Competitive Programming

Why do they have to put shows that compete against each other on at the same time? Especially with the current dearth of programming. I mean, I get that Thursday night is the most lucrative night of the week, so everyone wants a piece of that ad revenue. But, do Lost and Supernatural have to be on at the same time? Really?

My memory of when I was younger was that shows that targeted different audiences were on a the same time, so old people could watch Murder She Wrote and I could watch something good. (No I don’t remember what exactly I watched when Murder She Wrote was on, but I know it wasn’t targeted at the geriatric crowd.) Everyone was happy.

Am I remembering wrong? Or was that truly a golden age for viewers who never had to choose between two shows? (Or more than two shows, since that’s all my DVR can handle at once.)

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