Re: Gubernatorial debate

[ASchinella@aol.com]

The debate was broadcast on NECN. I watched most of it while doing things
around the house. According to people I know, they run the debates during
prime time because the ratings are higher. When WCVB ran the 8th Congressional
District Democratic primary debate at 7 PM, the ratings came in fifth behind
ET, Seinfeld, Wheel and a virtual tie with the Simpsons!  

In a message dated 10/16/98 3:57:28 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
lawyer@world.std.com writes:

<< Did anyone notice that none of the broadcast channels carried Wednesday
 night's debate between the candidates for governor?  I believe NECN
 carried it, though it wasn't listed in the newspaper.  I suspect this is
 probably because, for some reason, the debate was held at 8:00 PM, which
 would mean pre-empting network prime time programming.  A few years ago,
 such pre-emptions were annoyingly common, but it doesn't happen as often
 now. >>

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