Is the College Football Scoreboard filler optional? I didn't know stations could opt to replace it with local newscasts.
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They preempted that for this?
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Is the College Football Scoreboard filler optional? I didn't know stations could opt to replace it with local newscasts.
I would think that a station could get away with a break for local news then, but most stations will probably stay with the scoreboard show, especially if the game runs over past 7 PM ET and the next game starts at 7:30.
ABC has the scoreboard show scheduled for 7 PM ET and the night game at 7:30 again this coming Saturday, so I'm guessing this will be a regular thing now. Fox has MLB baseball starting at 7 PM ET as well on Saturday.
WABC New York and WPVI Philly used to air local news at 7:00 back when ABC used to leave a 7-8 PM window between games, but Scoreboard was scheduled from 6:30-7:00 and the news wouldn't start until after it ended even if the first game ran over. This year, now that ABC no longer leaves this gap, there's no news until after the last game.
Tonight's Bears/Redskins NFL game is airing on WJLA Washington DC (ABC), pre-empting the Season 3 premiere of The Good Doctor completely, and bumping Dancing with the Stars to 1:02 AM.
Chicago is airing the game on WGN, freeing up the major network affiliates, but WFLD (FOX) is airing a 90-minute postgame show at 10:30, pre-empting Big Bang Theory, TMZ, and Extra. TMZ slides back to 12:00 AM, replacing half of a repeat of the 9:00 PM newscast. BBT and Extra aren't airing at all.
Chicago is airing the game on WGN, freeing up the major network affiliates, but WFLD (FOX) is airing a 90-minute postgame show at 10:30, pre-empting Big Bang Theory, TMZ, and Extra. TMZ slides back to 12:00 AM, replacing half of a repeat of the 9:00 PM newscast. BBT and Extra aren't airing at all.
incorrect. Good Doctor is on at 1:07 Tuesday Night/Wednesday Morning
Oh, wait, I didn't read that right.
With ABC News coverage taking up most of morning, Live With Kelly and Ryan is airing across the Live Well Network today. Tamern Hall is on there as well, for the East Coast stations.
On Tuesday, most of 10-11 AM ET programming on CBS got pre-empted by a special report on POTUS. In many cases, including WCBS and WFSB, it was during Let's Make a Deal, with most of the show lost, including the premiere of a new game. And of all days, I was in the audience for that episode (did not get picked). Since stations can choose to air it at either 10 AM or 3 PM Eastern, other markets and the West Coast got it in full.
Thursday Night Football on FOX begins tonight, affecting 7:30 ET/6:30 CT syndies weekly for the next several weeks.
As always, WLUK Green Bay will be cutting their 60-minute 5:00 newscast in half to air Wheel of Fortune an hour early at 5:30, earlier than its usually mandatory prime access slotting.
WXIX Cincinnati, which normally airs Wheel at 7:00 and Jeopardy! at 7:30, will be moving Jeopardy! up to 7:00 due to the pregame. Last year, this would result in Wheel getting bumped to 1:30 AM. This year, Wheel is bumped earlier to 6:00 PM, replacing a Jeopardy! repeat and bumping that overnight instead.
As always, WLUK Green Bay will be cutting their 60-minute 5:00 newscast in half to air Wheel of Fortune an hour early at 5:30, earlier than its usually mandatory prime access slotting.
WXIX Cincinnati, which normally airs Wheel at 7:00 and Jeopardy! at 7:30, will be moving Jeopardy! up to 7:00 due to the pregame. Last year, this would result in Wheel getting bumped to 1:30 AM. This year, Wheel is bumped earlier to 6:00 PM, replacing a Jeopardy! repeat and bumping that overnight instead.
Interesting since in Seattle the ABC affiliate (KOMO) was not airing Maguire's testimony, at least when I left the house at 7am. Did ABC's coverage not start that early, or did KOMO just not decide to air it? For reference, CBS' KIRO and NBC's KING did air it while Q13 Fox did not.
The hearings also knocked out local time until about 11:20 AM CT. THis caused WBBJ ABC 7 in Jackson, TN to come into Jeopardy late on the day that Jason Zuffaneri's run as champ ended.
When is Prime Access in the Central time zone? It would be nice to have an hour in the evening for syndicated programming, but then prime time programs would come on much later at night.
From what I know, Prime Access is between 6-7pm. The first half-hour is usually local news with the second half-hour being syndicated programming (or in the case of TV stations like KSHB-TV in Kansas City, MO - more news).
yesterday, the Dallas/Fort Worth area were glued to their TV sets to watch Amber Guyger testify in what is consider the "Trail of The Year" in North Texas, as Guyger is the (now former) Dallas Police officer that went into the wrong appartment instead of hers and killed Botham Jean (an unarmed black man) in his apartment while she thought it was her apartment. this case was a controvesial case and is the focus of the local news here in North Texas. i know WFAA aired the testimony live and preempted programing that aired at the time period of the testimony part of the trail. i don't know if KDFW, KXAS and KTVT preempted local programing for the trail.
They have been focusing mostly on Justin Bieber"s wedding this coming week almost nonstop. What makes them think people care about that so much.
My local NBC (WCBD in Charleston) preempted NASCAR pre-race today to run a Southeastern Spine Institute infomercial...
Charleston, SC or WV? If SC, this is a pretty unusual preemption in a state with traditionally high interest in NASCAR, isn't it? Or is NASCAR in a death spiral ratings-wise there just as in much of the rest of the country? I suppose any time slot has its price when the infomercial people come calling with their checks.
South Carolina.
Around 5:30-5:45 CDT, Bears-Vikings game coverage on CBS was interrupted by my local affiliate (WCIA-3 Champaign, IL) for severe weather coverage. There had been tornado warnings in the northern part of their viewing area earlier, but was all severe thunderstorm warnings by the time the storm system approached Champaign.
Considering this market has strong Chicago Bears allegiances, their Facebook page lit up with viewer complaints and outrage as the interruption approached 15 minutes.
Considering this market has strong Chicago Bears allegiances, their Facebook page lit up with viewer complaints and outrage as the interruption approached 15 minutes.