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How long are QVC and HSN going to continue showing replays of prior shows?

Roch62 — Sun, 22 Dec 2019 10:50:17 GMT

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Nonametoday — Sun, 22 Dec 2019 11:04:59 GMT

I think that has become the new normal and it beats paying live bodies who require benefits, which only adds to the cost of the product being consumed.

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songbird — Sun, 22 Dec 2019 11:36:33 GMT

The same reason we now have reality shows. They are cheaper. Why should QVC have to shell out money for live bodies that have to be payed selling items that are recycled and shown again and again? More practical to broadcast the original show over again.

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Foxxee — Sun, 22 Dec 2019 12:09:13 GMT

QVC may be going the way of HSN permanently to save money.

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AuntG — Sun, 22 Dec 2019 12:10:30 GMT

Until it hurts their bottom line. They probably save on wages when they air reruns.

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GAC65 — Sun, 22 Dec 2019 12:30:13 GMT

I have said this before....why do they have 32 hosts?...if so many repeated shows. I don’t shop much from televised shows because quite honestly I just do not care for some of the hosts, and it seems like whenever I tune in the few I can not stand are hosting.

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kaydee50 — Sun, 22 Dec 2019 13:48:52 GMT

@GAC65 Completely agree. 32??? Didn't realize there were that many. Get rid of half of them, offer free s/h, reduce prices by at least 10%, get different vendors and I might watch again.

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millieshops — Sun, 22 Dec 2019 13:53:58 GMT

@AuntGFor sure - and they save on far more than just host wages. They save on wages for the myriad other workers who program the shows, set up the stages, do the sound and camera work, any models they need, etc.

I understand totally that they have to find ways to trim costs., but I can't figure out why they loop the same show over and over instead of replaying a block of different shows so there wouldn't be so many hours of exactly the same one. Anyone figure that out???

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Kindaglitzy — Sun, 22 Dec 2019 13:54:37 GMT

Think it will be this way indefinitely and who knows, maybe more time slots then the current will be added.

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Shanus — Sun, 22 Dec 2019 14:04:48 GMT

@songbird wrote:
The same reason we now have reality shows. They are cheaper. Why should QVC have to shell out money for live bodies that have to be payed selling items that are recycled and shown again and again? More practical to broadcast the original show over again.

@songbird More practical compared to losing fed up viewers?

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Carolm — Sun, 22 Dec 2019 15:08:27 GMT

What I don't understand is why they added two more channels and then play reruns frequently on the new channels and reruns for at least a third of the time on the original channel. Makes absolutely no sense to me.

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Krimpette — Sun, 22 Dec 2019 15:22:38 GMT

Once they went to this new format, I doubted that they would ever go back to 24/7 live. Those days are gone forever, IMHO. What I don't understand is why they don't go back to just a single channel.

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corita — Sun, 22 Dec 2019 18:17:59 GMT

I have come to the same conclusions as other posters. These questions are some of the reasons I watch so little of QVC.

**Why have so many channels, when they are showing reruns of past shows so much of the time?

**Why so many items presented repeatedly?? Not only shown on different real time shows, but then on reruns too.

**Why so many hosts??? They are obviously not needed and I hate the co-host/social secretary idea. Absolutely no reason for any host - or anyone for that matter - to have that job.

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Spurt — Sun, 22 Dec 2019 20:08:51 GMT

If QVC is following the lead of HSN....I think they should also check the results of HSN's philosophy....HSN was tanking financially and thats why the company was sold in the first place.....While true they may save money up front for now in salaries for hosts and production personnel and benefits, but how will this impact their sales results ?????...

To me it just adds to the ALREADY REPETITIVE repetitiveness of programs/products which are making current customers turn the channel, and certainly not attracting new ones..... Sales and revenues have been declining and I dont see how this is gonna help that area....

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wakefield64 — Mon, 23 Dec 2019 02:26:01 GMT

Shouldn’t they have thought of this cost saving measure before hiring new hosts...Ali Carr, Terri Conn, Courtney Webb and Katrina Szish (excuse spelling if wrong). So they are hired and work mostly one hour from 1 am to 2 am. Great gig.

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blondiechick — Mon, 23 Dec 2019 05:28:13 GMT

I think shopping channels will be the thing of the past!

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CalminHeart — Mon, 23 Dec 2019 11:03:01 GMT

@Nonametoday wrote:
I think that has become the new normal and it beats paying live bodies who require benefits, which only adds to the cost of the product being consumed.

Replays are an easy way for big business to get out of paying employees. I wonder how many employees no longer have hours or lost their jobs because of this. Today's world is all about big business. The federal govt and lot of states are working hard to reduce worker rights and benefits - including mine. While it's not illegal, I consider it totally unethical.

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Shanus — Mon, 23 Dec 2019 13:47:44 GMT

@corita wrote:
I have come to the same conclusions as other posters. These questions are some of the reasons I watch so little of QVC.
**Why have so many channels, when they are showing reruns of past shows so much of the time?
**Why so many items presented repeatedly?? Not only shown on different real time shows, but then on reruns too.
**Why so many hosts??? They are obviously not needed and I hate the co-host/social secretary idea. Absolutely no reason for any host - or anyone for that matter - to have that job.

@corita Amazing we can come up with reasons the "bottom line" suffers, but execs can't figure it out.

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Shanus — Mon, 23 Dec 2019 13:50:23 GMT

I'm noticing the 1AM shows are "NEW"...really? My DVR picks it up, but sometimes it's a repeat, other times not.

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Shanus — Mon, 23 Dec 2019 13:55:11 GMT

@CalminHeart When regular TV series are repeated, don't actors get paid a small amount? Maybe the hosts DO get a slight portion added to their check each time they re-appear in the middle of the night. If not, they should.