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CBS Is Handing Late Night to Byron Allen—But What About the Affiliates?

Unless CBS sends nasty letters saying "Air Byron or we yank our affiliation!", I wouldn't be surprised if some affiliates try to do an hour-long newscast at 11PM and syndicated programming afterwards, taking Byron into the 12:30, 1, or even 2AM timeslot. Remember in the early '90s, CBS "Crimetime After Primetime" was preempted on quite a few stations, opting to air syndicated sitcom repeats and Entertainment Tonight/A Current Affair instead. And for some stations, the first 1-2 years of Letterman was preempted or delayed for syndicated reruns.

The news is a better revenue stream anyway.
 
crainbebo said:
Remember in the early '90s, CBS "Crimetime After Primetime" was preempted on quite a few stations, opting to air syndicated sitcom repeats and Entertainment Tonight/A Current Affair instead. And for some stations, the first 1-2 years of Letterman was preempted or delayed for syndicated reruns.
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That was 30+ years ago. Networks' tolerance for premptions has gone down, significantly, since then.
 
CBS may not be really willing to defend Byron Allen per se but the network might be willing (in principle and for principal) to defend the idea that stations shouldn't preempt its network shows. All of that said, since most of the network's stations are now owned by groups with conservative political agendas beyond their business agendas (so is CBS, by the way), it is hard to see those owners actually preempting a network show, even if it's just filler, unless the ratings for their own stations take a very dramatic tumble quickly.
 
I'm sure whatever fee CBS charged Allen to buy the time included a certain level of clearance on the network, so I doubt affiliates will be able to pre-empt at will.
 
mightynine said:
I'm sure whatever fee CBS charged Allen to buy the time included a certain level of clearance on the network, so I doubt affiliates will be able to pre-empt at will.
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But is expanding the local news and delaying the start of the program at midnight instead of 11:35 viewed the same as preempting?
 


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