American Journal (alternately titled American Journal: Coast to Coast for its final season; also known as AJ) is a syndicated televisionnewsmagazine program that ran from 1993 to 1998. The series was distributed by King World Productions. It was hosted by Nancy Glass from its fall 1993 launch until 1997, when siblings Michele Dabney Perez and former newscaster-turned-talk show host Charles Perez took over for the show's final season on air. The show's tagline was "Stories Worth Watching".
American Journal was created by King World as a companion to its Inside Edition program[2] and debuted on September 6, 1993.
In early 1996, as an attempt to grow in the 18-34 demographic, the show tried then aborted plans to add an "Off the Hook" segment; King World would try again with "Team A.J." coverage strands in the fourth season helmed by Karen Duffy and Steve Santagati.[3] By 1996, it was cleared on 124 stations serving 86 percent of the United States.[3] King World often packaged the series with an existing magazine distributed by the same syndicator, Inside Edition, which is still on the air today and has outlasted a number of in-house and outside competitors.
The theme song throughout the show's run was an arrangement by Rick Krizman of the Shaker tune "Simple Gifts."
In the show's final season, it had a 4.1 rating and 11 share (in February 1998).[4] The low ratings were chalked up to a glut of similar programs, such as the since-cancelled A Current Affair, and Hard Copy (which would be canceled after the 1998–99 season due to being aired in mostly low-rated or overnight time slots by that point), expanding local news (especially in the 5 p.m. hour) reducing the number of available evening time slots for the show, and the show's typical airing in a time slot opposite perennial ratings powerhouses Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy!.
While King World already had commitments from stations serving 62 percent of the country to carry AJ in the fall of 1998, one year earlier, 11 of the stations owned by Belo picked up the syndicated Hollywood Squares for the fall of 1998; which would have displaced American Journal to overnight graveyard slot.[5] Faced with falling ratings and the potential loss of prime viewing slots, King World canceled the show after five years.
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Les Trent, New York; Stacey Gualandi, Los Angeles; Rhonda Guess, Los Angeles; Kit Hoover, New York; Jonathan Karsh, Los Angeles.
References
^"KING WORLD'S 'AMERICAN JOURNAL' GETS A 'FIRM GO' AND RACKS UP ADDITIONAL MARKET CLEARANCE" (Press release). King World Productions. PRNewswire. October 16, 1992. Retrieved May 21, 2015 – via The Free Library.
^"'Journal' takers" (PDF). Broadcasting. October 5, 1992. p. 30.
^ abSpring, Greg. "King World's 'AJ' gets hip to young viewers." Electronic Media July 15, 1996: 4-5.
^"Briefly noted." Electronic Media March 23, 1998: 22.
^Spring, Greg. "Strong 'Squares' to block 'American Journal'." Electronic Media October 20, 1997: 2.
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american, journal, alternately, titled, coast, coast, final, season, also, known, syndicated, television, newsmagazine, program, that, from, 1993, 1998, series, distributed, king, world, productions, hosted, nancy, glass, from, fall, 1993, launch, until, 1997,. American Journal alternately titled American Journal Coast to Coast for its final season also known as AJ is a syndicated television newsmagazine program that ran from 1993 to 1998 The series was distributed by King World Productions It was hosted by Nancy Glass from its fall 1993 launch until 1997 when siblings Michele Dabney Perez and former newscaster turned talk show host Charles Perez took over for the show s final season on air The show s tagline was Stories Worth Watching American JournalGenreTelevision news magazinePresented byNancy Glass 1993 1997 Michele Dabney Perez 1997 1998 Charles Perez 1997 1998 Theme music composerRick KrizmanCountry of originUnited StatesOriginal languageEnglishProductionExecutive producerCharles KingProduction locationsThe Prospect Studios Hollywood Center Burbank California 1993 1994 Sunset Las Palmas Studios Hollywood Center New York City 1994 1998 Running time22 24 minutesProduction companyKing World 1 ReleaseOriginal networkSyndicationPicture formatNTSCOriginal releaseSeptember 6 1993 1993 09 06 September 11 1998 1998 09 11 Contents 1 History 2 On air staff 2 1 Anchors 2 2 Correspondents 3 References 4 External linksHistory EditAmerican Journal was created by King World as a companion to its Inside Edition program 2 and debuted on September 6 1993 In early 1996 as an attempt to grow in the 18 34 demographic the show tried then aborted plans to add an Off the Hook segment King World would try again with Team A J coverage strands in the fourth season helmed by Karen Duffy and Steve Santagati 3 By 1996 it was cleared on 124 stations serving 86 percent of the United States 3 King World often packaged the series with an existing magazine distributed by the same syndicator Inside Edition which is still on the air today and has outlasted a number of in house and outside competitors The theme song throughout the show s run was an arrangement by Rick Krizman of the Shaker tune Simple Gifts In the show s final season it had a 4 1 rating and 11 share in February 1998 4 The low ratings were chalked up to a glut of similar programs such as the since cancelled A Current Affair and Hard Copy which would be canceled after the 1998 99 season due to being aired in mostly low rated or overnight time slots by that point expanding local news especially in the 5 p m hour reducing the number of available evening time slots for the show and the show s typical airing in a time slot opposite perennial ratings powerhouses Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy While King World already had commitments from stations serving 62 percent of the country to carry AJ in the fall of 1998 one year earlier 11 of the stations owned by Belo picked up the syndicated Hollywood Squares for the fall of 1998 which would have displaced American Journal to overnight graveyard slot 5 Faced with falling ratings and the potential loss of prime viewing slots King World canceled the show after five years On air staff EditAnchors Edit Nancy Glass main anchor 1993 1997 Michele Dabney Perez co anchor 1997 1998 Charles Perez co anchor 1997 1998 Correspondents Edit This list related to film television or video is incomplete you can help by adding missing items October 2021 Les Trent New York Stacey Gualandi Los Angeles Rhonda Guess Los Angeles Kit Hoover New York Jonathan Karsh Los Angeles References Edit KING WORLD S AMERICAN JOURNAL GETS A FIRM GO AND RACKS UP ADDITIONAL MARKET CLEARANCE Press release King World Productions PRNewswire October 16 1992 Retrieved May 21 2015 via The Free Library Journal takers PDF Broadcasting October 5 1992 p 30 a b Spring Greg King World s AJ gets hip to young viewers Electronic Media July 15 1996 4 5 Briefly noted Electronic Media March 23 1998 22 Spring Greg Strong Squares to block American Journal Electronic Media October 20 1997 2 External links EditAmerican Journal at IMDb Wikimedia Commons has media related to American Journal Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title American Journal amp oldid 1154984847, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
