Is any one getting Medium in HDTV? Both Boston & Detroit are showing 4:3 SDTV.

SD on DNS

I called my local NBC station WSAZ-DT they said the NBC corporate decided not to send this one in HD the guy said next weeks episode is in HD??? They blamed NBC HQ for just sending the SD version.

I don't get it but at least they talked with with me more about the situation.

wondering if it was like this in the early days of color tv...

Yes, same here. WILX (NBC), Lansing, MI. I spoke with Master Control at 10:05 and he said network is only sending widescreen feed. No HD. Don't know what happened as this program and CJ were in HD all year up to three weeks ago. Thanks for the posts...

John

Whoever has been in charge of this at NBC should be fired. Everything from Leno to Las Vegas to Revelations have been botched over and over again all within 4 weeks.

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NBC....

'Nother
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Conversion

Leno & Vegas have been HD the last month. Blame your local if yours wasn't.

Typical NBC, the Walmart of Television networks...

NBC ----Nothing But (in)Competence

Leno & Vegas have been HD the last month. Blame your local if yours wasn't.
Not true. There were back to back days with Leno screwups nationally. Vegas was shown in 4:3 LBX "Speedup" mode. Medium was as well, followed now with LBX for the second of the last three weeks. Revelations was in 4:3 SD from the start to start of second segment nationally last week. These have all been national screwups and/or planned screw overs. The reports are in the forum.

Las Vegas was full Hd tonight, if it wasn't it was your station....

Who said Las Vegas was not in HD tonight?

Many of the folks at NBC do seem to be doing all in their power to push every possible viewer away from their shows this crucial sweeps month.
(Is there perhaps a NABET labor confrontation brewing?)
Strange.

As to Leno & Vegas, I know my local has had every episode of Vegas this season in HD and at least the first 20 min of Leno in April.

The easiest way to check if a scripted show was broadcast in HD is to look at http://www.btefnet.net/ . If it wasn't, like Medium last night, it will show as PDTV or VCD instead of HDTV.

First ABC goes SD on "LOST" episode, now NBC goes SD on "MEDIUM". I hope they get a lot of dis-grunted e-mail. I wonder if these are technical problems or on purpose.

Here's a quote from our NBC stations engineer:

"Transmission problems from their New York uplink facility (maybe weather-related) forced them to uplink primetime programming from Burbank tonight."

it's just NBC's way of making me glad I bought a 65" instead of 55". Uggh!

As to Leno & Vegas, I know my local has had every episode of Vegas this season in HD and at least the first 20 min of Leno in April.

With Las Vegas you may be technically right about every first run episode. However, NBC ran a re-run episode in 4:3 "Speedup" mode two weeks ago along with a 4:3 LBX "Speedup" mode Medium afterwards to get more commercial $$$. The date of those was 4/18.

You're wrong about Leno because the problems were during the first segments of the shows in April and were on the national ATSC feed. The night of the second screwup was 4/19 with Kevin Smith and Mischa Barton. It started in SD 4:3 for the entire first segment nationally.

The response by the loony Dr. when asked by the Medium if he knew another man who had committed murders similar to his.

It's not like we have a union Ms. Dubois, we haven't seen each other at the meetings.

Perhaps you just had to be there but I was rolling in the floor when I heard that! :)

PS: Great PQ tonight as well.

Tonight was a rerun right? Tvtome and titantv was showing it as a new episode, but I could have sworn this one has aired.

Originally posted by taz291819
Tonight was a rerun right? Tvtome and titantv was showing it as a new episode, but I could have sworn this one has aired.

I am sure that I have seen all the episodes ... and this was a new one.

Originally posted by HiDef Bob
I am sure that I have seen all the episodes ... and this was a new one.

I concur Bob.

Yep, all new. Maybe you saw it in a dream. ;)

Hey, new episode tonight. Wahoo!

Hey, new episode tonight. Wahoo!
Anyone experiencing low audio during the show? Commercials are much louder, can barely hear the program.

Medium is SD (WS) tonight? Then this is the very best SD I have ever seen.

Full HD here in Jacksonville. Also, a particularly creepy episode.

You all missed the dates on the original thread....it was SD back in May of '05. :)

You all missed the dates on the original thread....it was SD back in May of '05. :)

Actually, I was responding to DrDetroit's post yesterday about it being in SD (WS). May have been a local problem. Unless it is all just the after effects of one too many "Auld Lang Synes". :)

The broadcast had all sorts of issues here in Seattle. Blackouts, pauses, wrong size, etc.

The broadcast had all sorts of issues here in Seattle. Blackouts, pauses, wrong size, etc.
It was bad in SF as well, green blocks, frozen screens, large rectangular black blocks covering large portions of the image, audio running while the image is frozen...NBC at it's finest... :rolleyes:

BTW, did others think the "who did it" was a bit obvious?

I got it as soon as I noticed the "ME" was capitalized in the "It was ME" thing. But when in the kitchen they even said the words Medical Examiner while discussing it.

Also, as an aside, if you're dead and want to tell someone who did it, wouldn't it be easier to just spell out Medical Examiner once rather than writing "It was ME" 9000 times? ;)

I haven't seen anything so obvious since every episode of Murder She Wrote! :D

I liked the way this episode was filmed better than previous ones. Medium especially when compared to Las Vegas looks to TVish with too many (cheap) head shots. There were more master shots in this. Maybe the director and/or director of photography were European. This has bugged me every since the 1960's when I used to compare Star Trek to The Prisoner.

BTW, did others think the "who did it" was a bit obvious?

I got it as soon as I noticed the "ME" was capitalized in the "It was ME" thing. But when in the kitchen they even said the words Medical Examiner while discussing it.

Also, as an aside, if you're dead and want to tell someone who did it, wouldn't it be easier to just spell out Medical Examiner once rather than writing "It was ME" 9000 times? ;)

I haven't seen anything so obvious since every episode of Murder She Wrote! :D
Given the improper syntax, I'm not sure it was all that obvious, although introducing a Medical Examiner as a character(something we haven't seen before) was a pretty good clue.

I do like the way this show is doing different things with how Allison is involved with the "crime", more creative than the standard formula usually seen on TV.

When I last checked, Medium was #15 in the ratings (6/2/06). I don't see it on the fall NBC schedule, and it doesn't seem to be listed in the "dearly departed" list.

So, has it actually been cancelled???

No, Peter.
NBC has bumped it back to mid-season.
Reportedly it will be put into the Sunday night schedule after Sunday Night Football ends.

No, Peter.
NBC has bumped it back to mid-season.
Reportedly it will be put into the Sunday night schedule after Sunday Night Football ends.

Thanks for clarifying that, and that is good to hear.

No, Peter.
NBC has bumped it back to mid-season.
Reportedly it will be put into the Sunday night schedule after Sunday Night Football ends.
I'll bet it does terrible there, football fans are not all of a sudden going to tune into Medium, hardly seems like the same audience and the other networks will have almost a half season to build their audiences in the time spot.

Typical NBC move. They have one success in the last 2 years and they bump it somewhere else because the viewship that watches medium will watch whatever they put in that timeslot. I thought Medium was great counter programming against CSI Miami (I watch that too, thanks to DVR technology :) )

Just like when they moved Ed, and then West Wing from Wednesday to Friday/Sunday, that was the death of those shows and Medium will probably get the same bad ratings. I wonder what that means for Crossing Jordan on Sunday, is it also Sunday? No wonder the network is last, they even tried moving their bread and butter Law & Order against Lost and almost kill that show too, even after what 14 years.

Here's hoping the viewers follow Medium to Sunday, I know I will but I have DVR and it won't matter where it is it gets recorded, but not everyone has that advantage :(

I hope NBC doesn't kill it with with lame scheduling.

This show has managed to combine an odd blend of elements into, in my opinion, a rather enjoyable show. The kids can be obnoxious, Allison's husband gets frustrated and angry with her, and she has self doubts---all elements of a "normal" family.

How she manages to use her "gift/curse" in that environment is what makes it work for me.

It's back and better than ever. Great show tonight. This show is just different than anything else on TV and never fails to keep my attention.

Anyone understand why this show was given the boot from its Monday timeslot when the show that replaced it has done so poorly in the ratings? Could it be that the show that replaced it was NBC's own production, unlike Medium which is CBS? Seems odd that one of the shows that had an audience for the number 4 network last year which they showed reruns all summer and they couldn't find a spot for it until now. I just hope they haven't killed this show by holding it off the schedule until now and putting it at a timeslot that even Law & Order had worn out its welcome after 17 years. No, I am not bitter :)

It's back and better than ever. Great show tonight. This show is just different than anything else on TV and never fails to keep my attention.
Agreed, fantastic 2 hrs of TV with Medium tonight, thoroughly enjoyed it. I especially like the relationships between the family members, so much of it seems so normal and everyday-like, take away the unusual abilities and they could be the family next door, there's something about that that I really enjoy about this show.

The use of the cartoon segments for Bridget's dream sequences was brilliant.

Anyone understand why this show was given the boot from its Monday timeslot when the show that replaced it has done so poorly in the ratings? Could it be that the show that replaced it was NBC's own production, unlike Medium which is CBS? Seems odd that one of the shows that had an audience for the number 4 network last year which they showed reruns all summer and they couldn't find a spot for it until now. I just hope they haven't killed this show by holding it off the schedule until now and putting it at a timeslot that even Law & Order had worn out its welcome after 17 years. No, I am not bitter :)
I think Medium would fit quite nicely after Heroes, move Studio 60 to Wed.

Enjoyed the season opener as well. Funny- the the high school flame was Alison's real life husband.

Unfortunately, the numbnuts behind the control panel (maybe it was a NY thing) forgot to switch the HD back on after the first set of commercials- and the show was in SD for 10 min or so till the next set of commercials.... and then we were treated to another 2 min or so of blackscreen with the NBC logo flying in and out before the HD started again.

This show is so original. I love the direction and writing that allows the performances such great nuances. I never know where we are going to be taken. I compare this to Ghost Whisperer and it's cookie cutter formula and revel in the complexity.

Agreed. Great show. I'm glad it's back.

(From Marc Berman’s Thursday, Nov. 16, 2006, Programming Insider blog at Mediaweek.com )

“…Opposite Day Break was the two-hour season-premiere of NBC’s relocated Medium, with a respectable 9.43 million viewers (#3) and a 3.7/10 among adults 18-49 (#2) from 9-11 p.m. Although Day Break had more viewers, the positive news for Medium (which I still think would be better off back in the Monday 10 p.m. hour) was growth out of lead-in The Biggest Loser (Viewers: #4, 6.31 million; A18-49: #4, 2.8/ 7) of an overall 3.12 million viewers and 32 percent among adults 18-49.…”

http://pifeedback.com/eve/?cdra=Y&s=32410241

I think the normal schedule puts Medium on at 10 and Day Break on at 9 so the numbers will probably get even better next week.

Also, I wonder if it's just a coincidence that next weeks Medium plot involves Allison reliving the same day over and over again.

They should do a crossover of Medium with Heroes, since Allison's powers are kind of Hero-esque.

I am wondering if it was just my local station or was the broadcast bad everywhere. There were lots of fuzzing of the picture. I have only seen a picture this bad once, and that was on Sunday's Green Bay and Chicago game. The show was almost unwatchable because of these problems.

My picture was perfect during last nights episode, another good one I might add. It was enjoyable to see the interaction in dream episodes between Allison and her daughter.

Last night's show was listed as a repeat but I don't remember seeing it, plus I don't think I've missed any episodes.

Last nights episode was new, not sure where you saw in listed as a repeat, but my DVR recorded it with this title and episode guides listed it as first run:

45. 3- 7 046 3 Jan 07 Mother's Little Helper

Very different episode last night, Alison was completely taken over by a spirit and didn't know it and couldn't out of it.
Nice change of pace for Medium.

I love this show...one of the best on TV these days.

The middle daughter is a riot.

The middle daughter is a riot.
She's a lot like our younger daughter- very outspoken and headstrong.... but 1000% sweetness!
Remember the “school picture day” episode with the hat? My older daughter actually lived through that scenario but it was with a favorite scarf. We didn’t know she brought the scarf to school on picture day, so we were very surprised when her photos came back with her wearing the scarf. At first my wife was upset because she said that we’ll always see her in the photo wearing the scarf. But after seeing the “picture day” episode, we agreed that that was how she looked in 5th grade! Now we love that photo because it’s different from the other school photo’s.

One of the things that I believe makes this show stand out from the crowd is the fact that the main characters (Alison & Joe) actually have kids in the first in the first place. These children have needs.. They somehow have to get to school and eat and do homework every day. Joe actually has a job that he has to show up for- he has deadlines and projects that sometimes take him away from his family. The kids get sick, Joe gets sick, Alison has to go to the Dentist.... Just like you and I, real people with real needs.
Too many shows today sweep aside “inconvenient” family ties and issues because it slows down the show or would restrict plot development. Medium seems to address this issue and that's one of it's outstanding characteristics that helps us identify with the characters.

I agree...and I love how Joe and Allison portray their love for each other in this show, and that they have fights from time to time.

Its a top notch show. I also love how they show ghosts but don't do them in a frightening way.

Not to mention, the dream sequences are often done in very clever ways, such as the Bridgette "Monkey Heads" or the Captain Push dreams. Even the 3D episode was exceptional in how the dreams were portrayed. The use of the camcorder in another episode was a great way to mix things up. I like some of the hints at two of the daughters' own abilities like Ariel in the "Mother's Little Helper" episode and as described above with Bridgette, along with the recent show surrounding use of drugs.

Last night's episode was an interesting change of pace - and the twist was pretty good.

The latest Medium episode was directed by Patricia Arquette's little brother David Arquette (Courtney Cox's SO). Hence the different feel/look etc ...

I agree...and I love how Joe and Allison portray their love for each other in this show, and that they have fights from time to time.

Its a top notch show. I also love how they show ghosts but don't do them in a frightening way.

If I didn't know better, I'd swear they were married to each other in real life. They have feel of a "real" marriage with fights over trivial things, combined with moments of deep love and commitment.

I've been watching this series from the beginning and have found it consistently entertaining.

Same here peter....this is probably one of my favorite shows. I have never missed an episode. And Ariel, the oldest daughter, plays her role to a tee. How many of us have teenagers that act the exact same way? Esp to their younger siblings?

And I just love Bridget. She is a hoot. And totally believable that these 3 kids are actually Joe's and Allisons. (Heck Bridget even looks like Allison).

Agree with earlier comments about the family interactions and everyday problems enhancing the effectiveness and realism of this series. I've also caught all the shows. But I suppose giving it the 1080/60i video taping treatment, like a soap opera (i.e., CBS's 1080/60i-taped "The Young" and the Restless"), would be going overboard. Don't follow any soap operas here, but have read one reason for video taping them is creating greater realism, helping viewers identify more with characters. 1080/60i capture (60 TV fields per second instead of 24-fps film/tape) makes all motion appear smoother and can provide an ultracrisp wow-effect 'look' to programming like many travelogues/documentaries. Guess that's too much primetime family realism, though, and ditto for possible 1080/60p taping; also, clearly only ghosts should ever be in 3D! (And 24p capture, of course, is important for international marketing.) -- John

The little moments in last night's episode is the perfect way to do a Valentine's episode. I usually end up solving the "mystery" within 20 minutes, but the family moments are a nice gem. All that and Patricia Arquette is one hot little pretend soccer mom.

Powerful episode last night!
When it was revealed that the terminally sick teenage girl in the hospital bed was the currently 4 year old Marie, sometime in the future- we were shocked. My wife got all teary and didn't watch the rest of the show. I DVR'd it... she'll watch it at another time.
I usually note the time in the episode where I "get it" and solve the puzzle. Last night it was at 10 min before the end.

This show keeps getting better and better....

Its funny, even though I enjoy this show so much and thought last nights episode was good, it bugged me that Joe didn't point out to her that maybe them moving is what caused her to get sick, not sure why I thought that, but immediately that is what I thought it was and it seemed that Joe would 'point' that out to her as he usually plays that role. Maybe I've just seen too much of this show and I know where they have to go now :)

I'm usually too laid back when watching to pick up on the outcomes of plots. However, this time I caught it as soon as the prospect of them moving was mentioned. Of course, it also helps that I assumed they wouldn't be too quick to scrap the current home set - it has too much character and fits the family too well. Now, if they had found a creepy old Victorian-style house to move into, I'd have believed it more, based on the potential for previous inhabitants to show up in future storylines.

One thing I found odd: the boy with cancer at the model home appeared that same way for the entire scene. I was surprised he didn't appear normal once the shock of her seeing him for the first time wore off. I'm wondering if those family members really were supposed to be portrayed as suffering from cancer in that scene, not just in her vision. It would have been cooler (even if it's a cliche) to flip back to a shot of the boy appearing perfectly normal.

Now, if they had found a creepy old Victorian-style house to move into, I'd have believed it more, based on the potential for previous inhabitants to show up in future storylines.
Now that is an interesting idea. Outstanding!!
I'm thinking "Skeleton Key" type house/area here :eek: :eek:

NBC foresees a 'Medium' pickup
By Nellie Andreeva The Hollywood Reporter April 10, 2007

NBC's "Medium" is moving closer to a pickup for next season.

The network has ordered six additional scripts from the psychic crime drama starring Patricia Arquette.

Picking up additional scripts is considered a strong indication of a network's intention to follow up with an episodic order.

"Medium," from CBS Paramount Network TV, Grammnet Prods. and Picturemaker Prods., is in its third season.

After a hot start as a midseason entry in 2005, "Medium" has lost some of its luster after being transplanted from its original 10 p.m. Monday period. The show airs in the 10 p.m. Wednesday slot, where it ranks third but regularly builds onto its lead-in from another NBC crime drama with an uncertain future, veteran "Crossing Jordan."

It wasn't clear if a strike contingency played any role in the script order for "Medium."

NBC recently handed out an early fifth-season pickup to another drama on the bubble, "Las Vegas," in part to keep the series -- which had an early wrap date -- in production to bank episodes in case of a writers strike in the fall.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3icfbe278b3e72ce8c793ad1ac757a06d7

Good, I enjoy this show. Not the best thing on TV, but better then a lot of whats on TV.

This is good news. I too enjoy this show. But, it's a funny thing that I don't highly anticipate this show each week like I do for some other shows like 24. But, everytime I watch Medium, I thoroughly enjoy it. It's kind of weird. Then again, maybe it's just because a show like 24 is like a drug and I need my fix. :D Medium on the other hand is just good drama without the constant "edge of seat" tactics. :)

It still bugs me that NBC moved it from Monday night at 9cst where as far as I know it did well and following Heroes, seems like it would have been a better combo than, Studio 60 which was a flop from the beginning, I really thought once that show was failing they would wake up and put Medium on in that timeslot where it did way better than Studio 60. I just hope the way they have been jerking Heroes around by taking it off the air when they dont have new episodes that the audience doesn't get lost.

NBC Renews Medium
Top network tries to shed one-trick pony image
By Jim Benson Broadcasting & Cable 5/7/2007

NBC has issued an early fourth-season renewal for its 10 p.m. Wednesday drama Medium, which was considered to be on the bubble.

Although it has been averaging a 3.0 rating/8 share among adults 18-49 and 8.5 million viewers overall this season—finishing last in the time period against ABC’s Lost and CBS’ CSI:NY, the younger-skewing Medium has been building by 37 percent on its 18-49 lead-in, Crossing Jordan.

NBC Entertainment President Kevin Reilly cited viewer loyalty for producer Glenn Gordon Caron’s Medium, which is the only one of several questionable dramas that has shown any signs of growth this season.

The fates of Law & Order and Law & Order: Criminal Intent, along with Crossing Jordan, are also up in the air as NBC zeroes in on five or six strong drama pilots that may proceed to series.

While there is still understood to be a good deal of back-and-forth between NBC and L&O creator/executive producer Dick Wolf—the two are currently engaged in a high-stakes game of chicken—it is increasingly looking like the veteran mother ship L&O and Crossing Jordan will not return ,while Criminal Intent could possibly come back in some fashion, according to sources.

The talks are intense. The L&O franchise played an instrumental role in NBC’s 2004 acquisition of Universal, when it bought the entire studio for less than it would have cost to renew the three series.

http://www.broadcastingcable.com/index.asp?layout=articlePrint&articleID=CA6439837

Well, I'm happy. Medium has been consistently interesting. Aside from Alison's unusual gift, the family dynamics seem real. Joe gets cranky at times, the kids fight, and Alison is torn between her job and family.

I'd still like to see Crossing Jordan make it. If not, I hope they give it a decent burial. If for no other reason, it was one of the first regularly scheduled HD network series.

Well, I'm happy. Medium has been consistently interesting. Aside from Alison's unusual gift, the family dynamics seem real. Joe gets cranky at times, the kids fight, and Alison is torn between her job and family.



Besides the whole psychic angle, it has to be one of the most realistic homelife/family dynamics on TV. Regular looking, regular acting middle class people living in a regular house going through every day trials and tribulations.

And like I've said before, the middle daughter cracks me up.

But from a HDTV point of view, I'm torn as to whether they should light the show differently. They use a very Peter Hyams-like natural lighting style indoors and outdoors. A little more light sometimes wouldn't kill them.

Here in Sacramento on 5/2/07 the audio went out completely 27min into the show and did not come back til 12min remaining (commmercials included). Did anyone else notice this?

Hammer

I love Medium. It has a permanent spot on my DVR, and like the previous poster, it is not a show I look forward to like Survivor, AI or Amazing Race, but when I watch it I cannot wait for the next episode. Then the following week, same thing all over again.

It's definitely one of the best shows on TV.

Saturday night I finally watched the three episode long -end of season- story arc... I wanted to have all three episodes on the DVR to watch in one shot sans commercials.
While the episodes were excellent overall, I was less then thrilled by the abrupt ending of the final episode. Did they run out of time or something? Seemed very rushed near the end of episode three. Was it just me, or does anyone else feel this way?

PS... Neve Campbell looked great in HD!

I too thought the ending was rushed. I really thought it was going to be ...continued into next season, and then bam! it's over.

I really thought it was going to be ...continued into next season, and then bam! it's over.
That's exacty what I'm talking about. Just before the ending I said to my wife... and here comes the three little words we love to hate- but they never came. Obviously many of the story lines will continue into next season, but gee whiz... it was almost American Idol like- the they ended the season. :(

they do that alot. there'll be like 5 minutes left in an episode and I'm thinking 2 parter and then the entire episode wraps up. good show overall. now if only fx was in hd for what I think is the best show on tv, rescue me.

I really hope NBC brings Medium back before January. Something tells me they will, because they're bound to have a lot of their new shows flop. Also, I hope they move it away from the Sunday timeslot. Monday night at 10/9c was an excellent time... Wednesday at 10/9c was okay, but Law and Order really belongs there. Law and Order is another show I hope they bring back before January...

I really hope NBC brings Medium back before January. Something tells me they will, because they're bound to have a lot of their new shows flop. Also, I hope they move it away from the Sunday timeslot. Monday night at 10/9c was an excellent time... Wednesday at 10/9c was okay, but Law and Order really belongs there. Law and Order is another show I hope they bring back before January...

One thing you can count on with the Fall season: slots WILL open up before January.