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 Post subject: Don't count on Fox giving up Glee for Obama
PostPosted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 12:45 pm 
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Don't count on Fox giving up Glee for Obama

The only way Fox will air President Obama's prime time address next Wednesday will be if he joins the glee club. No, seriously, if the Prez could sing or dance with the kids at McKinley High School on the new Fox series, Glee, he'd have a better chance of getting air time than he does as the Commander in Chief. Fox is not expected to show President Obama's address to Congress.

Fox has already shown an unwillingness to interrupt prime time for President Obama. Back in March, the network chose not to air a press conference. To be honest, Obama has been on TV a lot more than President George W. Bush. All that prime time real estate is expensive, and the networks have squawked about how often Obama has requested the air time.

Well, next Wednesday night, Fox apparently will not grant the request. Instead, the network will stick with its plan to air the debut of So You Think You Can Dance at 8 PM, followed by the eagerly awaited second episode of Glee. Yes, it will be the second show. The premiere of Glee officially occurred on May 19, a sort of advance look at the season premiere.

Anyway, Fox does have a fall back position. It can show Obama's speech -- an address about health care to a joint session of Congress -- on the Fox News channel. You know, I believe that it's important for the networks to cooperate with the President when it comes to addressing the public. but maybe somebody in the Obama administration should be aware of what's going on with TV.

Here's a thought: Kal Penn. Kal left House last season to go work at the White House. Let's give him the job of advising the President when it's a good time to ask for TV time. That'll solve the problem.

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