Actually, most CT/MT stations took Oprah at 4pm. They typically took her then to get a solid 5pm news lead in. Trying to find Oprah at 3CT was nearly impossible.
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of PGage Sent: Monday, June 06, 2011 3:07 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: How Katie Got to ABC On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 11:15 AM, Mark J. <[email protected]> wrote: In the Central, Mountain and Pacific time zones, Oprah is/was seen at 3 p.m. in many markets after the end of ABC's daytime schedule (ABC and CBS have run on the Central time schedules for daytime in the Pacific time zone for years, NBC--well, since their daytime schedule outside of "Today" is one hour, they don't matter). In Chicago, she was always seen at 9 a.m., since she took over "AM Chicago" in 1984 (WLS is now airing a live show called "Windy City Live" at 9 a.m., but it's too early to decide its fate just yet despite an extremely shaky first show). However, on the day after the Oscars, WLS always carried her post-Oscar show live at the feed time of 3 p.m. CT (4 p.m. ET, 1 p.m. PT). Which would indicate that the 4 p.m. ET/3 p.m. CT time slot would be what ABC-Disney's shooting for with Katie. In Chicago, as it has for eons, WLS wins the time slot with "Inside Edition," "Jeopardy!" and the first hour of local news. If--and that's a big if--"Windy City Live" bombs, Katie could go in 9 a.m. on WLS (but against ABC-Disney's Whoever and Kelly on WGN). If not, ABC- Dianey would have to sell the show to another station or WLS would put it in at 11:05 p.m. like they have with an Oprah rerun for years and continue to piss off Jimmy Kimmel's fans, who have to stay up until 12:05 a.m. in Chicago to see him. I see - the term "Oprah Slot" is not just an honerific - it refers to whatever time slot the Oprah Show happened to be in? But perhaps 4:00 (3:00 Central) is the most common hour? I will be curious to find out what percentage of markets Katie is able to get on in the Oprah slot, however that is defined. -- 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 -- 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
