Mainstream TV - be careful what you wish for

[freds]

Wouldn't it be great to see pool back on TV? Maybe not. Poking around youtube accidentally turned up this, which makes Bonus Ball look like CBS coverage of The Masters:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDYTvxLADrg

I didn't watch much, but scrubbing through, after some inane game show antics it looks like there's a more-or-less actual snooker match in the 2nd half, Selby and Ding (!) vs what I guess are Chinese celebrities.

Here's what I presume is a representative sample - which clearly violates Rule 5.09(b)(10)*:
https://youtu.be/kDYTvxLADrg?t=2830


* Borrowed from MLB: "making a travesty of the game".

 

[Positively Ralf]

ugh...this again? Ok, so they were having fun, such a travesty.

and again, the problem that people have is that they think pocket billiards on TV will attract millions of people worldwide. It will, but that is going to take a long time and work. Look at snooker and how much they had to go through before they started getting the number they do now.

I think it is fair to say that if pocket billiards were on television, the core audience would be more than happy to be relegated to sunday afternoon hours.