Here’s the template for tonight’s news at 11- *every* night’s news
11:01 p.m.- White trash meth bust. Neighbor: “we suspected something was wrong when we saw cars pull up there at all hours of the day and night.”
11:03 p.m.- Coverage of robbery perpetrated by tweaker(s).
11:05 p.m.- Child molester bust/search.
11:07 p.m.- Helicopter footage of major Interstate fender-bender.
11:09 p.m.- Baghdad suicide car bomb.
11:11 p.m.- Mattress commercial.
11:12 p.m.- Car commercial.
11:15 p.m.- Weather person appears at desk,a minute of small talk with other anchors.
11:16 p.m.- General weather details, followed by teaser.
11:18 p.m.- Ads from a bank and another automobile dealer consortium.
11:20 p.m.- Weather in more detail. Coast to Cascades flyover special F/X.
11:23 p.m.- Sports anchor appears at desk, a minute of small talk.
11:24 p.m.- Cut-away to promo teaser for program immediately following news: Leno, Letterman, Frightline,etc.
11:26 p.m.- Sports anchor reappears. Mariners lose. Beavs and Ducks practice.
11:28 p.m.- Cut away for more ads.
11:30 p.m.- Quick promo tied in to an entertainment show carried on network affiliated with this station.
11:32 p.m.- Human interest “awww..”- cat/dog/baby/gerbil falls five miles and lives!
11:33 p.m.- Fade out to canned, strings-and-brass theme song identical to those used in other cities.
Arghhh!
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Only ONE mattress commercial?
Yea, Markalope, that unspecified ad segment at 11:28 p.m. probably has another mattress ad.
I would think the 11pm news would be a good time to have mattress ads - a lot of folks watching late-night TV are in bed anyway, thinking about how awful their old mattresses have become.