American Dad - "Moon Over Isla Island" - Talkback [10/4]
As I watched ?American Dad?, I was reminded for the second time tonight (first time was during ?Family Guy?), why expletives, especially the ones that get censored by a ?beep?, are unnecessary on programs such as this, but as the show was coming to an end I was truly enjoying what the show was about in spite of the language when all of a sudden my local station interrupted it for a special weather report concerning the right edge of the broadcast area. The station had weather information on the screen during the previous commercial break and disappeared until later in the third segment of ?American Dad?, but the station did the weather report anyway until the commercial break preceding the end credits for ?American Dad?.
The stormy weather at the time did not affect the entire broadcast area, yet the station felt the need to interrupt a new episode of a program after providing on-screen information for viewers in the affected areas. The stations in my area interrupt programming so often it?s no longer a surprise for some, but I was surprised again as it affected a show I continue to follow. I wish I could change the ways of these stations instead of waiting 20 or 30 years for any great differences.