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Rachael Ray's Talk Show not gonna be on in Hartford?

MarcB

MarcB

I know it's not September yet, but there's no station listed for Hartford for Rachael Ray's new talk show. Why don't these dorks who run FOX 61/CW 20 or NewsChannel 8/MY 9 pick up the show? Rachael Ray is more interesting then the 2 zillion hours of infomercials, religious, and home shopping programming these stations show.

Rachael Ray's show is airing all over the place except for New England Hartford. http://www.rachaelrayshow.com/html/tv_times.html

NYC - WABC
Long Island - WLNY
Springfield, MA - WGGB
Boston - WBZ
Providence - WLNE
Burlington, VT - WCAX
Portland, ME - WCSH
Watertown, NY - WWNY
 
oh, puke! they are allowing this woman more airtime? i like 40 dollars a day and 30 minute meals but icant stand her
 
In NYC and Philly, it's going to the ABC owned station, between Regis and The View.

In Boston and LA and numerous other cities, it's going to the CBS owned station.
No surprise as King World is distributor, and the ABC owned station there usually runs The View at 10am.

In DC, its going to the Fox owned station, right after the morning newscast.

Is any Tribune, LIN, Meredith or NBC-owned station planning on carry it elsewhere?

Keep in mind, also, for a show with expectation and potential, the distributor probably doesn't want the show winding up on a CW or My station, so would rather hold out until a big 4 station committed a time. Rachael's show has more of potential than say Megan Mullaly's show, who will probably be dumped more to CW and My stations.

I'd say the best slot would be the ABC station (WNTH 8 - LIN) at 10am, between Regis and The View. Right now, WTNH has Judge Joe Brown listed at that time. Are they planning on putting something else there in fall?

Tribune doesn't have a strong morning lineup on WTIC 61(Fox), unlike WTTG 5. No morning newscast on WTIC instead paid programming, and although they'd probably want to have Rachael Ray, they could have been put on hold for it. No NBC owned station have committed to her show, as they probably have Ellen, Martha, and Megan, while the CBS station (WFSB) has Oprah, Dr.Phil, and Tyra Banks. So, I'd say the best bet is WTNH - 10am, or WFSB should drop Tyra Banks if possible.
 
Hartford channels in the mornings are tragically awful. WFSB, WVIT, and WTNH are alright because of the morning shows. WTIC and WTXX throw in one program at around 7AM and the rest are infomercials. WCTX has the last hour of the WTNH newscast, but infomercials and religious programs until noon. WCTX even dumped their 90 min block of classic sitcoms overnight once Shop At Home returned suddenly. WTIC airs Maury and Jerry Springer way too much it's sick. That is lazy and boring scheduling. A new talk show or two or even some sitcoms would do well. The only thing that is good about WTIC is the evening schedule. WTXX has Roseanne in the morning which is overplayed on cable. Then they have the mass, which belongs on WHPX 26. Then they have court shows at 11AM which is not too bad, and then it gets better. Also on NBC30, they could drop the News at 10AM with that crazy Keisha Grant. No one watches news at 10AM in the morning. WFSB has a solid lineup though. So to say Rachel Ray won't fit in Hartford is far from true.
 
How about at 3pm when NBC Soaps are over the court shows can just be dumped for Ray's new show. Another idea could be 11am on NBC 30 but I think NBC has some show thats a soap at that time.
 
PaulBWalkerJr said:
oh, puke! they are allowing this woman more airtime? i like 40 dollars a day and 30 minute meals but icant stand her
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I have to agree with Paul on this one. She's kind of like a rash - colorful at first, but then just plain annoying!
 
Like I said on my morning show yesterday, she's kinda the feeling you get when you've had too much sugar! You know what I'm talking about?

It tastes good at first, but when you've had too much... you start getting a bad aftertaste~!!!
 
Comments

Just some comments:

1. I suppose NBC 30 can put Rachael Ray's talk show on at 3PM, as long as they give The People's Court to another station. I would say if they were to dump People's Court it would likely go to FOX 61/CW 20 as before it moved to NBC 30 it aired on News Channel 8/WB-59 (now MY-9)

2. NBC 30 can not air Rachael Ray at 11AM as they have to run Martha. If memory serves Martha was renewed for a second Season. Martha and Starting over are both syndicated shows distributed by NBC, but don't air on the network.

3. CW 20 can not dump the 10AM Catholic Mass as that has they've had a contract to run that since the days when WTXX showed Home Shopping Club 15 hours a day.

4. Don't look for anything to change in the morning on FOX 61/CW 20 right now. I hear Tribune is on the verge of collapsing and may be selling all their broadcast holdings. They just sold their Atlanta Station and their Albany Station.


That brings up three Questions:

1. Who could buy FOX 61/CW 20?
2. Would a new owner buy both FOX 61/CW 20?
3. If FOX 61/CW 20 end up under seperate ownership, will CW 20 move their "Studios" back to the Waterbury area?
 
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MarcB said:
Just some comments:

1. I suppose NBC 30 can put Rachael Ray's talk show on at 3PM, as long as they give The People's Court to another station. I would say if they were to dump People's Court it would likely go to FOX 61/CW 20 as before it moved to NBC 30 it aired on News Channel 8/WB-59 (now MY-9)

2. NBC 30 can not air Rachael Ray at 11AM as they have to run Martha. If memory serves Martha was renewed for a second Season. Martha and Starting over are both syndicated shows distributed by NBC, but don't air on the network.

3. CW 20 can not dump the 10AM Catholic Mass as that has they've had a contract to run that since the days when WTXX showed Home Shopping Club 15 hours a day.

4. Don't look for anything to change in the morning on FOX 61/CW 20 right now. I hear Tribune is on the verge of collapsing and may be selling all their broadcast holdings. They just sold their Atlanta Station and their Albany Station.


That brings up three Questions:

1. Who could buy FOX 61/CW 20?
2. Would a new owner buy both FOX 61/CW 20?
3. If FOX 61/CW 20 end up under seperate ownership, will CW 20 move their "Studios" back to the Waterbury area?
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As for #4 -
Tribune has stated they will not sell any assets in NY, LA and Chicago. And, I bet they'd keep KWGN 2 in Denver and their other successful VHF assets. I'd bet the Philadelphia station WPHL (which is getting the weaker My affiliation not CW), possibly their market holdings in some smaller markets (like Harrisburg and Grand Rapids) might be divested first, and maybe they'd call it a day, and not need to sell anymore stations.


Meredith or Clear Channel, which has Fox affiliations, could buy out certain small market Fox stations. Clear Channel has lot of cash, right?

Meredith won't be able to buy out the station in Hartford, however. Fox won't buy it out, because of the ownership cap. I don't think they'd sell out any of their small market stations (like Kansas City) to buy stations in slightly larger markets, to balance their cap b/c those smaller market stations (in Kansas City, Milwaukee, Nashville, etc.) that they own are dominant VHF stations; Fox couldn't trust another company like Clear Channel, who could revert it to CBS or another network.

As Tribune - for Boston and even Hartford stations, I think they will hold onto them longer.

I think Tribune didn't put much investment into their stations, and led them to become underperforming assets. They were able to keep KWGN as a performer, because it had its VHF heritage. They weren't as successful with their UHF assets, like WPHL.

One has to consider. Baltimore's WBFF 45 (Fox) has a morning news program. They are DMA #24. FOX 5 in DC has significant coverage into that market as well, moreso than FOX5/WB11 from NYC into CT. Hartford, DMA #27, isn't too far behind in DMA rank, but Tribune isn't doing anything in the morning there.

Couldn't they have started something like an "AM New England" - run it on FOX 61 for Hartford, Springfield, and even WLVI 56 for Boston? They could have atleast developed a decent morning lineup for Fox 61, which may have put them in a better seat for the highly anticipated syndicated programs as well.
 
It's not hard to develop a morning line-up. FOX61 has commercials that state their 10PM newscast is the most watched even to the 11PM news. Why don't they risk it and run a morning newscast. FOX5 does in NY. Or you know, The Daily Buzz could easily be added for three hours in the morning on either FOX61, CW20 or WCTX. Also, reduce Maury and Jerry Springer to at the most 2 airings per day, and maybe add that Moral Court that WSBK runs that is in repeats all the time. Maybe even pick up a show like Who's The Boss?, Cosby (CBS), or Empty Nest.
 
WCTX has the rights to Taxi. It used to be on every afternoon at 1PM until they picked up Geraldo at Large. One would assume they have the rights to Family Ties and Who's the Boss since they were on the overnight schedule when they thought Shop-At-Home was going off the air. They could double run Who's the Boss at 8AM like WWOR does. Then they could put Family Ties and Taxi on 11AM/1130AM. Then the only infomercial would be on at 630AM. As much as it pains me to say it I would keep that relgious crap they run 930AM-1100AM becuase a lot of older folks like watching it.

Since on stations like WPVI and WABC, Rachael Ray's show is replacing Tony Danza, why isn't it relacing it on WCTX?

I too wonder why they never put The Daily Buzz on WCTX or WTIC/WTXX.
 
MarcB said:
WCTX has the rights to Taxi. It used to be on every afternoon at 1PM until they picked up Geraldo at Large. One would assume they have the rights to Family Ties and Who's the Boss since they were on the overnight schedule when they thought Shop-At-Home was going off the air. They could double run Who's the Boss at 8AM like WWOR does. Then they could put Family Ties and Taxi on 11AM/1130AM. Then the only infomercial would be on at 630AM. As much as it pains me to say it I would keep that relgious crap they run 930AM-1100AM becuase a lot of older folks like watching it.

Since on stations like WPVI and WABC, Rachael Ray's show is replacing Tony Danza, why isn't it relacing it on WCTX?

I too wonder why they never put The Daily Buzz on WCTX or WTIC/WTXX.
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The ABC owned station (WABC, WPVI) wanted to buy rights for Rachael Ray's syndicated show. WCTX is owned by a different company.

I suppose ABC's sister co. Buena Vista threw in the towel - they tried Wayne Brady and Tony Danza, neither were successful; now the ABC owned stations in NYC and Philly are opening their 10am with a King World product. Last time they had a non BV show was with Rosie O'Donnell's show (a Warner Bros. product).
 
It was reported that Tribune has purchased Ellen rights for the Boston market. They should be grabbing onto Rachael Ray's program as well for Hartford.

Tribune should try to build up FOX 61's morning lineup.

Maybe they should start off with a news
6am-9 Morning Newscast,
9am Rachael Ray
10am Who Wants to be a Millionaire
10:30am Who Wants to be a Millionaire
11am Megan Mullally
12noon Family Feud
12:30 Family Feud
1:00 Maury
 
WTNH only has 10AM and 4PM to fill. My guess is that Judge Joe Brown will move to WCTX and they'll put Rachel Ray at 10AM because Judge Judy probably does very well at 4PM.
 
It will be on WTNH at 10AM which is good because ever since they lost Dr. Phil to Channel 3 the 10AM slot has alternated between Joe Brown and Infomercials depending on what day of the week it was. *GAG* (It seems to change week to week). Although I guess it could be worse. At least WTNH has ABC's The View as lead-in to their 12PM News. Their sister station WWLP in Springfield has an hour long block of infomercials as lead-in to their 12PM News.

I found out about Rachael's time from WTNH"s website.
http://www.wtnh.com/Global/category.asp?C=1284 (Scroll down to Inside WTNH.COM)

P.S. Rachael's website still make's no mention of a Hartford affiliate.
 
I find Rachael Ray similar to a rash: colorful at first then just plain irritating!

It sort of makes me glad I get the New York channels instead of the CT locals on my dish. I don't understand the logic of giving her a series. Personally I'd rather suffer through an Ellen episode instead!

Of course, they could always bring back re-runs of Sally Jessie Raphael or Phil Donahue!


Bill
 
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