I don't think the doubleheader network is required to stop "bonus coverage" of an ongoing game at 4:25, because earlier this year, CBS stuck with the Pittsburgh at Chicago game into the start of the Cincinnati at Green Bay game. Fox likely did the same thing last week, sticking with the Rams-Titans game into the kickoff of Seahawks at Cowboys.
On Monday, September 18, 2017 at 6:21:33 AM UTC-4, JW wrote: > > 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. > -- 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.
