Dish Nation: Radio on the tv?

[upstate29651]

Let's see.... we need a new syndicated entertainment show featuring various "morning zoo's" from across the country that target the fat white mom demo. Yeah! We can use this as a way to show people morning radio is hip & culturally relevant on tv...because we're failing to do that on radio.

That's the premise of this show, from what I can gather. Beyond that, I don't get it....


G

 

[Mario500]

^I don't believe that's an accurate characterization of one of the folks who produced "Dish Nation", since the primary demographic for the program is adults between the ages of 18 and 49 and the secondary demographic is adults between the ages of 25 and 54, according to the Syndicated Television Network Association. There have been other programs based on the same concept such as the TV versions of "The Rick and Bubba Show", "Imus in the Morning", "The Howard Stern Show", "The Bill Press Show", and "The Stephanie Miller Show".

 

[nathannah]

Let's see.... we need a new syndicated entertainment show featuring various "morning zoo's" from across the country that target the fat white mom demo. Yeah! We can use this as a way to show people morning radio is hip & culturally relevant on tv...because we're failing to do that on radio.

That's the premise of this show, from what I can gather. Beyond that, I don't get it....


G

Pretty much how I feel about it. Morning zoo radio to me feels like being trapped in an airplane cabin with people who know nothing at all about anything besides what they read from a magazine you see at a supermarket checkout, and the previews I watched for the show in last year's pilot stage suggest there is no way I'd watch this on TV. There are good reasons radio shows don't make good TV unless heavy makeup teams and studio designs are involved, because a radio studio has to be the most unaesthetic office work setting outside of factories, and I can't stand shows that seem to solely cast on how the team looks on the top website banner. Thankfully the after-midnight slots and 'we had to take this to get something good' attitude of the stations that grabbed this (outside the Fox O&Os that had to slot it in early prime) should mean it flops out of the gate (I have seen no promotion of it at all by the Fox stations which have it in the markets I get, not even in the 'enjoy our double-run Seinfeld and Extra promos' for their late night schedules).

Mario-500: The big difference is those examples by their natures are niche and are viewed only by the converted. This show wants to be a national show meant for everyone; you can't do that in 2012, and especially not with a show revolving around showbiz gossip and the usual terrible skits of the morning zoos. Also, the whole 'radio show on TV' trope, especially on broadcast television, suggests a 'not even trying' approach. There's nothing more grating than seeing a local station just plug a camera into a radio studio and call it a day rather than put the effort into an actual television show, and the few Big Four stations that have tried this in their markets are rightfully trounced in the ratings.

 

[Sammi Brie]

Not sure if you realize this but Dish Nation is the first Fox 6-week trial program to graduate.

It sucked in the 6-week trial period, too.

 

[Robnoxious]

Having watched the 6 week trial run last year all you need to know about Dish Nation is it's like TMZ and The Soup with with none of the qualities that make both of those shows enjoyable to watch.

Dish Nation is a big fat waste of time.

 

[intx]

It has been cleared in horrid time slots -- like midnight or later -- in most of the cities I've seen. Will be interesting to see if it makes it past season 1.

 

[johnnya2k6]

It has been cleared in horrid time slots -- like midnight or later -- in most of the cities I've seen. Will be interesting to see if it makes it past season 1.

Except in Fairbanks; KTVF will air it at noon (replacing Swift Justice with Jackie Glass).

 

[nathannah]

It has been cleared in horrid time slots -- like midnight or later -- in most of the cities I've seen. Will be interesting to see if it makes it past season 1.

Except in Fairbanks; KTVF will air it at noon (replacing Swift Justice with Jackie Glass).

Odds are high it's on a one-day delay, and replacing the do-nothing Jackie Glass at a timeslot filled with news on other stations, it might as well be on at midnight.

 

[crainbebo]

Dish Nation will be on KZJO 22 in Seattle [MNTV] at 4PM. Will be interesting to see how it battles with news on two stations, Katie on KING and Judge Judy on KIRO.

-crainbebo

 

[willdav713]

Let's see.... we need a new syndicated entertainment show featuring various "morning zoo's" from across the country that target the fat white mom demo. Yeah! We can use this as a way to show people morning radio is hip & culturally relevant on tv...because we're failing to do that on radio.

That's the premise of this show, from what I can gather. Beyond that, I don't get it....


G

Morning radio if it is mostly talk, puts me to sleep.

Didn't they try this with the Bob and Tom show?

 

[johnnya2k6]

It has been cleared in horrid time slots -- like midnight or later -- in most of the cities I've seen. Will be interesting to see if it makes it past season 1.

Except in Fairbanks; KTVF will air it at noon (replacing Swift Justice with Jackie Glass).

Odds are high it's on a one-day delay, and replacing the do-nothing Jackie Glass at a timeslot filled with news on other stations, it might as well be on at midnight.

Inside Edition (on K13XD) airs on a one-day delay at noon as well.

Heck, Access Hollywood and Extra are also on a one-day delay on the statewide ABC station, and nobody watches those shows anyway!

 

[anotherguyTN]

Didn't they try this with the Bob and Tom show?

Yes, it was on WGN America late nights. They came on about the same time WGN dropped Out of Sight Retro Night and Corner Gas and went to newer sitcom reruns, and I quit watching them.

 

[Mario500]

Inside Edition (on K13XD) airs on a one-day delay at noon as well.

Heck, Access Hollywood and Extra are also on a one-day delay on the statewide ABC station, and nobody watches those shows anyway!

What "statewide ABC station" did you reference and what made you think nobody watches those programs?  

 

[crainbebo]

He probably meant KJUD/KYUR/KATN, the three Alaskan ABC affiliates.

-crainbebo

 

[MarcB]

Saw it for a minute last night. Scott & Todd from WPLJ in NYC = FACES MADE FOR RADIO. *SHUDDERS*

 

[crainbebo]

Also I wonder why they are taking a morning team from a Latin station (KXOL 96.3 LA)? Why don't they take KBIG or KIIS' morning crew?

But I don't really care anyway, it's another Entertainment Tonight wannabe...

-crainbebo

 

[Tim-In-Houston]

I scanned the premiere ep out of the corner of my eye while working on my show last night. Beyond a couple quips that made me chuckle, it didn't hold my attention for very long.

That's likely the exact amount of time the actual radio show would have held my attention.

Fox 26, here in Houston, has it slotted at 11:30pm with a 1-day delay after the noon newscast (replacing the 1-day delay of Access Hollywood).

 

[nathannah]

Also gave it a fair shot...after several cracks about celebrities that in most cases with papers and gossip mags would earn said publication a hefty libel lawsuit, that was it for me. Unfunny jokes, grating panelists, a sneaking suspicion that none of this actually aired over the radio and it was a session done after 9/10am with producer-planted topics, and the usual godawful radio "laughter"...will not be tuning in again. Also, the Fox station in my market airing it regarded it as an actual embarrassment, not even pasting on their on-screen logo bug during the show and only selling a few ads (late night dating and no-certain-time car ads), with most of the barter time filled with station promos.

Funniest thing? My live-tweet stream using the hashtag on Twitter earned a "We hope you tune in again" response (along with several others who hated it) from the @dishnation account . Ratings gave it a 0.7/2 share that despite the spin of it "hitting its demo", scattered its lead-ins away (where it was up it's in terrible timeslots where Berkus and other programs were).

 

[radiojomo]

I tried it out today. It's bad. I watched for a few mins and tuned out.
I'd rather see a video simulcast of an actually good radio show. Nick & Artie has been simulcasted on the Audience Network on DIRECTV for about a week now and I enjoy it very much.