Jackson Memorial Service Coverage

[bg02445]

Telemundo and Univision will covering it live, according to the Washington Post.

 

[oldiesfan6479]

Nevertheless, I find it unusual that an all-new episode of Guiding Light will be joined in progress after the service

But will the GL JIP be today's previously scheduled new episode, or a repeat?
There could well be a runover, resulting in even less than half of GL airing.

In checking zap2it.com around 9:30am PT, the 3-4 markets I scanned all still
showed the normal programming skeds for ABC/CBS/NBC affils (no Jacko).

 

[imhomerjay]

As I understand it, the JIP will be the original, and whether joined in progress or not, it will not re-air on TV (though it will be online). So if it's entirely bumped today, tomorrow's show will air as scheduled.

 

[Mark Giardina]

Internet streaming of Jackson's funeral was horrible. Most likely because each site broadcasting the funeral services was overloaded with viewers.

 

[searadiofreak]

Internet streaming of Jackson's funeral was horrible. Most likely because each site broadcasting the funeral services was overloaded with viewers.

I had very little trouble with the MSNBC stream.

BTW, they are calling this the biggest streaming event ever in the history of the internet, although I'm not sure how they measure that. I don't think many had streaming capability during 9/11.

 

[kms575]

Did any other celebrity who's neither a head of state, royalty or a religious figure get as much coverage as this? To be honest, this many networks carrying the funeral is overkill.

At this rate, I won't be surprised if PBS, Univision, Showtime and C-Span jump on board as well, with the CBC carrying it in Canada for that Canadian perspective.

PBS won't carry it - they're elitist, and this would attract a large amount of people!

They're not elitist, they're sensible!!

 

[jal41]

Re some Fox stations pre-empting Jackson coverage: I am surprised that WAGA is one of them; I would expect extremely high ratings in the African-American community, of which Atlanta's is substantial.

UPDATE: WAGA did a 180 overnight and aired the service. I suspect corporate HQ may have played a hand.

TV Guide Network left the scrolling listings up during the service. In the past, they have been taken down during certain events. They start airing movies Friday, so I wonder how that will turn out.

Early reports from Internet research firms indicate the web as a whole kept ticking along. Obviously, some sites are going to have problems if they do have enough capacity to meet demand.

Radio stations mostly ignored the event. Several movie theaters showed the event on their screens. We probably won't know how many TV viewers watched for the next day or so, but keep in mind ratings only track at home viewers. Those at work or at a public place at the time are not counted.

 

[MarcB]

...I was watching the Sister Sister marathon on BET...

Is your mind/body healed after that ordeal? ???

I like the show cuz the twins are attractive.

 

[azumanga]

As I understand it, the JIP [Guiding Light] will be the original, and whether joined in progress or not, it will not re-air on TV (though it will be online).

Actually, some CBS affiliates (at least, WANE in Fort Wayne) will be airing Tuesday's Guiding Light during the overnight hours, after Dave and Craig (and, on some stations, infomercials).

 

[Jul]

Actually, some CBS affiliates (at least, WANE in Fort Wayne) will be airing Tuesday's Guiding Light during the overnight hours, after Dave and Craig (and, on some stations, infomercials).

KYW is doing the same

 

[bg02445]

UPDATE: WAGA did a 180 overnight and aired the service. I suspect corporate HQ may have played a hand.

Interesting, but neither FOX O&O WFXT in Boston or WNAC here in Providence aired the FOX Network coverage. I also checked both of their websites, and only WFXT had a live stream of FOX's coverage up (not FNC).

 

[RicoGregg]

This may just about say it all....

http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/enough/

 

[Robnoxious]

This may just about say it all....

http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/enough/

Yep, ~$3.5 million spent for police presence to control this circus all coming out of the reserve fund slated for important events like 1st Amendment protests and the like. The spectacle generated ~50,000 hanger ons outside of Staples. About 950,000 people below expected projection figures. Seems the general public gave less of a crap than the media. Big surprise there. :

All the while, honorable Villaraigosa was deep inside Africa (and Lu Parker) on safari.

If Walter Cronkite isn't dead yet, this coverage might be enough for him to say "Pull the plug, I want out of here."

 

[DToTheJ]

And over in Britain, Sky (Sky Arts and Sky News) and Five will carry the memorial; sorry, no BBC or ITV coverage.

It was, however, carried on BBC World News, where this clip of Paris came from:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9RArzHF0oI

 

[mleach]

Re some Fox stations pre-empting Jackson coverage: I am surprised that WAGA is one of them; I would expect extremely high ratings in the African-American community, of which Atlanta's is substantial.

It was reported last night on DCRTV.com where Baltimore's WBFF FOX 45 ( Sinclair ) didn't air any of the funeral at all. Now did Sinclair move the coverage to WNUV channel 54 or was it an act of "protest" such as protesting all of the MJ coverage or did WBFF share the same opinions as that senator from New York had for Jackson by calling him a "pervert" and "child molestor" and by feeling this way WBFF didnt air the Jackson funeral coverage? DCRTV didn't say.

Of course with the upcoming format change at 106.7 WJFK, I wouldn't expect that site to do a whole lot of any TV news from DC or Baltimore for the time being since that radio station takes top priority on DCRTV.

 

[bpatrick]

I don't think there are any tea leaves to be read about the one-day tinkering with the schedule. Any results would indeed be too skewed to be of value.

I did say that, while CBS might have been testing the waters on "Price," the numbers wouldn't mean anything, given it was to be a one-time-only showing, coming after an event with huge viewership. As it was, the Michael Jackson service went three hours, so I doubt that any but "GL"'s morning stations (and "Price" was on WCBS at 10 AM) and those in the Pacific time zone even ran it, which definitely renders all conjecture on my part moot.

 

[firepoint525]

Channel 5 here in Nashville ran Guiding Light at 2:07 this morning (according to what they announced during their newscasts). Since there is a press conference on the Steve McNair incident coming up this afternoon, some more daytime programming is about to get bumped into the overnight hours again tonight/early tomorrow morning.

 

[bpatrick]

I would suspect Steve McNair is an especially hot topic
in Nashville, so I can understand if WTVF delays Guiding
Light until the wee hours of the morning (although at this
point, unless GL is more popular there than in most places,
I don't know how many people care with it going off in
September).

As for people who say "enough already" about Michael
Jackson, I noticed last night that ABC, CBS, and NBC
moved on to other things in their newscasts, such as
security in federal buildings being less than up to par.
CNN, however, was still on the Jackson story, and even
was this morning. And I was eating lunch in a restaurant
with a set tuned to CNN yesterday; in the approximately
30 minutes I was in there, I saw the clip of Jackson's
daughter three times. Now I know what it's like to lose
a parent and thus can understand her emotions, but
how many times is it necessary to show a child breaking
down like that?

I hope Michael's brother Marlon is right: maybe now the
public will leave Michael alone.

 

[azumanga]

CNN, however, was still on the Jackson story, and even
was this morning. And I was eating lunch in a restaurant
with a set tuned to CNN yesterday; in the approximately
30 minutes I was in there, I saw the clip of Jackson's
daughter three times. Now I know what it's like to lose
a parent and thus can understand her emotions, but
how many times is it necessary to show a child breaking
down like that?

Channels like CNN probably won't take a hint until ratings start to drop. Personally, these days, I avoid news channels like the plague, as they are mostly padding, with talking heads and video clips repeating over and over again. It's like a big, refridgerator-sized crate that holds only a can of soup inside, with the rest of the crate filled with styrofoam.

I hope Michael's brother Marlon is right: maybe now the
public will leave Michael alone.

I seem to recall Jacko having a hit song on the subject back in the late-1990s ("Leave Me Alone"). Too bad not many of his fans and critics listen to his songs closely.

 

[imhomerjay]

The network evening shows might have moved on (never mind ABC's special on Tuesday about the kids and custody), but the morning shows seem reluctant to let it go.