As I understand it, the rules are: The primary game, which is the one that the506 has on the map, will be shown to its conclusion.* If it's a lopsided enough game (there are official criteria), the network can switch to another, more competitive, game, which they'll show to its conclusion.
If the first primary game runs past the start time (4:25 Eastern) for the second game of a network's doubleheader, they'll join the second game in progress. If an early game ends before 4:25, that network can provide "bonus coverage" of an ongoing game, but they have to stop at 4:25 when the late games kick off. Networks can also show bonus coverage of late games, but they have to leave in the rare cases where it runs into the start time for Sunday Night Football; if it's the primary game, they'll stay until it's over. So this week, markets that started with the lightning-delayed Dallas-Denver game got to see it until the end, while those markets that joined it after another game was over had to leave at 8:25 Eastern. * - The exception is in the home markets of teams in a late game that's the second half of a doubleheader. The NFL contract requires that those markets see their team's game in its entirety, so if the early primary game is still going, the network will cut away to the beginning of the local team's game. -- -- 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/d/optout.
