The Observer 0 Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 WNBC seems to have ditched Access Hollywood tonight at 7:30 for a informercial that is pretending to be a newscast. It is good that Access Hollywood isn't on, but a fake newscast infomercial makes one go WTF! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceManNYR 222 Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 Are you kidding me? Is NBC that low on cash they are pre-empting programming on their O&O's for infomercials? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMA 135 Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 I was just going to make a post about this. It was a dodgy "Mortgage Loan Network". I thought it was WPXN at first! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffrey 779 Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 I was out at a restaurant and I noticed that Brian Williams and then Chuck Scarborough were on. I glanced back a few minutes later and I couldn't tell if they had switched the channel to 3 or if there was some new cable news network that suddenly popped up out of nowhere. That's incredible. Is this a onetime thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d247 43 Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 I saw this infomercial on ION last week when Firebrand was supposed to be on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuitSnob 19 Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 TACK-EEEE! It's one thing to do this on Sunday morning, but right before Prime Time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weeters 1811 Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 NOTORIOUS NBC AFFILIATE WNBC STRIKES AGAIN! Maybe they had technical difficulties and couldn't play back Access Hollywood? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceManNYR 222 Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 I don't know but I doubt it was tech issues, they could have put Reel Talk or one of the LX.TV shows on in it's place if something was wrong with the Access Hollywood recording. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlad 276 Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 Hopefully it was indeed a one time thing, I don't know it seems that WNBC is treading on hot water. Its just mistake after mistake for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jestbiteme 13 Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 I seen this infomercial on ION last week when Firebrand was supposed to be on. Saw. You saw this informercial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d247 43 Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 Saw. You saw this informercial. Sorry about that, I've fixed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Observer 0 Posted March 26, 2008 Author Share Posted March 26, 2008 NOTORIOUS NBC AFFILIATE WNBC STRIKES AGAIN! Maybe they had technical difficulties and couldn't play back Access Hollywood? If I am not mistaking, the master control for a couple other o&os is at 30 Rock, so if one of them was showing it, they could in theory have snagged that feed and ran local spots and promos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Horn 78 Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 If I am not mistaking' date=' the master control for a couple other o&os is at 30 Rock, so if one of them was showing it, they could in theory have snagged that feed and ran local spots and promos.[/quote'] How? If the WNBC control is borked, how would they have mixed in local spots? Grabbing WCAU or WVIT's broadcast would have included Philly/Hartford spots and Philly/Hartford promos. The only way around that is a ... 30 minute infomercial! You get 30 minutes with no need for local spots or promos to fix the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Observer 0 Posted March 26, 2008 Author Share Posted March 26, 2008 There are backups for the ads, since that is where the real money is made! Oh, BTW, no infomercial tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Horn 78 Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 There are backups for the ads, since that is where the real money is made! Oh, BTW, no infomercial tonight. You're missing the point: if they're having problems with their control, how would they have inserted these commercials into the WVIT or WCAU broadcast? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WCAUTVNBC10 408 Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 You're missing the point: if they're having problems with their control' date=' how would they have inserted these commercials into the WVIT or WCAU broadcast?[/quote'] Well actually I'm quite sure Access Hollywood is taped and I highly doubt they send masters complete with local spots. I agree with ya though. Why go through the headache when you can just run an infomercial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Horn 78 Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 Well actually I'm quite sure Access Hollywood is taped and I highly doubt they send masters complete with local spots. I agree with ya though. Why go through the headache when you can just run an infomercial. No, no, I'm with you there. What [st]nyviewer[/st] [st]Toby[/st] The Observer was suggesting was taking Access from one of the other controls in NY -- WCAU or WVIT -- which would have had the Hartford/Philly spots mixed in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMA 135 Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 Seems like this was intentional: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2008/03/27/2008-03-27_channel_4_lends_itself_out_for_lend_amer.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColumbusNewsFan 217 Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 Well it seems WNBC Fucked it up Again! My only question is who at the station thought this was a good idea to do this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amra 130 Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 The General Manager perhaps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColumbusNewsFan 217 Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 While WNBC is looking for a news director maybe they need to find a new GM as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amra 130 Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 They need Don Corsini to spice things up on WNBC (sarcastic) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrfRptr 3 Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 Just saw a one minute version of this "newscast" on News 12. Man, I could imagine some viewers being confused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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