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KS Toronado

(19,703 posts)
Sun May 5, 2024, 01:14 PM May 2024

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 2024 OP
Happened in NC too NoSheep May 2024 #1
We had a black screen with no explanations or anything rurallib May 2024 #2
TCM Oldtimeralso May 2024 #3
I've noticed it before: some TCM movies have limited streaming rights Auggie May 2024 #4
Well if this was a problem across the entire nation KS Toronado May 2024 #5
UnrelateI watched a Steve Martin musical, Pennies from Heaven mahina May 2024 #6
Such a great underrated film JoseBalow May 2024 #11
Great movie Duncanpup May 2024 #7
TCM Glitch dcbuckeye May 2024 #8
It didn't play in Ohio 10 Turtle Day May 2024 #9
Yep, my DVR recording was kaput JoseBalow May 2024 #10

rurallib

(63,293 posts)
2. We had a black screen with no explanations or anything
Sun May 5, 2024, 01:21 PM
May 2024

We have YouTube TV - ETA we live in Indiana

KS Toronado

(19,703 posts)
5. Well if this was a problem across the entire nation
Sun May 5, 2024, 01:53 PM
May 2024

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

mahina

(19,061 posts)
6. UnrelateI watched a Steve Martin musical, Pennies from Heaven
Sun May 5, 2024, 03:11 PM
May 2024

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

(5,667 posts)
11. Such a great underrated film
Sun May 5, 2024, 04:04 PM
May 2024

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!

dcbuckeye

(83 posts)
8. TCM Glitch
Sun May 5, 2024, 03:34 PM
May 2024

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

(513 posts)
9. It didn't play in Ohio
Sun May 5, 2024, 03:37 PM
May 2024

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

(5,667 posts)
10. Yep, my DVR recording was kaput
Sun May 5, 2024, 04:01 PM
May 2024

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

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