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Title: DoND is in a "Race"......
Post by: weaklink75 on March 30, 2006, 07:40:51 PM
It looks like DoND is in for it's first real big test...CBS just announced that as of this coming week (April 5th), The Amazing Race is moving to Wednesdays at 8, and NBC apparently has a DoND ep scheduled then (I thought they were only going 2 weeks with the M/W/F sched)....I think it's a good move for Race, as it's a 8pm show than a 10pm show as it's been....it'll be interesting to see what will happen....
Title: DoND is in a "Race"......
Post by: TheInquisitiveOne on March 30, 2006, 10:52:42 PM
While DoND is in the "Race," I feel they can afford to give up Wednesdays.

NBC is doing right (so far) in picking the two days of the week where competition is weakest...Monday and Friday nights. As long as they keep that low profile and not play the celeb card to death (or at all, preferably), I'd say let CBS have its prize.

The Inquisitive One
Title: DoND is in a "Race"......
Post by: SteveRep on March 30, 2006, 11:45:42 PM
It's a good move for TAR, that's for sure. The show was not faring well at 10:00 but CBS likes its NCiS/Unit combo from 8-10.

And, if this move triggers NBC to scale back DoND to just Mon and Fri, that's even better.
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Post by: scottua1 on March 31, 2006, 12:53:01 AM
Actually, next week Deal is ONLY on Monday and Wednesday. NBC has some Tim McGraw special next Friday at 8. The following week, I believe it goes to its M/F schedule.
Title: DoND is in a "Race"......
Post by: joe_capitano on March 31, 2006, 04:08:29 AM
And to make this all the more interesting (or value-diluting) NBC's making it a doubleheader on Wednesday, which means in the 9/8 PM hour DOND faces the Idol results show and that bunch in the bunker.

What a logjam.
Title: DoND is in a "Race"......
Post by: narzo on March 31, 2006, 05:00:51 AM
[quote name=\'joe_capitano\' post=\'114850\' date=\'Mar 31 2006, 05:08 AM\']
And to make this all the more interesting (or value-diluting) NBC's making it a doubleheader on Wednesday, which means in the 9/8 PM hour DOND faces the Idol results show and that bunch in the bunker.

What a logjam.
[/quote]

I show a two hour deal on Monday and one hour on Wednesday, titanTV and my on-screen cable guide
Title: DoND is in a "Race"......
Post by: cmjb13 on March 31, 2006, 08:57:43 AM
[quote name=\'narzo\' post=\'114852\' date=\'Mar 31 2006, 05:00 AM\']
[quote name=\'joe_capitano\' post=\'114850\' date=\'Mar 31 2006, 05:08 AM\']
And to make this all the more interesting (or value-diluting) NBC's making it a doubleheader on Wednesday, which means in the 9/8 PM hour DOND faces the Idol results show and that bunch in the bunker.

What a logjam.
[/quote]

I show a two hour deal on Monday and one hour on Wednesday, titanTV and my on-screen cable guide
[/quote]
Refresh my memory...

Would this be the first ever 2 hour game show?
Title: DoND is in a "Race"......
Post by: BrandonFG on March 31, 2006, 08:59:12 AM
[quote name=\'cmjb13\' post=\'114854\' date=\'Mar 31 2006, 08:57 AM\']
Refresh my memory...

Would this be the first ever 2 hour game show?
[/quote]
Does that "Battle of the Child Geniuses" thing (c. 2000) count?

If I just walked into a joke, WHOOOSH at will. :-P
Title: DoND is in a "Race"......
Post by: Jimmy Owen on March 31, 2006, 09:04:36 AM
"Greed" expanded to 2 hours at least once, plus you have the various casino programs.
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Post by: JayDLewis on March 31, 2006, 10:42:16 AM
Survivor gets to three hours on finale night (2 for the show and one for the results/reunion).
Title: DoND is in a "Race"......
Post by: Matt Ottinger on March 31, 2006, 10:51:09 AM
Several of you seem to think that DoND would not fare well against The Amazing Race, and I'm not so sure that's true.  There's no doubt that TAR is the better program, but its ratings are down and DoND is still the hot, new thing. I don't see that TAR gives it any more competition than what it's already been facing.
Title: DoND is in a "Race"......
Post by: bandit_bobby on March 31, 2006, 01:06:32 PM
I think the Race is doomed. The recent schedule move won't help matters much, since it's going against Deal. I think that Season 10 will be its last.
Title: DoND is in a "Race"......
Post by: joe_capitano on March 31, 2006, 02:01:17 PM
[quote name=\'narzo\' post=\'114852\' date=\'Mar 31 2006, 02:00 AM\']I show a two hour deal on Monday and one hour on Wednesday, ...[/quote]They've obviously come to their senses. I remember seeing them plugging a Wednesday doubleheader on NBC.com Thursday afternoon. It's now changed.
Title: DoND is in a "Race"......
Post by: TV Favorites on March 31, 2006, 03:51:21 PM
I believe the first Play for a Billion show on the WB hosted by Drew Carey was 2 hours.
Title: DoND is in a "Race"......
Post by: johnnya2k3 on April 02, 2006, 06:01:36 PM
And of course the season premieres/finales of Amazing Race are two hours.

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