Day & Date

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Day & Date
Presented byDana King
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
Production
Executive producersErik Sorenson
John Tomlin
Bob Young
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time60 minutes
Production companiesGroup W Productions
(1995-1996)
(season 1)
Eyemark Entertainment
(1996-1997)
(season 2)
DistributorGroup W Productions
(1995-1996)
(season 1)
Eyemark Entertainment
(1996-1997)
(season 2)
Release
Original networkSyndicated
Original releaseSeptember 11, 1995 (1995-09-11) –
January 3, 1997 (1997-01-03)

Day & Date was an American daily syndicated program in the 1990s. It was syndicated by Group W Productions (which would change its name to Eyemark Entertainment following the merger of Group W with the CBS television network) in 1996. It was hosted by Dana King and Patrick Vanhorn. The program was intended as a lead-in to local early news programs.

Background[]

The series debuted on September 11, 1995,[1] for the start of the 1995 television season. It was picked up by a variety of stations, some of which had just switched to CBS following deals that had taken effect earlier in 1995 (or, in some cases, the day before) resulting from the 1994–1996 United States broadcast television realignment. Segments combined news, talk, and entertainment issues. Toward the end of its run, Gordon Elliott joined as an occasional correspondent.[2]

Its second season premiered on September 9, 1996, on 87 stations serving 74 percent of the country.[2] Despite low ratings, it was the only freshman first-run strip syndicated program renewed for the 1996–1997 television stations.[3] A new format was instituted, focusing on features and less on news headlines.[4] but low ratings (a 1.6 for the second season) spurred Eyemark to cancel Day & Date effective January 3, 1997.[5] Mid-afternoon local newscasts which launched in the 4 p.m. hour throughout the mid-1990s had also made the program superfluous with the growth of syndicated and wire service segments featuring the same type of content in the same timeslots Day and Date were in, with much less expense using local staff and more finessing to a local market's tastes than that of a nationally syndicated program.

References[]

  1. ^ "Hey, Murrow Did a Celebrity Talk Show". New York. June 12, 1995. p. 18.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "'Day and Date' at 74%". Electronic Media. September 9, 1996. p. 32.
  3. ^ Littleton, Cynthia. "Tomlin & Young join 'Day & Date'" (PDF). Broadcasting & Cable. p. 26.
  4. ^ Littleton, Cynthia (July 15, 1996). "Programers take aim at V-chip" (PDF). Broadcasting & Cable. p. 24.
  5. ^ "'Day & Date' axed". Electronic Media. November 25, 1996. pp. 1, 28.

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