NBC Officially Announced 8PM Hour Only for Reality or Game Shows

19 Oct

Posted by Alex Davis as 1 vs. 100, Deal or No Deal, Identity, NBC

Today, NBC announced the layoff of 700 jobs in order to save money. Not only that, NBC television division chief executive Jeff Zucker stated that the 8PM-9PM time slot will no longer be scheduled for dramas or sitcoms. The network will now air reality or game shows in that area. This is all part of a plan to save $750 million this year, and by looking at some costs, they could do it. Take, for instance, the cost it takes to make an episode of the relatively low rated “Friday Night Lights”: $2.6 million. The cost for the extremely high rated “Deal or No Deal”: $1.1 million. Yes, for every episode of “Friday Night Lights”, they can make two episodes of “Deal or No Deal”. Looking at how “1 vs. 100″ will, most likely, give away even less, they could probably do three episodes of Bob Saget’s new game show for that amount.

Right now, though, no NBC game shows are confirmed. “Identity” has been said to be for NBC, but we are waiting for official confirmation on that one.

5 Responses

Scott Meckley
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October 19th, 2006 at 7:52 pm

that is tight. I think that is the way it should be dramas dont seem to work all that great at the 8 P.M. slot. I have one or two gameshows that I’ve written that NBC i hope one day will pick up.
HQ
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October 20th, 2006 at 7:25 am

Well they pick up crap like DoND so you have a pretty good chance of your stuff getting picked up.
BuzzerBlogFan
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October 21st, 2006 at 10:00 pm

Did you see this?

“NBC plans to air “Deal or No Deal” and the new game show “1 vs. 100” five days a week at 7. “My Name is Earl” and “The Office” stay where they are on Thursday. But like everything in TV, that could change.”
http://regulus2.azstarnet.com/blogs/remotecontrolled/2493/deal-or-no-deal—-my-two-cents

Is this correct? (Assuming they mean 7 pm central, 8 pm eastern and pacific.)
Scott Meckley
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October 21st, 2006 at 10:48 pm

I like deal or no deal and 1 vs 100 but more than twice a week in primetime could burn out the show. three a week a few weeks is fine but 5 a week is going to burn out the show. although I remember though when Millionare was on for 4 nights it was high in the ratings and then when it went to Mon and Thurs ABC worst nights at that time it was the downfall of millionare so maybe airing it 4-5 a week could be a different story. twice a week is what it should be perferrly dond on mon and wed because that is where it was hot last year. maybe at midseason NBC should run DOND on Wed and then 1 vs 100 after that and then Medium that should help NBC on Wed.
Jan
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December 1st, 2008 at 7:14 pm

I would like to see Deal Or No Deal night time stay on the air weekly..I always look forward seeing all the models and what they wear..They seem so caring about the contestants too..I say keep Deal Or No Deal on as always..