Rescan your antennas! 5 days ago, Cozi TV launched on WDIV. If you don't know what Cozi is, it's a really good network that carries classic TV shows, most from NBC.
I remember seeing a short (like 5 second long) TV filler where a woman sings, "Stand up and show them you're frommm... Detroit!" accompanied by the network logo. It aired in the 90s and I think it was on WXYZ. The full "Stand Up" video is all over YouTube, but I can't find the shorter one I remember seeing so much.
I have some access to old Canadian TV ratings books, and I've been able to scrape together some history around Jeopardy's broadcast in Canada. From time to time I'll be posting some info I've found. This first post is about the first season of the show, or its limited availability in Trebek's home country of Canada.
When the syndicated edition of Jeopardy! debuted on September 10, 1984, it was not yet cleared by any television stations in Canada; Canadian viewers wanting to see Alex Trebek host the Jeopardy! revival had to rely on US stations that cleared the program, which were carried on cable (which still had somewhat limited reach) or available OTA in border areas:
| Market | Station | Time Slot |
|---|---|---|
| Burlington/Plattsburgh, VT/NY | WPTZ (NBC) | 5:00 pm |
| Rochester, NY | WROC (NBC) | 7:30 pm |
| Buffalo, NY | WKBW (ABC) | 7:30 pm |
| Toledo, OH | WTOL (CBS) | 9:00 am |
| Detroit, MI | WDIV (NBC) | 7:00 pm |
| Seattle/Tacoma, WA | KIRO (CBS) | 9:00 am |
Curiously, Jeopardy! was not available at all in Trebek's hometown of Sudbury, Ontario during its first season in syndication, due to a quirk in the lineup of US network affiliates on local cable at that time. Sudbury, at that time, received its CBS and NBC affiliates from Buffalo, while ABC came from Rochester. As Buffalo had J! on the ABC affiliate while Rochester had it on the NBC affiliate, J! was simply not seen in Sudbury that season - or at all for the remainder of the 1980s. Other Canadian stations carried on cable there didn't offer it either; Global had Wheel of Fortune in the late 80s but it never carried J!. It was only in 1990 when local CTV affiliate MCTV picked it up that Trebek could finally be seen in his hometown.
A small handful of Canadian stations picked up Jeopardy! for Season 2 in 1985. The only major market to pick it up was Vancouver; it would be Season 3 before any stations in Toronto picked it up, and Season 4 before it was picked up in Edmonton.
| Market | Station | Time Slot |
|---|---|---|
| Vancouver, BC | CKVU (Ind.) | 9:00 am |
| Sault Ste. Marie, ON | CJIC (CBC) | 7:00 pm |
| Peterborough, ON | CHEX (CBC) | 5:00 pm |
| Moncton, NB | CKCW (CTV) | 11:30 am |
| Halifax, NS | CJCH (CTV) | 11:30 am |
| Sydney, NS | CJCB (CTV) | 11:30 am |
It's 2021, this should not be a thing...
Starting with info on how to view... You have to go to the America's Thanksgiving Parade website, then read through half a dozen text-heavy paragraphs to find the broadcast info buried towards the bottom. Who the hell designed this website?
Then... I, like many millions of households, don't have cable TV or an antenna, so tuning in to the OTA Channel 4 broadcast is out...
YouTube livestream? Lol, nope
WDIV app on my smart TV? Hmm, okay... Except their app only has the live camera streams, not the commentary that you get from the TV option.
Final solution: download a browser app for my TV, then try to use my remote as a cursor to go to WDIV.com and access the narrated livestream.
Meanwhile, Macy's parade has at least 10 livestreams on YouTube.
This is really bush league...
I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.
Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.
The nurse asked the rabbit, “what is your blood type?”
“I am probably a type O” said the rabbit.
The doctor says it terminal.
Alot of great jokes get posted here! However just because you have a joke, doesn't mean it's a dad joke.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT NSFW, THIS IS ABOUT LONG JOKES, BLONDE JOKES, SEXUAL JOKES, KNOCK KNOCK JOKES, POLITICAL JOKES, ETC BEING POSTED IN A DAD JOKE SUB
Try telling these sexual jokes that get posted here, to your kid and see how your spouse likes it.. if that goes well, Try telling one of your friends kid about your sex life being like Coca cola, first it was normal, than light and now zero , and see if the parents are OK with you telling their kid the "dad joke"
I'm not even referencing the NSFW, I'm saying Dad jokes are corny, and sometimes painful, not sexual
So check out r/jokes for all types of jokes
r/unclejokes for dirty jokes
r/3amjokes for real weird and alot of OC
r/cleandadjokes If your really sick of seeing not dad jokes in r/dadjokes
Punchline !
Edit: this is not a post about NSFW , This is about jokes, knock knock jokes, blonde jokes, political jokes etc being posted in a dad joke sub
Edit 2: don't touch the thermostat
Do your worst!
How the hell am I suppose to know when it’s raining in Sweden?
We told her she can lean on us for support. Although, we are going to have to change her driver's license, her height is going down by a foot. I don't want to go too far out on a limb here but it better not be a hack job.
Ants don’t even have the concept fathers, let alone a good dad joke. Keep r/ants out of my r/dadjokes.
But no, seriously. I understand rule 7 is great to have intelligent discussion, but sometimes it feels like 1 in 10 posts here is someone getting upset about the jokes on this sub. Let the mods deal with it, they regulate the sub.
They were cooked in Greece.
I'm surprised it hasn't decade.
He lost May
Now that I listen to albums, I hardly ever leave the house.
Two muffins are in an oven, one muffin looks at the other and says "is it just me, or is it hot in here?"
Then the other muffin says "AHH, TALKING MUFFIN!!!"
Don't you know a good pun is its own reword?
Said if she ever hosts a gender reveal party, when it comes time to pop the balloon she'll spray everyone with water.
Gender is fluid.
For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂
It really does, I swear!
And now I’m cannelloni
Because she wanted to see the task manager.
But that’s comparing apples to oranges
And boy are my arms legs.
Amy
