[Responding to multiple posts] > I can understand that the non-doubleheader network drops out of bonus > coverage of the second game, but surely those who'd been watching that > second game from the start get to see the end. Pulling out of a sports > fixture that you've just invested over four hours in watching would be > awful...
NBC famously pulled out of a game in 1968 ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heidi_Game ), and networks have stayed with games to their conclusion since. > "Bonus coverage" would only apply to 4:05 games, i.e., late games on the > network that doesn't have the doubleheader. No. When the Pats-Titans primary national game ended Sunday, CBS switched to the end of Jets-Bills, which ran until 8:15. Had it gone another ten minutes... > I've seen post-game switches and going from the final of the late game > to the studio for a few minutes when all of the other games were out > of reach and close to being done. Circa 2003, when I was living in an > area that got two CBS affiliates which would often show different NFL > games, the prime-time lineup was always in sync even when different > games were listed. I always assumed that it was a result of having the > ability to air different live events in different markets, but not the > ability to have a pre-recorded show playing back at different points > in different areas. In the '70s, on weeks where CBS' single game was early, I'd turn on my affiliate at 7:00 to see 60 Minutes, and they'd join the end of their late national game. I always assumed that was so they could keep the network together, and that technology has since made that unnecessary. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
