TWC going all long-form Thanksgiving night

[tuez13]

So, I think they finally finished airing all of the Tornado Road episodes.  They were on after 1a one night.  It wasn't such a bad show...and Doug, I think you should get a cool partner, someone who is excited to chase storms and help get into the middle of the action.  I'm sure any of us on the board would gladly tag along!

What bugged me about the series is that for 'historical purposes' or whatever excuse they gave, the producers put all kinds of stock footage from other events instead of utilizing more of the footage that was shot during the actual trips.  Oh well, that's how it goes.

At least they finished airing the series, I guess!

[Tyler]

This makes perfect sense to me. I mean... let's be honest, who's going to be sitting at home watching TWC on Thanksgiving?

[Mike M]

This makes perfect sense to me. I mean... let's be honest, who's going to be sitting at home watching TWC on Thanksgiving?

Lots of people, and I'm not saying people would watch TWC for countless hours, but just to check in. I agree with the majority of the people in this thread... weather is important in holidays like these where travel is big. This wasn't a problem during any of the other 26 years TWC existed.

[WeatherWitness]

Once again, I'm pretty sure most people won't be traveling on Thanksgiving night. What TWC needs to do is frequent weather updates with an L-Bar or something. That way, everyone is happy!

[TWCToday]

That way, everyone is happy!

well that will never happen. Perhaps the majority of ppl are happy

[WeatherPaparazzi]

Were you the one who got the crappy partner? Nah we aren't hating on Tornado Road just TWC. I think you may have set a record for the number of times a person was beeped on TWC! haha This would have been a sweet show for NBC to show......much better than some of the crap they have.

Yes, that is me.  If I knew he was doing Fn Yoga on the first few days out and making me miss the storms by taking off late, I would have left his ass in KC vs waiting a month to drop him off in Rapid City.  Everyone else on the show was able to pick who they wanted to chase with but I got stuck with that dude.  When I said I woud do the show, I was going to be partnered up with someone that just got their masters degree in WX but they backed out at the last minute and the rest, well you can judge by the lack of swearing in the 6th show vs the first five. 

[WeatherPaparazzi]

Doug, I think you should get a cool partner, someone who is excited to chase storms and help get into the middle of the action. 

Gee, Ya think?  I wanted to go chasing with my chase partners but they made me chase with that dude.

I doubt there will be another season of the show.  I'm already working on a couple other projects and I have started up my own production gig doing wedding and event videos.

What bugged me about the series is that for 'historical purposes' or whatever excuse they gave, the producers put all kinds of stock footage from other events instead of utilizing more of the footage that was shot during the actual trips.

Well some of the stuff is from the day of and other stuff is archive footage.  What happened was we did not start shooting the show until the first week of June 2008.  Anyone that remembers the last 2 weeks of May 2008 remembers it was a tornado fest.   Any TV show that was filming tornadoes in May of 2008 had so much material  from the last two weeks that it was insane.

Here is a gem I shot in 2008  http://www.bnvn.com/videoplayer/detail.php?id=191

And other stuff that happened why they used the stock footage is rain wrapped tornadoes is about is interesting as watching fog or a blizzard.  You can't see anything.  I know it can be a pet peeve for some just like lightning with the crack of thunder even though the lightning is in the distance.  It is all editing for visual effects.

If you want to watch a bunch of the tornado along with a ton of the weather footage I have shot for TWC in the past, check out my site http://www.bnvn.com

I have a ton of video up there that my crew and I have shot over the years.

Doug

[Localonthe8s]

Will there be regular programming for early morning hours?

[Mike M]

Will there be regular programming for early morning hours?

Yes, it's a normal weekday programming schedule until 7PM.