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They preempted that for this?

For the first time I can remember, WABC 7 actually made up Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune on Christmas Day. Every previous year, the episodes would not air at all. This year, Jeopardy! was moved to 7.2 Localish and Wheel of Fortune was moved to 7:30 PM Saturday. The Saturday episodes of both were moved to 5:00 and 5:30 AM that morning, same slots as College Football season. 7:00 was a makeup of the 6:00 news. Luckily, ABC's First Responder Bowl game ended right on time and kept postgame brief, so the news did not run past 7:30 (however, on WLS 7 in Chicago, Wheel was JIP'd during the contestant intros). WFTV 9 in Orlando moved the Friday episodes of both to Saturday at 7:00/7:30 and the Saturday episodes to 11:35P/12:05A. WVEC 13 in Norfolk also moved both shows' Friday eps to Saturday and dropped the weekend runs.

WPVI 6 did the opposite of WABC. Friday's Wheel moved to 6.2 Localish, Friday's Jeopardy! (a rerun) aired Saturday at 7:30, a unique move since WPVI does not carry the normal weekend run of Jeopardy! and only airs it on Saturdays to make up a weekday pre-emption if anything. Weekend Wheel did not air since they never air it outside the Saturday @ 7:30 slot.

WTVD 11 also moved Jeopardy! (weekend run) to 7:30 due to news at 7:00, replacing Wheel. Despite this, on Black Friday they kept Wheel at 7:30 after a 7:00 post-CFB newscast. Friday's episodes of both shows probably aired on 11.2 Localish as usual.
 
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WPLG TV in Miami moved the movie Trilogy Of Terror back in 1981 from 9PM to 11:30 after alleged complaints of the content and was one of the first promos I remember seeing with a parental disclaimer.

 
WTVF-5: We interrupt Mayor John Cooper on Face The Nation for a press conference downtown with Mayor John Cooper! Has this ever happened in your market where a mayor/governor was interviewed on one of the "Sunday Talkers" (Face The Nation, Meet The Press, etc...) and then the local affiliate goes straight to them live?
 
AbrahamJSimpson said:
It’s not remotely odd nor unfair.
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How is it not unfair that they scheduled a new episode of a show that features LA locals in a slot where it had a >50% chance of getting JIP'd over a show that's airing non-continuous reruns from ~13 years ago specifically because they expect pre-emptions on this day, especially when they normally don't air in that order?
 
WheelRob said:
How is it not unfair that they scheduled a new episode of a show that features LA locals in a slot where it had a >50% chance of getting JIP'd over a show that's airing non-continuous reruns from ~13 years ago specifically because they expect pre-emptions on this day, especially when they normally don't air in that order?
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Because in a market the size of Los Angeles -- or any rated TV market, really -- whether the friends and family of the contestants get to see the complete show doesn't mean diddly in terms of ratings success or advertising revenue. There is NO conspiracy against WOF, and never has been. You are living in a fantasy world. Too bad for the folks who know the contestants, but as they say: Suck it up, Buttercup. Life goes on.
 
WheelRob said:
How is it not unfair that they scheduled a new episode of a show that features LA locals in a slot where it had a >50% chance of getting JIP'd over a show that's airing non-continuous reruns from ~13 years ago specifically because they expect pre-emptions on this day, especially when they normally don't air in that order?
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Because it’s a business. Always has been. Whatever strange personal obsessions one may harbor has no impact on making a business decision. And if one sets aside said obsessions, they might understand exactly why these Jeopardy episodes are important, rerun or not.

These are TV shows. They are not children that parents need to try to treat equally at Christmas.
 
CTListener said:
Because in a market the size of Los Angeles -- or any rated TV market, really -- whether the friends and family of the contestants get to see the complete show doesn't mean diddly in terms of ratings success or advertising revenue. There is NO conspiracy against WOF, and never has been. You are living in a fantasy world. Too bad for the folks who know the contestants, but as they say: Suck it up, Buttercup. Life goes on.
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Thank You I have said this in the past when I said local TV stations are expanding newscast for breaking news reasons and then get hit with the Wheel of Fortune pre-emption rants. It's just that Syndication TV is going to have to be reconsidered going forward. We know with Primetime shows they can easily go to various on demand apps. In the case of Sony going forward they will have to make their syndicated game shows streaming only if local TV stations have to keep extending newscasts to remain relevant.
 
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