WCPO-TV 9 ABC Cincinnati not showing Finding Nemo

[robmadden1]

They got Gohstbusters II on instead. Is anyone getting Finding Nemo?

I have Time Warner Cable.

 

[genius]

Better call up the station and complain. Who the heck shows Ghostbusters II anyways?

 

[BarryATL]

WSB-TV in Atlanta is also pre-empting Nemo and showing Parenthood. Wonder why there are defections for Nemo?

 

[bhayes1016]

Must be national make-good night. KPRC in Houston is showing a local special and two informericals in prime time tonight.

 

[TroyG]

Last Night, KHOU-Ch. 11 (Houston's CBS Station) was showing a Chuck Norris Movie "Eye for an Eye". Obviously, Non-Network owned stations can do anything they want on Saturdays-like showing off-net films, St. Jude's, or Billy Graham, Anyway, putting infomercials on in Prime-Time happens to be the dumbest thing on TV. No wonder why Saturdays were made for HBO & Blockbuster.

 

[anotherguyTN]

Could this begin to happen more often and get to the point where at least some of the big 4 give up programming on Saturday nights in the future?

 

[FightingIrish]

As I understand it, a couple times a year, many network affiliates break away from the network and air their own programming. As Buddy Hayes explained, it must be for make-good reasons, as the station can sell more local ad time with syndicated fare. The networks comply with it by airing a rerun of a movie or something. Saturday night is the least viewed of the week, so they opt for that.

That's probably the most sensible explanation I can think of.

 

[azumanga]

Apparently, the decision to bump Nemo was up to each individual station -- here in Tampa Bay, WFTS, the local ABC affil owned by Scripps Howard (like WCPO) showed Nemo with the network.

 

[jal41]

Re: Preemptions

As I understand it, a couple times a year, many network affiliates break away from the network and air their own programming. As Buddy Hayes explained, it must be for make-good reasons, as the station can sell more local ad time with syndicated fare. The networks comply with it by airing a rerun of a movie or something. Saturday night is the least viewed of the week, so they opt for that.

That's probably the most sensible explanation I can think of.

If this is the case, then you show D-grade programming on the network, not a Disney movie.

WSB-TV breaks away from the network at least once or twice a month for local specials. WSB also refuses Jimmy Kimmel and GMA Weekends (along with sister WSOC Charlotte. WFTV did break down and air Kimmel a while back.) I make a constant argument on the Atlanta board that WSB should be stripped of its network affiliation, as it has the resources to be an independent. I heard this behavior was one of the reasons behind the 1980 ABC/NBC switch with WXIA (NBC was mad of a lot of their affiliates for preempting their at-the-time stinkerbomb programming, and a lot of them ended up affilating with different networks). ABC has been tolerant for years with WSB because it is the heritage station and highest rated.

If I were a network, I would rather have my programming guaranteed to be shown, even if it were on a lowly UHF, than be with a strong preempting VHF.

 

[Markxxx]

Were the movies in HD? I was thinking if they weren't it would allow the networks to show one movie on their main channel and the network "standard" movie on a subchannel.

 

[bpatrick]

Re: Preemptions

As I understand it, a couple times a year, many network affiliates break away from the network and air their own programming. As Buddy Hayes explained, it must be for make-good reasons, as the station can sell more local ad time with syndicated fare. The networks comply with it by airing a rerun of a movie or something. Saturday night is the least viewed of the week, so they opt for that.

That's probably the most sensible explanation I can think of.

If this is the case, then you show D-grade programming on the network, not a Disney movie.

WSB-TV breaks away from the network at least once or twice a month for local specials. WSB also refuses Jimmy Kimmel and GMA Weekends (along with sister WSOC Charlotte. WFTV did break down and air Kimmel a while back.) I make a constant argument on the Atlanta board that WSB should be stripped of its network affiliation, as it has the resources to be an independent. I heard this behavior was one of the reasons behind the 1980 ABC/NBC switch with WXIA (NBC was mad of a lot of their affiliates for preempting their at-the-time stinkerbomb programming, and a lot of them ended up affilating with different networks). ABC has been tolerant for years with WSB because it is the heritage station and highest rated.

If I were a network, I would rather have my programming guaranteed to be shown, even if it were on a lowly UHF, than be with a strong preempting VHF.

WSB was paying big bucks for shows to replace NBC's "stinkerbomb" programming in 1980, and despite the fact that the station remained number one in Atlanta while NBC was third nationally, its bottom line was suffering. Channel 2 figured that with ABC they'd have to pre-empt less, and WXIA was agreeable to carrying NBC shows that WSB had pre-empted. WSB is one of a few ABC non-o&os (I suspect WFAA Dallas/Ft. Worth is still one as well) that can do pretty much what it wants and the network won't complain, if the ratings stay high.