Hell hath no fury…
Like a women’s network’s scorn. I woke up to my preset alarm clock radio station and heard a commericial. Apparently, DISH network has stopped carrying Lifetime TV. I’ve seen instances of this before where the tv network calls for viewers to write their provider and request that the network be added back to the line up.
Not this time.
On this commercial Lifetime TV was telling viewers to switch as soon as possible. The announcer had a pleasent enough tone to her voice, but the words were really strong. Theres a press release on the Lifetime TV website that offers some more options, including sending a note to DISH network, but the commercial wasn’t quite as flexible.
It caught me off gaurd, but I was really glad to hear it. Aside from the occasional episode of Golden Girls or The Nanny, I don’t watch Lifetime so I’m not interested in whether is on the air or not. I am glad to see that Lifetime is fighting. We all know how ineffective letters can be - I’ve called Time Warner a couple of times already to try and get Bravo added to the Chapel Hill line up. Ironically enough they have it in Carrboro, the next town over.
So to Lifetime I say - You go girlfriend. Kick DISH network right in the nuts.
Daz said,
January 16, 2006 @ 3:43 am
Interesting, we have had a lot of fuss with people trying to get stations taken off the networks. C4 (Channel 4) which carries a lot of the US channels added some extra stations T4 (Teen 4), E4 (Entertainment 4) and More 4. Lots of people got upset with the name More 4 as the advertising pronounced it much more like mo-fo. Anyway, I thought it was quite a clever name, most people found it funny, and it’s still on the air.