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It's Time to play "Would It Work Today?"

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Skynet74

Let's take a look at some things that were on New England TV in the past. Times change.. but would any of the following be successful on TV today?


1. DIALING FOR DOLLARS. WLNE Providence. Pick a phone number out of the phone book and call an unsuspecting household. If they can give you the correct Dollar amount in the Pot they won it. Would it work? Yes (or) No?

2. CANDLEPINS FOR CASH. WNEV Boston. Take a low Budget and a Bowling Ally. Put them together and you get this Local Game Show. If the contestant gets a strike they win the Jackpot! Would it work today? Yes (or) No?

3. COMMUNITY AUDITIONS. WBZ Boston. It's the poor mans version of Star Search. Lots of lame local talent and even a cheesy theme song sung by the host. It's great for 1975... but how about in 2005? Would it Work today? Yes (or) No?

4. ASK THE MANAGER. WSBK Boston. Grab the General Manger of a TV station and put him behind a desk with the Booth Announcer. Then Answer a bunch of station mail for a half hour. Boring to some... but intriging to others. Would it work today? Yes (or) No?

5. PEOPLE ARE TALKING. WBZ Boston. What happens when you want to have a Big Time talk show but you realize that it would never make it Nationally? Well.... you go and Produce it anyway. Start with a cheap couch and Jam as many audience members in a small studio as possible. Then let's see what happens. In the 80's it not only worked ..... but it worked well. Now would it work today? Yes (or) No?

I'm interested in hearing your thoughts.


thanks,

John


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> Let's take a look at some things that were on New England TV
> in the past. Times change.. but would any of the following
> be successful on TV today?
>
>
> 1. DIALING FOR DOLLARS. WLNE Providence. Pick a phone number
> out of the phone book and call an unsuspecting household. If
> they can give you the correct Dollar amount in the Pot they
> won it. Would it work? Yes (or) No?
>
> 2. CANDLEPINS FOR CASH. WNEV Boston. Take a low Budget and a
> Bowling Ally. Put them together and you get this Local Game
> Show. If the contestant gets a strike they win the Jackpot!
> Would it work today? Yes (or) No?
>
> 3. COMMUNITY AUDITIONS. WBZ Boston. It's the poor mans
> version of Star Search. Lots of lame local talent and even a
> cheesy theme song sung by the host. It's great for 1975...
> but how about in 2005? Would it Work today? Yes (or) No?
>
> 4. ASK THE MANAGER. WSBK Boston. Grab the General Manger of
> a TV station and put him behind a desk with the Booth
> Announcer. Then Answer a bunch of station mail for a half
> hour. Boring to some... but intriging to others. Would it
> work today? Yes (or) No?
>
> 5. PEOPLE ARE TALKING. WBZ Boston. What happens when you
> want to have a Big Time talk show but you realize that it
> would never make it Nationally? Well.... you go and Produce
> it anyway. Start with a cheap couch and Jam as many audience
> members in a small studio as possible. Then let's see what
> happens. In the 80's it not only worked ..... but it worked
> well. Now would it work today? Yes (or) No?
>
> I'm interested in hearing your thoughts.
>
>
> thanks,
>
> John
>
WSBK'S Ask The Manager was a great show. It worked well, with Dana, Meg & Stu, being the Ed McMahon for GM Daniel J. Berkery. I apologize if I spelled the gm's name wrong. It worked well way back when. But I wouldn't rule it out completely in 2005. But the best place to air it would be on a Sunday morning. Now on the flipside. How many gm's would want to do that type of show?
 
#1, #2, #3 and #5? No, they wouldn't.


> >
> WSBK'S "Ask The Manager" was a great show. It worked well,
> with Dana, Meg & Stu, being the Ed McMahon for GM Daniel J.
> Berkery. It worked well way back when. But I wouldn't rule it out
> completely in 2005. The best place to air it would be on
> a Sunday morning. Now on the flipside...How many GM's would
> want to do that type of show?
>

I doubt anybody would want to do this type of show today. I used to watch that show faithfully back when WSBK-TV was on my cable system here in New Britain, CT (until UPN and Syndex forced them off our system). Please don't forget the classy piano-heavy theme song voiced by Dana Hersey. :)
 
> 3. COMMUNITY AUDITIONS. WBZ Boston. It's the poor mans
> version of Star Search. Lots of lame local talent and even a
> cheesy theme song sung by the host. It's great for 1975...
> but how about in 2005? Would it Work today? Yes (or) No?

Post-Newsweek thinks so -- they have a local talent contest on some of its stations called "Gimme the Mike", which featured local talent doing their stuff.

Don't know how many stations carried it, but the competition was held in Orlando (WKMG ch.6) and Detroit (WDIV ch.4).
 
Re: "Ask the Manager"...How many GM's would
want to do that type of show?

EVERY GM should WANT to do that "kind of show"!

So there!!!



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> > 3. COMMUNITY AUDITIONS. WBZ Boston. It's the poor mans
> > version of Star Search. Lots of lame local talent and even
> a
> > cheesy theme song sung by the host. It's great for 1975...
>
> > but how about in 2005? Would it Work today? Yes (or) No?
>
> Post-Newsweek thinks so -- they have a local talent contest
> on some of its stations called "Gimme the Mike", which
> featured local talent doing their stuff.
>
> Don't know how many stations carried it, but the competition
> was held in Orlando (WKMG ch.6) and Detroit (WDIV ch.4).
>
Belo has Gimme The Mike on some of its stations as well (KONG 6/16 in Seattle comes to mind).
 
bring back lOCAL programming!

I remember when every station did local programming. In a major market, there
should be local programming. The fact that there is not is a disgrace. No excuses.
There is money to be made, image to be enhanced, and ratings to be had for popular, well-done local programs.
 
Re: bring back lOCAL programming!

You're absolutely right. I've always thought that duopoly stations should produce more local programming than other stations the market.

WBZ/WSBK should really be doing far more local stuff than they are now. It would be nice to see them adopt what sister-station KPIX/San Francisco has done and air "30 Minutes" (a localized version of '60 Minutes' that has been spearheaded by Don Hewitt) on a weekly basis.

> I remember when every station did local programming. In a
> major market, there
> should be local programming. The fact that there is not is a
> disgrace. No excuses.
> There is money to be made, image to be enhanced, and ratings
> to be had for popular, well-done local programs.
>
 
> Let's take a look at some things that were on New England TV
> in the past. Times change.. but would any of the following
> be successful on TV today?
>
>
> 1. DIALING FOR DOLLARS. WLNE Providence. Pick a phone number
> out of the phone book and call an unsuspecting household. If
> they can give you the correct Dollar amount in the Pot they
> won it. Would it work? Yes (or) No?
>
They also did something like this on a Boston channel not sure which one.
I would say no. I could see it on a radio station,though.

> 2. CANDLEPINS FOR CASH. WNEV Boston. Take a low Budget and a
> Bowling Ally. Put them together and you get this Local Game
> Show. If the contestant gets a strike they win the Jackpot!
> Would it work today? Yes (or) No?
>
A larger jackpot then in the old days $5 per pin. $100 per spare The jackpot which could start at $1000 for a strike.

> 3. COMMUNITY AUDITIONS. WBZ Boston. It's the poor mans
> version of Star Search. Lots of lame local talent and even a
> cheesy theme song sung by the host. It's great for 1975...
> but how about in 2005? Would it Work today? Yes (or) No?
>
I could see this on WFXT. I believe there are many folks with talent that fall out of the demographic limitations of American Idol.

> 4. ASK THE MANAGER. WSBK Boston. Grab the General Manger of
> a TV station and put him behind a desk with the Booth
> Announcer. Then Answer a bunch of station mail for a half
> hour. Boring to some... but intriging to others. Would it
> work today? Yes (or) No?
>
yes Depending upon the station and the genrral manager's willingness.

> 5. PEOPLE ARE TALKING. WBZ Boston. What happens when you
> want to have a Big Time talk show but you realize that it
> would never make it Nationally? Well.... you go and Produce
> it anyway. Start with a cheap couch and Jam as many audience
> members in a small studio as possible. Then let's see what
> happens. In the 80's it not only worked ..... but it worked
> well. Now would it work today? Yes (or) No?
>
>>
Not too sure.
 
Re: "Would It Work Today?" yes (with changes)

> Let's take a look at some things that were on New England TV
> in the past. Times change.. but would any of the following
> be successful on TV today?
>
>
> 1. DIALING FOR DOLLARS. WLNE Providence. Pick a phone number
> out of the phone book and call an unsuspecting household. If
> they can give you the correct Dollar amount in the Pot they
> won it. Would it work? Yes (or) No?

Like 'chitchatjf' said better for radio. Would be more interesting if they took a camera crew to someone's house and did it like that.

> 2. CANDLEPINS FOR CASH. WNEV Boston. Take a low Budget and a
> Bowling Ally. Put them together and you get this Local Game
> Show. If the contestant gets a strike they win the Jackpot!
> Would it work today? Yes (or) No?

Maybe... low budget + local advertisers + something to attract the 18-34 and you might have a winner.

> 3. COMMUNITY AUDITIONS. WBZ Boston. It's the poor mans
> version of Star Search. Lots of lame local talent and even a
> cheesy theme song sung by the host. It's great for 1975...
> but how about in 2005? Would it Work today? Yes (or) No?

Yes, if you have young performers like American Idol, no cheesy theme song, good graphics, funny judges.

> 4. ASK THE MANAGER. WSBK Boston. Grab the General Manger of
> a TV station and put him behind a desk with the Booth
> Announcer. Then Answer a bunch of station mail for a half
> hour. Boring to some... but intriging to others. Would it
> work today? Yes (or) No?

Yawn. You would have to make it more interesting. General Manager thats entertaining plus a hot girl might work. (once a week max)

> 5. PEOPLE ARE TALKING. WBZ Boston. What happens when you
> want to have a Big Time talk show but you realize that it
> would never make it Nationally? Well.... you go and Produce
> it anyway. Start with a cheap couch and Jam as many audience
> members in a small studio as possible. Then let's see what
> happens. In the 80's it not only worked ..... but it worked
> well. Now would it work today? Yes (or) No?

Yes if the host is funny and entertaining. They would have to do it on a tight budget with limited resources.

> I'm interested in hearing your thoughts.
>
>
> thanks,
>
> John
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