Time to go all V on Cox's collective ass

[sigma7]

So I watch a little TV -- football, Mythbusters, some Futurama repeats, but nothing too religiously. Except House, for which I will punch out a whole busful of nuns to get to see on time.

Turns out our local monopolistic cable provider, Cox (insert juvenile joke here) Communications, has decided to shake up the lineup (or did they? see bottom), replacing two stations (including Fox affiliate KTMJ) with new stations KSCW (or K-Scow) and KMTW (or K-Monday-Tuesday-Wednesday, as in how long until the masses are engulfed in fury), which are The CW and (buh) MyNetworkTV affiliates, respectively.

Don't pretend you've heard of "MyNetworkTV" before, either. I hadn't, and even after reading the Wiki page I'm still partially convinced this is a bad practical joke. If my TV computer hadn't been insisting House wasn't coming on this week, I'd not have noticed at all.

Interestingly, Googling for any kind of announcement or notification or clarification about this switch with regard to Cox is proving futile. It's almost as if they didn't want to advertise it.

The question is not whether or not someone should pay for this. It's who should, and how bad. I'm thinking homebrew dentistry, and I'll bring the corkscrew and the ballpeen hammer.

(Edit: Huh, interesting. Zap2It, which drives Cox's own listings, has the new KMTW station, but TVGuide.com insists FOX is sticking around. Am I an optimist or a realist here?)

Comments

[jkgriffin.livejournal.com]

I'd heard of it, but that's only because I actually read a daily newspaper and the PI tv columnist talked about it a few times. I'll be surprised if it lasts 6 months.

Condolences on House.

I understand how you feel about cable. Quite honestly, Netflix is almost better than having cable; you can get full seasons of things and no commercials. In January, when the price of cable goes up to its regular price, I may just dump it again. I would probably save money just buying the Office eps off iTunes.