Will royal wedding be most-watched TV show ever?

[dijohn76]

I personally do not understand the fascination! We fought a war to get rid of royalty and now you can't turn on the morning news without having to listen to an endless barrage of "royal wedding" garbage. I will be glad when it's over and I don't have to hear about it anymore.

 

[televisionarchives]

I hear ya. The Middle did a very funny show about this two days ago. I see all of these celebrities being knighted and being called sir . Big deal.

 

[Peter Parker]

I don't think the US is the market where they expect big ratings.

 

[Derwin0]

I kinda think it will be an unavoidable event unless you are "off the grid" that day, replayed ad nauseum ...

Not as unavoidable as his parents. Back then, all 3 networks covered it, and so you were screwed if you wanted something else.

Now though, people will just turn to another channel (HBO, ESPN, Cartoon Network, etc...).

 

[dfergie]

Starting to get unavoidable now... the morning network shows especially...

 

[Derwin0]

Starting to get unavoidable now... the morning network shows especially...

Yes, but unlike with his parents, we have options to switch to, options I quickly take advantage of.

 

[navychop]

Well, they've scheduled an hour long "highlights of the royal wedding" so you guys can have it both ways.

Imagine the pressure some editors will be under to pop that out in a matter of hours.

 

[televisionarchives]

For you who don't want to watch the Wedding but want some kind of British Television may I suggest the following. Some of you won't even know what I'm talking about.

Dave Allen at Large
Benny Hill
The Two Ronnies
Monty Python
The Movie "Sid and Nancy"
A Hard Days Night

 

[Steve Mehs]

Ugh! This is all getting sickening. For two weeks prior to this wedding you could flip through a half a dozen random channels without seeing this garbage on at least one of them. And now that the wedding is over, I still can’t! At any given time of channel surfing I see at least 7 or 8 channels taking about this crap. WHO THE HELL CARES??? These are just people, nobody special. Hell, they have no real power anyway. I fail to see the fascination with any of this. I can’t stand going to weddings in real life, last thing I want to see on TV is a wedding between some schmucks overseas, who are useless. $10 bucks says they’ll be divorced in two years anyhow.

 

[televisionarchives]

For you who don't like the Royal Family buy what I did.