"I am planning to DVR the royal wedding...any suggestions as to which channels? I have 2 DVR's." An excellent question!
First of all, I'm in 150%. I'm setting my clock to get up at 4a to watch it live. Having followed the Royals since a young girl, I am quite excited about the upcoming wedding of the century. And if I wasn't excited before, media coverage this week has made me frothy. I love the detailed stories of William and Kate's early childhood, into courtship, into a long on again/off again romance, to finally the big wedding. The commentaries from the British press give me endless new phrases, such as "Wills is very playful, he's not so serio." And, "Quite simply, he really fancied her." And my favorite, "William saw Kate in a skimpy outfit at a school modeling show and thought 'Now this is a bit of all right!'." (All of these should be said in your best Mary Poppins accent.) I love the speculation on every last detail of the day and ceremony (How will Kate wear her hair? Will they use the word 'obey' in their vows? Will Harry be drunk?). And who doesn't love hearing British upper crust names like Davina Duckworth-Chad or Isabella Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe?
But back to the question at hand. Interestingly, the US is has more stories about this wedding than the UK. The coverage is endless. Here's a short list of your options for royal watching, taken from examiner.com:
Friday, April 29 Live Coverage
- BBC 3:00-8:30 a.m. Huw Edwards anchors live coverage from London – If you have BBC or BBC America, this is going to be the sure bet for the best coverage.
- http://www.officialroyalwedding2011.org/ will be streaming the wedding live. Details in the video at left.
- ABC 4:00-10:00 a.m. Barbara Walters and Diane Sawyer will host ABC’s coverage from London. The coverage this week on ABC has been overall pretty good, a few mistakes here and there, but ABC should be a safe bet.
- CBS 5:00-9:00 a.m. Katie Couric hosts live coverage from London
- NBC 4:00-10:00 a.m. Meredith Vieira, Matt Lauer, Brian Williams, Natalie Morales, Ann Curry and Al Roker host a special edition of Today from London.
- CNN 4:00 a.m. Piers Morgan, Anderson Cooper and others host live from London
- E! 4:00-9:00 a.m. Giuliana Rancic hosts live coverage from London; E! will repeat coverage immediately after for those folks who can’t bear to either get up this early (or stay up that late in the PT). I can't imagine this coverage being very good.
Thursday, April 28
- ABC 8:00 p.m. 20/20 Special with a behind-the-scenes look at what Kate Middleton's life will be like after the nuptials
- Bravo 11:00 p.m. Watch What Happens Live: Royal Wedding Spectacular with Andy Cohen. Again on this one, I can't image this coverage is going to be any more than gossipy.
Friday, April 29 Post-Wedding Coverage
- ABC 9:00 p.m. 20/20 Special with highlights from the big day
- CBS 8:00 p.m. The Royal Wedding: Modern Majesty prime-time special with Katie Couric
- NBC 9:00 p.m. Dateline two-hour documentary, hosted by Ann Curry
So, for my money, I'd set my two DVR's for NBC and CNN...because you can't go wrong with the silver-haired fox Anderson Cooper and I have a loyalty to the Today Show.
Will you be watching live, DVRing, or ignoring the whole thing? I love feedback, feel free to post your comments!
Cheerio!
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