NBC upgrades 2005 late night lineup with HD
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 4:45 pm
HDTV Magazine
Program update
12/13/2004
And the hits just keep coming....clearly the era of HDTV is arriving on
schedule.
NBC'S ENTIRE LATE- NIGHT LINEUP AND HOLIDAY SPECIALS TO BE UPGRADED FOR
PRESENTATION IN HIGH DEFINITION IN 2005
BURBANK -- December 13, 2004 -- NBC, which was the first network to
broadcast a nightly series in high-definition television with "The Tonight
Show with Jay Leno" in 1999, will upgrade the rest of the network's
top-rated late-night lineup into HDTV in 2005, it was announced today by
Jeff Zucker, President, NBC Universal Television Group.
"NBC has always been the late-night leader in more ways than one and this
progression to high-definition television is the next logical step," said
Zucker. "Our viewers will be the primary beneficiaries of this ongoing
technology which will complement the creative quality of each program."
In addition, two of the network's annual signature holiday specials - "The
Macy's Fourth of July Fireworks Spectacular" and "The Macy's Thanksgiving
Day Parade" -- also will be broadcast in HD beginning in 2005.
The late-night conversion is scheduled to begin in April 2005 when NBC's
"Late Night with Conan O'Brien" converts to HDTV. "Saturday Night Live"
follows when the series returns for its 2005-06 season premiere in the Fall
as will "Last Call with Carson Daly" which shares "SNL's" studio - 30
Rockefeller Plaza's legendary Studio 8H.
Currently NBC broadcasts 90 percent of its scripted entertainment
programming in high definition - including 13.5 primetime hours and the
upcoming second-season shows "Revelations" and "Medium."
As of December 1, NBC Universal Cable Group also launched Universal HD,
which is currently available to more than 25 million homes. Universal HD
offers the best of NBC Universal's library in HD. Programming includes
unedited and uninterrupted films, Backdraft, Carlito's Way, Apollo 13 and
Meet the Parents; award-winning series and franchises such as "Monk," "Law &
Order SVU" and "Battlestar Galactica;" performing arts and special events,
"Cirque du Soleil: Varekai;" "Music in High Places" and sports programming
including the US Open and the 2004 Summer Olympics.
HDTV Magazine
Program update
12/13/2004
And the hits just keep coming....clearly the era of HDTV is arriving on
schedule.
NBC'S ENTIRE LATE- NIGHT LINEUP AND HOLIDAY SPECIALS TO BE UPGRADED FOR
PRESENTATION IN HIGH DEFINITION IN 2005
BURBANK -- December 13, 2004 -- NBC, which was the first network to
broadcast a nightly series in high-definition television with "The Tonight
Show with Jay Leno" in 1999, will upgrade the rest of the network's
top-rated late-night lineup into HDTV in 2005, it was announced today by
Jeff Zucker, President, NBC Universal Television Group.
"NBC has always been the late-night leader in more ways than one and this
progression to high-definition television is the next logical step," said
Zucker. "Our viewers will be the primary beneficiaries of this ongoing
technology which will complement the creative quality of each program."
In addition, two of the network's annual signature holiday specials - "The
Macy's Fourth of July Fireworks Spectacular" and "The Macy's Thanksgiving
Day Parade" -- also will be broadcast in HD beginning in 2005.
The late-night conversion is scheduled to begin in April 2005 when NBC's
"Late Night with Conan O'Brien" converts to HDTV. "Saturday Night Live"
follows when the series returns for its 2005-06 season premiere in the Fall
as will "Last Call with Carson Daly" which shares "SNL's" studio - 30
Rockefeller Plaza's legendary Studio 8H.
Currently NBC broadcasts 90 percent of its scripted entertainment
programming in high definition - including 13.5 primetime hours and the
upcoming second-season shows "Revelations" and "Medium."
As of December 1, NBC Universal Cable Group also launched Universal HD,
which is currently available to more than 25 million homes. Universal HD
offers the best of NBC Universal's library in HD. Programming includes
unedited and uninterrupted films, Backdraft, Carlito's Way, Apollo 13 and
Meet the Parents; award-winning series and franchises such as "Monk," "Law &
Order SVU" and "Battlestar Galactica;" performing arts and special events,
"Cirque du Soleil: Varekai;" "Music in High Places" and sports programming
including the US Open and the 2004 Summer Olympics.
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