NBC 10 10! Show Future

[trolleyk]

If NBC goes through with the Today Show expansion as follows the 10! Show will have no place to go:

4th Hour Of 'Today:' "Done Deal" "Stretchng the 'Today' show to four hours appears to be a done deal," today's NY Post says. "The extra hour. which would air from 10 to 11 a.m., would address a chronic problem for NBC, which in recent years has not been able to create a new show that keeps viewers from drifting off to other channels." "Insiders are saying that only a last-minute bump in the road can derail plans now," Michael Starr says, and "the network is expected to make a decision early next year..."

 

[Nertz!]

I am guessing they would move it to 11 or replace the stupid 4 p.m. "newscast" with that annoying blond and fat chick.

 

[rch66]

In the 80's/early 90's, WPVI had local programming at 10AM - AM Philadelphia (AM Live), which was very successful. However, WPVI canceled the show in favor of Rosie O'Donnell[later Wayne Brady, Tony Danza, Rachael Ray]/The View 2 hour block following WABC7's lead. Now, NBC10 has been running local at 10.

If NBC10 drops local at 10, there is still KYW and WTXF that could run a comparable local morning thing. Apparently, the shows do well. KYW could move Guiding Light to 9AM, or Fox could run a 10am show which would lead in to their 11am newscast. Of course, KYW and WTXF may be less inclined to start something besides news.

Possibly, NBC10 would delay the 4th hour to 11am, so 10! remains intact.

 

[FrankB-town]

anyone else think that if Rachael Ray fails, WPVI can have another version of AM Philadelphia?

 

[trolleyk]

No room at the Inn if the expansion goes through. They are committed to Martha Stewart at 11AM.

 

[snowgarden]

Maybe they can keep 10! instead of that awful iVillage show now on at noon. I enjoyed the Out of the Vault series (even with the horrible schedule that NBC10 totally ditched) more than the lackluster replacement of iVillage...the hosts just don't connect with me.

 

[fred flintstone]

The Death of Local TV

Two of three network affiliates in Philadelphia used to independently owned. Local management did what was best for the station, not the network. That often included replacing network shows with local shows.

Now all the network affiliates are owned and operated stations. Once the stations division was THE profit center for the company; the network was often seen as a loss leader, which provided programming to make the stations profitable. Even O&O managers had freedom to put the station's interest ahead of clearing some poor-performing network show. No more.

What is interesting is that the "minor networks," Fox, CW and MyTV do not have network morning shows (expanded or otherwise), network dinner-hour newscasts, or daytime schedules of any kind. And mostly they run syndicated crap. One is wall to wall judge shows. There is little local programming. Nothing like AM Live at all. And certainly nothing like all the local talk shows, kids' shows, movie shows, cooking shows, variety shows, dance shows (including one the network picked up), talent shows and bowling shows which were once a staple of Philly TV. Once you could turn on the TV and know you were in or near Philly. Not any more.

 

[tater]

the 10 Show is just terrible. I watched it yesterday while home from being sick and almost hurled more after the "Wheel or no wheel segment".

Can the show audience look any less enthusiastic about being there?

 

[imhomerjay]

anyone else think that if Rachael Ray fails, WPVI can have another version of AM Philadelphia?

If it's anything like the AM/Live show that last held the weekday morning slot, why bother? During the OJ trial, it was all Simpson all the time, and later it was largely LA-based gossip that happened to have someone on City Line Avenue tossing to the commercial breaks.

That said, the last gasp of the franchise, Sunday Live, was actually interesting, with local guests commenting on a mix of national and local topics (and localizing the national stories).