On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 10:31 AM, Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote:
> Since each show is self contained, couldn't Wheel have simply reached out > to its affiliates and sent a substitute episode? > Apparently, some number of affiliates aired a crawl explaining that the show was taped in advance during the solve, and all of the cases where I've seen it mentioned are in or west of the Rockies, so I kind of wonder if nobody caught it before it started airing. On 4 December 2013 12:02, Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> wrote: > Self-contained, but each week is a theme week now, either in contestants > or (more often) prizes--I don't know if anyone is paying attention other > than game show geeks, though. > > This week is a "salute to the military", according to wheeloffortune.com, so that's probably a more obvious theme to the layperson than some, although if they were doing a taping this week and/or felt like dragging Pat in, it seems like they might have been able to swap Monday for an episode from later in the week and quickly insert a segment explaining that it had been taped well in advance. -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
