Author Topic: Afternoon TPiR in the East (Read 4881 times)

Jimmy Owen · « **Reply #15 on:** July 07, 2009, 09:59:01 AM »

In Saginaw it will be on at !0am on My5, preceded by "The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet" a syndicated offering distributed by Fox.

Don Howard · « **Reply #16 on:** July 07, 2009, 10:08:18 AM »

[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'219644\' date=\'Jul 7 2009, 09:59 AM\']In Saginaw it will be on at !0am on My5, preceded by "The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet" a syndicated offering distributed by Fox.[/quote]
What are the call letters for My5?

DrBear · « **Reply #17 on:** July 07, 2009, 10:10:57 AM »

I personally plan to be at the laundry and the library during the day. There will be no media coverage. I hope.

Lirodon · « **Reply #18 on:** July 07, 2009, 10:13:43 AM »

[quote name=\'Don Howard\' post=\'219645\' date=\'Jul 7 2009, 10:08 AM\'][quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'219644\' date=\'Jul 7 2009, 09:59 AM\']In Saginaw it will be on at !0am on My5, preceded by "The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet" a syndicated offering distributed by Fox.[/quote]
What are the call letters for My5?
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My5 is WNEM-DT2, its their MyNetworkTV affiliate.

Oh yeah, down here on WWJ its on at 10, since they have been one of the stations airing GL at 10.

Jimmy Owen · « **Reply #19 on:** July 07, 2009, 10:21:06 AM »

For Don: The call letters for My5 are WNEM-DT22.2

aaron sica · « **Reply #20 on:** July 07, 2009, 11:55:42 AM »

While I think it's very cool that TPiR gets a one-day afternoon slot, and I realize that soaps are important to those who watch them, I honestly thought the most CBS would do is either plug in something for 1/2 hour at 12:30 or just begin their coverage at 12:30.

Don Howard · « **Reply #21 on:** July 07, 2009, 12:01:24 PM »

[quote name=\'aaron sica\' post=\'219656\' date=\'Jul 7 2009, 11:55 AM\']While I think it's very cool that TPiR gets a one-day afternoon slot, and I realize that soaps are important to those who watch them, I honestly thought the most CBS would do is either plug in something for 1/2 hour at 12:30 or just begin their coverage at 12:30.[/quote]
Katie Couric can't vamp that long. Do you recall what happened on November 20th 2006?
Of course, they could bring in guest commentators Casey Kasem and Don Cornelius.

calliaume · « **Reply #22 on:** July 07, 2009, 03:05:48 PM »

Looks like the memorial coverage is going past 3 PM Eastern in any case.

aaron sica · « **Reply #23 on:** July 07, 2009, 03:06:34 PM »

[quote name=\'calliaume\' post=\'219667\' date=\'Jul 7 2009, 03:05 PM\']Looks like the memorial coverage is going past 3 PM Eastern in any case.[/quote]

I honestly didn't think it would NOT go past 3pm (EST).

tpirfan28 · « **Reply #24 on:** July 07, 2009, 03:08:58 PM »

Coverage be damned here: WSBT ran local commercials at 2:58, right into Dr. Phil at 3 (mind you, the same one from 9AM today).

aaron sica · « **Reply #25 on:** July 07, 2009, 03:16:05 PM »

Here's a thought (feel free to WHOOSH if you need to) which of course completely negates my "Why would CBS go to all that trouble?!" post.

I don't think CBS probably ever intended to air TPiR - being a self-contained show, if it were joined in progress or completely wiped out, no big loss, so it made a perfect 3pm fill.
Y&R and B&B are unquestionably CBS's most popular soaps so they had to be scheduled (and the 11am and 12:30 EST slots were perfect). GL, IIRC, was to be JIP'd before TPiR and GL's a lame-duck, so it didn't really matter.

/Shades of Summer '87 with the Ollie North hearings

Jimmy Owen · « **Reply #26 on:** July 07, 2009, 03:35:32 PM »

A Price show did air this morning in the 10am slot (for those stations that normally show GL in that slot) with the L.A. Dodgers making appearances.

tpirfan28 · « **Reply #27 on:** July 07, 2009, 07:34:18 PM »

For those who desperately want to see Guiding Light:

FORT WAYNE Ind. (WANE) - CBS coverage of Michael Jackson's funeral went longer than expected and because of that many viewers missed soap opera Guiding Light.

CBS will re-air the show from 2:37 a.m. to 3:37 a.m. Wednesday morning.

Don't know if this is just a Ft Wayne thing or national.

BrandonFG · « **Reply #28 on:** July 07, 2009, 07:46:12 PM »

[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'219673\' date=\'Jul 7 2009, 03:35 PM\']A Price show did air this morning in the 10am slot (for those stations that normally show GL in that slot) with the L.A. Dodgers making appearances.[/quote]
Norfolk got the same episode at 3pm...or at least from about 3:48-4:00. ;-)