Author Topic: The Rich List (Read 6570 times)

Clay Zambo · « **on:** November 01, 2006, 06:18:02 PM »

There's been an unusually light amount of chatter about The Rich List , which, according to the Times and some other papers, is premiering tonight at 9 PM ET on Fox.

Just didn't want y'all to miss it, which I was about to do but set the VCR in time. (And am now hoping I don't get some random episode of a show I care nothing about.)

Thus endeth the Public Service Announcement.

cweaver · « **Reply #1 on:** November 01, 2006, 06:33:01 PM »

[quote name=\'Clay Zambo\' post=\'136511\' date=\'Nov 1 2006, 07:18 PM\']
There's been an unusually light amount of chatter about The Rich List , which, according to the Times and some other papers, is premiering tonight at 9 PM ET on Fox.

Just didn't want y'all to miss it, which I was about to do but set the VCR in time. (And am now hoping I don't get some random episode of a show I care nothing about.)
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Yes, I can confirm it does air tonight at 9/8 Central on Fox. I brought my VCR to work to record it so I wouldn't miss recording Lost. Thanks for the reminder.

A lot of folks on this list tend to stay mostly quiet until something like this airs, unless someone reports back in advance from a taping. For instance I don't recall anyone ever announcing an exact date for the Price is Right premiere of its "Stack the Deck" game (if they did it flew by me) but as soon as it aired there was heavy discussion from people who were apparently not surprised to see it. I even got an email time stamped minutes before the show aired but saw it too late for me to set my DVR. Also there hasn't been quite as much hype about this as there has been about 1 Vs. 100.

DrBear · « **Reply #2 on:** November 01, 2006, 07:07:28 PM »

[quote name=\'cweaver\' post=\'136513\' date=\'Nov 1 2006, 05:33 PM\']
Also there hasn't been quite as much hype about this as there has been about 1 Vs. 100. [/quote]

Which goes to show that you don't watch Fox much. It's right behind Prison Break, 24 and House in the number of promos.

cweaver · « **Reply #3 on:** November 01, 2006, 07:17:32 PM »

[quote name=\'DrBear\' post=\'136515\' date=\'Nov 1 2006, 08:07 PM\']
[quote name=\'cweaver\' post=\'136513\' date=\'Nov 1 2006, 05:33 PM\']
Also there hasn't been quite as much hype about this as there has been about 1 Vs. 100. [/quote]

Which goes to show that you don't watch Fox much. It's right behind Prison Break, 24 and House in the number of promos.
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I meant hype outside of Fox. I work at a Fox affiliate so of course I know about the in-house promos.

clemon79 · « **Reply #4 on:** November 01, 2006, 07:45:58 PM »

Hey, speaking of, does anyone know if this will be broadcast in Glorious Hi-Def?

scottua1 · « **Reply #5 on:** November 02, 2006, 12:11:18 AM »

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'136517\' date=\'Nov 1 2006, 07:45 PM\']
Hey, speaking of, does anyone know if this will be broadcast in Glorious Hi-Def?

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Probably a little late now that it aired, but not in HD.

clemon79 · « **Reply #6 on:** November 02, 2006, 12:41:34 AM »

[quote name=\'scottua1\' post=\'136557\' date=\'Nov 1 2006, 09:11 PM\']
Probably a little late now that it aired, but not in HD.
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Um, no, I can tell you right now that that's wrong, since I am in fact watching it in glorious HD even as we speak.

narzo · « **Reply #7 on:** November 02, 2006, 02:57:13 AM »

[quote name=\'scottua1\' post=\'136557\' date=\'Nov 2 2006, 01:11 AM\']
[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'136517\' date=\'Nov 1 2006, 07:45 PM\']
Hey, speaking of, does anyone know if this will be broadcast in Glorious Hi-Def?

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Probably a little late now that it aired, but not in HD.
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it is indeed in HD, not that it mattered much

clemon79 · « **Reply #8 on:** November 02, 2006, 09:32:32 AM »

[quote name=\'narzo\' post=\'136577\' date=\'Nov 1 2006, 11:57 PM\']
it is indeed in HD, not that it mattered much
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Well, no. But at this point in the game, when you have an HD set, you would like to see as much programming as possible broadcast in HD, because that's the only way we're gonna get people to make the switch, and once the switch is really made, you'll start to see shows taking advantage of that screen aspect ratio and such, instead of the half-assed way a lot of shows do it now. So I want to see HD wherever I can.

scottua1 · « **Reply #9 on:** November 02, 2006, 11:19:02 AM »

[quote name=\'narzo\' post=\'136577\' date=\'Nov 2 2006, 02:57 AM\']
it is indeed in HD, not that it mattered much
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Interesting - when I asked FOX about that when they first announced the premiere date, I was told it would not be airing in HD.

Matt Ottinger · « **Reply #10 on:** November 02, 2006, 11:26:03 AM »

[quote name=\'scottua1\' post=\'136557\' date=\'Nov 2 2006, 12:11 AM\']Probably a little late now that it aired, but not in HD.[/quote]
[quote name=\'scottua1\' post=\'136608\' date=\'Nov 2 2006, 11:19 AM\']Interesting - when I asked FOX about that when they first announced the premiere date, I was told it would not be airing in HD.[/quote]
Important to keep in mind the difference between "I was told that it wouldn't be in HD" and "Now that it aired...not in HD".

scottua1 · « **Reply #11 on:** November 02, 2006, 11:30:04 AM »

[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'136609\' date=\'Nov 2 2006, 11:26 AM\']
Important to keep in mind the difference between "I was told that it wouldn't be in HD" and "Now that it aired...not in HD".
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I hadn't seen it yet (not that I have HD anyway) and I was working under the assumption that my FOX contact was correct.

clemon79 · « **Reply #12 on:** November 02, 2006, 11:52:42 AM »

[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'136609\' date=\'Nov 2 2006, 08:26 AM\']
Important to keep in mind the difference between "I was told that it wouldn't be in HD" and "Now that it aired...not in HD".
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Well, I think what he was saying was that he didn't think I would find that information (which he believed to be correct) useful now that the show had already aired. I don't think he took the time-zone delay into account. If that's what the network told him (and I think it's _also_ important to keep in mind the difference between "asking the network, who should know", and "asking your local affiliate, who has as much chance as anyone of having no freakin' idea if they don't broadcast HD anyhow"), then it was an honest mistake.

scottua1 · « **Reply #13 on:** November 02, 2006, 12:22:24 PM »

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'136618\' date=\'Nov 2 2006, 11:52 AM\']
Well, I think what he was saying was that he didn't think I would find that information (which he believed to be correct) useful now that the show had already aired.
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Right on target, Chris.

And it was, in fact, the network that I was asking - I work for the company behind Zap2It (along with many other national listings guides) and I deal with programming for the 6 broadcast networks. The information I enter into our database goes directly into Zap and all of our other clients' listings, which is why I like to confirm info like HD with the networks. I was told it wasn't, so it wasn't indicated as HD for any of our clients. Looks like I'll have to ask my contact about it again when I go into work later today.

Matt Ottinger · « **Reply #14 on:** November 02, 2006, 12:29:14 PM »

My apologies to Scott for misunderstanding. I just read the post as a firm fact that the program wasn't presented in HD (which was wrong, of course), when it might have been a little clearer from the start to say "I was TOLD it wasn't going to be in HD."