Stay Tuned...

Time for another installment of Things That Annoy Me.  So I'm watching NBC on Thursday night, and about five minutes before the end of every show, the network voiceover guy says something to the effect of "Don't go away - there's more of 'The Office' [or whatever show is on at that time], starting right now on NBC."  They usually do this while they're showing the credits / teaser / whatever-you-call-it for the show's production company.  While it's not a complete lie, I find it rather deceptive, because the way they said it, it sounds like there's another episode of "The Office" coming up next, when what they're really talking about is the last minute or two of the current episode.  I know they're trying to let people know that there's still one final scene in the episode that they probably don't want to miss, but isn't there a better way of doing it?  ABC and CBS are a little better about this, because usually that last bit is just a preview of next week's episode that's shown while the credits are rolling, and they specifically say, "Stay tuned for scenes from our next episode".  If NBC stopped this deceptive practice, and just said nothing at all when they came back from the final commercial break, I don't think anyone would lose from it.  Most people are smart enough these days to know that a show isn't over until the credits are finished rolling, so they're not going to miss the last two minutes of a show. 

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It's kinda like that.  See how annoying that is? 

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