Many people on campus have never watched Tiger TV, and quite honestly, I understand why. If it played while you were in class, and even when you decided to skip class, why watch us when you just discovered that Netflix recently added “Malcolm in the Middle”?
I get it, I honestly do.
That’s why we have decided to change the way we bring you our content. We will now play all our shows from 6 to 7 p.m., after you’ve finished daily class work and before your daily helping of sitcoms, “Monday Night Football,” the “Real Housewives of Toledo” (it’s getting good this season) or whatever you watch in prime time.
From 6 to 6:15 p.m. Monday through Thursday, you can watch our news show, “Newsbeat.” While for our generation, news can mean watching boring old suit-wearers or listening to Nancy Grace abrasively shout at you, we will bring you news that affects you, our fellow students.
Whether it’s the latest in the University’s continual bout with budget cuts, ways the University is better adapting to the 21st century or even tracking a storm that could directly impact campus, we’ve got you covered. If it affects you as a student or as a person, you better believe we’re on it at Newsbeat.
We also plan on working with The Reveille, KLSU and Legacy magazine to help bring you the most complete coverage of our University. Whether it’s extended interviews with campus leaders or video that further enhances our student media colleagues’ already fantastic reporting, we’re working together to give you stories in the best format for your day.
From 6:15 to 6:30 p.m., you can check out “Sports Showtime,” a light-hearted look at all LSU sports — not just football, men’s basketball and baseball.
And while you can get your LSU football fix from hundreds of other media outlets, we hope to show you a more human side to the purple and gold — a personal touch you won’t find on ESPN.
Also, we hope to bring you more coverage on the New Orleans professional teams, since there is a huge overlap between LSU fans and Saints/Hornets fans.
On Saturdays, we will be putting on the “Tiger TV Tailgate Show,” our own version of the famous “College Gameday,” except without Lee Corso’s mindless rants.
At 6:30 p.m., we will be playing a variety of entertainment shows. From “The Ramen,” our well established parody of E!’s “The Soup;” to newer shows like the “The Hot Spot,” which focuses on the latest in pop culture; to “The Big Show,” our satirical take on national and political news — there’s something out there for everyone.
We may have a new format, new shows, even new people in charge, but we still have that same commitment to solid journalism, creative entertainment and to the LSU campus.
Contact us at [email protected] for any show suggestions, questions or comments. You, the viewer, are always what’s most important to us.