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Today Show 4th Hour

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lesnessman

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How is your affiliate handling the 4th hour of today?

Ours is running TODAY 7-9am ET -- then breaking for Regis -- then hour 3 & 4 will run from 10am-Noon ET.

They had been running all 3 hours of TODAY from 7-10am -- then Regis at 10am ET.

It's almost as it they're taking a step backwards...
 
I dont know for sure what they WILL be doing but, currently, WHDH/Boston runs as follows:

7am-9am Today

9-10 Regis and Kelly

10-11 Today (3rd hour)

11-noon Access Hollywood

11-1130 Extra

I would imagine the 4th hour will run from 11 to noon. WHDH already runs Access and Extra at 7pm and 730pm.
 
Our Media General-owned NBC affiliate here in Savannah, WSAV, is doing this...

7AM-10AM - Today

10AM - The 700 Club

11AM-12PM - Today

Um, why not just move bible thumper man's show to 11AM? I know his show is paid programming anyway, so why not just put the fourth hour of Today at 10AM where it belongs?
 
WHDH/Boston will have Today (7am-9am), Regis & Kelly (9am), and Today (10am-12pm).
WJAR/Providence will have Today (7am-10am), Regis & Kelly (10am), and Today (11am-12pm).
 
Media General owns an NBC affiliate in Tampa-St Pete as well, so their 4th hour of "Today" gets shown at noon:

7-10 am Today first three hours

10-11 am Daytime, a local show with infomercial-like segments

11 am-noon midday news

12 noon-1 pm Today fourth hour
 
WXIA/11 Alive in Atlanta will show "Today"
from 7 to 11 AM, followed by "Atlanta & Company"
(Gannett's version of Media General's "Daytime,"
which, BTW, begins airing next Monday on WNCN/17
in Raleigh at 11 AM after "Today"). 11 Alive will
still have its noon news, followed by "Merv Griffin's
Crosswords" at 12:30. "Martha" moves from 10 AM
to 2 PM.
 
That 11:00 hour on WHDH has been a few different things over the last few years. It used to be Ellen DeGeneres, but then that moved to WCVB at 9:00. Then, for a brief period last September, it had the previous day repeats of AH and Extra. Then later that month, the Megan Mullally show came along, and IT took the 11:00 timeslot. Then in January that got cancelled, and it changed back to the AH/Extra repeats.

I know that a lot of NBC affiliates (not WHDH, but WJAR) that had Martha in the morning are moving it to either 1:00 or 2:00, replacing Passions.
 
KVBC-3, the NBC affiliate in Las Vegas, will show TODAY from 7-11, then Rachael Ray at 11, followed by local news from Noon to 1. Montel Williams, which was at 10am gets pushed to 2pm replacing Passions.
 
NBC O&O WVIT (NBC 30) in New Britain, CT: (Hartford/New Haven Market)

7AM-11AM Today
11AM-12PM News
12PM-1PM Extra/Access Hollywood
1PM-2PM Days of Our Lives (No Changes)
2PM-3PM Martha
3PM-4PM People's Court (No Changes)
4PM-5PM Ellen (No Changes)

NBC O&O WNBC (NBC 4) in NYC

7AM-11AM Today
11AM-12PM Ellen
12PM-1PM Extra/Access Hollywood
1PM-2PM Martha
2PM-3PM Days of Our Lives
3PM-4PM Judge Joe Brown
4PM-5PM Merv Griffin's Crosswords
5PM-5:30PM Extra
530PM-6PM News 4 You
6PM-630PM News Channel 4 at 6
630PM-7PM NBC News
7PM-730PM News Channel 4 at 7

LIN-TV Owned WWLP (22 News) in Springfield, MA

7AM-9AM Today (No Changes)
9AM-10AM Regis & Kelly (No Changes)
10AM-12PM Today (No Changes 10AM-11AM)
12PM-1PM 22 News at Noon (No Changes)
1PM-2PM Days of Our Lives (No Changes)
2PM-3PM Infomercials
3PM-330PM 22 Showcase (A spotlight of Businesses in Western Massachusetts) *No Changes*
330PM-4PM Friends (No Changes)
4PM-5PM Judge Judy (No Changes)

The program schedule for WCAU NBC 10 In Philly seems to be incomplete with a TBA on the Schedule for 2PM-3PM and an Infomercial Block 12PM-1PM, with no sign of a 4th hour of the Today Show)
 
Here is how the NBC station ( KUSA) here in Denver and KOAA TV also NBC in Colorado Springs is handling the 4th our of the Today show.

7-9am Today

10-11am Local Programming

11am-12pm Today


KOAA TV Colorado Springs


7-10am Today

The Colorado Springs station is just airing the regular hour of the today

After that is Tyra Banks and Rachel Ray.
 
KNBC Los Angeles daytime...

7am Today
11am Channel 4 News
12pm Paid Program
12:30 Access Hollywood (previous night's replay)
1pm Days of Our Lives
2pm Martha
3pm Crosswords (x2)
4pm Ellen
5pm Channel 4 News
6pm Channel 4 News
6:30 NBC Nightly News
7pm Extra
7:30 Access Hollywood
 
WFMJ Youngstown OH:
5-7 WFMJ Today
7-9 Today
9-10 Regis and Kelly
10-12 TODAY 3rd and 4th Hour
12-12:30 News
12:30 Access Hollywood
1-2 Days
2-3 Judge Judy (was on @ 11am)

WKYC Cleveland OH
5-7 Channel 3 Today
7-10 Today
10-11 Good Company (Local Show)
11-12 Today 4th Hour
12-12:30 Channel 3 News (was on 11am)
12:30 Insider (was on 11:30am)
1-2 Days
2-3 Montel (was on @ 12 PM)

WSAZ Charleston-Huntington WV
5-9 Newschannel 3 Today
9-10 Today
10-11 Regis and Kelly
11-12 Morning Show With Mike and Juliet
12 NEWS
12:30 Millionare
1 Days
2 Today the 4th Hour
 
I'm surprised by the number of affiliates that are splitting the show up.

Back when Hour 3 was added a few years ago, it was interrupted here by Regis from 9-10am ET, followed by Hour 3 10am-11am -- and it seemed just out of place. There was no official opening, it just kind of started -- and everyone knew it was taped. They picked up where they left off, just an hour later and it lost some of it's continuity. The anchors would sometimes open the new hour by making references to something that happened at 8:54 ET just before the break -- and it made no sense at all if you hadn't had your TV on an hour and 6 minutes before.

Plus, doesn't it seem a little wierd to tape-delay a news broadcast -- and in some cases by many hours (for those affiliates that are waiting to carry Hour 4 in the early afternoon)?

I wonder why those affiliates have chosen to program the show the way they have.
 
lesnessman said:
I'm surprised by the number of affiliates that are splitting the show up.

Back when Hour 3 was added a few years ago, it was interrupted here by Regis from 9-10am ET, followed by Hour 3 10am-11am -- and it seemed just out of place. There was no official opening, it just kind of started -- and everyone knew it was taped. They picked up where they left off, just an hour later and it lost some of it's continuity. The anchors would sometimes open the new hour by making references to something that happened at 8:54 ET just before the break -- and it made no sense at all if you hadn't had your TV on an hour and 6 minutes before.

Plus, doesn't it seem a little wierd to tape-delay a news broadcast -- and in some cases by many hours (for those affiliates that are waiting to carry Hour 4 in the early afternoon)?

I wonder why those affiliates have chosen to program the show the way they have.
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so what happens there if Breaking news happens?
 
KPRC-Houston, TX Daytime Schedule:
5-7AM Local 2 News Daybreak
7-11AM The Today Show
11:00 AM Local 2 News Midday
12 Noon Ellen
1:00 PM Days of Our Lives
2:00 PM Rachael Ray (Replacing the Canceled Soap, "Passions")
3:00 PM Dr. Phil
4:00 PM Local 2 News-First@4
4:30 PM Extra
 
WBAL/11 Baltimore isn't even carrying the
fourth hour of the Today Show; they'll go to
Regis at 10, followed by Inside Edition and
The Insider from 11 to 12.

BTW, WXIA's daytime schedule from 7 AM
(they have news from 5 to 7 AM):

7 AM Today
11 AM Atlanta & Company
12 N News
12:30 Merv Griffin's Crosswords
1 PM Days Of Our Lives
2 PM Martha
3 PM Rachael Ray
4 PM Who Wants To Be A Millionaire
(2 episodes)
5 PM Dr. Phil
6 PM News
6:30 NBC News
7 PM News
7:30 The Insider
 
Correction to an earlier posting: WNCN/17 Raleigh
is airing "Daytime" at noon. However, three NBC
affiliates in my part of the country: WNCN, WXII/12
Winston-Salem, and WSLS/10 Roanoke, VA, are not
carrying the fourth hour of "Today." Channel 12 is
sticking with Regis at 10, while Channel 10 is sticking
with "The 700 Club." I think 17 is sticking with Ellen
DeGeneres.
 
KXAS/5, Dallas/Fort Worth (according to their TitanTV listing)
5a-7a News
7a-11a Today
11a-12p In the Loop with iVillage (ex-iVillage Live ?)
12p-1p Martha
1p-2p Days
2p-3p Merv's Crosswords (twice)
3p-4p Ellen
4p-5:30p News

KAMR/4, Amarillo (TitanTV)
5a-5:30a Early Today
5:30a-7a News
7a-11a Today
11a-12p 700 Club
12p-1p Days
1p-2p Law & Order: CI
2p-3p Martha
3p-4p Rachael Ray
4p-5p Ellen
5p-5:30p News
(I don't remember 4 having the 700 Club on before, and 4 used to have local rights to Oprah for **many** years)

KETK/56, Jacksonville/Tyler/Longview
(according to TitanTV)
5a-7a News
7a-10a Today
10a-11a Mike and Juliet
11a-12p East Texas Live
12p-1p Days
1p-2p TBA
2p-3p Rachael Ray
3p-4p Judge Joe Brown (twice)
4p-5p People's Court
5p-5:30p News

(or, according to Zap2It)
5a-7a News
7a-11a Today
11a-12p Mike and Juliet
12p-1p East Texas Live
1p-2p Days
2p-3p Rachael Ray
3p-4p Judge Joe Brown (twice)
4p-5p People's Court
5p-5:30p News
 
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