How long have been the networks been switching to the ends of NFL games? Since the 1970s, or did that start in the 1980s?
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How long have the networks been switching to the ends of NFL games?
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I do not know the answer to this, but my guess it was even later, in the 90's. One important thing to note is in home markets the full game must be shown however much of a blow-out it may or not be. Say the 49ers are down 35-3 in the mid-4th quarter. The network is required to remain with the game until the end in the local market, which might include not only San Francisco stations, but others in the vicinity such as Sacramento and Fresno. This actually applies to the reverse. In the home market, an earlier game that has gone into overtime will not show the end if the local team is starting play. The NFL contracts have strict rules on this type of thing.
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Yep. Here in Asheville, the Panthers games stay on until it's over, even if it's a blowout. But WHNS/21 has preempted a Panthers home game once, to show the Falcons. But all secondary markets have to carry the road games, but not necessarily the home games, as WHNS did one time with the Panthers, by airing the Falcons-Seahawks game.
NBC seemed to switch more often than CBS, since CBS wanted 60 Minutes on ASAP, where as NBC didn't really anything at 7:00 that was worth airing anyway.
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