OLD LADIES FUME AT TV SCHEDULING ERROR
For female pensioners in Kyushu, Saturday night means only one thing - Wistfully Grows the Wishing Tree, the ever-popular Korean melodrama that has become a firm favourite following the axeing of Winter Sonata last year. However, last Saturday saw a program scheduling error that left broadcast controllers shaking their heads and the old ladies grumbling en masse.
Instead of the usual screening of the 3 and a half hour weekly show, TV station WTF inexplicably screened a three hour extreme lotion catfight from 1995. In desperation we can only imagine, old ladies from every corner of Kyushu hurriedly organised central Miso Soup Kitchens and spent much of the night talking about Wistfully Grows the Wishing Tree.
Ironically for TV station WTF, Saturday nights viewing figures were the highest since records began, and there were unconfirmed rumours that a schedule change could be on the cards. When this reporter asked WTF spokesman, Furakazu Morimoto, whether he was concerned about the possible backlash from fans, he replied, curtly: "Old ladies will complain whatever happens. We need to think of the ratings."
Instead of the usual screening of the 3 and a half hour weekly show, TV station WTF inexplicably screened a three hour extreme lotion catfight from 1995. In desperation we can only imagine, old ladies from every corner of Kyushu hurriedly organised central Miso Soup Kitchens and spent much of the night talking about Wistfully Grows the Wishing Tree.
Ironically for TV station WTF, Saturday nights viewing figures were the highest since records began, and there were unconfirmed rumours that a schedule change could be on the cards. When this reporter asked WTF spokesman, Furakazu Morimoto, whether he was concerned about the possible backlash from fans, he replied, curtly: "Old ladies will complain whatever happens. We need to think of the ratings."
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