Talk me off the ledge. Talk me off the ledge. Talk me off the…. I jumped. I am beyond angry. I’ve tweeted my frustrations out on ABC, Chris Harrison, the producers and anyone else that will listen the Twitterverse. How on EARTH did something like this happen? The finale is scheduled for 8 PM (2 hours) Eastern Standard Time. I was looking forward to it all week. Planned my entire day with the baby to getting to this exact moment when I could watch. Then I find out that it’s Monday Night Football and sorry, for us New Yorkers and NJ and CT and I think Detroit and maybe some other Northeast cities – they are NOT airing the finale until 1:30 AM. Ok, so we’re supposed to sit around and stay up like chumps til then and not get bombarded with emails and Facebook posts and tweets from our non NY / NJ / CT friends who are giving us all the dirt? I can’t even. STOP! As Andi would say.
I’ve looked into live streaming, on Demand and other sites that might have the live finale – no luck. I will have to wait until 1:30 AM. No, I’m not staying up. I’m protesting. I want a huge apology from ABC and the show – it’s one thing to schedule it at 1:30 AM, it’s another thing not to tell us til the last minute. It’s not just any other episode – it’s the FINALE. Can they send me a babysitter so I can watch and blog? They owe that to me, don’t they??
Ok, breathe. Count backwards. 5, 4, 3, 2…I’m still PISSED.
Amy Heinl says
That’s happened to me a couple of time when the Steelers were playing on Monday nights (I live outside of Pittsburgh). Won’t tell you any spoilers….but hang in there….NO JUMPING….LOL It will still be there tomorrow for you.
Jaya says
Funniest thing I have ever read.
I will watch it tomorrow.
They should broadcast it, at least on Tuesday at 8pm
Schmand says
I’m confused– I’m in CT and I saw the finale. Bummed for you and I was so hoping for your input.
Jennifer says
I’m confused too… I’m in NYS and I saw the finale too :/ Looking forward to reading your post later this week!
Katie says
I live in CT and was so looking forward to watching the finale after I got my kids to bed (I DVR it)…but was super bummed when it hadn’t been recorded!! I went to the guide to see what the heck was going on and saw the finale was airing as scheduled on channel 8! But by then it was nearly over and I didn’t want to see the end before I saw the beginning. Maybe the folks commenting that they saw it also got it on channel 8 as well? Like you, ABC (ch. 7) here was Monday Night football. Argh!!
Gail says
OMG OMG that sucks!! I’m out here in Calif and just finished, it’s 10:30 here, so it’s 1:30 for you, just starting, yay! It’ll be worth it, I choked up!
Elizabeth says
That is crazy, I am in CA and just finished it. Go to bed, you are not missing much. But it was great nonetheless!!
backchat says
Now you know how all of us west coasties feel when we accidentally click on your blog before watching the episode! Relax, just log onto abc.go when you wake up and watch the episode. You may just be amazed at the “most exciting and dramatic finale ever in the history of Bachelor in Paradise!” Never mind that is is the 1st finale in BIP history. Honestly, I am more excited to see the finale of MAFS, and I will have to wait an extra day to watch it online. Sigh. I feel your pain though. Football should never interrupt finales.
Lisa says
I agree with backchat. I remembered this morning that the Michelle Money’s BIP final was on last night so I watched it online. If you like to listen to Michelle, the show will not disappoint. There were some nice moments, but I think they could have wrapped up the season in a 30 minute episode.
I am WAY more excited to watch MAFS tonight!
Then on to January to swoon over Chris . . . . YAY!
blah lalalalala says
haha. just have a nice dinner & chill out. you’ll have plenty of time to watch this silly show.
Shelley @ Calypso in the Country says
I agree with you! I live in NJ so our channels are NY based. Although my Giants loving husband was glued to the TV last night….I was not! I couldn’t believe when I scrolled through the guide on the DVR that the FINALE was airing so late! I thought somehow I missed it and they were just rerunning it at that time but I guess not! So I DVR’d it and will be watching it tonight. How annoying…
Shelley
Lauren says
Thank god I live in Central Jersey and get NYC and Philly channels. Philly was running BIP like normal.