'Same time,
same station' they used to say on regular network television some
decades back, an invitation to return. The idea was that if you were
enjoying a program tonight on NBC, Saturday at 8 PM, you could find the
same program (new episode) on the same channel the next Saturday at 8.
It was anchored in that time slot, and that network.
Also,
everyone watching it, regardless of location, took part in an
experience at the same time together, a shared reality. People a great
distance apart could be reacting to the same story at the same time,
connected through television without being in the same location, without
being visible to or aware of each other. If it was 'Sing Along with
Mitch' time, people might also be synchronized, singing 'Let me call you
sweetheart...' together at the same time without knowing who was out
there.
Then there are fascinating times when people some distance
apart are synchronized without the prop of a television or radio
program.
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