The fact that the special will not strictly promote the big network has soured a slew of affiliates out of carrying it... stations owned by Sinclair, Tegna, Gray, Nexstar, and Hearst say they will chicken out...
https://www.vulture.com/2020/07/30-rock-reunion-nbc-peacock-boycott.html (link) Moi, Sun. (7/12): > > > Mark Jeffries, June 16th: >> >> Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin and Tracy Morgan will host as their characters on >> "30 Rock" on what NBCU is describing as an "upfront for the viewers, not >> the advertisers" to air on Thurs. July 16 as a roadblock on NBC, USA, >> SyFy, Bravo, Oxygen, E! and CNBC (and Peacock, in its second day of >> availability to all) that will feature all of the named channels, not just >> NBC: >> >> >> https://www.thewrap.com/nbc-sets-televised-30-rock-reunion-special-as-part-of-upfront-event/ >> >> I wonder if Lemon will say something about Jack moonlighting as a game >> show host. More seriously, will this show officially announce the rumored >> switch of CNBC prime time from "American Greed," "Jay Leno's Garage" and >> "Shark Tank" reruns to rightwing opinion shows? >> > > Tweaked, per the show's tweetybox: The big network only carries it > Thursday, the others Friday. > https://twitter.com/30Rock/status/1272967367597776896 (link) > > The local stations that carry MeTV, Heroes&Icons, et al are getting a > little too annoying with their (local) Amy Poehler xfinity ads... > > B -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/d4bb5281-0f35-44e3-8f84-141cc104d066o%40googlegroups.com.
