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NBC Olympic stations passing Jeopardy & Wheel to sister stations

gregg75

gregg75

I see the Olympics have pushed 7:30 Jeopardy from NBC WXIA in Atlanta to sister station WATL 36. Where else is this happening?
 
Is anyone really watching the Games? We've heard practically nothing in detail (not that I've missed it) except the "free Bethany" stories surrounding gymnast Biles.
 
Back to the original topic, I think different affiliates are doing different things. Some stations aren’t airing them at all, some stations are airing them normally, and I think at least one station, WDIV in Detroit has moved Jeopardy! to 7:00 instead of 7:30 where it usually airs, pre-empting Wheel.
 
KWWL is airing only one Jeopardy at 4pm their not airing daytime Jeopardy. Wheel of Fortune airs at it's regular time at 6:30pm but on KWWL 7.2 CW. Of course starting Monday the cw is suppose to move to 9.3 so don't know what will change then. WHO NBC 13 in Des Moines is not airing the Olympic Zone so Wheel of Fortune still airs at 6:30pm but Jeopardy airs from 3:30-4:30am.
 
landtuna said:
Is anyone really watching the Games? We've heard practically nothing in detail (not that I've missed it) except the "free Bethany" stories surrounding gymnast Biles.
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I am but because I am drawn to NBA players that are at the Olympics. I know Golf Channel another NBC owned Sports outlet is airing PGA stars golfing in the Olympics. There are a few Sports I am aware of that's bringing pro-sports stars to the games from the NBA, the PGA, Tennis, FIFA stars for Soccer, Rugby, Field Hockey, Handball and some of the MLB stars for Baseball.

Note I know there are some sports like Track and Field, Fencing, Badminton, Triathlon, Marathons, Table Tennis,Swimming, Gymnastics, Volleyball, that are exclusive to the Olympics and only seen every two years except for 2021-2022 season where the gap between Olympic events is 6 months this time around.

Interestingly Skateboarding and BMX Bikes which was usually associated with the Xgames in the past is now in the Olympics.
 
Inside Edition isn't being seen kinda surprised that Nexstar didn't put it on WOTV at 1:30AM since it is paid programming at that time. Wood TV moved Rachel Ray to 12PM on WOTV, Dr. Oz to 2PM on WXSP, Ellen at 3PM on WOTV.
 
I don't see any of it on KSBY (San Luis Obispo, CA) or its WB sister station CW5. Would you be able to find out for me?
 
Wheel has been bounced off the podium at NBC Right Now in central Washington (but they are in reruns anyways); albeit, Jeopardy's guest host run continues in between coverage of the Olympics...
I remember when the 2018 Winter Olympics happened, Wheel and Jeopardy were still showing new episodes of course. It felt odd to watch 'tonight's' Wheel bonus round at 2:30 in the afternoon. Poor KOMO viewers had to wait nearly 5 hours to see the bonus round puzzle ;)
 
KOAA, the Scripps-owned Colorado Springs NBC affiliate has been running Olympic Zone. Given the Springs has US Olympic hq and training center, plus a newly opened Olympic/Paralympic museum, no surprise.
 
No Olympic Zone on my local. In fact, Jeopardy! is the only syndicated show whatsoever, running at 3PM. They are airing one hour of local news at 4, and 35 minutes of news at 9:30 PM.
 
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