Annoying credit squeezes (was: Re: [BC] Match Game)

[Alan Kline]

I've seen at least one cable network simply refer viewers to its website
if they want to read the credits.

I don't agree that credit squeezes are here permanently.  More and more
people are getting annoyed with all the promo clutter on air, and simply
go out and buy the programs they like on DVD.  I've done quite a bit of
that myself.  Not that there are any rocket scientists running network
promotion departments, but eventually you'd think that they might realize
that the crap and clutter is driving viewers away...

ak

On Fri, 3 Feb 2006, Rich Wood wrote:

> I don't think there's any requirement. Look at some of the credits
> that scroll so fast they can't possibly be read. I was watching a
> subtitled film the other night on a cable channel. There were so many
> animated graphics promoting upcoming shows that they covered up the
> subtitles. The graphics slid in and out at the top and bottom of the
> screen. I finally just tuned away.
>
> Some of the logos are so large they cover any crawls. BBC America is
> terrible with large lettering at the upper left of the screen.
>
> My local PBS station has two logos on the HD channel. One PBS-HD on
> the upper left and letters WGBY with the PBS head logo on the lower
> right. Before you know it we'll watch a movie squashed inside a
> Bloomberg-like cluttered screen.
>
> It makes watching anything dramatic a real letdown. It destroys the
> mood the film intends to create. I expect some station to have
> swinging foam dice hanging from the top center soon.