(TV SCHEDULE) FORMULA DRIFT @ SPEED TV Starting this Weekend

[Formula D]

(#1) Long Beach 4/12/2008 (60 mins.) Sunday Afternoon 10/26/08 @ 4:00 pm NEW
(#1) Long Beach 4/12/2008 (60 mins.) Friday Afternoon 10/31/08 @ 2:00 pm
(#1) Long Beach 4/12/2008 (60 mins.) Monday Overnight 11/3/08 @ 3:00 am
(#1) Long Beach 4/12/2008 (60 mins.) Sunday Afternoon 11/23/08 @ 12:00 pm
(#2) Road Atlanta 5/10/2008 (60 mins.) Sunday Afternoon 11/2/08 @ 4:00 pm NEW
(#2) Road Atlanta 5/10/2008 (60 mins.) Friday Afternoon 11/7/08 @ 2:00 pm
(#2) Road Atlanta 5/10/2008 (60 mins.) Monday Overnight 11/10/08 @ 3:00 am
(#2) Road Atlanta 5/10/2008 (60 mins.) Sunday Afternoon 11/23/08 @ 1:00 pm
(#3) Englishtown (60 mins.) Sunday Afternoon 11/9/08 @ 4:00 pm NEW
(#3) Englishtown (60 mins.) Friday Afternoon 11/14/08 @ 12:00 pm
(#3) Englishtown (60 mins.) Saturday Overnight 11/15/08 @ 4:00 am
(#3) Englishtown (60 mins.) Monday Overnight 11/17/08 @ 3:00 am
(#3) Englishtown (60 mins.) Sunday Afternoon 11/23/08 @ 2:00 pm
(#4) Las Vegas (60 mins.) Sunday Afternoon 11/16/08 @ 4:00 pm NEW
(#4) Las Vegas (60 mins.) Friday Afternoon 11/21/08 @ 2:00 pm
(#4) Las Vegas (60 mins.) Sunday Afternoon 11/23/08 @ 3:00 pm
(#4) Las Vegas (60 mins.) Monday Overnight 11/24/08 @ 3:00 am
(#5) Evergreen (60 mins.) Sunday Afternoon 11/23/08 @ 4:00 pm NEW
(#5) Evergreen (60 mins.) Monday Overnight 12/1/08 @ 3:00 am
(#5) Evergreen (60 mins.) Friday Afternoon 12/5/08 @ 2:00 pm
(#6) Infineon (60 mins.) Sunday Afternoon 12/7/08 @ 4:00 pm NEW
(#6) Infineon (60 mins.) Monday Overnight 12/8/08 @ 3:00 am
(#6) Infineon (60 mins.) Friday Afternoon 12/12/08 @ 2:00 pm
(#7) Irwindale (60 mins.) Sunday Afternoon 12/14/08 @ 4:00 pm NEW
(#7) Irwindale (60 mins.) Monday Overnight 12/15/08 @ 3:00 am
(#7) Irwindale (60 mins.) Friday Afternoon 12/19/08 @ 2:00 pm
(#8) Long Beach (60 mins.) Sunday Afternoon 12/21/08 @ 4:00 pm NEW
(#8) Long Beach (60 mins.) Monday Overnight 12/22/08 @ 3:00 am
(#8) Long Beach (60 mins.) Tuesday Afternoon 12/23/08 @ 2:00 pm

[eomund240]

And I will record them all

[MonkeySlide]

Should probably note that all those time slots are in Eastern time.

For everyone on the west knock off 3 hours. So the "NEW" broadcasts are every Sunday @ 1pm for us.

I already season passed it on my DVR! whoo

[Mars]

sweet

I hop they are good hour long programs with a lot more than just a quick run down of the top 16

[hamtaro]

someone better post this online

[INFO]

Reminder,

the show starts today

[Mars]

was pretty good I was hoping for a little more practice session coverage. And I hope each show we get some more commentary from other than the top 5 guys. I like them and all, but id like to see a little more from the underdogs. Pretty tits camera angles for sure. Jarod and Ryan did a great job as hosts. I miss the other flag girl though

[Justin Banner]

Jarod and Ryan did a great job as hosts.

I didn't care for their commentary. The "This isn't Formula Cars Going Straight" comment got old before the first one and they just were boring. I'll let it go for being the first episode, but I expect better by the third or fourth one. They need to loosen up more, sounded like they were forcing it.

[gigglesnirt]

I was actually pretty impressed with how good production was over all, it seemed a step up from last year on espn. Camera's were a lot better and there was a lot more variety of them which was pretty nice too. It seemed like there was a lot of commercials, thankfully i recorded it so i could just skip through but holy crap there were a lot. It seemed like there might have been a few skipped battles, obviously there were some and they mentioned so and so moved on, but for teureck i dont remember them ever saying he moved on from a battle, it was just suddenly him in the top 8. Everything still seemed great though, just gotta work on this stuff becoming live instead of 6 months late now!

[MonkeySlide]

It was a cool show. Nice camera angles and its cool that they use courtney day as a correspondant instead of some random chick.

Using someone who kinda knows most of the drivers and the industry already was a smart move.

There were a few things I didn't like though.

I don't like how they kind of skimmed over a few battles.

As for the announcing Ryan was cool but J-Rod just seemed like he was bored.

Maybe since this is all just a recap for him he was over it or something.

If they're going to continue to do delayed broadcasts instead of live then perhaps they should just record his commentary at each stop and put it together later on.

Also, I'd like to see at least the highlights of the top 32 incorporated into the show.

People who dont know what they're watching wont know why or how the top 16 is decided and how they're matched up.

Otherwise they might just think there are only 16 cars total in the series.

[Brian]

It was pretty cool.

I think IN CAR footage would be a nice addition.

[sweetcarz02]

It was pretty cool.

I think IN CAR footage would be a nice addition.

that is the one real critique I had on our live blogging of the episode.

[Tola Chhom]

I enjoyed watching it. There's only so much they could show in the time allowed. It has improved since last year broadcast on ESPN.

[shinryuken]

Much better than last year but i think there is room for improvement.

[Slapshotnerd]

Liked:
- FD Sky Cam (although I think this is the only event with this option)
- BFG Track Diagram
- Drivers talking about other drivers

want:
- The voiceover is too loud! we can't hear the cars!
- Explanations from the judges
- car profiles (sponsor plugs)
- interactions with the fans. The TV crew seems completely disconnected from the crowd (all the crowd shots are from a distance)