Brian Damage
09-21-2010, 02:36 AM
A show inspired by the Internet has encountered a minor obstacle in that other technological miracle known as the DVR.
In an effort to turn a popular Twitter feed into a broadcast comedy, CBS' has given "$#*! My Dad Says" a rather un-DVR-friendly friendly title.
Try to search for "$#*!" using your DVR's remote control. Go ahead. We'll wait.
It seems DVR designers quite understandably never suspected that a network would launch a TV show that started with the word "$#*!."
There may be a way to find such symbols within the DVR interface, but a causal survey of customers subscribing to a few different video services found nobody who could manage to type the first word of the title.
Which isn't to suggest DVR users cannot watch the show. Users can browse through the nightly grids until they get to Thursday evening, where the show is clearly listed in all its "$#*!" glory. Or, heck, you can even watch the show live.
"We're consulting with the artist formerly known as ! on the matter," joked a CBS spokesman.
http://livefeed.hollywoodreporter.com/2010/09/your-dvr-doesnt-know.html#more-8704
In an effort to turn a popular Twitter feed into a broadcast comedy, CBS' has given "$#*! My Dad Says" a rather un-DVR-friendly friendly title.
Try to search for "$#*!" using your DVR's remote control. Go ahead. We'll wait.
It seems DVR designers quite understandably never suspected that a network would launch a TV show that started with the word "$#*!."
There may be a way to find such symbols within the DVR interface, but a causal survey of customers subscribing to a few different video services found nobody who could manage to type the first word of the title.
Which isn't to suggest DVR users cannot watch the show. Users can browse through the nightly grids until they get to Thursday evening, where the show is clearly listed in all its "$#*!" glory. Or, heck, you can even watch the show live.
"We're consulting with the artist formerly known as ! on the matter," joked a CBS spokesman.
http://livefeed.hollywoodreporter.com/2010/09/your-dvr-doesnt-know.html#more-8704