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"(Program Title) will not be seen (today/tonight)" Last time networks did this?

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spencerkarter85

"(Program Title) will not be seen (today/tonight)" Last time networks did this?

Do you remember when your favorite network program was pre-empted by the networks like for example "The Young and The Restless will not be seen today". When was the last time the networks did network pre-emption announcements?
 
Re: "(Program Title) will not be seen (today/tonight)" Last time networks did this?

Thay still do it, especially Fox during the world Series time..but nowadays, they're done more like a regular promo, with clips from the program and a 'House returns next week/after the Series' voiceover, rather than using the exact words 'will not be seen tonight'.
 
Re: "(Program Title) will not be seen (today/tonight)" Last time networks did this?

Yeah I suppose it's a "downer" for the viewer, to word it originally like that!

I wonder if that was ever done with the series "The Invisible Man," as in " 'The Invisible Man' will not be seen tonight..."

cd
 
Re: "(Program Title) will not be seen (today/tonight)" Last time networks did this?

I guess spencer's recalling (like me) the days when the network would show a *slide* with the regular show's name and cast members' faces accompanied by the pre-emption announcement. But I agree, doing it like a promo w/clips somehow looks better, if slightly less dignified. :)

ixnay
 
Re: "(Program Title) will not be seen (today/tonight)" Last time networks did this?

ixnay said:
I guess spencer's recalling (like me) the days when the network would show a *slide* with the regular show's name and cast members' faces accompanied by the pre-emption announcement. But I agree, doing it like a promo w/clips somehow looks better, if slightly less dignified. :)
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I think the last time any network had simple bumper slides with a staff announcer mentioning which show(s) was (were) being preempted that night, was the late 1980's on CBS.
 
Re: "(Program Title) will not be seen (today/tonight)" Last time networks did this?

Right, they used to say, "(so and so) will not be seen tonight so that we may bring you (whatever)."

Now, it's more like "(so and so) will return next week at its regular time; now stay tuned for (whatever)."

It's making a positive out of a negative, or at least, what might seem negative to the viewer.
 
Re: "(Program Title) will not be seen (today/tonight)" Last time networks did this?

CBS' standard script for a program preemption was, "Because of the following special program, "(show title)" will not be presented this evening."

As a rule, after the special was over, CBS would make another announcement, along the lines of "(show title)," starring (series star or stars), will return next week at its regular time on most of these stations."
 
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