last christmas, i bought a new flat-panel HD-ready tv. our old tv was clunky, had a small screen, and needed to be replaced. ostensibly, there was no reason other than that to upgrade the tube. it’s been pretty sweet– particularly nature shows on the Discovery Channel’s HD version.
however, the main reason? october baseball. i wanted to see the grass in wrigley on HD. i wanted to see the laces on a schilling curveball in HD. i want to see roger clemens’s five-o’-clock shadow in HD. (ok, not that last part, but you get what i mean.) so imagine my surprise (and by surprise i mean frustration) when i learned that last night’s play-in playoff game was not on FOX, ESPN, ESPN2, ABC, NBC, or STARZ, but, instead, TBS.
that’s right, TBS. the network that brought you family ties reruns, sex in the city reruns, and– most memorably– sanford and son reruns. i was briefly confused, wondering if somehow the braves had made the play-in game instead of the rockies or padres. nope. and it wasn’t a one-time, “oh crap where are we going to show this game” thing– TBS is splitting all division series and championship series games with FOX.
and, the kicker: TBS HD exists, but not in my HD channel tier. i called charter and talked to someone who couldn’t buy a clue if i spotted her $20; she actually told me to go do the “Live Chat Support” from charter.com instead. that was fairly entertaining, but the short answer is that there is no ETA on when TBS HD will be added to my programming.
so, your pity is appreciated as i’m stuck watching baseball just on a digital channel. i *so* know what, like, my ancestors must have went through.
