TV Guide: Gulf War to start prime time Wednesday on FOX, following the Simpsons

www.newshax.com Posted by Big Brother on 2003/3/17 3:25:14 (95 reads)

(NewsHax wire) Observant readers of the weeks upcoming television listings point out that the publication has revealed the start date for the war: Wednesday, March 19 at 8EST/5PST, the time set to kick off the FOX Networks new spring comedy and reality show lineup. (more...)

FOX won the contract to exclusive interviews with the big stars of the war as well as winning the bidding for the exclusive broadcast rights of the opening salvo. Both auctions were sealed bid auctions and the price will not be revealed as customary.

However the start of the war was just revealed by TV Guide, as sheceduled by FOX owner Rupert Murdoch."We have an all-star lineup scheduled for Wednesday evening, starting with back-to-back Simpsons followed by a half hour introduction special and then the actual war will begin, live on FOX." said NewsCorp Chairman Rupert Murdoch, obviously giddy in eager anticipation of the coming week.

"We will also be debuting our newest reality show during a scheduled TV timeout in the war that will start in Iraq and will be called 'Escape from Baghdad', where we give 12 contestants nothing but a Confederate flag T-Shirt, pocketless speedos, $5 and a pair of flip-flops to start out, with the ultimate goal of reaching New York harbor and with no help from anything or anyone, just them and their wits.", Rupert added as he gushed in glee during promotion of his newest show.

Scheduled for the TV war timeouts during the weekend are several timeless WW2 movie classics, combining high profit war ad time with royalty-free public domain movies. Said Brian Upshaw, programming director of CBS, "FOX really scored a coup here, we don't know how they could have outbid everyone for the war but they are going to make alot of money from it now. We are all jealous, they could make record profits over the coming weeks."