Bill Clinton's Convention Speaking Slot

As NBC's Andrea Mitchell reported yesterday, Democratic convention planners have penciled in President Clinton for Wednesday night...

I hear that Clinton has been asked to speak between 9 pm and 10 pm ET.  Primetime -- sort of. Remember that the television networks will broadcast only the 10pm-11pm hour live, leaving the other two hours of prime time to the cable nets... 

On Wednesday, the 10-11pm hour is reserved for two events: putting the candidate's name over the top and the vice presidential candidate's speech. 

So while Clinton _would_ speak in prime time, he wouldn't be live on network television, and at most, the networks would briefly excerpt his speech before they turned to live events.