CBS @ 75 broadcast live in HDTV

[aegoraya]

Their website schedule shows it being broadcast in HD on Sunday:
"CBS AT 75, a new three-hour entertainment extravaganza commemorating CBS's 75th anniversary, will be broadcast live from the Hammerstein Ballroom at New York's Manhattan Center."
CBS Primetime Schedule (http://www.cbs.com/info/hdtv/)

[Geoff]

Don't count on it.
CBS's web site is famous for being incorrect.
It would be nice though. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

[aegoraya]

You're right let's not count on it, although I've found the CBS listings to be quite accurate in the past, except for a delay in manual switchover to HD mode.

[Bogney]

It will not be in HD. Copied from AVS Forum:


TO: CBS-TV AFFILIATES; ENGINEERING & OPERATIONS STAFF
FROM: CBS-TV NY AFFILIATE ENGINEERING
DATE: October 28, 2003
RE: CBS HD Movie Schedule

OCTOBER 24, 2003
TO: GENERAL MANAGER, STATION MANAGER, GENERAL SALES
MANAGER, PROGRAM DIRECTOR, OPERATIONS MANAGER
RE: CBS MOVIES/MINI-SERIES/SPECIALS
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2003 - HDTV UPDATE
PLEASE BE ADVISED THE FOLLOWING CBS MOVIES/MINI-SERIES/SPECIALS WILL BE
AVAILABLE IN HDTV:
SUN, NOVEMBER 9 THE ELIZABETH SMART STORY
SUN, NOVEMBER 16 THE REAGANS, PART 1
TUE, NOVEMBER 18 THE REAGANS, PART 2
*WED, NOVEMBER 19 VICTORIA'S SECRET FASHION SHOW
SUN, NOVEMBER 23 FALLEN ANGEL
*SUN, NOVEMBER 30 HALLMARK HALL OF FAME: FINDING
JOHN CHRISTMAS
*SUN, DECEMBER 7 UNDERCOVER CHRISTMAS
PLEASE BE ADVISED THE FOLLOWING CBS SPECIALS WILL NOT
(REPEAT NOT) BE AVAILABLE IN HDTV. HOWEVER, AS IS THE CASE WITH
ALL PRIMETIME PROGRAMMING NOT AVAILABLE IN HD, THERE WILL BE AN
UPCONVERTED VERSION FED TO STATIONS WHO BROADCAST IN HD.
*SUN, NOVEMBER 2 CBS AT 75: A PRIMETIME CELEBRATION
*WED, NOVEMBER 5 37TH ANNUAL CMA AWARDS
*TUE, NOVEMBER 11 THE ANDY GRIFFITH REUNION SHOW
*DENOTES UPDATES.

[pauldryan]

You don't think that the network is afraid to show all that plastic surgery under the detailed scrutiny of a high def camera. If Mary Tyler-Moore stretches her face any further, we'll be looking at the inside of her eardrum instead of her incisors. It would be like showing CSI in prime time ....too scarey for the little 'uns. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Ain't going to happen.

Paul

[Ken_H]

They probably have so much in SD video that it didn't make sense to do the rest in HD.

[HiDefBob]

HDTV Magazine is listing CBS at 75 in HDTV. Dale Cripps is usually produces an accurate schedule, but has sometimes made a mistake. We shall see!