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I love you, America, but...
Mar. 9th, 2013 08:14 am...the general puzzlement and confusion because the last-minute hiatus means that all the holiday episodes are out of sync with actual holidays is a bit hilarious to me. Because it's always like that in Australia.
I mean, in the last couple of years our networks have started "fast-tracking", which means airing stuff within a few weeks of the US (or, in the case of Doctor Who, the UK). And it's not like we have a Thanksgiving to sync up to. Or a 4th of July. But delays of months or years are more common -- the first few Doctor Who Christmas specials aired in June!
(And the Christmas/summer period doesn't count towards ratings in Australia, so no local shows bother with such things.)
It wasn't until I got the internet that I realised holiday episodes were even meant to sync up with holidays!
I mean, in the last couple of years our networks have started "fast-tracking", which means airing stuff within a few weeks of the US (or, in the case of Doctor Who, the UK). And it's not like we have a Thanksgiving to sync up to. Or a 4th of July. But delays of months or years are more common -- the first few Doctor Who Christmas specials aired in June!
(And the Christmas/summer period doesn't count towards ratings in Australia, so no local shows bother with such things.)
It wasn't until I got the internet that I realised holiday episodes were even meant to sync up with holidays!
