Do your local affiliates still do this?
In Cincinnati in the 1970s, WLWT (the NBC affiliate) used to pre-empt prime-time programming in the spring, summer and fall to air out-of-town Cincinnati Reds games or to air an old movie instead of the movie NBC had. I was SOOOO glad when the cable stations started airing the games instead in the 1980s!
For the past few decades (at least since the 1990s), WCPO (which was the CBS affiliate until 1994, when it became the ABC affiliate) has periodically pre-empted its programming for either University of Cincinnati basketball games on Saturday nights, or for charity or fund-raising programs. WCPO was notorious for pre-empting Dr. Quinn in the 1990s and Ugly Betty in the 2000s. Last week it was Last Resort.
Then, of course, there are the doomsday meteorologists who are EVERYWHERE all the time when more than 2 inches of snow is predicted or there is a tornado watch. I've learned to read a book on those nights.
I've noticed over the years that, much of the time, the shows that go pre-empted are more popular with female than male viewers.
Do your stations still do this?
I realize that much of what I have just written is a moot point for 2013, because there are other ways to watch your favorite programs rather than just when they are supposed to be airing. But this situation was infuriating to me for many decades before we all had those other opportunities.
In Cincinnati in the 1970s, WLWT (the NBC affiliate) used to pre-empt prime-time programming in the spring, summer and fall to air out-of-town Cincinnati Reds games or to air an old movie instead of the movie NBC had. I was SOOOO glad when the cable stations started airing the games instead in the 1980s!
For the past few decades (at least since the 1990s), WCPO (which was the CBS affiliate until 1994, when it became the ABC affiliate) has periodically pre-empted its programming for either University of Cincinnati basketball games on Saturday nights, or for charity or fund-raising programs. WCPO was notorious for pre-empting Dr. Quinn in the 1990s and Ugly Betty in the 2000s. Last week it was Last Resort.
Then, of course, there are the doomsday meteorologists who are EVERYWHERE all the time when more than 2 inches of snow is predicted or there is a tornado watch. I've learned to read a book on those nights.
I've noticed over the years that, much of the time, the shows that go pre-empted are more popular with female than male viewers.
Do your stations still do this?
I realize that much of what I have just written is a moot point for 2013, because there are other ways to watch your favorite programs rather than just when they are supposed to be airing. But this situation was infuriating to me for many decades before we all had those other opportunities.
