail saying just that, " FU, this is SEC country! I thought it was local and an ACC thing.

[NashvilleUK]

My feed came back after a few minutes, not in HD however. My sympathies to the guy in this thread that runs the sports bar. I bet you have the affiliates on speed-dial or posted somewhere. Heck, make a sign or an annoucement next time in the bar and tell them ALL to call the network at one time - flood their switchboard.

[BALou]

I run a sports bar try having hundreds of peole yelling at you like your the reason that the game switched it was madness

FREE BEER!!! :beer::beer::beer::beer::beer: :icon_lol:

[twincat]

After listening to the final minute on the internet, I sent local channel 6 Orlando an e-mail saying just that, " FU, this is SEC country! I thought it was local and an ACC thing.


I sent an email also telling them they had just lost a viewer. I also called the station and some lady who answered the phone told me they were owned by New York and to call them if I had a problem. I also called their sports department and was informed by an answering message that they were only available during the week and if I had a complaint, I was to call NY. That IMO is the pits regarding customer service. In view of the level of complaints they were getting, I would not be surprised if they actually were in and not answering the phone.