Classic Films

KS Toronado

(17,587 posts) Sun May 5, 2024, 02:14 PM May 5

Was looking forward to watching Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid Friday night

on TCM but something went wrong and they aired a bunch of other stuff instead. Did this happen across
the entire nation or did my cable provider have an isolated problem?

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Was looking forward to watching Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid Friday night (Original Post) KS Toronado May 5 OP

Happened in NC too NoSheep May 5 #1

We had a black screen with no explanations or anything rurallib May 5 #2

TCM Oldtimeralso May 5 #3

I've noticed it before: some TCM movies have limited streaming rights Auggie May 5 #4

Well if this was a problem across the entire nation KS Toronado May 5 #5

UnrelateI watched a Steve Martin musical, Pennies from Heaven mahina May 5 #6

Such a great underrated film JoseBalow May 5 #11

Great movie Duncanpup May 5 #7

TCM Glitch dcbuckeye May 5 #8

It didn't play in Ohio 10 Turtle Day May 5 #9

Yep, my DVR recording was kaput JoseBalow May 5 #10

NoSheep

(8,139 posts)

1. Happened in NC too

Reply to KS Toronado (Original post)

Sun May 5, 2024, 02:16 PM

May 5

rurallib

(62,528 posts)

2. We had a black screen with no explanations or anything

Reply to KS Toronado (Original post)

Sun May 5, 2024, 02:21 PM

May 5

We have YouTube TV - ETA we live in Indiana

Oldtimeralso

(1,940 posts)

3. TCM

Reply to KS Toronado (Original post)

Sun May 5, 2024, 02:24 PM

May 5

Turner Classic Movies was off the air in Iowa on Direct TV.

Auggie

(31,268 posts)

4. I've noticed it before: some TCM movies have limited streaming rights

Reply to KS Toronado (Original post)

Sun May 5, 2024, 02:52 PM

May 5

KS Toronado

(17,587 posts)

5. Well if this was a problem across the entire nation

Reply to KS Toronado (Original post)

Sun May 5, 2024, 02:53 PM

May 5

seems like it would be nice if they could replay it.

mahina

(17,812 posts)

6. UnrelateI watched a Steve Martin musical, Pennies from Heaven

Reply to KS Toronado (Original post)

Sun May 5, 2024, 04:11 PM

May 5

with Bernadette Peters and Christopher Walken on Fri on TCM. I'd never seen it before. Never saw Steve Martin play a bad man before.

Maybe DMDWP is available on demand on TCM now?

JoseBalow

(2,741 posts)

11. Such a great underrated film

Reply to mahina (Reply #6)

Sun May 5, 2024, 05:04 PM

May 5

I know a lot people might be put off by the song and dance numbers, but even the way it was voiced-over made it unique and special.

I remember thinking it was strange that it was rated MA, a Steve Martin movie, but watching it again reminded me why!

Duncanpup

(13,000 posts)

7. Great movie

Reply to KS Toronado (Original post)

Sun May 5, 2024, 04:24 PM

May 5

dcbuckeye

(80 posts)

8. TCM Glitch

Reply to KS Toronado (Original post)

Sun May 5, 2024, 04:34 PM

May 5

It happened to me in DC. Ben came out to introduce the movie but after that, the movie that played on screen was the movie that they had just shown called "Carnival" with Ann Baxter. I'm guessing this was a nationwide thing.

10 Turtle Day

(104 posts)

9. It didn't play in Ohio

Reply to KS Toronado (Original post)

Sun May 5, 2024, 04:37 PM

May 5

I’d recorded it but when I went to watch it there was about 10 minutes of black screen with no sound and then Ben Mankowitz was back on for the closing comments and hand off to the next movie. They ran a bunch of previews and ads and then the movie Carnival Story for the remainder of the 2 hour slot. I was very disappointed but fortunately our library has the DVD so I put a request in.

JoseBalow

(2,741 posts)

10. Yep, my DVR recording was kaput

Reply to KS Toronado (Original post)

Sun May 5, 2024, 05:01 PM

May 5

Some colorized-looking B-movie instead. I was disappointed too.

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