What time zone do you live in?

[kphoger]

Wow, apparently TV shows weigh heavily on people's opinions about this topic.

We haven't had cable TV for years, and we only break out the rabbit ears and DTA for two occasions:  tornado warnings and the Olympics.  Everything we watch is on Netflix/Amazon/whatever.  So air times mean nothing to me, unless Chiefs games interfere with our fan-friends hosting church small group at their house (and, even then, they can just DVR it and ignore everyone's text messages).

[jakeroot]

That said, in order: Mountain > Central > Eastern > Pacific.

Is this most-hated to least-hated or vice-versa?

That would be in order from best to worst.

I hate Pacific. Sports are way too early and the evening news still isn't till 11. TV gets tape delayed 3 hours, which is a lot less manageable than the 1 hour Mountain delay if you want to avoid spoilers.

Gotcha.

I've always preferred Pacific for sports, as it fits within the day a bit better. Football is 10am to 8:30pm, rather than 1pm to some ungodly hour. I can watch the Dolphins get beat up for a few hours in the morning, and then go about my day! Mountain is obviously a good compromise, but I think a 10am start is still my preference.

Like kphoger above, TV otherwise doesn't factor into my decision. I use YouTube TV to record some news programs and I'll occasionally watch them back on my phone or computer when I'm eating. Everything else is streamed.

[ghYHZ]

Do we have any members from the Atlantic Time part of Canada?

Reporting for duty   

Me too!

Here we think of Hockey or Ballgames starting at 8pm.....but when we get to Toronto, Montreal or Boston......we're taking are time having dinner and then realize "Hey....we better get moving" .....the game starts here at 7pm!

And if you're from Newfoundland.....those games start at 8:30pm on TV.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfEj_oJSIiY

[michravera]

That said, in order: Mountain > Central > Eastern > Pacific.

Is this most-hated to least-hated or vice-versa?

That would be in order from best to worst.

I hate Pacific. Sports are way too early and the evening news still isn't till 11. TV gets tape delayed 3 hours, which is a lot less manageable than the 1 hour Mountain delay if you want to avoid spoilers.

Gotcha.

I've always preferred Pacific for sports, as it fits within the day a bit better. Football is 10am to 8:30pm, rather than 1pm to some ungodly hour. I can watch the Dolphins get beat up for a few hours in the morning, and then go about my day! Mountain is obviously a good compromise, but I think a 10am start is still my preference.

Like kphoger above, TV otherwise doesn't factor into my decision. I use YouTube TV to record some news programs and I'll occasionally watch them back on my phone or computer when I'm eating. Everything else is streamed.

I remember my first encounter with live sporting events in Sint Maarten. I woke up (after a pretty late Saturday night out) on a Sunday morning to CBS's "Face the Nation" which aired at what for me was its expected 10AM time since I was used to the other programs airing an hour later than normal (only a 30 minute NFL Today back then). I expected NFL Today to follow as it did back home in California. Well, NO! I had time to spend a whole day at the beach and driving around the island and such before the 49ers or Raiders games came on. I watched those in the Casino Sports Book (casinos didn't open until like 4PM).

[MikeTheActuary]

Wow, apparently TV shows weigh heavily on people's opinions about this topic.

We haven't had cable TV for years, and we only break out the rabbit ears and DTA for two occasions:  tornado warnings and the Olympics.  Everything we watch is on Netflix/Amazon/whatever.  So air times mean nothing to me, unless Chiefs games interfere with our fan-friends hosting church small group at their house (and, even then, they can just DVR it and ignore everyone's text messages).

3 generations of addiction to TV have shaped public opinion.

I haven't been dependent on TV schedules for at least 20 years (DVR broke my caring about TV schedules), and since I've telecommuted and set my own hours for over a decade and don't have kids, I'm not particularly beholden to other peoples' notions of what the clock should read at certain landmarks of the day.

It doesn't really matter to me if the clock averages 6 at sunrise/18 at sunset; I just need to make sure that I allow for enough daylight to get outside chores done. 

Similarly, when it comes to arguments about DST...if I want "more daylight" earlier/later in the day, it seems less arrogant to change my schedule than to change the clock.

[allniter89]

9:41 p.m.

[tolbs17]

9:41 p.m.

You must be in CST

[kphoger]

9:41 p.m.

Time for a new watch battery!