Obama Goes Prime Time

3:49 pm EST October 9th, 2008 | News | 10 Comments

Woot.

Barack Obama has purchased a half-hour of airtime on CBS, sources confirm.

The Obama campaign will air a half-hour primetime special on Wednesday, Oct. 29, at 8 p.m.

Sources say the Obama camp is also in talks with NBC and Fox. NBC is said to be very near a deal. With Fox, the matter is likely to remain uncertain as the time period could conflict with Game 6 of the World Series.

A CBS spokesperson declined comment. The buy will push comedy ‘The New Adventures of Old Christine’ to 8:30 p.m. and pre-empt ‘Gary Unmarried.’ The buy is being placed by Washington-based ad firm GMMB.

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10 Responses to “Obama Goes Prime Time”

  1. SaveFarris says:
    October 9, 2008 at 4:00 pm

    NBC would let him have the airtime for free.

  2. I'm a Hick says:
    October 9, 2008 at 4:12 pm

    Tom ‘The Democrats must be glad there’s only one Vice-Pesidential Debate’ Brokaw wouldn’t.

  3. Shorter Farris says:
    October 9, 2008 at 4:15 pm

    Mumble mumble liberal media mumble acorns mumble mumble waaaaaaaaah.

  4. ed says:
    October 9, 2008 at 4:19 pm

    NBC would let him have the airtime for free.

    On Morning Joe, with a former Republican Congressman? Really, SaveFarris, Fox News.

  5. Ohollern@yahoo.com says:
    October 9, 2008 at 4:48 pm

    On DISH network, there’s a channel that’s been playing Obama’s bio film from the convention 24/7 for a few days.

  6. August J. Pollak says:
    October 9, 2008 at 6:30 pm

    The buy will push comedy ‘The New Adventures of Old Christine’ to 8:30 p.m. and pre-empt ‘Gary Unmarried.’

    For this alone he deserves to be president.

  7. Crusty Dem says:
    October 9, 2008 at 7:56 pm

    This would pre-empt or push back “Knight Rider” on NBC. Good lord, between that and “Gary Unmarried”, Obama could put up a test pattern and it’d still be a positive move.

  8. Mister Steve says:
    October 10, 2008 at 7:58 am

    I’m sure the reason he’s doing it is because October 21 just happens to be my birthday!

    Of course a better birthday present would/will be an Obama win, but that comes a bit later.

  9. Bijan C. Bayne says:
    October 10, 2008 at 9:45 am

    As long as I still get to see Julia-Louis Dreyfus that night, the man has my vote.

  10. Duros Hussein 62 says:
    October 10, 2008 at 1:20 pm

    My favorite line from a sitcom last year was when Julia L-D and her brother were in a pharmacy and he goes, “Huh. Douchebag’s a real thing.”