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Mismatched syndicated shows airing back-to-back?

Are there any examples of a local station airing two shows that you feel are incompatible back-to-back? For example, any station airing Ellen followed by Jerry Springer? One example is Grand Island airing The Middle followed by Family Guy. Any examples?
 
Although this might be off-topic, I thought I'd point La Red (one of Chile's national TV networks), which runs Sesame Street followed by WWE Smackdown...
 
not syndicated per se but a local show
KEYC-DT2 (FOX Mankato, MN) on Sundays goes from Fox News Sunday (8am) to local program Bandwagon (9am). Its a old tyme/polka show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLVaShrelUw

I guess syndicated wise I would say
Dr Oz then Rachel Ray then The Doctors (why not have 2 hours of "DR" in a row)?
 
WRLH has a couple. Steve Wilkos at 11am followed by single Family Feud episode at noon, then The Doctors at 1pm followed by Maury at 2pm.

Also, WCCB airs Maury at 4pm, followed by Ellen at 5pm.
 
Night Court followed by American Gladiators would be another one. That one was an obvious mismatch, a comedy followed by a game show. Or Night Court followed by WWF Superstars of Wrestling would be another one too.
 
Sister Circle at 10AM to Page Six TV at 10:30AM on WZZM, ET at 7PM to Daily Blast Live that isn't live at 7:30PM also on WZZM. Repeat Of Steve Wilkos at 2PM to Crime Watch Daily at 3PM on Fox17 2015-17. Access Hollywood at 7PM to Family Feud at 7:30PM on WOTV, King Of The Hill at 2:30AM to TMZ Live at 3AM on WXSP, Rachel Ray at 2PM to Dr. OZ at 3PM on Wood TV, Steve at 3PM to Mr. Know It All Dr. Phil at 4PM on WWMT, Lori Moore Show at 4PM insert any sitcom this year 2 Broke Girls at 4:30PM on CW7. You could say there are some odd pairings in West Michigan TV market maybe some aren't odd just my opinion.
 
Jerry Springer at 11AM followed by a Big Bang Theory rerun at noon on CW-9 (KEPR/KIMA-DT2) in central Washington. HUH?
Not sure if this is another good example, but KIMA itself airs Y&R in pattern with CBS at 11am followed by Funny You Should Ask. So a soap opera with lots of romance, followed by a game show with constant one-liners by the comedians. Most CBS stations in the west air news between Y&R and B&B.
 
A syndicated show followed by a network show would also count, for example WYFF/4 having On Scene: Emergency Response followed by Parenthood(the 1990 show, not the current one). A reality show followed by a situation comedy. Another one would be reruns of St. Elsewhere followed by Sale of The Century during the 1988-89 season too. A medical drama, followed by a game show with big prizes.
 
Jerry Springer at 11AM followed by a Big Bang Theory rerun at noon on CW-9 (KEPR/KIMA-DT2) in central Washington. HUH?
Not sure if this is another good example, but KIMA itself airs Y&R in pattern with CBS at 11am followed by Funny You Should Ask. So a soap opera with lots of romance, followed by a game show with constant one-liners by the comedians. Most CBS stations in the west air news between Y&R and B&B.

I'm surpsied your station doesn't have news before Y&R. Mine has had news before Y&R since i was born.
 
I'm surpsied your station doesn't have news before Y&R. Mine has had news before Y&R since i was born.

Depends on what part of the country you're in. East coast runs it at noon, before 12:30 p.m. Y&R. In the Central, Mountain and Pacific, it's usually on at 11a, with a half-hour break (usually for news) in between.
 
I'm surpsied your station doesn't have news before Y&R. Mine has had news before Y&R since i was born.

When WRAL was with CBS, they had an hour long noon news & various filler programming at 1 before B&B at 1:30, Y&R ran at 4 as a lead-in to the 5pm news. WNCN kept the same schedule when they got CBS, except they only do a half-hour noon news, followed by one of those Byron Allen scripted court shows.
 
forgot about this gem

WUCW (CW23) Minneapolis
5am Shepherds Chapel then at 6am is the cartoons (KidsClick)
After the cartoons? Steve Wilkos at 9am :eek:
 
The WSPA/7 schedule is pretty much the same, expect for Wendy Williams on instead of Guiding Light. And The Talk on instead of As The World Turns. I'd rather have them put Let's Make a Deal at 3 and shift Wendy Williams to 9.
 
The WSPA/7 schedule is pretty much the same, expect for Wendy Williams on instead of Guiding Light. And The Talk on instead of As The World Turns. I'd rather have them put Let's Make a Deal at 3 and shift Wendy Williams to 9.

A lot of stations don't, but Wendy is supposed to air at 10AM Eastern because that when her show is done live.
 
I hope the parents flip off of those WUCW cartoons as soon as 8:59 rolls around...just seems weird for a trash talk show to immediately air after TV-Y7 cartoons. I'd put 'Funny You Should Ask' or a sitcom as a 'buffer' between the shows.
 
WCTX MY TV 9 New Haven, CT

Funny You should ask at 2 and 2:30PM (Game show) into TMZ Live (Celerity Gossip Show) into 2 Episodes of Millionaire and 2 episodes of Family Feud into The Best of Judge Judy into Dr. Phil Same Day repeat from sister station WTNH News 8.

Funny You should ask and TMZ Live should flip-flop timeslots.

They also have Good Morning Connecticut Simulcast from News 8 til 7 into The Real which leads into religious programming at 8AM and 8:30AM into Right this Minute into Court Shows at 9:30.
 
I hope the parents flip off of those WUCW cartoons as soon as 8:59 rolls around...just seems weird for a trash talk show to immediately air after TV-Y7 cartoons. I'd put 'Funny You Should Ask' or a sitcom as a 'buffer' between the shows.

Steve has been on at 9am for a few years now
Previous programming (before Sinclair started showing cartoons again) it was church/religious shows
 
This isn't syndication but for network prime time.

Back I think it was mid-2000s, Fox on Wednesday nights aired That 70's Show (8pm ET) followed by American Idol (8:30 ET), then two other sitcoms (can't remember in the top of my head, at 9pm ET). It was always weird to see such a lineup like that, squeezing a 30 minute segment of a reality show in between sitcom programming.
 
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Depends on what part of the country you're in. East coast runs it at noon, before 12:30 p.m. Y&R. In the Central, Mountain and Pacific, it's usually on at 11a, with a half-hour break (usually for news) in between.

When i was in a motel room in Tennessee one year, i was surprised that Y&R came on after TPIR. I was so used to news coming on before Y&R that it shocked me and my parents. The network news being on at 5:30 was another one.
 
I'm NOT used to news airing between TPIR & Y&R since Pacific Time CBS stations usually follow the 'Price at 10, Y&R at 11' approach. But KCBS does air news at 11AM in Los Angeles, Y&R is bumped to 11:30-12:30.
 
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