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Overnight TV 1-5am
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Because a lot of people work odd hours, are insomniacs, up very early (that's why there's a 4:30am news), work 2nd shift and stay up late. even an infomercial buck to be made. Seems most stations I'm familiar with don't even carry the overnight news except for a few minutes to catch the time up to the top or bottom of the hour.
It's better than running infomercials. 
News is super cheap to produce, no?
I always gravitated toward ABC World News Now. That one-button-unbuttoned, slightly askew, slightly goofy and sleep deprived overnight news show. It's actually had quite the cult following over the years. I imagine the program is a good way to make some cash in a dead zone.
I always gravitated toward ABC World News Now. That one-button-unbuttoned, slightly askew, slightly goofy and sleep deprived overnight news show. It's actually had quite the cult following over the years. I imagine the program is a good way to make some cash in a dead zone.
The networks cover multiple time zones. When it's 2AM on the east coast, it's 11PM on the west coast. Even earlier in Alaska and Hawaii.
And the affiliates can generally take or skip the feed at that hour. It’s there as an option and makes good business sense (running on the cheap).
Isn't there an east and west feed?
I would think because West Coast affiliates are going to still carry their local news and late night programming.
Also Weather happens over night so can other News.
Lots to choose from in the overnight hours even of you don't have Cable in LA from 1-5am: News, Sitcoms, Fox Animation Reruns, Talk Shows, 1970's Quinn Martin shows, Preaching fundraisers, and what few produced infomercials left.
If you noticed over the last couple of years, the ABC O&Os don't carry World News Now anymore, or if they do, it's probably thirty minutes to a hour at most; if you want to watch World News Now in an ABC O&O city, you have to watch it on ABC News Live, starting at 2am ET. Instead now, the post-Nightline slots are occupied by replays of the 11pm (10pm CT) news, and reruns of Kelly & Ryan and Tamron Hall.
Almost the same thing with CBS and its overnight news programming; the CBS O&Os at least over the last ten years or so would always air a truncated version of Up To The Minute/Overnight News around 3:35am local time, while most of the other affiliates would start airing the overnight news starting around 2 or 2:30 local time, depending on the market.
Almost the same thing with CBS and its overnight news programming; the CBS O&Os at least over the last ten years or so would always air a truncated version of Up To The Minute/Overnight News around 3:35am local time, while most of the other affiliates would start airing the overnight news starting around 2 or 2:30 local time, depending on the market.
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