Author Topic: Fall 2010 Syndication Questions (Read 21030 times)

TheInquisitiveOne · « **Reply #60 on:** September 20, 2010, 04:35:14 PM »

[quote name=\'inturnaround\' post=\'247951\' date=\'Sep 20 2010, 01:56 PM\']If you don't have a MyNetwork affiliate in your area, VH1 is airing 2 episodes every weeknight of McGrath's "Don't Forget the Lyrics" beginning tonight at 7PM ET. Kind of a perfect show to watch when eating dinner, IMO.[/quote]

And props to VH1 for actually using ad space to announce their evening offerings. Seriously. They'd be surprised at what ad space does for those who still read books, especially for collectors like myself.

Treading off geek mode, the show is a fun half-hour offering, and the top prize is reasonable. Another show with a fun concept that got lost in the hoopla of ONE MEEELION DOLLARZ!!!1111!!!!

The Inquisitive One

inturnaround · « **Reply #61 on:** September 20, 2010, 04:46:11 PM »

Yeah, it's a fun game to play along with and I really think it will benefit from the half-hour format. Less emotional family reunions and stuff means more focus on the game. I just hope they ditch the spoiler-filled "coming up after the break" tosses from the Fox version.

TheInquisitiveOne · « **Reply #62 on:** September 20, 2010, 04:49:36 PM »

[quote name=\'inturnaround\' post=\'247954\' date=\'Sep 20 2010, 03:46 PM\']Yeah, it's a fun game to play along with and I really think it will benefit from the half-hour format. Less emotional family reunions and stuff means more focus on the game. I just hope they ditch the spoiler-filled "coming up after the break" tosses from the Fox version.[/quote]

Watching the local airings, this they did.

The Inquisitive One

brianhenke · « **Reply #63 on:** September 21, 2010, 12:35:04 AM »

DFTL and 5th Grader were not (apparently) picked up by any station in Cincinnati.

Brian

BrandonFG · « **Reply #64 on:** September 23, 2010, 05:48:54 AM »

[quote name=\'brianhenke\' post=\'247993\' date=\'Sep 21 2010, 12:35 AM\']DFTL and 5th Grader were not (apparently) picked up by any station in Cincinnati.[/quote]
According to TV Guide's listing, Lyrics is on WKRC's digital subchannel (12.2) from 6-7 pm. 5th Grader airs an hour earlier. The WKRC site confirms this.

tvmitch · « **Reply #65 on:** September 23, 2010, 09:10:54 AM »

[quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' post=\'247432\' date=\'Sep 13 2010, 05:01 PM\']

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Doncha wish there was a local TV Guide you could hold in your hand?

Yep. I've been wishing that for 5 years now, ever since the digest-sized edition ended. What passes for TV Guide these days is getting very difficult to find anywhere anymore - and it's Fall Preview time. Oh well...maybe e-bay eventually!
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The TV Guide Nerd in me wonders how they would have covered digital subchannels in bulleted listings. It would have been elegant, I reckon. It may have meant a shift to four-character wide bullets across the U.S., really. Two digit bullets wouldn't suffice anymore.

It would be very neat to travel to a different market, pick up a TV Guide, and see all those regular channels, and boy howdy, those dot-2s and dot-3s that you never knew about, as well. Ah, those were the days.