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- Where can you inquire into the significance of Pez
- Dispensers on Seinfeld, get behind-the-scenes
- information about The Tonight Show, and discuss the
- merits of the most recent Saturday Night Live cast?
-
- Why, on the new NBC Online RoundTable, of course,
- brought to you by GEnie and the National
- Broadcasting Corporation! Bet you didn't think the
- answer would be that easy.
-
- Interactive Television
-
- The NBC Online RoundTable, which opened its
- interactive doors on GEnie in May, is NBC's way of
- inviting your input on their network programming
- decisions. This is NBC's first move toward the
- future of television -- broadcast multimedia -- and
- it's your chance to participate proactively the
- Information Age!
-
- The NBC Online RoundTable "will provide an
- opportunity for NBC viewers and GEnie subscribers
- to obtain information about the world of
- entertainment, news, and sports, and to communicate
- with other users about numerous NBC programs,"
- explained an NBC representative. "Users will also
- have access to pre-broadcast information and
- general NBC announcements and press releases."
-
- Guided Tour
-
- Let's explore this exciting new service, shall we?
-
- Our first stop is the NBC Online Bulletin Board,
- where we find ongoing discussions between GEnie
- members about more than 35 NBC programs! Each show
- has its own Topic, and you can count on more being
- added in the future. They cover NBC's great line-up
- of shows including Blossom, Dateline NBC, Days of
- Our Lives, Empty Nest, Friday Night Videos,
- Frasier, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, L.A. Law,
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Later with Greg
- Kinnear, The John Larroquette Show, Law & Order,
- Mad About You, Meet the Press, NBC Nightly News,
- SeaQuest DSV, The Second Half, Sisters, Today,
- Unsolved Mysteries, Wings, and many others.
-
- And when it's time for a new NBC program to hit the
- airwaves, you'll hear about it on NBC Online!
-
- Another section of NBC Online called NBC Shows
- contains fascinating background information about
- the network's programs. Here is where you'll find
- show descriptions, cast files, credits, news of
- upcoming guests, and even ticket-ordering
- information for shows produced before live
- audiences.
-
- Next we come to the NBC Photo Gallery, a marvelous
- collection of over 300 photographs of series' stars
- and personalities from NBC shows, all available for
- downloading! The Gallery is arranged by show, and
- within each section is an alphabetical listing of
- personalities.
-
- NBC Sports and Movies
-
- NBC Sports is another hot spot. This section
- provides NBC Sports Schedules and Events,
- biographies of NBC sports casters, Sign Up & Play
- events, and information on sports videos and how to
- order them -- including, of course, the Albert
- Achievement Awards!
-
- NBC Announcements offers press releases about NBC
- television programs, as well as promotional
- activities and events. The NBC Movies & Specials
- section is devoted to information about -- what
- else? -- upcoming movies and specials. And NBC
- offers interactive Press Kits you can download and
- enjoy through special multimedia products.
-
- Talk to NBC
-
- The final stop on our NBC Online RoundTable tour is
- Talk to NBC. This area presents the opportunity for
- You, The Viewer, to tell the network YOUR thoughts
- about NBC television programming via GE Mail. Want
- them to make a spin-off of "Frasier" starring the
- title character's prissy brother? Tell them! Gone
- are the days of letter-writing campaigns to save a
- show you love from impending cancellation -- now
- you can rally with fellow supporters online and
- actually interact with the powers that be!
-
- Yes, you can influence broadcast history-in-the-
- making right now on GEnie! Visit the NBC Online
- RoundTable and get started today!
-