CBS not broadcasting Thanksgiving Day Parade

[umfan]

What's wrong with watching the Thanksgiving Day parade on NBC?

Not a thing, IMO, but it's pre-empted in Detroit to show the wonderful local parade. When CBS aired the same parade NBC did, it enabled viewers the ability to flip between the two while they were live.

 

[vchimpanzee]

What's wrong with watching the Thanksgiving Day parade on NBC?

When my father was living I could see part of it earlier on CBS and eat lunch with him.

Back then I didn't have a VCR or anything.

 

[radiofan2023]

When my father was living I could see part of it earlier on CBS and eat lunch with him.

Back then I didn't have a VCR or anything.

That sounds like a nice time with your dad.

 

[AbrahamJSimpson]

As Thanksgiving 2025 approaches, I hope that CBS reconsiders its Thanksgiving morning programming.

Don’t bet on it.

CBS could do quite well by reverting to its earlier “All-American Thanksgiving Day Parade” format and showcase several parades.

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The show could be hosted in the virtual studio (CBS Parade Central?!) in the New York Broadcast Center

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and utilize on-the-ground news reporters and photographers from O&Os in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Detroit.

The Philly parade is owned by the ABC station. They may syndicate it regionally, but there’s precisely zero chance of CBS Philly being there contributing to a national broadcast.

The “whip-around” format makes for an engaging broadcast, particularly when there are lulls in the parade. And as some mentioned earlier in the thread... fulfilling a desire for more balloons and less musical acts.

There is precisely no clamoring for that. Macy’s has come to dominate Thanksgiving morning for out-of-market parade watching.
You’re not going to succeed trying to roll back the clock.