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F/T Employed
11-04-2006, 09:44 AM
You go from not having a live shot in your newscast to one a day!

now you turn


you know it is sweeps when.....
Todio
11-05-2006, 11:22 AM
... When said live shot is a dog-lick from the scene of a robbery at a local peeler bar...

Now, over to you.

You know it is sweeps when...
LongTimePhotog
11-05-2006, 05:17 PM
When something that could kill you on August 8th is discovered, but we wait until November to tell you all about it.


You know it is sweeps when...
yellowbeta
11-05-2006, 11:03 PM
Whe you go from working a 40 hour week to working 8 days (and counting).


You know it's sweeps when...
Dirge
11-06-2006, 06:47 AM
A 40 hour work week!? Are you part time or something?
pre-set
11-06-2006, 08:47 PM
You start hearing soundbites on radio promos from interviews you remember shooting....... 2 months ago.
INLANDNEWS
11-07-2006, 02:02 AM
Your station launches more than 1 helicopter! 5 minutes of every newscast has a stupid special in-depth report or undercover investigation that's been hyped at every commericial break all day.
focusthis
11-07-2006, 11:22 AM
... the promos show the anchors outside, and they are holding a microphone!


You know it's sweeps when...
pre-set
11-07-2006, 12:48 PM
You get about 4 hours a sleep a night and those 4 hours are spent having nightmares about your sweeps piece, in part because the ND tells you your story is the make-or-break story that will re-define the stations image for years to come. Yes, that was said to me.



Your News Director is an Idiot. Please call him and tell him I said so...
Jax
11-13-2006, 05:47 AM
You're not allowed to spend Thanksgiving with your family...
yellowbeta
11-13-2006, 07:18 PM
You know its sweeps because the number of people working on resume tapes triples.
TXPhotog
11-14-2006, 10:37 AM
You are doing the "Sex Offenders Online" story for the 3 sweeps period in the row....but not they're not just online, they're on MySpace!!!!
wutang
11-14-2006, 12:05 PM
You know its sweeps when.....Your News Director actually watches the news and thinks every thing is great.
Freddie Mercury
11-15-2006, 01:55 AM
...when your best is suddenly supposed to get better.

...when the investigative guys actually air stories.

...when dignity takes a holiday.
amp
11-15-2006, 04:55 AM
...when the shortest sweeps piece is 3:00 long. (We had one Monday that was 7:35!)

It's nice to work at a place that will let a quality story breath!

You know it's sweeps when...
Shot A Load
11-15-2006, 11:56 AM
...when promotions teases a Five O' CLock story before it's confirmed to be a story.
Mr MoOz
11-15-2006, 06:43 PM
... the main Anchors have fresh hairspray and are wearing wonderbras, pec implants, and new dentures; and not in any order.

You know it's sweeps when...
Necktie Boy
11-16-2006, 02:13 AM
When you see promo's on the local cable channels...

You know it's sweeps when...
rocky1138
12-10-2006, 02:39 PM
... the promos show the anchors outside, and they are holding a microphone!
^ nice

-or-

all of the anchor/reporters actually report on a story for once

You know it's sweeps when...

the TRT of all the promos is longer than the TRT of your package

You know it's sweeps when...