But at 10 pm nightly? Preceded by Rudy Giuliani at 9 pm? Aren't these hours the very opposite of prime time? I would imagine O'Reilly's show will be syndicated. Or is it just a repeat of his TV show on The First streaming that airs live at 8 pm?
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Bill O'Reilly on WABC
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He doesn't do a TV show any more.
https://money.cnn.com/2017/05/12/media/bill-oreilly-addresses-fox-news-firing/index.html
Bill O’Reilly Returns To TV As ‘No Spin News’ On OTT’s The First
https://deadline.com/2020/06/bill-o...as-no-spin-news-on-otts-the-first-1202948366/
Ha! I didn't know!
These two hour-long programs are pre-empting John Batchelor's first two hours on WABC. Batchelor's been in that slot for 15 years (with a gap of a few years) since 2001. And Batchelor even gave the hard-to-listen-to WABC station owner John Catsimatidis his own weekly segment. Guess that wasn't enough. Or perhaps this is a temporary situation until WABC's commitment to run Shapiro is finally done.
I think that's part of it. They're carrying a lot of syndication and I think they want to do their own programing. But I don't hear O'Reilly as an afternoon drive guy. Especially as a 1-hour show. He doesn't the energy for that time of day.
Ben Shapiro talks so fast, I simply cannot listen to him. Putting the two New Yorkers in the drive time makes a lot more sense.
Assuming the audience isn't driving. The last time O'Reilly did a radio show, it had all the energy and excitement of NPR.
So whos show got kicked off the station due to the addition of mr oreilys show?
Scroll up to #5.
Sorry . Not true. He had good ratings , but couldn’t do both radio and tv.
My point was he was dull. Not very energetic. Like going to a college lecture.
Were you expecting quacking rubber duckies and a gong?
He's more energetic on TV. He seems to tone it down on radio.
Ya know , I listened the last few nights. He had more firepower back in the 90s.
The older they get the more ponderous they become
When I watch Tucker Carlson's TV show I often think how grateful I am that O'Reilly "retired" from that slot. Carlson's is the best talk show on televsion, IMO. He does his homework and presents different topics and different guests from the shows preceding and following him.
I hear O'Reilly being interviewed by Mark Simone and I think it's his presentation more than his energy that's "old." Simone's show has greatly improved since he stopped doing interviews with aging comics and TV personalities like Dick Cavett, but O'Reilly fits into that category. WABC should be looking for new and different voices, IMO.
Please keep TV commentary to the television board. This is not a radio subject.
I hear O'Reilly being interviewed by Mark Simone and I think it's his presentation more than his energy that's "old." Simone's show has greatly improved since he stopped doing interviews with aging comics and TV personalities like Dick Cavett, but O'Reilly fits into that category. WABC should be looking for new and different voices, IMO.
Please keep TV commentary to the television board. This is not a radio subject.
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Sure, Ben Shapiro speaks a little fast, but he's not exactly John Moschitta. Sorry you have trouble keeping up with him.
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