Many thanks for the info.
 
And -- now that I don't need it any more, Channel 4 (NBC) is actually
mentioning the federal government closing, maybe because 4 days in a row
is unprecedented. 
 
I guess I'm off to the Kennedy Center tonight, even though Bill Conti
won't be.
 
BTW, earlier this week, the Rupert Murdoch thingy was postponed.

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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of jeffrey marousek
Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 8:03 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] Anyone else snowed in?


Melisa, it used to be illegal to run over commercials, then is was a
contractual thing with network agreements to run over network
commercials. things have loosened up a lot with regards to these rules
over the years, amd it boils down to the fact that advertisers finally
realized that if they didn't allow it, viewers would change the channel
to find the information.  there were also strange rules in network
programming with regards to sqeezing video to frame in closing and
weather information that are no longer in effect.

Jeff


On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 6:51 PM, Pollak, Melissa F. <[email protected]>
wrote:


        I've been outside only twice in almost a week.  Luckily I live
next door
        to a supermarket, and, much to my surprise, it was well-stocked
on
        Monday, milk and all, which is usually the first item to go.
And, the
        salad bar had fresh blueberries, even late in the afternoon.
        
        Quick question: All networks seem to be running scrolling school
        closings, etc. during commercials (as well as programs).  I
don't
        remember ever seeing that before, the commercial part, that is.
Is my
        memory just bad?
        
        -----Original Message-----
        From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On
        Behalf Of Bob in Jersey
        Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 5:36 PM
        To: TVorNotTV
        Subject: [TV orNotTV] Anyone else snowed in?
        
        I've got at least a foot here, and it's expected to keep going
at this
        rate until 9 or 10pm east.
        
        Postal Service got here early, tho they still had to get through
a lot.
        
        Tragically, I don't have much milk, and hate to steal any from
Dad...
        
        
        
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