Talk:Lifetime Medical Television

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Did you know... that Lifetime Medical Television, "the network for physicians only", charged the highest advertising rates on cable?

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Did you know nomination[edit]

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 10:35, 19 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Lifetime Medical Television, "the network for physicians only", charged the highest advertising rates on cable? Source: https://www.nytimes.com/1987/01/04/arts/cable-tv-notes-ae-to-showcase-british-tinglers.html
- ALT0a: ... that Lifetime Medical Television charged the highest advertising rates on cable?
- ALT1: ... that for a decade, Lifetime Medical Television brought viewers "a succession of talk shows illustrated with explicit surgical footage and interrupted with ads for prescription drugs"? Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/wellness/1989/10/08/tv-docs/3473c514-f14f-4b0b-a3fe-130314072cbc/
- ALT2: ... that for nearly a decade, US cable channel Lifetime transformed on Sundays into "the network for physicians only"? Source: Jevens 1993
- ALT3: ... that before US cable channel Lifetime was "television for women", it spent one day a week as "the network for physicians only"? Source: Jevens 1993 + https://archive.org/details/sim_televisionweek_1994-11-28_13_48/page/n17/
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Fuente de las Tarascas

Created by Sammi Brie (talk). Self-nominated at 20:24, 6 January 2022 (UTC).[reply]

- article itself seems fine, no copyvio found. ALT2 is the only one I think works without a modification. Would recommend shortening the original hook to that Lifetime Medical Television, charged the highest advertising rates on cable? For more punchyness. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 10:32, 12 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Lee Vilenski: Added as ALT0a. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 19:48, 12 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 20:02, 12 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

ALT0a to T:DYK/P4