tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9284635.post2276421887263918038..comments2023-10-19T10:21:32.190-05:00Comments on In Other Words: The Cultural ArchaeologistPaul Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00974655628067266530noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9284635.post-48719567219220358472007-08-09T08:51:00.000-05:002007-08-09T08:51:00.000-05:00I think Bobby raises a very interesting point. Wi...I think Bobby raises a very interesting point. <BR/><BR/>With "Passions" moving to DirecTV (and speculation that "Days of Our Lives" might do the same, thus ending NBC's soap opera schedule altogether), along with DirecTV's continued move toward program exclusivity (the NFL's Sunday Ticket, and it's abortive effort to secure exclusive rights to MLB's Extra Innings), DirecTV is attempting to become a true competitor to cable TV programming, not merely an alternative vehicle for carrying the signals.<BR/><BR/>Will DirecTV attempt to create an entire programming schedule - in effect, competing directly with other cable channels? And what effect will this have on its programming as a whole? The possibilities are intriguing.YMCA Financial Developmenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00225301884866922853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9284635.post-71726947934912793462007-08-09T07:03:00.000-05:002007-08-09T07:03:00.000-05:00The way networks have lost viewers I believe has b...The way networks have lost viewers I believe has been a byproduct too of how the modern soap has become too sexualised and raunchy. Once HBO began winning Emmy awards, television declined because everyone wanted to be like HBO.<BR/><BR/>Only one soap on the air today is a 30-minute episode.<BR/><BR/>NBC is down to just one (Days of Our Lives), and ABC has two, and CBS has four (three one-hour and one 30-minute). Even DirecTV has begun adding new soaps to their exclusive "The 101" channel, acquiring Passions, which moves to The 101 this fall. <BR/><BR/>This is another attempt to gain more subscribers by having exclusive packages such as moving soaps, video game championships, and NFL Football (especially aimed at the 27 markets where television coverage is severely restricted by NFL policies; the New York, Bay Area, and Capitol markets only have two games a week -- their local teams; the other 24 markets only get doubleaders eight times a year (when their local team has a road game, the NFL allows one station to have two games and the other one; if the local team has a road game in Week 17, they get four games under the new 8-8-1 rule), while other non-NFL markets get three games on Sundays (8-8-1 rule) to satellite television.<BR/><BR/>And without commercials and the right to air more raunch (adult material) on unregulated satellite television with a very minute audience, this could out-HBO the channel that established the modern raunch factor.<BR/><BR/>There is only one network daytime game show since 1994, and that's Series 36 of Drew Carey's show (first with Carey) starting in September. Of course, Carey will probably keep the military audiences on the show, the the audience of the game show which he hosts in daytime has featured plenty of college students and troops. In some markets. that ugly gabfest talk show of women on ABC has beaten in ratings the game show now hosted by Drew Carey, mainly because CBS has very weak affiliates (Atlanta, Detroit, Milwaukee) caused by the 1994 Realignment. (In fact, Realignment made it possible for major markets not to receive the Daytona 500 in 1995 as CBS did not have affiliates available in major markets!)<BR/><BR/><BR/><I>* The 8-8-1 rule: Under the terms of the 2006-2013 NFL television contract, Fox has eight doubleheader weekends (one of them is Kickoff Week, because CBS has the US Tennis Association Men's Championships -- there is talk of the USTA asking CBS to move the Men's Final to Sunday Night, just like the Women's Final, but the network has balked; with European players, CBS may be playing to interests of European prime-time television with 10:30 PM CET starts) and CBS has eight doubleheader weekends (one of them is the last week of October, because Fox has Game 4 of the World Series under the new television package, with a Wednesday series start, and Game 4 is on Sunday, ensuring there will be one Sunday game). <BR/><BR/>Both networks get doubleheaders on Week 17 in order to air all games with playoff possibilities.<BR/><BR/>If the local market team is playing at home on Week 17, neither network may air more than one game in that market.</I>Bobbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02366544608847776006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9284635.post-79370855162136763682007-08-09T05:45:00.000-05:002007-08-09T05:45:00.000-05:00Mitchell: Interesting post. I AM a soap fan. Reall...Mitchell: Interesting post. I AM a soap fan. Really.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and my graphic embellishments are courtesy of Vincenzo. Though, Terry always adds "graphic" embellishments of his own!Cathy_of_Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16795566831031491371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9284635.post-84235372414058996522007-08-08T20:17:00.000-05:002007-08-08T20:17:00.000-05:00Don't forget that the soaps started on radio.And t...Don't forget that the soaps started on radio.<BR/><BR/>And that's where the 15 minute format started.<BR/><BR/>When you lived three blocks from school, you walked home for lunch. News was on at 12:00; Oxydol's own "Ma Perkins" came on at 12:15; something else at 12:30; and at 12:45, when The Guiding Light came on, it was time for us to start walking back to school.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08332138030182107580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9284635.post-74841740376686479442007-08-08T16:51:00.000-05:002007-08-08T16:51:00.000-05:00Mitchell - Don't you watch "Passions" - oh, that's...Mitchell - Don't you watch "Passions" - oh, that's right, you have a job.<BR/><BR/>(I'll keep posting photos of you anyway.)Terry Nelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09819523933502820341noreply@blogger.com