On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 2:55 AM, JW <[email protected]> wrote: > > So will we get a crafty blocking out of logos as NBC tries to find a new > > sponsor, or will Leeann Tweeden be hosting a documentary discussing the > > dangers of gambling addiction come Monday night? > > If Poker After Dark has lasted this long, there must be an audience. > If Full Tilt goes away, some surviving poker site will probably be > willing to pick up the sponsorship, or NBC will just have to sell > harder to non-poker advertisers. >
I watch all of the Poker After Dark shows (recorded of course for viewing at a more convenient time). I don't know how many new tournaments they broadcast each year, but they show a hell of a lot of reruns (my TiVo only records new ones, and it seems more weeks than not it does not record, though I do have a week's worth piled up now I see). The problem with JW's suggestion is that PAD functions at least as much as a commercial for Full Tilt as it does as a program sponsored by Full Tilt. The ratings could easily be smaller than they would be for a Tonight Show rerun, and still be valuable to an Online Poker site (but nobody else) because of how nicely targeted the audience is. I am not sure how many other advertisers would find the audience this show delivers to be worth sponsoring (perhaps a stripper club or bankruptcy lawyers). -- 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
