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    nebusj-@-rpi-.edu (Joseph Nebus) wrote:   
      
   > 	Is there genreally enough flexibility in scheduling commercials   
   > that they could be bumped ahead and backward in a show, or at least   
   > within a half-hour block of the show?  (I could imagine this depends a   
   > lot on the relationship a network has with a particular sponsor.)   
      
   The national commercials on first-run "Tonight Show" episodes are set   
   before the taping begins -- the commercials are played from the "Tonight   
   Show" control room during the taping, as opposed to being handled three   
   hours later by NBC Burbank master control, and they're even listed on   
   the show rundown.  (I know this from my closed-captioning days.)   
      
   As far as I know, the local affiliates don't get any heads-up about   
   "Tonight Show" interview content, so there's no real chance for them to   
   adjust their commercials -- which they've usually got set up on the   
   digital media server way in advance anyway.  (And it's very unlikely   
   that anyone with the authority to swap commercials around is present at   
   the station past normal working hours.)   
      
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