What is this TV show that licensed my music?

October 9, 2007 4:25 PM

I just received a check from Pump Audio. I submitted my music to them a while back and, apparently, one of my tracks was used in a TV show. Woo-hoo! However, I can't find any information on the show it was used in. The information on the statement is as follows: Usage Description: Yearbook Episode 1998 Air Date: 6/11/2006 Ntwk/Pro: ABC I've Googled, to no avail. I can't even find any reference to a show of that name. Anyone have information or a suggestion of how where to look? Or, super-extra bonus points if you know how I can get a copy of it!
posted by SampleSize to Media & Arts (20 answers total)

Seems silly to ask, but have you tried contacting "Pump Audio?"
posted by rhizome at 4:29 PM on October 9, 2007

Response by poster: Hey! What happened to my paragraphs? Well, I'll just retype the information from the statement so it's clear:

Usage Description: Yearbook Episode 1998
Air Date: 6/11/2006
Ntwk/Pro: ABC
posted by SampleSize at 4:29 PM on October 9, 2007

Response by poster: rhizome -- Yes I have. They send out gigantic hard drives of music to clients rather than working with them individually to license tracks, so I'm not sure how it works, but I believe all the information they get is what they send me.
posted by SampleSize at 4:31 PM on October 9, 2007

Know This Guy? He has music in the same show... Maybe he can help?
posted by stew560 at 4:38 PM on October 9, 2007

Response by poster: Heh - nope. That's the one link I found too.
posted by SampleSize at 4:44 PM on October 9, 2007

I am trying (without much luck) to use the Way Back Machine to access tv listings from 6/11/2006. But so far the obvious websites (TV Guide, Yahoo TV, etc) block robots so no archiving.

But maybe there are other TV guide websites that would be accessible via Way Back Machine?

http://tvlistings.zap2it.com/tvlistings/ZCGrid.do
posted by ian1977 at 4:52 PM on October 9, 2007

Congrats by the way. :-)
posted by ian1977 at 4:52 PM on October 9, 2007

I've googled myself out, but remember that ABC = Disney = ESPN so that might help...
posted by stew560 at 4:56 PM on October 9, 2007

I think I remember seeing this "Yearbook" show on digital cable. I'm pretty sure it was on Discovery Times. Is that an ABC affiliate?
posted by sanka at 5:07 PM on October 9, 2007

Does ABC have any ties to Discovery Channel or History Channel? I could swear I've seen a few 'Yearbook 19XX' shows on one of these... My Google-fu also fails.
posted by zengargoyle at 5:07 PM on October 9, 2007

Here's the Fall 2006 TV schedule. Your airdate is on a Sunday, so depending on what kind of music you wrote that might give you a clue. Except that your show aired at the beginning of summer/rerun season, so you're probably dealing with a Summer season show prior to the Fall schedule since I'm assuming a rerun would have credited the first air-date. The good news? It doesn't look like it was a reality show based on the air-date.
posted by Cyrano at 5:30 PM on October 9, 2007

There is an ABC in Australia, too...
posted by Rock Steady at 5:31 PM on October 9, 2007

Looks like it's Discovery Times show.
posted by stefanie at 5:33 PM on October 9, 2007

But Discovery Times is not owned by ABC or Disney.
posted by Gary at 5:37 PM on October 9, 2007

(Again, based on the air-dates on the Summer schedule link [searching with the show name in quotes and ABC outside the quotes to find the episode guides,] it's not Less Than Perfect or Rodney. They both aired before your date.)
posted by Cyrano at 5:39 PM on October 9, 2007

Aha. Not owned by ABC, but created by ABC News Productions (scroll down) for Discovery Times.
posted by stefanie at 5:58 PM on October 9, 2007 [1 favorite]

I am nearly sure this is the Discovery Times show. This Google Groups Link shows Yearbook 1998 airing on June 11, 2006.

On Preview: stefanie has the ABC Link.
posted by stew560 at 5:59 PM on October 9, 2007

Response by poster: You are all awesome. Thank you.

Now I just have to figure out how to get a copy of it! Anyone have a clue?
posted by SampleSize at 6:49 AM on October 10, 2007

I happen to be talking to some ABC News folks this afternoon. No promises, but I'll see what I can find out.
posted by Argyle at 7:46 AM on October 10, 2007

If ABC can't get it to you then maybe you know someone at Nielsen - they have copies of nearly everything cause somebody always wants to know what advertisements were playing during show X.
posted by langeNU at 7:59 AM on October 10, 2007