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Revision as of 19:54, 19 December 2015 by imported>Yoninah (why do we need the date for a special occasion request?)
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Announcerless Game
- ... that on December 20, 1980, NBC broadcast an entire NFL game without any announcers to boost its ratings?
- ALT1:... that while the graphics technology existed to use a score bug and running clock during the December 20, 1980 Announcerless Game between the Jets and Dolphins, the NBC production crew didn't think to use it?
- ALT2:... that the Orange Bowl's P.A. announcer was asked to provide more information about the game than usual to make up for the absence of television announcers during a December 20, 1980, New York Jets–Miami Dolphins game?
- ALT3:... that the December 20, 1980, Announcerless Game telecast on NBC led young Mike Tirico to both doubt his sportscasting skills and worry that he would have to change to a different career?
- ALT4:... that while the December 20, 1980, Announcerless Game telecast on NBC was considered a failed experiment, Dick Enberg said it taught him to sometimes let the moment speak for itself?
- Reviewed: Kevin Jordan (American football)
- Comment: As suggested I would like this to run December 20. Yes, I know, that's in two days ... I will be putting in a request for expedited review at WT:DYK.
Created by Daniel Case (talk). Self-nominated at 07:24, 18 December 2015 (UTC).
- 16px the article seems to pass, but with regards to original hook, the source states "the game means little" to NBC. I don't know if that is explicitly the same as having low ratings. I get the feeling it was more of an experiment with little risk involved rather than an attempt to increase ratings for that particular event. Jolly Ω Janner 08:54, 18 December 2015 (UTC)
- Template:Replyto Basically, yes, it was an experiment. Neither team was going to the playoffs, so it wasn't likely to draw much interest outside of the two markets while it was being broadcast nationally. But as for the ratings, the ESPN article I used as my main source says: "And, company man that he was, Ohlmeyer had an eye on the ratings. NBC, with its smaller AFC markets, was giving CBS all it could handle and this might be a way to squeeze a few more points out of an unattractive matchup." Daniel Case (talk) 17:20, 18 December 2015 (UTC)
- 18px Done I have reconfigured the footnotes so that the first graf is supported entirely by the ESPN story. Daniel Case (talk) 17:26, 18 December 2015 (UTC)
- Template:Replyto Basically, yes, it was an experiment. Neither team was going to the playoffs, so it wasn't likely to draw much interest outside of the two markets while it was being broadcast nationally. But as for the ratings, the ESPN article I used as my main source says: "And, company man that he was, Ohlmeyer had an eye on the ratings. NBC, with its smaller AFC markets, was giving CBS all it could handle and this might be a way to squeeze a few more points out of an unattractive matchup." Daniel Case (talk) 17:20, 18 December 2015 (UTC)
- 16px Daniel Case, the unlinked QPQ listing is odd; so far as I can tell the article is old, not recently expanded or a passed GA, and not nominated at DYK. If this is to make it, a valid QPQ needs to be submitted right away. BlueMoonset (talk) 12:15, 18 December 2015 (UTC)
- Template:Replyto I'm surprised it didn't link. And I thought it was recently expanded. Let me check. Daniel Case (talk) 17:20, 18 December 2015 (UTC)
- 18px Done I had given the wrong article. It has the right one now. See what happens when you do this very late at night? 18px Daniel Case (talk) 17:22, 18 December 2015 (UTC)
- 16px Sets for 20th are full. When the 20th passes by, the hook will no longer be hook-y. I suggest an ALT please. George Ho (talk) 19:27, 19 December 2015 (UTC)
- Template:Replyto Creating ALTs isn't necessary ... I just struck the "35 years ago today" from every hook and replaced it with the date of the game (Prompter action on this would have eliminated this problem, BTW). Although, to be fair, I did think of another hook or two to add as suggestions. Daniel Case (talk) 19:46, 19 December 2015 (UTC)
- Can you eliminate dates except the year? They are no longer necessary. Also, I reformatted quotes in the article as they appear to be long. George Ho (talk) 19:48, 19 December 2015 (UTC)
- Template:Ping as long as a set has not been promoted to the Main Page, an administrator can always update a last-minute hook to the Queue. And as long as a set is still in the Prep Area (which Prep 4 still is), any editor, including yourself, can promote it and swap out a different hook.
- Personally, I think this hook is ready to go with the original hook. I would even shorten it more:
- ALT5: ... that 35 years ago today, NBC broadcast an entire NFL game without any announcers? Yoninah (talk) 19:52, 19 December 2015 (UTC)
- Can you eliminate dates except the year? They are no longer necessary. Also, I reformatted quotes in the article as they appear to be long. George Ho (talk) 19:48, 19 December 2015 (UTC)
- Template:Replyto Creating ALTs isn't necessary ... I just struck the "35 years ago today" from every hook and replaced it with the date of the game (Prompter action on this would have eliminated this problem, BTW). Although, to be fair, I did think of another hook or two to add as suggestions. Daniel Case (talk) 19:46, 19 December 2015 (UTC)
