I am glad at least Giant aired. Clearly both MBC and KBS are sort of insane.
It's all about ratings for all three networks.
For MBC and KBS, their dramas are doing so badly that the Asian Games pull better ratings for them. They could have aired news specials tonight, and odds are they wouldn't have done any worse than Mary or QoR.
SBS saw no interest from the outset in broadcasting the Games alongside the other two, and it also happens all their dramas are well-entrenched in their timeslots, so pre-emption for anything wouldn't have made much sense. They did pull out the variety shows out of respect for today's events.
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Date: 2010-11-23 04:15 pm (UTC)It's all about ratings for all three networks.
For MBC and KBS, their dramas are doing so badly that the Asian Games pull better ratings for them. They could have aired news specials tonight, and odds are they wouldn't have done any worse than Mary or QoR.
SBS saw no interest from the outset in broadcasting the Games alongside the other two, and it also happens all their dramas are well-entrenched in their timeslots, so pre-emption for anything wouldn't have made much sense. They did pull out the variety shows out of respect for today's events.