
Silly me. Instead of watching Johnny Depp
channel Keith Richards play 'Captain Jack Sparrow' in
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, I watched celebrities make terrible jokes and thank people I've never heard of. I forgot that, in rumored retaliation for not nominating
Lost or
Desperate Housewives for Emmys, ABC aired that pirate movie. The good one.
It appears I'm not the only one who forgot about the
Pirates. Last night's Emmy telecast averaged 16.1 million viewers, a 14% slip from last year, but still the highest-rated program on television at that time.
Pirates averaged about 10 million viewers.
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8-28-2006 @ 8:42PM
Gordon Werner said...
why the hell would anyone want to watch this on network TV when it is available on DVD without commercials ...
?!?
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8-28-2006 @ 8:55PM
Lacey said...
lol, I flipped back and forth between The Emmys, Pirates of the Caribbean, Jurassic Park 3, and Star Wars Episode 2 (all 3 of the latter I own on DVD)
And in responce to Gordon, lol, many of us are too lazy to get up and put in a dvd, so we settle for what's on TV
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8-28-2006 @ 9:03PM
Jamie said...
Pirates was just in theaters three years ago, then on premium channels, pay per view, DVD, cable, and now network TV. Anyone who likes the film has probably seen it at least twice and probably more. That such an oversaturated (but fun movie. I have seen it three times and own it myself) averaged ten million viewers is impressive.
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8-28-2006 @ 9:34PM
Erica said...
I was switching between Pirates/Attack of the Clones/Apollo 13.
Aaarrrghh, space Jedi!
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8-28-2006 @ 10:00PM
Edgar said...
I saw it because the HD presentation was absolutely stunning, it ranked right up there with the 2001: A Space Odyssey showing on HDnet Movies.
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8-28-2006 @ 11:03PM
Design said...
Edgar, I second that. That's why I watched it.
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8-29-2006 @ 8:27AM
Brenda M. said...
I was utilizing my time better than anyone here: Watching DEADWOOD was better than the egocentric, over-rated EMMY's. And as far as PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN is concerned ... Seen IT...Done That! Why would I want to put myself through endless commercial interruptions like the stupid EMMY'S!?
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8-29-2006 @ 10:35AM
Design said...
Brenda M. , Well aren't you just SO MUCH BETTER THAN THE REST OF US.!!! BITCH!
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8-29-2006 @ 4:06PM
kathy janeke said...
I watch the Pirates because I don't like any of the stars on the Emmy, but the only one that I like is CSI Las Vegas.
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