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Originally Posted by the_pidgeon
TBH from what I have seen, i looks like the old Channel One content till 8pm then a couple of HBO repeats from last year.
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Originally Posted by sebastion
I had a look at the 7 day-guide for Sky Atlantic, and i have to say that they must be holding back the good TV schedule.
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As mentioned earlier in the thread, the daytime stuff is just padding. They have to show the Channel 1 stuff somewhere, may as well be during the day on Atlantic. The *real* stuff is during the evening/night, i.e. Prime Time. Atlantic's raison d'être is to provide somewhere for Sky to show its newly acquired HBO content & other quality US drama ("Sky Atlantic - the home of HBO" etc.), content which is far better suited for Prime Time (& not just because some of it is unsuitable for the day due to language/sex/violence!).
Starting this week:
Boardwalk Empire: New. Critically acclaimed. 2011 Golden Globes for Best Drama & Best Actor. Screen Actors Guild awards for Best Emsemble & for Oustanding Performance by a Male Actor. Directors Guild Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement
Entourage: New. Very well received by critics. Large number of nominations for Emmys, Golden Globes, SAGs, DGAs, etc.
Blue Bloods: New. Fairly well received by critics.
Coming later:
Mad Men: New. Critically acclaimed. Won the 2008, 2009, 2010 Golden Globes & Emmys for Best Drama, along with a whole host of other awards.
Big Love: New. Extremely well received by critics. Large number of nominations for Emmys, Golden Globes, etc.
Game of Thrones: New (1st season, not aired anywhere yet so no critical response).
Treme: New. Very well received by critics. Emmy & Grammy nominations.
Six Feet Under, The Sopranos, Generation Kill: Repeats. Critically acclaimed. Whole host of award wins and nominations.
The Wire: Repeat. Critically
uber-acclaimed (e.g. regularly claimed to be "The Best TV Series Ever"). Whole host of award nominations & some wins.
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Originally Posted by Felim_Doyle
I have previously posed questions about whether or not there is an SD version of Sky Atlantic and, apart from an explanation of how HD subscribers will automatically get it on channel 108, I have not had any reliable confirmation of there being an SD version at all.
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I can categorically state that there is indeed an SD version of Sky Atlantic. I've just flicked it on now.
For customers without the HD pack -
Sky Atlantic: 108
[Sky Atlantic HD: 173]
For customers with the HD pack -
Sky Atlantic HD: 108
Sky Atlantic: 173
Sky are
promoting Sky Atlantic
HD, but that does not mean that there is no SD version (as there is one!).
It reminds me of when they were trailing the new season of Lost or some other big US drama. All the ads said it was going to be on Sky 1 HD, which caused many people to worry that it wouldn't be on the SD version of Sky 1 (even though, of course, it was).
Promoting an HD channel over an SD one doesn't mean that there is no SD equivalent.