Like for example if a NFL game goes past 8:00 that CBS preempts the 10:00 show so that the late news starts on time. Or a college football game preempts a syndicated show.
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Have you ever seen a sports event last so long, that it preempts a show?
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Years ago I remember seeing a Pepsi 400 (the July Daytona NASCAR race) that ran so long on NBC (I think) that it was 1 or 2 in the morning ET before the winner went to Victory Lane. They had a long rain delay. It's a fuzzy memory so it may have been a different race, but I know it was supposed to start at night.
I remember the 1986 Mets-Astros NLCS game 6, because it first preempted the local news, then it preempted the network news, then it preempted Wheel of Fortune. it ran 4 hours and 42 minutes.
I can remember when NBC had Monday Night Baseball seeing them announce that the Tonight Show would be pre-empted because of how long the game ran, although I couldn't pinpoint a particular game that might have happened in. And with it being a Monday night it was likely either a repeat or they had a guest host that night.
It happened a few times with postseason games in the 80s for sure.
you didn't watch Futurama on Fox did, or try to
I did my research and now I remember it...it was the 2005 Pepsi 400, on NBC. The checkered flag waved at 1:42AM ET the next morning due to a 2 1/2 hour rain delay! That would make it almost 11PM PT. Oh, I'm sure those weekend local anchors were happy to do their newscast at 2AM ET...not! I wonder if some NBC stations that night just ditched the news and went to late-night infomercials after...
I'm talking about a extra long game, like the 86 Mets-Astros NLCS game 6, or the Braves=Mets game in 99.
Essentially, the postgame for the NLCS served as the pregame for ALCS Game 7, giving ABC roughly 8 and a half straight hours of baseball.
Same thing with the 2015 race, which had a major accident at the end. It was delayed by rain for hours, preempting the news, and ended with a huge crash.
If my memory is correct, that's just what happened, because i don't remember Wheel or Jeopardy coming on that night.
Surprised nobody mentioned SNL getting preempted because of Game 6 (aka Buckner) of the 1986 World Series. They showed the episode two weeks later.
I forgot about that one.
One of last year's World Series games had our Fox affiliate's "late local news" start at 12:58 AM Central Time, and they STILL did the Sunday "Sports Overtime" after the newscast!
Hosted by Rosanna Arquette. They inserted an "apology" from Ron Darling of the New York Mets at the beginning. What else may have complicated matters was the fact that daylight saving time ended that night. (Remember, it ended in late October then!) It is best remembered for the spoof of The People's Court. Phil Hartman was Judge Wapner. Kevin Nealon was Doug Llewelyn. Jon Lovitz was Mister Mephistopheles...the Devil! Rosanna and Jan Hooks were also in the sketch. Still one of my favorite sketches of all time from that show!
The 1992 ALCS between the Blue Jays and Athletics had a game preempt a presidential debate.
There was a AFC game in the 80s on NBC that ended in a tie and preempted Here's Boomer. One of the teams playing was the Jets, but can't remember the other team. Maybe it was the Dolphins?
Later that year, there was a Bengals-Falcons game in Atlanta- that delayed "The Family Circus Christmas Special"- can't remember the what week it was though.
There was a AFC game in the 80s on NBC that ended in a tie and preempted Here's Boomer. One of the teams playing was the Jets, but can't remember the other team. Maybe it was the Dolphins?
Later that year, there was a Bengals-Falcons game in Atlanta- that delayed "The Family Circus Christmas Special"- can't remember the what week it was though.
Thanks to the baseball TV database(sabrmedia.org/databases/network-tv-broadcasts/searchable-network-tv-broadcasts) i was able to find a ton of instances where games lasted long enough to preempt prime time.
Game 5 of the 86 ALCS also preempted the news. I remember it looked like the Angels were going to win the pennant, and then..Dave Henderson hits that home run. We were shocked it happened.
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