Here is the clock that PBS will test this fall with "Nova" and "Antiques Roadshow" that will replace approximately 50 minutes of uninterrupted program with two internal breaks for promos and funding, a longer opening before the national funding plugs, actual program material after the second national funding plug and before the (squeezed back) credits and the trailer for next week airing right before the top of the hour and the beginning of the next program:
http://current.org/pbs/pbsskedMay2011larger.gif I understand PBS' frustration, especially when virtually everyone else is doing seamless, but people have heard too many times during pledge drives the pitches "we bring commercial-free uninterrupted programs." A lot of people consider funding plugs commercials, even if the FCC doesn't, and I have a feeling the teabaggers will use this as another way to claim that PBS is irrelevant. The Current article accompanying the graphic: http://current.org/pbs/pbs1111interrupt.html -- 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
