On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 10:13 AM, Mark J. <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Feb 21, 5:29 pm, Jon Delfin <[email protected]> wrote: >> And yet, the four eps were shown prior to the begathon (which begins >> tonight, I think -- just here, or everywhere?). > > Spring pledge drive usually starts after February sweeps, which have a > little over one more week to go. I don't know why WNET and WLIW want > to get a jump, but there you are. My bad -- no jump. I forgot I had been looking at next week's schedule and noticing all the pledge bait. > And just because the first airings of "Pioneers of Television" weren't > in pledge time doesn't mean that the reruns will be. (And as we found > out once, only Ken Burns has the clout to keep his shows out of > pledge--I don't think "Pioneers"' producers care about that one > whit.) Meanwhile, I wonder why "Independent Lens" schedules during > pledge drives at all, since they seem to get pre-empted, even when > they put on something that's pledgeable (the "Grey Gardens" behind-the- > scenes show a few years ago, which WTTW didn't run in Chicago and has > yet to run). The rerun sequence of the first PoT series stops after tonight in NYC. Information as to whether it will resume after pitching ends is not yet available. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
