On the old schedule the countdowns would not only show days (or whatever the greatest unit is at the time), but also hours and minutes. That was very useful as instead of dealing with timezones I could just calculate the time myself. At least for me, knowing the number of days until the show isn’t nearly as useful as knowing if it is on EU-friendly time, so I always check the time first and then the day.
I would love to have this feature back as it is very useful to quickly approximate when the show starts for me. Thanks for reading!
My main point is that a lot of the usefulness of the countdowns (at least for me) are the numbers of hours and minutes left, as those are the ones that tell you if the show is on a friendly time.