I remember that being an issue for "The Gong Show" on NBC in the '70s.
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They preempted that for this?
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I remember that being an issue for "The Gong Show" on NBC in the '70s.
I could put a long list of shows killed because most stations aired the news instead at noon. And 10am used be a issue too, when Mike Douglas or Merv Griffin ran for 90 minutes(not every station ran them at that length, though.) Tic Tac Dough(CBS version) is one example- if it had been at 11:30am instead of 10am, maybe it could have been successful. That led to a fury among station managers who had bought Tic Tac Dough for lucrative syndicated evening slots. However, the fears of general managers were unfounded, as TTD was a big hit.
KPIX in San Francisco, once a CBS affiliate owned by Westinghouse - preempted the network regularly. Aside from news at noon, and a local talk show called People Are Talking at 10:00 AM, they would often preempt theatrical films run in prime time by CBS when they deemed them too violent. I recall that they preempted the CBS network premiere of Death Wish - the Charles Bronson film, which would probably seem tame today, but was deemed ultra-violent in the late 1970's.
KPIX also tried an early prime-time experiment for a year or two, moving prime-time from 8:00 - 11:00 down to 7:00 to 10:00, much to the consternation of the network.
This all ended when Westinghouse bought CBS in the 90's, and KPIX became an O&O.
Given that TPIR was the dominant game show back then, i'm shocked CBS didn't try to stop KPIX from airing a local talk show called People Are Talking at 10:00 AM, and air Price instead. if KPIX became an O&O in the 70s, maybe that wouldn't happen.
I remember that being an issue for "The Gong Show" on NBC in the '70s.
Not just "The Gong Show" but other shows like "The Doctors," "Card Sharks," "Super Password," and the 1978 version of "Jeopardy!" At ABC, "Ryan's Hope" was also killed by stations who wanted to air news.(WLOS was successful with reruns of Carol Burnett in that slot.)
Given that TPIR was the dominant game show back then, i'm shocked CBS didn't try to stop KPIX from airing a local talk show called People Are Talking at 10:00 AM, and air Price instead. if KPIX became an O&O in the 70s, maybe that wouldn't happen.
I remember thinking this at the time. I was never a TPIR fan, but if memory serves - it aired on independent KBHK Channel 44 in its regular time slot. KBHK would also air any CBS programs that KPIX pre-empted in prime-time, probably including that Death Wish broadcast, though I don't recall.
Perhaps ironically, Channel 44 - now KBCW - is now part of a duopoly with KPIX - both owned by CBS, and broadcasts CW programs.
It wasn't just the local news- a syndicated show could do damage if done right opposite a network show- "Crosswits" with Jack Clark is one example. WLOS put it opposite the noon news on WYFF- and it dominated. It also gave "Ryan's Hope" a strong lead-in to that soap-and resulted in WLOS/13 dominating daytime in that market for years. "Joker's Wild" with Jack Barry did the same damage to WYFF's noon news too.
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I remember thinking this at the time. I was never a TPIR fan, but if memory serves - it aired on independent KBHK Channel 44 in its regular time slot. KBHK would also air any CBS programs that KPIX pre-empted in prime-time, probably including that Death Wish broadcast, though I don't recall.
Perhaps ironically, Channel 44 - now KBCW - is now part of a duopoly with KPIX - both owned by CBS, and broadcasts CW programs.
KPIX got into bigger trouble for airing Mike Douglas instead of "Secret Storm" and the housewives didn't like it. Of course, i'd wouldn't blame Mike Douglas for that, since KPIX was owned by Group W at that time. But it was the last straw for "Secret Storm."
Never cared much for soaps as a kid, and I wasn't a big fan of movies either. "Let's Make A Deal", the original with Monty Hall originally ran on NBC. WHO-TV in Des Moines was Iowa's movie station in the 60s. WHO ran a movie weekdays from 12:30 til 2, another one 4:00 til 5:30, and they pre-empted Saturday prime time with another movie just for good measure.
Watched "Deal" maybe half a dozen times in the 60s. Those few times were courtesy of hot, humid weather it seemed. Usually it was the other station associated with Col. Palmer, WOC-TV 6 the "World Of Chiropractic" station in Davenport (nee KWQC), which wasn't as movie happy as their sister station in Des Moines.
I'm actually shocked NBC didn't pressure them to drop the movie weekdays from 12:30 til 2 for "Deal"(and "Days of our Lives" and "The Doctors"). one movie was enough.
WBTV's schedule was changed because of the noon news show "Top O' the Day", which was followed by Betty Feezor's women's show. I don't even think they showed "The Young and the Restless", which quickly became my favorite soap opera when I was in college. I'm not sure how I watched that because I think that show was delayed.
My grandmom could get Charlotte and Asheville stations. The Charlotte NBC one would show "For Richer, For Poorer" which Asheville didn't air. "The Doctors" aired on the Charlotte station too, when it moved to noon. "Card Sharks" also aired there too.
When I was a teenager I could get Charlotte and Asheville stations too. I'm not sure about WFBC (now WYFF) but definitely WLOS and WSPA. What I remember most about these stations is WLOS had reruns of "I Love Lucy", which I watched for the first time during those years (though I remember seeing it when I was much younger, but that doesn't really count since I didn't remember it), and WSPA had "Hee Haw" in its normal Saturday evening slot while WSOC in Charlotte waited a week.My grandmom could get Charlotte and Asheville stations. The Charlotte NBC one would show "For Richer, For Poorer" which Asheville didn't air. "The Doctors" aired on the Charlotte station too, when it moved to noon. "Card Sharks" also aired there too.
When I was a teenager I could get Charlotte and Asheville stations too. I'm not sure about WFBC (now WYFF) but definitely WLOS and WSPA. What I remember most about these stations is WLOS had reruns of "I Love Lucy", which I watched for the first time during those years (though I remember seeing it when I was much younger, but that doesn't really count since I didn't remember it), and WSPA had "Hee Haw" in its normal Saturday evening slot while WSOC in Charlotte waited a week.
I do remember Carol Burnett being on WLOS before the soap opera "Loving" in 1985.
The one preemption that really baffled me, was WYFF airing "America" with Sarah Purcell instead of the soap "Santa Barbara." By January of 86, i believe that 4 was airing "Santa Barbara."
I was thinking about "The Bell Telephone Hour" and AFL games(in the 60s). Did any NBC stations take a AFL match instead of "The Bell Telephone Hour"?
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I remember WWF/E Raw would get preempted by the Westminster Dog Show on USA.
Was WLOS picketed for not airing Dark Shadows? The reason i ask is that they dropped the show in 1967 and re-cleared it in early 1968(very likely because people picketed the station because it was pre-empted for Dennis The Menace, but they later cleared the show in early 1968.
WYFF had the less preemptions of daytime programming in the 60s. They carried everything with the exception of the 4:00 show.
In the central time zone CBS and NBC had a break from noon to 12:30, which is where stations would carry their news, but for some reason ABC always had shows in that time slot, so stations had to either pre-empt shows at that time or juggle the schedule to make room for news. Now ABC has their break from 11:00 to noon CT, and stations will put news or syndicated shows there. But then the way the big 3 do their daytime schedules now they all have breaks at different times.
WYFF used that period for the news or "The Match Game" with Gene Rayburn in the 60s. "Somerset" also aired in the break between noon to 12:30, which here is 1 to 1:30.
I remember WWF/E Raw would get preempted by the Westminster Dog Show on USA.
Westminster was a consistent ratings winner for USA, wasn't it? I think it became something of an annual tradition for a lot of dog lovers, especially since hardly any other dog shows got any TV coverage.
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CTListener said:Westminster was a consistent ratings winner for USA, wasn't it? I think it became something of an annual tradition for a lot of dog lovers, especially since hardly any other dog shows got any TV coverage.
That would make sense b/c it had a good, long run on USA.
When a show was on a week delay, would they get the eps direct for lets say NBC or Procter Gamble productions?