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Shades of WLNE: WGME replaces "Entertainment Tonight" with a bra infomercial
« on: June 08, 2012, 11:14:33 PM »
A Genie Bra/Jack LaLanne's Power Juicer Express (make your own jokes) split infomercial replaced ET on Sinclair's Portland, ME CBS affiliate Friday night. No on-air explanation (apart from the usual stock infomercial disclaimer) whatsoever. Revenue enhancement, or severe thunderstorm related? No explanation on Facebook, either...
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Re: Shades of WLNE: WGME replaces "Entertainment Tonight" with a bra infomercial
« Reply #1 on: June 09, 2012, 08:05:59 AM »
Hardly earth-shattering news. WCTX Channel 59 in New Haven has been doing this a lot lately with with the Best of Judge Judy at 6PM and The Same Day repeat of Dr. Phil at 7PM.
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Re: Shades of WLNE: WGME replaces "Entertainment Tonight" with a bra infomercial
« Reply #2 on: June 09, 2012, 11:33:17 AM »
Sure says a lot about the appeal and viability of ET, Best of Judge Judy and Dr. Phil replays.
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Re: Shades of WLNE: WGME replaces "Entertainment Tonight" with a bra infomercial
« Reply #3 on: June 09, 2012, 11:45:53 AM »
I remember when WSBK preempted a massive amount of programming with infomercials back in July 2002 in order to boost revenue. On a weather-related WGME note, a viewer snapped a photo of the station's Raymond tower being hit by lightning yesterday:

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Re: Shades of WLNE: WGME replaces "Entertainment Tonight" with a bra infomercial
« Reply #4 on: June 10, 2012, 10:44:08 PM »
Quote from: newsbot on June 08, 2012, 11:14:33 PM
A Genie Bra/Jack LaLanne's Power Juicer Express (make your own jokes) split infomercial replaced ET on Sinclair's Portland, ME CBS affiliate Friday night. No on-air explanation (apart from the usual stock infomercial disclaimer) whatsoever. Revenue enhancement, or severe thunderstorm related? No explanation on Facebook, either...

Simple, some infomercial distributer walked up and said "shut up and take my money!"  They don't get paid for ET, they do for infomercials.  Most stations will do this occasionally, balancing viewer outrage with the nice check they get.
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Re: Shades of WLNE: WGME replaces "Entertainment Tonight" with a bra infomercial
« Reply #5 on: June 11, 2012, 04:35:00 AM »
Back in the late 90's (the Karmazin regime), New York's WCBS-TV - a CBS O&O, mind you - caught flak for pre-empting shows like "ET" in the prime access hour for infomercial fare. I recall they were of the "Time Life Records" variety, not so much the "Wonder-Bra" kind.
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Re: Shades of WLNE: WGME replaces "Entertainment Tonight" with a bra infomercial
« Reply #6 on: June 11, 2012, 08:49:47 AM »

I'd much prefer watching a bra infomercial than ET, Best of Judge Judy or a Dr. Phil replay.

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Re: Shades of WLNE: WGME replaces "Entertainment Tonight" with a bra infomercial
« Reply #7 on: June 14, 2012, 01:54:08 PM »
Do these bra infomercials feature live models??

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Re: Shades of WLNE: WGME replaces "Entertainment Tonight" with a bra infomercial
« Reply #8 on: June 22, 2012, 04:55:19 PM »
bunch of boobs over at WGME.
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Re: Shades of WLNE: WGME replaces "Entertainment Tonight" with a bra infomercial
« Reply #9 on: June 28, 2012, 08:58:52 PM »
Don't get me started . . . even WBZ Radio is devoting part of its weekend schedule to infomercials.  CBS must be pretty desperate.
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