DARK SHADOWS FORUMS

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Title: Dark Shadows WNBC-TV 4 New York 1982 Rerun Promo
Post by: DLA75 on April 27, 2013, 05:08:47 AM

Read by Don Pardo i think
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=cud0s9etMzU

Title: Re: Dark Shadows WNBC-TV 4 New York 1982 Rerun Promo
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on April 27, 2013, 07:16:57 PM

Thanks for the link.  [easter_smiley]  I love seeing local promos from the syndication days - no matter how short they might be.  [easter_wink]

Title: Re: Dark Shadows WNBC-TV 4 New York 1982 Rerun Promo
Post by: Patti Feinberg on May 04, 2013, 03:36:06 PM

I agree with the poster on that link that it's a little nuts that NBC carried re-runs. (I agree that I would've thought WWOR or WPIX would've carried the re-runs.)
Patti

Title: Re: Dark Shadows WNBC-TV 4 New York 1982 Rerun Promo
Post by: Cousin_Barnabas on May 06, 2013, 01:29:26 AM

I love how everybody thinks DS is British, yet the British don't even know what it is.   [easter_cheesy]

Title: Re: Dark Shadows WNBC-TV 4 New York 1982 Rerun Promo
Post by: David on May 06, 2013, 05:15:18 AM

WNBC thought that putting the show on in it's original 4PM time slot would make ratings magic again. The ratings they got would have been acceptable on WPIX or WOR--but WNBC, as a network affiliate, had unrealistic expectations for an off-network rerun.
After a month they moved DS to 3AM.

When the show returned to the city via PBS' WNYC in 1987, it was considered a huge hit, with the same rating it got on WNBC!