And do you propose multiple feeds of "Price," as "GL"
is done now...say at 10 AM and 11 AM (ET), or even
at 3 as counterprogramming to "GH"?
Though I don't see a way a 3 pm feed at this time would make sense to take on GH (I'm all for counterprogramming, but I'm not sure Price is the show to do it any more), something like a 10 and 11 (or 9 and 10...whatever) dual feed option for Price could work as part of an overhaul of the CBS daytime schedule.
The question was intended to get everyone's opinion; frankly, I
don't see a network game show working in the afternoon, either.
"Price" did air at 3 at one time--about 35 years ago. You should
get my drift.
Second, Don Fedderson did do "My Three Sons" and "Family Affair,"
and he syndicated Lawrence Welk for 11 years.
Third, on the subject of "most CBS affiliates" carrying "Guiding Light"
in the morning: true, probably a higher percentage of the country
sees it in the morning, given the fact that it's on in several major
markets. I won't argue that. But a literal reading of "most CBS
affiliates" tells me that all but 16 (Sacramento doesn't carry it at all)
carry it at 3 PM (ET), which is how I interpreted the statement.
Advertisers, I think, would want that morning audience in
New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, Detroit, Orlando, Miami,
Pittsburgh, and Baltimore (because of market sizes as much as time
slot), so the response to my posting is on-track.
But what seems so strange is that "GL" keeps losing audience, no
matter what time it's on, yet CBS keeps renewing it; it is set for
the rest of this year with an option for 2010.
