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Seinfeld Who? NBC Pursuing the Heartland
The New York Times ^ | Sep 16, 2005 | JACQUES STEINBERG

Posted on 09/15/2005 8:39:13 PM PDT by blogblogginaway

KENNESAW, Ga., Sept. 12 - The cash register at Goody's clothing store here flashed $106.01 - for a dress shirt and three pairs of Levi's - but as Lori Smith reached for her credit card, a nearby voice brought the transaction to a halt.

"Tell you what, why don't you let me take care of it?" said Scott Evans, his delivery as smooth as a car salesman's as he directed Ms. Smith to a partner brandishing stacks of $1 bills.

Mr. Evans explained that they were there on behalf of NBC, promoting an unscripted show, "Three Wishes," which will have its premiere on the network on Sept. 23. In the series, the singer Amy Grant travels to a different town each week in an effort to fulfill the heart's desire of needy families and community groups.

For a network that dominated the prime-time ratings for a decade with sophisticated urban comedies like "Cheers," "Seinfeld," "Frasier" and "Friends," only to tumble to fourth place last season without them, Ms. Grant's show is a radical departure. "Three Wishes" is aimed, in no small part, at a churchgoing rural and suburban audience. And its marketing plan, evocative of a red-state presidential campaign, bears scant resemblance to any NBC has crafted before.

......... The network has also booked Ms. Grant - a pop singer who vaulted to fame singing Christian songs, crossed over to mainstream radio and recently released an album of hymns titled "Rock of Ages" - for interviews on Christian radio and taken out advertising in small-town newspapers.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: amygrant; christianmusic; nbc
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1 posted on 09/15/2005 8:39:13 PM PDT by blogblogginaway
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To: blogblogginaway


LAME


(I'm sorry, but it seems REALLY LAME)


2 posted on 09/15/2005 8:41:32 PM PDT by LauraleeBraswell
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To: blogblogginaway

I've seen a preview of this show....it's a tearjerker all right.


3 posted on 09/15/2005 8:41:37 PM PDT by Hildy
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To: blogblogginaway

LOL. JACQUES STEINBERG of the NY Times discussing red states. That's funny.


4 posted on 09/15/2005 8:48:06 PM PDT by Huck (There's nothing you can hold for very long.)
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To: blogblogginaway

It's insulting, is what it is.

"We're NBC. We're going to buy viewers! By making them feel... pathetic!"

How elitist. How arrogant.


5 posted on 09/15/2005 8:48:29 PM PDT by IncPen (Because it's not your money, Senator Kennedy. It's mine, and I'd like to keep it)
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To: LauraleeBraswell

I'll advise you not to watch.


I doubt I'll watch either, btw.


6 posted on 09/15/2005 8:49:54 PM PDT by Petronski (Cyborg is the greatest blessing I have ever known.)
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To: blogblogginaway

What's NBC?


7 posted on 09/15/2005 8:50:57 PM PDT by popdonnelly
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To: blogblogginaway

NBC is obviously trying to get in touch with the red states. They have what appears to be a pro-military series, "The E-Ring," starting next week. If the show lives up to its hype I just might start watching NBC again, at least for one hour each week.


8 posted on 09/15/2005 8:51:29 PM PDT by billnaz (What part of "shall not be infringed" don't you understand?)
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To: billnaz

Scrubs is they best show NBC has and they have not even annonce a return date.


9 posted on 09/15/2005 9:19:24 PM PDT by Paul8148
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To: Paul8148

Never cared for scrubs. Las Vegas is OK, but it's on at the same time as 24 so I only watch it in reruns. Medium is pretty good. The Apprentice is the only reality show worth watching. That's about it for NBC primetime for me.

Aside from 24 the best shows are on cable. I love Rescue Me on FX. The Comeback and Entourage on HBO are good. Not a whole lot else out there that I ever make it a point to watch.


10 posted on 09/15/2005 9:42:53 PM PDT by Hugin
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To: blogblogginaway

Part of the left's plan to co-opt "values".


11 posted on 09/15/2005 9:57:27 PM PDT by I see my hands (Until this civil war heats up.. Have a nice day.)
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To: Hugin

I Heart
Valerie Cherish


12 posted on 09/15/2005 9:59:40 PM PDT by I see my hands (Until this civil war heats up.. Have a nice day.)
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To: blogblogginaway; MotleyGirl70; Cagey
Seinfeld Who? NBC Pursuing the Heartland

Maybe they should do "Kramer Moves To Kansas."

Kramer: Oh, I'm putting up Frank's screen door. This beauty's got a little life in her yet.

Jerry: What do you need it for?

Kramer: (Closing door) The cool evening breezes of Anytown, USA. Let's see how this baby closes. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah.

13 posted on 09/15/2005 10:05:34 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: Hildy

But will it even begin to approach the quality benchmark of "Queen for a Day"? (rolleyes)


14 posted on 09/15/2005 10:28:07 PM PDT by JoJo Gunn (Help control the Leftist population. Have them spayed or neutered. ©)
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To: popdonnelly
What's NBC?

An Olds Media product that craves eyeballs.
15 posted on 09/15/2005 10:28:41 PM PDT by Milhous
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To: Hugin

>>>Las Vegas is OK...

That NBC show is OK...and in HDTV, Niki Cox is something...


16 posted on 09/15/2005 10:32:30 PM PDT by Keith in Iowa (Does the name Pavlov ring a bell?)
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To: blogblogginaway

I despise reality TV whether it's giving good handouts or showing people fight off four-foot sharks or swim in a tank of maggots.


17 posted on 09/16/2005 5:04:32 AM PDT by WoodstockCat (General Honore: "The storm gets a vote... We're not stuck on stupid.")
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To: Larry Lucido
They all go to up-state NY... 'pie country'... and visit a bubble-boy. On the way, they can stop in a diner... that's Americana... that's the ticket!
18 posted on 09/16/2005 5:18:59 AM PDT by johnny7 (“"Thing about a shark... he's got lifeless eyes, black eyes... like a doll's eyes.”)
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To: blogblogginaway

Sounds rather condescending to me. 'Here you poor, ignorant red-stater. So sorry you can't live in a real city so we'll make it up by granting you a wish...'


19 posted on 09/16/2005 5:21:42 AM PDT by Grig
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To: johnny7

This is obviously an attempt to catch up with ABC and their "Extreme Makeover - Home Edition" enterprise. I LOVE EMHE (anybody who doesn't has NO humanity), so I'll probably watch this show as well.


20 posted on 09/16/2005 5:23:02 AM PDT by Warren_Piece (Nashville, TN)
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