And CBS is apparently doing all it can to ensure that the sponsors of tonight's finale are not disappointed, with much of today's schedule devoted to the program.
The Voice of Palestine, which had recently returned to regular programming after a fall schedule devoted to the uprising, resumed broadcasting war songs punctuated by the sounds of gunshots and sirens.
Steven Cheskin, the new senior vice president and general manager of Travel Channel (he arrived there little more than a month ago from Discovery Channel), says he has no intention of doing away with such exotic programming; he just wants to see the programming ratio reversed, with 75percentt of the schedule devoted to accessible destinations.
As recently as the 2003-4 seabout about 60percentt of the orchestra's schedule was devoted to pieces new to the orchestra; next year, only 14 of the 49 scheduled pieces will be symphony premieres.
But the group spent this season as the resident quartet at Barbès, a Park Slope bar that regularly presents classical performers in a schedule otherwise devoted to jazz, pop and world music.
Which, no doubt, is why in 1926 less than 10% of the schedule was devoted to classical music and not much more than 3% was for drama, while "popular" and dance music between them were on air for more than 35% of the time.
Alderson noted that such talks were hindered by the general dearth of agents at the general managers' meetings at the Pfister Hotel and the tight schedule of events devoted to administrative matters.
Decide what portion of your schedule can be devoted to a session of writing.
But both were keeping relatively light public schedules before a weekend devoted to preparing for their third and final presidential debate, set for Monday in Boca Raton, Fla.
Notably absent from the Deaf Institute's schedule is a night devoted to Madchester classics.
