"Auction" Pre-Empts PBS' "Crossroads"

Time again for CET's "Action Auction" today through Saturday on Channel 48. I know it's goofy and old-fashioned, but for some reason I'll watch part of it when I see it while clicking around the channels. Maybe it's because it is live TV, and you never know what will happen or be said. I don't know why, really, but I find myself watching some of the "Auction" each year. Maybe it's just a Cincinnati thing. Do you watch?

The "Action Auction" airs 5-11 p.m. today through Friday, and 3-11 p.m. on Saturday. You’ll find everything there from a CD jukebox to John Ruthven prints, and from a Carson Palmer autographed football to a baseball signed by Mark Mallory. And there will be tons of wine on Saturday, as usual.

And as usual, the "Action Auction" means PBS pre-emptions. For those of you watching "America At A Crossroads," it's a good thing we're at a crossroads between several PBS stations. Many of you can still catch the week-long "America At A Crossroads" documentary Wednesday-Friday on Dayton’s Channel 16 or on KET2 on Insight cable through Friday.

If you can’t get KET2 or Channel 16, you have several options:
--Wait until Sunday and Monday, when Channel 48 airs the final three episodes (7-11 p.m. Sunday, and 9-11 p.m. Monday).
--Or set the DVR/VHS and record the overnight repeats from PBS broadcast on Channel 48.
The Wednesday episodes will play 1 a.m. and 4 a.m. Saturday (late Friday).
The Thursday episodes play 1 a.m. and 4 p.m. Sunday (late Saturday).
The Friday episodes won’t air until 1 a.m. and 4 a.m. Tuesday (late Monday), after the prime-time Monday broadcast.

My guess is that the "Action Auction" may draw as many viewers as "America At A Crossroads." Do you watch the "Auction?" Got any good "Auction" stories or memories? Ever buy any bargains over the years from the "Auction?"