TLC To Give Miss America Vote To Viewers
Web Surfers Can Select 16th Pageant Finalist
By R. Thomas Umstead -- Multichannel News, 1/2/2008 6:19:00 AM MT
TLC will allow viewers to choose one of the finalists for the Miss America pageant in the 87-year old show’s first ever online competition leading up to Jan. 26 Miss America Live! finale.
Beginning Jan. 4, Web surfers that visit tlc.com/missamerica will be able to log votes for a 16th pageant finalist who will join 15 other finalists selected by the Miss America judges, according to TLC, which will televise the Las Vegas-based pageant live. The online voting will commence after the Jan. 4 premiere episode of TLC’s new series, and will continue through the show’s final episode on Jan. 26.
“As viewers watch Miss America: Reality Check they’ll get to know the contestants in a way that they never have before,” said Angela Shapiro-Mathes, president and general manager for TLC. “The entire competition becomes more relevant to today’s audience as they vote and root for their favorites at the live finale.”
Discovery Networks-owned TLC last August reached a multi-year agreement with The Miss America Organization to distribute the beauty pageant through 2010, after the show aired for two years on CMT.
Viacom-owned CMT decided not to renew the pageant after the show’s viewership fell to 2.4 million last year from a network record 3.1 million viewers in 2006.
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I checked back on this page only to find that many other people felt just like me. It seems...
Hilary Faircloth - 2008-26-3 23:02:00 -
I completely agree with Hilary's comment. After watching TLC's "Reality Check" show,...
Christine Harrison - 2008-4-2 02:09:00 -
I watched Miss America Reality Check and thoroughly enjoyed it. It was great watching them go...
Joseph DiGiovanna - 2008-29-1 01:02:00 -
The TLC network had a fabulous idea with letting the Miss America event be more interactive,...
Hilary Faircloth - 2008-26-1 22:49:00 -
What a great idea expect that you can not access the page to vote, the TLC website is horribly...
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