Posted on 02/06/2009 12:38:38 PM PST by Zakeet
Washington Post TV writer Lisa de Moraes reported Friday that Team Obama is demanding a lot of free TV space in prime time in the next few weeks: a Monday night press conference, a "stimulus" push on the Monday night after that, the 16th, and the State of the Union on Tuesday, February 24. (What about House, and The Bachelor?) Network suits are already whining, but are too afraid of pulling out the Just Say No card:
President Obama's desire to talk -- and talk, and talk -- to the American public could cost broadcast networks millions, and millions, and millions of prime-time TV dollars.Broadcasters are bracing themselves for the likelihood of three prime-time interruptions in three weeks, totaling at least three hours of prime time -- and ad breaks -- yanked.
"His economic stimulus package apparently does not extend to the TV networks," one network exec noted.
Obama's reps have alerted broadcasters that the president will hold a news conference Monday, according to network execs. It's expected to eat up the first hour of prime time; that alone could cost broadcasters more than $9 million in lost ad revenue....
"Notice they're not going on Friday or Saturday," one network exec complained. "They're . . . preempting our better shows. You're not happy to lose a 'House' if you are Fox, or two of the better comedies at CBS, or 'The Bachelor' at ABC -- we're all going to take a bath."
So skip them? The networks were not afraid to tell President Bush that his political salesmanship wasn't worth pre-empting in prime time. But none want to "incur the wrath" of Obama (and unlike Bush, it's not so easy to stiff the president unanimously in an act of ideological solidarity)
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Ditto, Allegra.
I understand how people who disliked Bush could not bear to listen to him.
I give thanks for whoever invented the push-button on/off control for both radio and tv. I use them as fast as possible as soon as I hear his voice.
that explains a lot about how the O got in...
in fact, it all makes sense now, and will allow me to deal with O-zombies without blowing a gasket...
they really don't know why they voted for him, they just did.
it will wear off in time
I was planning on reading all the junk mail and filing it by level of marketing skill.
It won’t be referred to as that, speech to joint session and yes its been done before.
Some people like FUBU, I happen to like FUBO. It works for me.
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