Bush Speech Delays 'CSI'

[CSI Files]

Set your DVR carefully.<p>President <font color=yellow>George W Bush</font> has asked the major television networks to air a farewell address on Thursday during primetime. The speech will start at 8:00pm ET and last 10-15 minutes. It will be delivered from the East Room of the White House. Joining Bush will be a small audience of people chosen for their personal courage.<p>This speech will be the last scheduled public event before Bush steps down to be replaced by President-Elect <font color=yellow>Barack Obama</font> on January 20. "It's not something where he's trying to refight old battles. It's a very thoughtful, forward-looking speech in which the president will share the lessons he learned in office and his views on the future," said press secretary <font color=yellow>Dana Perino</font>. <p>The farewell speech is part of a ritual followed by past presidents. "This is not going to be a swan song to the president's administration, although he will defend his record, but it will be very gracious to President-elect Obama," Perino said. CBS has announced that it will air the Thursday night lineup as planned once the farewell address is over. The repeat of <I>CSI: Crime Scene Investigation</I>'s last episode, <A class="link" HREF="http://www.csifiles.com/episodes/csi/season9/19_down.shtml">"19 Down"</a>, will air at 8:15pm ET, and the final episode for <font color=yellow>William Petersen</font> (Gil Grissom), <A class="link" HREF="http://www.csifiles.com/episodes/csi/season9/one_to_go.shtml">"One to Go"</a>, will begin at 9:15pm ET. Viewers planning to use a digital video recorder (DVR) to catch the episode should check their local schedule so they know when to start recording.<p>The original information is from <A class="link" HREF="http://www.reuters.com/article/vcCandidateFeed2/idUSTRE50B6VI20090112">Reuters</a> and the <A class="link" HREF="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jTYDmnCOa9VY6wH26Y9Dd6hI1k4gD95LTH0O0">Associated Press</a>. The information about CBS airing the address is from <A class="link" HREF="http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20090113cbs04">The Futon Critic</a>.<center></center>

 

[Smokey]

I don't understand why it has to be on EVERY channel in the universe. :wtf: If people want to watch it, let them turn to one of the fifty news channels. Let the rest of them show their regular programs for those who don't care!

And they say they'll run the show right after the speech, but you know there's always a followup analyzing everything. Dang. He had to get one more parting shot in at us, didn't he? :lol:

 

[myfuturecsi]

I don't understand why it has to be on EVERY channel in the universe. :wtf: If people want to watch it, let them turn to one of the fifty news channels. Let the rest of them show their regular programs for those who don't care!

And they say they'll run the show right after the speech, but you know there's always a followup analyzing everything. Dang. He had to get one more parting shot in at us, didn't he? :lol:

I'm not American, but is there a law in place that requires all the networks to broadcast the President's speeches?

 

[roximonoxide]

Absolutely not. There are many many many networks in the world that won't be airing it. There are just as many that will broadcast it on the basis that America pretty much holds the spotlight on the political stage and keeping abreast of America's situation effects us all. And lastly there's the all too over looked fact that TV media is owned by corporations, and corporations always have political agendas.