Day and Date

Day and Date (also titled Day & Date) was a daily hour-long syndicated program in the 1990s. It was syndicated by Group W Productions (which would change its name to Eyemark Entertainment following the merger of Group W with the CBS television network) in 1996. It was hosted by Dana King and Patrick Vanhorn. The program was intended as a lead-in to local early news programs.

Day and Date
Presented byDana King
Patrick Vanhorn
Country of originUnited States
Original language(s)English
No. of seasons2
Production
Executive producer(s)Erik Sorenson
John Tomlin
Bob Young
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time60 minutes
Production company(s)Group W Productions
(1995-1996)
(season 1)
Eyemark Entertainment
(1996-1997)
(season 2)
DistributorGroup W Productions
(1995-1996)
(season 1)
Eyemark Entertainment
(1996-1997)
(season 2)
Release
Original networkSyndicated
Picture format480i (SDTV)
Original releaseSeptember 11, 1995 –
January 3, 1997

Background

It debuted on September 11, 1995[1] for the start of the 1995 television season. It was picked up by a variety of stations, some of which had just switched to CBS following deals that had taken effect earlier in 1995 (or, in some cases, the day before) resulting from the U.S. television network affiliate switches of 1994. Segments combined news, talk, and entertainment issues. Toward the end of its run, Gordon Elliott joined as an occasional correspondent.[2]

Its second season premiered on 9 September 1996 on 87 stations serving 74 percent of the country, but low ratings (a 1.6 for the second season) spurred Eyemark to cancel Day and Date effective January 3, 1997.[3] Mid-afternoon local newscasts which launched in the 4 p.m. hour throughout the mid-1990s had also made the program superfluous with the growth of syndicated and wire service segments featuring the same type of content in the same timeslots Day and Date were in, with much less expense using local staff and more finessing to a local market's tastes than that of a nationally-syndicated program.

References
  1. "Hey, Murrow Did a Celebrity Talk Show." New York 12 Jun 1995: 18.
  2. "'Day and Date' at 74%." Electronic Media 9 September 1996: 32.
  3. "'Day & Date' axed." Electronic Media 25 November 1996: 1.
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