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They preempted that for this?
- Thread starter Stanislav
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https://marketshare.tvnewscheck.com/2020/03/18/kwwl-airing-coronaviris-special-tonight/
KWWL to air a Special on COVID-19
KWWL to air a Special on COVID-19
Texas Nexstar Owned stations will air a special with the Governor on March 19th in regards to COVID-19
https://marketshare.tvnewscheck.com...ring-statewide-town-hall-with-texas-governor/
https://marketshare.tvnewscheck.com...ring-statewide-town-hall-with-texas-governor/
Of course they choose Wheel of Fortune's time slot for this even though they air Jeopardy! twice a day...
On this topic of all topics...complaining about a game show not airing for a day is the definition of petty.
WTVY announced Tuesday's WOF will air Saturday morning at 6:30 AM on 4.3 CW, still listed as half of Rachael Ray (I guess that would have been a makegood? I didn't know RR had a weekend run).
More NY and PA coronavirus press conference cut-ins today. On all of the Big Four, NY Governor Cuomo cut in around 11:25 AM or so (on Price is Right, it was during bidding for a fireplace), and lasted through the news at noon/Days of Our Lives.
NJ Governor Murphy cut in to the Big Four in both NYC and Philly at 2:07 PM. In NYC, WNYW switched back to Extra at 2:41, WABC again signed off at 3:00 in order to show General Hospital, and WNBC signed off at 3:02, JIP'ing Ellen during her monologue. WCBS did not air this conference and stuck with The Talk and Dr. Phil uninterrupted. In Philly, all four stations aired Murphy's address as well as another address out of Montgomery County, and I believe it lasted until the 4:00 newscasts.
Pittsburgh also had a press conference from around 2:00-3:40 PM, but only WTAE (ABC) and KDKA (CBS) aired it. General Hospital and Dr. Phil were JIP'd. WPXI (NBC) and WPGH (FOX) stuck with regular programming.
WALA/FOX in Mobile, Alabama, and presumably other stations there, also have a local press conference on right now starting sometime before 3:00 Central and still going, pre-empting People's Court and Dr. Phil.
Also, Strahan Sara & Keke is pulled all this week for ABC News coronavirus specials.
NJ Governor Murphy cut in to the Big Four in both NYC and Philly at 2:07 PM. In NYC, WNYW switched back to Extra at 2:41, WABC again signed off at 3:00 in order to show General Hospital, and WNBC signed off at 3:02, JIP'ing Ellen during her monologue. WCBS did not air this conference and stuck with The Talk and Dr. Phil uninterrupted. In Philly, all four stations aired Murphy's address as well as another address out of Montgomery County, and I believe it lasted until the 4:00 newscasts.
Pittsburgh also had a press conference from around 2:00-3:40 PM, but only WTAE (ABC) and KDKA (CBS) aired it. General Hospital and Dr. Phil were JIP'd. WPXI (NBC) and WPGH (FOX) stuck with regular programming.
WALA/FOX in Mobile, Alabama, and presumably other stations there, also have a local press conference on right now starting sometime before 3:00 Central and still going, pre-empting People's Court and Dr. Phil.
Also, Strahan Sara & Keke is pulled all this week for ABC News coronavirus specials.
Going out on a limb, but does anyone really prioritize knowing the minutes every station joined a news conference and what was interrupted during a...checks notes...global pandemic?
As always when KWWL pre-empts Wheel of Fortune with local specials (they do it a lot, and always on Wednesdays), it's bumped to 7.2 CW, replacing Mom. Listings don't account for this, obviously.
Even during a pandemic, the Jeopardy! favoritism continues...
Tonight, KATU in Portland (ABC) aired a coronavirus press conference from 7:00-7:40. The crawl at the bottom of the screen said that Jeopardy! would air "immediately following" the conference. At 7:40, Jeopardy! was JIP'd as if it began at 7:30, effectively meaning it was moved to replace Wheel of Fortune on the fly. After it was over, Shark Tank started at 8:00 as usual, and Wheel did not air.
Tonight, KATU in Portland (ABC) aired a coronavirus press conference from 7:00-7:40. The crawl at the bottom of the screen said that Jeopardy! would air "immediately following" the conference. At 7:40, Jeopardy! was JIP'd as if it began at 7:30, effectively meaning it was moved to replace Wheel of Fortune on the fly. After it was over, Shark Tank started at 8:00 as usual, and Wheel did not air.
So what? Really, you’re complaining about nonsensical favoritism? Priorities.
First World problem.
"Jeopardy" is educational. That has value when kids can't go to school.
"Wheel" is just Hangman, which I suppose is a skill.
"Wheel" is just Hangman, which I suppose is a skill.
And as has been pointed out repeatedly, Jeopardy has continuity. And perhaps it rates better there.
Something tells me the good people of Portland will place this into its proper context.
Something tells me the good people of Portland will place this into its proper context.
If you tried to watch Jeopardy! and saw that Wheel of Fortune was on instead, and then stuck around to see that they skipped straight to the next show, you wouldn't like it, either. Of course, this never happens, only vice versa.
They re-rescheduled the makegood of Tuesday's Wheel to simply air Saturday evening at 6:30 PM Central on the main station, bumping the rerun to 4:00 AM Sunday morning.