TWC going all long-form on Thanksgiving Day

[Dylan]

Does anybody on here remember TWC's plan to have nothing but long-form on Christmas Day way back in 2008? Well, as it turns out, this is 2 weeks from becoming reality. On Thanksgiving Day, TWC is going to have a marathon of "The Earth Unlocked" from 6am et on Thanksgiving morning right until Black Friday morning at 5am et. This means TWC will have a record 32 hours straight of long-form starting on Wednesday night (before Thanksgiving) at 10pm et until Black Friday morning at 6am et.

[jrhtwc]

Does anybody on here remember TWC's plan to have nothing but long-form on Christmas Day way back in 2008? Well, as it turns out, this is 2 weeks from becoming reality. On Thanksgiving Day, TWC is going to have a marathon of "The Earth Unlocked" from 6am et on Thanksgiving morning right until Black Friday morning at 5am et. This means TWC will have a record 32 hours straight of long-form starting on Wednesday night (before Thanksgiving) at 10pm et until Black Friday morning at 6am et.

TWC  knows Better!!!!!! If TWC misses a Big Story.....I WILL NOT defend them!!!!!  Long-form IS NOT TWC 's Legacy!!!!!!

[Dylan]

Does anybody on here remember TWC's plan to have nothing but long-form on Christmas Day way back in 2008? Well, as it turns out, this is 2 weeks from becoming reality. On Thanksgiving Day, TWC is going to have a marathon of "The Earth Unlocked" from 6am et on Thanksgiving morning right until Black Friday morning at 5am et. This means TWC will have a record 32 hours straight of long-form starting on Wednesday night (before Thanksgiving) at 10pm et until Black Friday morning at 6am et.

TWC  knows Better!!!!!! If TWC misses a Big Story.....I WILL NOT defend them!!!!!  Long-form IS NOT TWC 's Legacy!!!!!!

This is a new low even for TWC, an entire day without live weather. On one hand, it's nice for the OCMs they get to have the day off, but on another, you know having to work on a big holiday is a possibility when you take a job like this. This is certainly unprecedented. Now, I have to wonder if they'll do this on Christmas and/or New Year's or not.

[crazybangles]

As much as I normally hate TWC's stupid decisions, this one isn't entirely surprising. If they're seriously resorting to having no live programming on Thanksgiving, then viewership in the last couple years has likely been very low. Cable TV’s viewership as a whole continues to decline, and while there will be plenty of people watching TWC on the days leading up to and after Thanksgiving, nobody is really watching on Thanksgiving day itself.

I wouldn’t be surprised if other channels start doing this as well in the future. People these days are looking to save money wherever they can, and if they can do so by not paying meteorologists to work on a day with a very limited audience, they will do that. As much as I hate to say this, I’m surprised they didn’t start doing this years ago.  On the other hand, if Thanksgiving ends up being a highly active weather day and they don’t cover it, that’ll be a different story and one to be upset about. If the day ends up quiet, I see little reason to be upset about this. TWC has been on the air for us on the daily for decades, and missing one day so most of the staff can spend time with their families I don't think is much to be angry about.

[Dylan]

Starting this morning, TWC is advertising "The Earth Unlocked" marathon all day Thursday for Thanksgiving. So, it is officially going to happen. Now, assuming there's no big weather going on and they come to their senses and preempt at least some of it, a record 32 straight hours of long-form will start on Wednesday night at 10pm et and end Friday morning at 6am et. Currently, the record for consecutive long-form streak is 18 hours, set on the last few Saturday nights into Sunday mornings of Fall Clock Change weekend from 1pm-6am et (which is normally a 17-hour gap, but an extra 1am hour on that first Sunday morning in November makes it 18 hours). And to go along with this, "Winter Storm Alston" was named within the past few hours and they're having automated winter storm updates during long-form at roughly :00 and :30. When they have updates (studio or automated) during long-form, Local on the 8s doesn't air at all (it airs only at :18 during long-form when no updates are running). What this means is Thanksgiving Day could pass without a single Local on the 8s forecast airing at all. This would not be the first such instance in TWC's history, but it's certainly an unprecedented scenario for a segment that has existed in one form or another for the entirety of TWC's 43+ year history.