"Your late local news", but on time!!!

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Why do OTA network announcers covering primetime sports still say "Coming up, your late local news except on the West Coast", but the 11PM ET/10PM CT newscast starts on time after the game/race/Olympics anyway?

Case in point: Game 1 of the 2015 Stanley Cup Final (I still call it "Finals" cause that's what I grew up on) on NBC ends promptly and (the way the Hawks have been playing) miraculously a few minutes before 10PM CT (Mike Emrick does the "late local news" shpiel late in the third period), national spot or two runs, local spots run, and right on 10PM, WSMV is ready to go with the Channel 4 News at 10!!!

My point: These guys should only have to do the shpiel in overtime/extra innings/green-white-checkered/etc...

Thoughts, anyone?

 

[Brother]

The way I see it, "late local news" is simply a catch-all term for any newscast that runs after primetime network programming has concluded, whether on time at 10 CT/11 ET or delayed past that time.

Out West, the news won't start immediately after the game, so they run whatever alternate programming they have until their late local news starts at 10 MT/11 PT. That is, unless multiple overtimes are involved. Then the schedule is tossed aside and all bets are off.

 

[Sammi Brie]

The way I see it, "late local news" is simply a catch-all term for any newscast that runs after primetime network programming has concluded, whether on time at 10 CT/11 ET or delayed past that time.

Out West, the news won't start immediately after the game, so they run whatever alternate programming they have until their late local news starts at 10 MT/11 PT. That is, unless multiple overtimes are involved. Then the schedule is tossed aside and all bets are off.

Exactly. KPNX has a penchant of running news and sports specials after sporting events (they ran "12 Sports Tonight" after the hockey game), and I know some other stations like KPHO have run full-blown newscasts.

 

[Oscar Madison]

Normally, they only do those announcements at or around 11pm Eastern/10pm Central, when people might tune in expecting the local news. For the late Sunday afternoon football game, they make a similar announcement for 60 Minutes and other prime time shows.

 

[danderson4411]

Why do OTA network announcers covering primetime sports still say "Coming up, your late local news except on the West Coast", but the 11PM ET/10PM CT newscast starts on time after the game/race/Olympics anyway?

Case in point: Game 1 of the 2015 Stanley Cup Final (I still call it "Finals" cause that's what I grew up on) on NBC ends promptly and (the way the Hawks have been playing) miraculously a few minutes before 10PM CT (Mike Emrick does the "late local news" shpiel late in the third period), national spot or two runs, local spots run, and right on 10PM, WSMV is ready to go with the Channel 4 News at 10!!!

My point: These guys should only have to do the shpiel in overtime/extra innings/green-white-checkered/etc...

Thoughts, anyone?

i remember the late Charlie Jones doing that one time during HOU/LARM (in the early 90s)for "The Story Behind the Story" with Richard Kiley and Jane Wallace and Charlie metioned it would be seen in its entirety expect for most Mountain and Pacific time zone stations where the program would be seen it its regular time the late Pat Summerall would do that for "60 Minutes" too Jim Nantz does that now i wonder if Emrick would do that if a Sunday game went multiple ots during the first or second round?

 

[JeffM]

It's "late local news" as opposed to the "early local news" that runs in the late-afternoon/early-evening before prime time. Because of the time difference between the east and west coasts, a live sportscast that would delay the late news and late-night programs elsewhere will be finished before it would impinge on these shows in the Pacific time zone. They don't specify a starting time probably because what would be 11 pm news on both the west and east coasts is 10 pm news in the midwest, and whatever it is in the Mountain zone.

 

[danderson6500]

Why do OTA network announcers covering primetime sports still say "Coming up, your late local news except on the West Coast", but the 11PM ET/10PM CT newscast starts on time after the game/race/Olympics anyway?

Case in point: Game 1 of the 2015 Stanley Cup Final (I still call it "Finals" cause that's what I grew up on) on NBC ends promptly and (the way the Hawks have been playing) miraculously a few minutes before 10PM CT (Mike Emrick does the "late local news" shpiel late in the third period), national spot or two runs, local spots run, and right on 10PM, WSMV is ready to go with the Channel 4 News at 10!!!

My point: These guys should only have to do the shpiel in overtime/extra innings/green-white-checkered/etc...

Thoughts, anyone?

Years ago, i remember the same thing happening during a Raiders/Rams game on CBS(they had switched to that game during the 4th quarter, because the Lions/49ers game was uncompetitive.). The Raiders were driving for a winning score late in the game, and Dick Stockton does the promo for 60 Minutes, Murder She Wrote and the Sunday Night movie. Anyway, the Raiders win the game just(and i mean just) before 7:00, national spot or two runs, local spots run, then 60 Minutes starts up, only a few minutes late. I was amazed that happened, because i looked at my clock and the field goal was attempted at 6:59:40, just seconds before 60 Minutes was to start on the East Coast.

 

[danderson6500]

The way I see it, "late local news" is simply a catch-all term for any newscast that runs after primetime network programming has concluded, whether on time at 10 CT/11 ET or delayed past that time.

Out West, the news won't start immediately after the game, so they run whatever alternate programming they have until their late local news starts at 10 MT/11 PT. That is, unless multiple overtimes are involved. Then the schedule is tossed aside and all bets are off.

I've always wondered about what airs after the game out west like with the NFL. For example, the east coast gets 60 Minutes after the game, but the west coast might get a syndicated show. With college football, either the news or a syndicated show airs after the game. For example, Entertainment Tonight airs on WYFF/4 after Notre Dame home games, Wheel of Fortune airs on WLOS/13 after ABC's 3:30 games, etc.

 

[ShawnHill1]

I've always wondered about what airs after the game out west like with the NFL. For example, the east coast gets 60 Minutes after the game, but the west coast might get a syndicated show. With college football, either the news or a syndicated show airs after the game. For example, Entertainment Tonight airs on WYFF/4 after Notre Dame home games, Wheel of Fortune airs on WLOS/13 after ABC's 3:30 games, etc.

It usually depends on the market...after Sunday afternoon NFL, both CBS and Fox here in Los Angeles offer their own postgame coverage on the games of the day (and both then go to newscasts right after), and KABC usually does its own postgame coverage after ABC concludes its NBA and primetime college football telecasts. KNBC usually goes right to news right after a NBC primetime sports event, although on Sunday nights after football, they have a postgame show (the Challenge) which also doubles as a sports trivia show, then news to fill-up the 9pm hour, a Dateline rerun at 10, and then more news at 11.

 

[seatownmedia]

It usually depends on the market...after Sunday afternoon NFL, both CBS and Fox here in Los Angeles offer their own postgame coverage on the games of the day (and both then go to newscasts right after), and KABC usually does its own postgame coverage after ABC concludes its NBA and primetime college football telecasts. KNBC usually goes right to news right after a NBC primetime sports event, although on Sunday nights after football, they have a postgame show (the Challenge) which also doubles as a sports trivia show, then news to fill-up the 9pm hour, a Dateline rerun at 10, and then more news at 11.

Sunday sports, (mainly meaning the NFL), are scheduled to run 4-7 pm on the east coast. This is called the "late game" in most cases. The time is important as this brings in the highest viewership outside of primetime games. So when an NFL game starts at 4 eastern, it starts at 1 pacific, 2 mountain, and 3 central. In 2 of those 4 time zones, (eastern and pacific), prime time on Sunday starts at 7pm, but starts at 6pm in the central and mountain. So the result is a possible delay in prime time programming in the east and central. The west never has any problems with these games, but the eastern and central can run over. The usual plan is to start prime-time late if needed, and the only damage is the 11:00 eastern, or 10:00 central newscasts are somewhat delayed. There will be a quiz on this later!

 

[paulsonj72]

Sunday sports, (mainly meaning the NFL), are scheduled to run 4-7 pm on the east coast. This is called the "late game" in most cases. The time is important as this brings in the highest viewership outside of primetime games. So when an NFL game starts at 4 eastern, it starts at 1 pacific, 2 mountain, and 3 central. In 2 of those 4 time zones, (eastern and pacific), prime time on Sunday starts at 7pm, but starts at 6pm in the central and mountain. So the result is a possible delay in prime time programming in the east and central. The west never has any problems with these games, but the eastern and central can run over. The usual plan is to start prime-time late if needed, and the only damage is the 11:00 eastern, or 10:00 central newscasts are somewhat delayed. There will be a quiz on this later!

And if the late afternoon sports program goes until 8 PM ET CBS will drop one of the programs that is scheduled to air that evening. FOX is less effected since they have the OT going until 8 PM ET after football. FWIW CBS did drop a Sunday night program this year after the Masters because the playoff pushed well into the 7 PM ET hour and once it ended it was easier to keep the coverage at Augusta until 8 PM ET.

 

[Megatron]

I think CBS should just do NFL postgame for the late games and put 60 minutes at 8PM just my opinion. Fox was smart to have a postgame show after the late afternoon postgame OT and no programs at 7PM.

 

[vchimpanzee]

And if the late afternoon sports program goes until 8 PM ET CBS will drop one of the programs that is scheduled to air that evening. FOX is less effected since they have the OT going until 8 PM ET after football.

Not always. I've dealt with "Simpsons" episodes joined in progress shortly after 7.

 

[Will_H_69_9]

Not always. I've dealt with "Simpsons" episodes joined in progress shortly after 7.

yeah, but these days, Fox only does Join in Progress when the show is a repeat and not a new episode.

 

[danderson6500]

I wonder if any east coast markets got the San Francisco @ Arizona game, since that one went into overtime. Looking at the map, it only aired on the Bay Area and Arizona, so minimal impact likely. KTVU would have done postgame fore sure, but would have the rest just preempted whatever aired afterwards?

 

[danderson6500]

Did FOX do a Join in Progress for the areas getting the NY Giants @ Tampa Bay or Philadelphia @ LA Chargers games? Those games aired in some eastern markets.