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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts) Fri Oct 13, 2017, 11:13 AM Oct 2017

Pat Robertson's 700 Club

I watch one of the TV judge/court room shows on the TV channel just preceding Pat Robertson's 700 Club.
At the end of the show I am watching, and just as the 700 Club is about to start,
there is always an announcement saying:

"The following is a paid commercial advertisement"

So, Pat Robertson's 700 Club is a paid commercial advertisement?

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Pat Robertson's 700 Club (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Oct 2017 OP

"Pray TV looks like pay TV to me... teamster633 Oct 2017 #1

Networks don't air religous shows to gain ratings. Thor_MN Oct 2017 #2

Guessing many TV stations won't carry him without being paid to do so left-of-center2012 Oct 2017 #3

Yes it is. titaniumsalute Oct 2017 #4

If you don't pay Pat you go to hell. Or....... Lint Head Oct 2017 #5

Instead of asking for cash ... left-of-center2012 Oct 2017 #6

Here's the explanation... brooklynite Oct 2017 #7

teamster633

(2,029 posts)

1. "Pray TV looks like pay TV to me...

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Fri Oct 13, 2017, 11:20 AM

Oct 2017

...it's just a curse on the human race."

Pete Townsend ---Exquisitely Bored

Thor_MN

(11,843 posts)

2. Networks don't air religous shows to gain ratings.

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Fri Oct 13, 2017, 11:27 AM

Oct 2017

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)

3. Guessing many TV stations won't carry him without being paid to do so

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Fri Oct 13, 2017, 11:35 AM

Oct 2017

titaniumsalute

(4,742 posts)

4. Yes it is.

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Fri Oct 13, 2017, 11:46 AM

Oct 2017

He pays for his airtime.

Lint Head

(15,064 posts)

5. If you don't pay Pat you go to hell. Or.......

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Fri Oct 13, 2017, 12:20 PM

Oct 2017

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)

6. Instead of asking for cash ...

Reply to Lint Head (Reply #5)

Fri Oct 13, 2017, 12:25 PM

Oct 2017

... can I get a blue eyed blonde?

brooklynite

(94,519 posts)

7. Here's the explanation...

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Fri Oct 13, 2017, 12:32 PM

Oct 2017

...when Pat Robertson sold his cable channel (it was generating too much profit and putting CBN's non-profit status at risk), he included a contractual provision requiring the purchaser to continue broadcasting the 700 Club. Since the network can't control the program content, they put a "don't blame us" statement at the beginning.

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