Bin Laden is dead no regular TV schedule the rest of the night.

[radiolives]

I like how this afternoon FOX News is still saying their stupid alert which both MSNBC and CNN just have regular graphics. This isn't a alert

 

[recto101]

Does anyone really care? After all this time? Well?

Absolutely! It is a huge deal to Americans whose compatriots were murdered, as well as to the countries whose citizens were our guests and were murdered on that day, Tuesday, September 11, 2001.

KTVU the Fox Station in San Francisco aired the Bin Laden assasination from CNN instead of Fox News..

It was not an assasination. Our country's stated position has always been that if we cannot bring him to justice, we will bring justice to him. We hunted him down, as per our nation's stated policy, and whether we brought him to justice dead or alive was no particular concern of ours, as per our nation's stated policy. He was the mastermind, which equates to premeditated murder.

You're 100% correct.

 

[OhioMediaWatch]

Did any of the networks do a prime-time special? I'm unaware if any did, as I was busy until 10 (and no one is doing it now).

It sounds like they all decided an extended evening newscast would serve their news purposes. I think all three networks (with evening news, of course, sans Fox) extended their 6:30 ET cast.

 

[DToTheJ]

DCRTV.com says that Fox 5 broke in briefly then returned to an "Everybody Loves Raymond" rerun.

Meanwhile, that same Fox 5 had a major gaffe right after the President delivered his statement on the death of Osama bin Laden...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMP7Ys57ha4

 

[bpatrick]

I know that ABC and CBS stayed on until 7:30 (ET); I believe NBC
stayed on until 8, because my local NBC affiliate usually runs "Extra!"
at 7:30 and "Nightly News" was still on at that time.

I wonder how many stations that air "Jeopardy!" at 7 are catching flak
from their viewers? : WJLA won't this time, but they might for pre-empting
"Wheel Of Fortune".

 

[Robnoxious]

KTTV in Los Angeles is showing FOX network programming. Right now The Cleveland Show is on. :-\

If it doesn't involve Lindsey Lohan, Paris Hilton, Charlie Sheen or some random jackass running from police along the I-5 it's not news to KTTV.

 

[vchimpanzee]

Amazing coincidence--gun-happy Casey on the NBC spy comedy "Chuck" was going with Chuck to Vegas and hoping to go to a shooting range, while the others wanted gambling and strippers. He brought along a photo of Bin Laden for target practice. They didn't know when they taped that!

 

[vchimpanzee]

I believe CBS broke at midnight ET/9 PM PT so it could show the rest of its schedule in the Pacific time zone, with "The Amazing Race" bumped to 9 PM, "Undercover Boss" at 10, and "CSI: Miami" pre-empted for the week.

"Undercover Boss" aired as normal in the East, or at least I got the ending of it on VHS, but haven't watched yet. I only know they weren't doing continuous coverage yet.

"Desperate Housewives" aired as usual and was one of the best of the season.

I used TiVo to tape Animation Domination and everything aired as usual, though it was mostly reruns.

 

[vchimpanzee]

Then, I'll have to find "Desperate Housewives"

Hopefully you can. It was wonderful.

 

[vchimpanzee]

I wonder how many stations that air "Jeopardy!" at 7 are catching flak
from their viewers? : WJLA won't this time, but they might for pre-empting
"Wheel Of Fortune".

"Jeopardy" is airing a tournament, so that'll be repeated. That helps. I get the show at both times.

 

[WPPCProductions]

Dwell Dwell and Dwell on the story.

 

[Silkie]

Right, and don't pay attention to anything else that is going on.

 

[WPPCProductions]

Good riddance to the son of a beach.I would love to shake the hand of the seal that shot him.

 

[JeeperOne]

KTTV in Los Angeles is showing FOX network programming. Right now The Cleveland Show is on. :-\

Strangely enough, both KWGN 2 & KDVR 31 simulcasted Fox News (Which was HORRIBLY letterboxed)

I say it was horribly letterboxed because they either didn't realize that FNC now broadcasts to cable viewers in letterbox format or they weren't receiving the signal on their end very well. Either way, it looked AWFUL on both channels. FNC on cable however looked the way it was supposed to

Cheers

 

[JeeperOne]

On a lighter note I see Fox News has his name as Usama Bin Laden. Is this some sort of alternate spelling I wasn't aware of or did FNC screw up again.

They screwed up again. All the other news ops are/were spelling & pronouncing it the way they're supposed to

Cheers

 

[JeeperOne]

KTTV in Los Angeles is showing FOX network programming. Right now The Cleveland Show is on. :-\

Yep...the Big 3 networks, plus KTLA, KCAL (who already has a regularly-scheduled primetime newscast), and Telemundo all have wall-to-wall coverage. Even though there's already coverage on cable via Fox News Channel, Big Fox really dropped the ball on this one...

Probably intentional since coverage was already available on FNC (Fox Business didn't interrupt its programming & I seriously doubt many MyNetwork TV affiliates carried any coverage)

Interestingly enough, ESPN had the story scrolling across on its ticker during SNB. Of course, they also commented on it while covering the game & showing the pride of Philadelphia (You could tell they were showing "Brotherly Love" to Al Qaeda ;D )

Cheers

 

[JeeperOne]

Does anyone really care? After all this time? Well?

Yes, I care. How often is the crawl on ALL the ESPN networks running news and to turn to ABC News for more info instead of sports scores and info?

Even the top story on SportsCenter took a back seat (Or second fiddle if you prefer) to President Obama's announcement (Which aired in part on ESPN once SNB finally ended)

All the networks and cable news channels had regular weekday anchors coming in at 11pm on a Sunday night.

All I saw were Brian Williams (NBC/MSNBC) & George Stephonopolis (Sp?) (ABC). No Katie Couric on CBS (I guess with her upcoming removal from the CBS Evening News, they probably didn't want to confuse viewers by putting her on). Everybody else was on all the cable news channels

Cheers

 

[JeeperOne]

The networks are going to be scrambling to refeed all these programs to their viewers. Expect some schedule shuffling as everything from The Amazing Race to The Celebrity Apprentice is reslotted.

In Phoenix, CBS went immediately to "CSI: Miami" (after CBS interrupted Amazing Race and left me hanging). Then, in an odd twist, CBS5 broke in with local news before the end of "CSI: Miami".

Here in Denver, CSI: Miami never aired. CBS O&O KCNC 4 went to network & stayed with it until shortly after 10:00 PM when they started their 10:00 PM news

KMGH 7 (ABC) did the same thing though they dumped Sports Xtra (Or SPX as its known by the locals) & went back to network at 10:35 PM

KUSA 9 (NBC) did the same thing though (Strangely enough) they never did go back to network. They ended their coverage somewhere around 11:30 PM or so (??) (I forget now)

Both KWGN 2 & KDVR 31 ended their coverage around 10:00 PM

Also, I noticed that while BBC America was offering no coverage at all (Not a complete surprise), KBDI-DT 12.3 (Mhz. Networks) was picking up coverage from Al Jazeera. But that coverage ended shortly after President Obama gave his speech

Cheers

 

[JeeperOne]

Brian Williams arrived pretty late in their coverage, and he didn't stay long. Normally he would have transitioned to MSNBC, but he didn't.

Umm.....How long did you stay up? Brian was on until the last couple of hours of live coverage on MSNBC (Those last couple hours starting somewhere around 2:00 AM ET & were anchored by Tomas Roberts)

After that, MSNBC just repeated some of Brian's earlier coverage until their morning lineup (Minus the butchered Hardball show) took over

Cheers

 

[OhioMediaWatch]

Also, I noticed that while BBC America was offering no coverage at all (Not a complete surprise), KBDI-DT 12.3 (Mhz. Networks) was picking up coverage from Al Jazeera. But that coverage ended shortly after President Obama gave his speech

Yep, MHz Worldview went to that Al Jazeera English coverage nationally. I saw it here at the same time on WEAO/49.3. They kept it on for less than an hour, IIRC.