Television Marathons

Last night, on Mystery Channel, was a Law & Order Criminal marathon. Tonight it is having a Law & Order SVU marathon, and next Sunday, the National Geographic Channel is having a Dogtown marathon.  There may be other marathons happening, but really, it is rather a piss off.

I don't mind watching a few episodes, back to back, now & then. I just would like to choose when, and not have them interrupt my normal viewing pleasures, like watching Bones at midnight Sunday.

I think what ticks me off the most, is that these channels already over expose these shows, as it is. I mean you can rarely turn on the Mystery Channel without there being some episode of Law & Order.  Then too, they are on at least four or five days a week, so uh, like I need a marathon?

Makes you also wonder, why these so called channels can't buy enough other shows, to make their channel run a full schedule. Okay, maybe not a full 24 hours, but come on, most of these speciality channels offer no more than 6 hours of programming, that is then run in a loop, already repeating, what are repeats to begin with.

Kind of sounds to me, like the owners are just plain cheap & greedy.