We've lost our minds!
We’re dumping hometown boy Jay Leno’s new show before it even premieres, and plan to give you an hour of news instead. We're also going to simulcast on our sister station, so if you have picture in a picture, you'll be able to get twice the news!
Our new tag line will be “7News, Whether You Want it or Not!”
What the heck are they thinking? People in the Boston area feel a connection to Jay. He’s an Andover boy, after all, and if there’s one market in the country that he’ll get a good share in, at least initially, this is it. Plus, recent polls done by other Boston news outlets prove that viewers are not happy with this move.
Looking beyond what the viewers think, channel 7 already runs a 10pm newscast on their sister station ch56, which is in 3rd place (read last) in the 10pm news slot. They now plan on "simulcasting" the news on both stations at 10. So, that will give us 4 stations running 10pm news, with 2 being mirror images, and no NBC broadcast.
Regardless of whether you like Leno or not, you have to admit that rebroadcasting a poor quality news show on a second channel, at the same time, in the same market, and expanding it from a half hour to an hour and a half, doesn't make a lot of sense. Who are they hoping to attract, and what are they going to do to fill all this time? They're already repeating the same newscast every half hour in their 4 to 6:30 pm time slot, so we’re probably in for more of the same in this later slot. Oh joy.
Either Ansin is completely incompetent, or he's angling for something we’re not seeing yet. Perhaps he wants NBC to let him show Leno on 56 while he moves the news to 7. It’s highly unlikely that NBC would bite on this, as 56 is a CW affiliate, but you never know. Maybe they just want more local commercial time. Money is tight, and sometimes you use whatever lever you can find.
Why this would be more important to Ansin than actually fixing the news broadcast so that it might attract more than just viewers loyal to NBC programming, is beyond me.
Come to think of it, if he were to follow through on his threat, he'd even lose them...
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Sunday, April 5, 2009
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Super Finish
Pretty exciting finish to a game I expected to be a snoozer. Man, I thought the Cardinals just might pull off an upset there.
Even though I'm not a fan of either team, I found myself pulling for Warner to make a comeback. It would have been a great storyline, and it would have been kind of nice to see the air go out of the Steelers balloon. But in the end, you have to give them credit. Roethlisberger stepped up, and Holmes' catch and tap-down was amazing.
Anyways, the game was great, even though the Steelers won. The commercials, on the other hand, were only so-so. My two favorites were the "Doritos crystal ball" ad, and the Leno "move to prime time" spot.
The Doritos ad was priceless. There's nothing like physical comedy when it's done right. "Free Doritos at the office today?". Beautiful.
The Leno ad was brilliant for it's simplicity. The car, the music and the camera work all fit together perfectly to convey an image and message without a word being uttered. Very smart.
I also liked the "SoBe Lizard Lake" spot at halftime. The 3D (did you have your glasses?) was very good, and Matt Light was a riot. He was really getting his groove on. It'll make great Jumbotron fodder for next season. We may even have seen the birth of the new Gino...
At the very least, it will probably earn him a berth on the next Dancing With The Stars.
Even though I'm not a fan of either team, I found myself pulling for Warner to make a comeback. It would have been a great storyline, and it would have been kind of nice to see the air go out of the Steelers balloon. But in the end, you have to give them credit. Roethlisberger stepped up, and Holmes' catch and tap-down was amazing.
Anyways, the game was great, even though the Steelers won. The commercials, on the other hand, were only so-so. My two favorites were the "Doritos crystal ball" ad, and the Leno "move to prime time" spot.
The Doritos ad was priceless. There's nothing like physical comedy when it's done right. "Free Doritos at the office today?". Beautiful.
The Leno ad was brilliant for it's simplicity. The car, the music and the camera work all fit together perfectly to convey an image and message without a word being uttered. Very smart.
I also liked the "SoBe Lizard Lake" spot at halftime. The 3D (did you have your glasses?) was very good, and Matt Light was a riot. He was really getting his groove on. It'll make great Jumbotron fodder for next season. We may even have seen the birth of the new Gino...
At the very least, it will probably earn him a berth on the next Dancing With The Stars.
Thursday, January 17, 2008
I Usually Don't Agree With Anything...
that Chris Matthews says, but I saw him on Leno last night and found that we think alike on at least one subject.
He was discussing the primary elections and he said something to the effect of "He may not be the best debater and he may not have a lot of experience but if you ever get to hear Barack Obama give a speech and you don't come away with tears in your eyes, then you're not a true American."
I had the good fortune to hear him speak a while back when he was the commencement speaker at my son's graduation (UMASS Boston, Class of 2006) and prior to that I knew virtually nothing about him. I was incredibly moved by his speech, as was the rest of the crowd judging from the applause. Afterwards I turned to my wife and said "If the Democrats want to win in '08, this is the guy." So if you get a chance to see him when he works his way through your state you should seize the opportunity. You won't regret it.
He was discussing the primary elections and he said something to the effect of "He may not be the best debater and he may not have a lot of experience but if you ever get to hear Barack Obama give a speech and you don't come away with tears in your eyes, then you're not a true American."
I had the good fortune to hear him speak a while back when he was the commencement speaker at my son's graduation (UMASS Boston, Class of 2006) and prior to that I knew virtually nothing about him. I was incredibly moved by his speech, as was the rest of the crowd judging from the applause. Afterwards I turned to my wife and said "If the Democrats want to win in '08, this is the guy." So if you get a chance to see him when he works his way through your state you should seize the opportunity. You won't regret it.
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