TV Alert: Halloween On Ice: NBC Oct. 25

[merrybari]

I agree! The skating mummy number was definately dorky, so I changed the channel.

I'm so not into "show" skating of this nature. Saw all that I wanted to see in the ads. The overdone costumes are so distracting. From what I read here it seemed to me most were so busy trying to figure out who was who they weren't paying that much attention to the skating.

I would hate for the casual viewer to be surfing through channels and think that Halloween on Ice was the standard for figure skating...

:agree: The "real" thing is so much more exciting.

 

[Mathman]

From Sports Media Watch:

The Halloween Ice Special actually got a higher preliminary rating (1.2) than the Cup of Russia telecast earlier (1.0).

http://sportsmediawatch.blogspot.com/2009/10/weekend-overnight-ratings_27.html

I would suppose that the people watching the Hallowe'en show are families with young children. The people watching the Grand Priix are...us?

 

[iluvtodd]

Count me in as one of the people who loves competition, but doesn't mind seeing the shows (and I admit that I still prefer to see the skaters as they really are, not as much disguised in Halloween costumes). I did watch the show to see skaters I enjoy, and I figured out who was who among the men mostly by recognizing their speaking voices.

Anyway, here are lots of pics from the show (including what they looked like in the dress rehearsals). :

http://www.scratchspin.com/2009/halloween09/halloween09.shtml

 

[demarinis5]

Count me in as one of the people who loves competition, but doesn't mind seeing the shows (and I admit that I still prefer to see the skaters as they really are, not as much disguised in Halloween costumes). I did watch the show to see skaters I enjoy, and I figured out who was who among the men mostly by recognizing their speaking voices.

Anyway, here are lots of pics from the show (including what they looked like in the dress rehearsals). :

http://www.scratchspin.com/2009/halloween09/halloween09.shtml

The show was repeated last night on Hallmark Channel. It was pretty good.
I agree with you about the costumes. Thanks for the link to the photos.