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They preempted that for this?

Noticed it a bit late in the season, but COZI in Philadelphia has replaced Frasier and the first hour of Rosanne with Eagles Rewind on Wednesday nights from 8-10pm.

Panthers replays air on Fox Sports South every Wednesday at 7-9:30. The Falcons replays, unfortunately for their fans this year, air Tuesdays from 7-9:30. I thought since the Panthers and Falcons played each other this past Sunday that it might only air on Tuesday night this week. But nope, it aired both nights. Now the Falcons replays are blacked out here, like the Hawks and Dream. I forgot to check to see if it was still blacked out last night since they were playing the Panthers but it probably was.

Said Panthers replay actually ended at 9:15 tonight.
 
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Last night "Jeopardy" didn't record on WFMY. My TiVo listed the gubernational debate. I have it set to record anything because it refused to record "Jeopardy" twice, but that's necessary in case something happens on WCNC.
 
Last night "Jeopardy" didn't record on WFMY. My TiVo listed the gubernational debate. I have it set to record anything because it refused to record "Jeopardy" twice, but that's necessary in case something happens on WCNC.

It aired at 2:07 AM according to WFMY's site, following Wheel at 1:37. Same as the NFL pre-emptions.
 
I don't suppose you know ... oh, you're not him.

I was wondering who aired the debate in my area. WFMY is on my cable system but I am considered to be in the Charlotte market.

According to Zap2It and Titan, no Big Four stations in Charlotte aired the debate. It was the only native NC market that did not air it anywhere outside of PBS.


Other stations that aired the debate:

Raleigh/Durham:
WRAL NBC 5 - Local news is at 7:00; Inside Edition at 7:30 pre-empted, but repeats at 3:00 AM regardless.
WTVD ABC 11 - Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune moved to 11.2 Localish.

Greensboro/Winston-Salem:
WFMY CBS 2 - As mentioned, Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! bumped to 1:37 and 2:07 AM, replacing an infomercial and part of CBS Overnight News.
WGHP FOX 8 - Two episodes of Seinfeld pre-empted.
WXII NBC 12 - Inside Edition and Entertainment Tonight pre-empted, but they repeat the next day on WCWG CW 20 at 9:00 and 9:30 AM.

Washington/New Bern:
WITN NBC 7 - Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! moved to 7.2 MyTV, replacing two episodes of Last Man Standing.
WCTI ABC 12 - Two episodes of Judge Judy pre-empted. Two other runs air at 4:00 and 4:30 PM.
WYDO FOX 14 - Two episodes of Big Bang Theory bumped to 3:00 and 3:30 AM, replacing the secondary run of Wendy Williams.

Wilmington:
WWAY CBS 3.2 - No programming affected; local news airs at 7:00 and 7:30.
WECT NBC 6 - Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! bumped to 3:00 and 3:30 AM, replacing Jeopardy!'s secondary run and an infomercial.
WILM 12 (independent) - Two of three consecutive Big Bang Theorys pre-empted.

Asheville:
WYFF NBC 4 - Stuck with Entertainment Tonight and Inside Edition; aired debate on 4.2 MeTV, replacing two episodes of M*A*S*H.
 
This is a bad time to be a fan of whatever show airs on your local East Coast FOX station at 7:30/6:30 Central. That time slot is pre-empted every weekday from October 15-23, plus Tue-Wed the 27th-28th if World Series Games 6 and 7 are necessary. Although stations do have the option of moving Friday's WWE Kickoff Special to a sister station or subchannel.
 
This is a bad time to be a fan of whatever show airs on your local East Coast FOX station at 7:30/6:30 Central. That time slot is pre-empted every weekday from October 15-23, plus Tue-Wed the 27th-28th if World Series Games 6 and 7 are necessary. Although stations do have the option of moving Friday's WWE Kickoff Special to a sister station or subchannel.
For WJZY that’s the Big Bang Theory and to my knowledge it is not being rescheduled.
 
On Friday, my local FOX affiliate (WFQX) aired high school football, bumping off both of its local newscasts, TMZ x2, and one episode of Two Broke Girls, while delaying Smackdown an hour and a half. If they air any more HS football games this fall, I would expect the previous bumps and delays to hold.

WFQX is airing another high school football game tonight (Friday), so I would expect the previous bumps/delays from September 18th to also hold. This also means the Kickoff Special is completely skipped in Traverse City/Cadillac, unless they're going to run it between the conclusion of the football game and the delayed SmackDown.
 
FOX is still only giving three hours for MLB games. There's no way any of these postseason or WS games will be over in time. And of top of that, they're now doing full-on postgame discussions after the game (much like CBS does with College Football), instead of just a quick commercial break and wrap-up. NLCS Game 4 didn't sign off on FOX until 12:02 AM, over an hour late. So late that it affects Wheel of Fortune on KHON in Hawaii. If any sporting event runs past 6:00 PM Hawaii time, the 6:00 news still runs for 30 minutes and Wheel gets JIP'd. It does move to 8:00 PM on TNF days, but only after the time change.
 
The next 3 weeks NBC North Dakota (KVLY Fargo/Grand Forks, KFYR Bismarck, KMOT Minot, KQCD Dickinson and KUMV Williston) is going to be showing "classic NDSU games" (your 8 time FCS champ)
Oct. 17 at 10 a.m. – Montana at NDSU, 2014
Oct. 24 at 11 a.m. – Eastern Washington at NDSU, 2016
Oct. 31 at 11:30 a.m. – NDSU at South Dakota State, 2019

The next two weeks the soccer game is pre-empted. If there is a soccer game on Halloweenie I'm sure that will be nuked too. To be honest folks in ND should be use to this. NBC North Dakota has been showing NDSU games statewide for about 10 years now (even pre-empting Notre Dame games)

Listings on zap2it just show KVLY showing it but its statewide per press release. The NBC North Dakota Network will have live television coverage of the Oct. 3 game against Central Arkansas and will carry each of the three classic games on the statewide NBC affiliates in Fargo, Grand Forks, Bismarck, Dickinson, Minot and Williston.
 
Looks like primetime on ABC varied on the West Coast yesterday. Most stations opted to show the Biden Town Hall live at 5:00 PT, but at least one opted to delay it to 8:00, and the primetime lineup after it was different pretty much everywhere.

KOMO in Seattle aired it at 8:00, keeping their primetime lineup the same as the East, following it with Emergency Call at 10.

KABC in Los Angeles aired it live at 5:00, followed by Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune at their normal times, then local news at 8:00, Emergency at 9:00, and more local news from 10:00 all the way to Kimmel. KGO in San Francisco did the same, except with Localish show "More in Common" at 10:00, and news at 10:30. Fellow O&O KFSN in Fresno aired Shark Tank at 9:00 and Emergency Call at 10:00.

KXTV in Sacramento also aired it live at 5:00, and followed it with local news at 7:00, a local election special at 7:30, Emergency Call at 8:00, a rerun of Shark Tank at 9:00, and Jeopardy! and Wheel at 10:00.

KATU in Portland showed Biden live, news at 7:00, Jeopardy!/Wheel at 8:00, Emergency Call at 9:00, and Shark Tank at 10:00.

KOLO in Reno had Biden live, had 7-8 listed as TBA (probably Jeopardy!/Wheel as normal, since they don't appear in primetime or overnight), EC at 8:00, ST at 9:00, and a rerun of Wipeout (which is normally only run on weekends in syndication) at 10:00. KOHD in Bend, OR had the same listings from 7-10. 10:00 was Inside Edition (bumped from 6:00 PM) and 10:30 was a fifth airing of Judge Judy (four eps in a row air from 3-5 PM; the 10:30 airing was the same ep that aired at 4:30).

KGUN in Tucson, AZ had Biden live at 5:00, news at 7:00, Wheel at 7:30 (delayed from 6:30; Jeopardy! airs in the afternoon), EC at 8:00, and ST at 9:00.

KDRV in Medford, OR aired a special local newscast at 3:00 PM, followed by ABC World News Tonight live at 3:30, bumping Dr. Phil to 10:00 PM, following EC and ST.

ABC Alaska followed live Biden with EC at 6:00 PM local time, ST at 7:00, Jeopardy!/Wheel at 8:00, and two Family Feuds (they normally air three in a row at 4:00/4:30/5:00) at 9:00.

KOTA in Rapid City, SD (Mountain Time) followed Biden with EC and ST, pre-empting Thursday's Wheel and Jeopardy! entirely, with no makeups.


It doesn't look like any West NBC's aired their Town Hall live. KPVI in Idaho Falls actually delayed it to 8:00 PM Mountain, airing the two CONNECTINGs at 7:00 instead. Possibly to avoid having it overlap with Biden on KIFI at 6:00? KYMA in Yuma also delayed the President to 8:00 PM Arizona time, an hour after KECY-DT2 finished Biden's.
 
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It doesn't look like any West NBC's aired their Town Hall live. KPVI in Idaho Falls actually delayed it to 8:00 PM Mountain, airing the two CONNECTINGs at 7:00 instead.

Actually, it looks like all Mountain NBC's aired CONNECTING x 2 at 7:00 and Town Hall at 8:00, probably to avoid overlap with ABC's airing Biden's Town Hall live.
 
with CBS having their GOTW at night this week (7pm CDT) and their 1 hour pregame stuff here in Mankato that pushes the 6pm news up to 5 and Wheel to 12:30 this afternoon on KEYC. KEYC doesn't have a 5pm weekend newscast normally. Even in the guide it says "KEYC News Now at 6" :)
 
I'm guessing had low ratings even lower than Telemundo and the CW.

Nope both Town Halls were much higher than the CW:

FOX | NLCS coverage averaged 2.7 mil and a 0.7.

CBS | Big Brother (3.9 mil/0.9) dipped, while Discovery (1.9 mil/0.3) is currently up.

NBC | Leading out of Trump’s town hall, a double pump of Connecting did 2.5 mil/0.5 and then 1.2 mil/0.2.

THE CW | Supernatural(1.03 mil/0.3) dipped from its midseason premiere, while The Outpost (633K/0.1) was steady.
 
WFQX is airing another high school football game tonight (Friday), so I would expect the previous bumps/delays from September 18th to also hold. This also means the Kickoff Special is completely skipped in Traverse City/Cadillac, unless they're going to run it between the conclusion of the football game and the delayed SmackDown.

WFQX did something unusual yesterday. They pre-empted their 7pm hour of programming (a local newscast and TMZ, which also airs at 10:30pm) to air the first half of the Manistee @ Ludington high school football game. The entire game aired live on their sports website (MISportsNow.com). They aired SmackDown as normal at 8pm and pre-empted the Kickoff Special
 


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