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Originally Posted by xander biscuits
I think your idea of the Monday recap show on a Tuesday is genius. It could be done on a budget of virtually zero and would be extremely useful to viewing numbers and viewing pleasure.
Agreed. I literally said out loud, "great F-ing idea" in the car when I heard this. Sort of like the "Previously on Mad Men..." thing that precedes an episode, but extended. I don't think you'll lose a significant number of viewers from the 9-to-3 playdown day — the diehards will watch everything, but the casual fans (or people who have to get up early the next day) will want to catch up.
As for the concern that viewers wouldn't get the "idiot from Northern Europe" references, the Canadian fans missed this since you didn't get to see the first-day coverage. Early on Monday's portion, during the desk segments, they showed a clip of Hellmuth saying his famous phrase. So even if our Northern European viewers didn't know the joke, they would have been caught up.