This sounds plausible-while the interview segment led to the opening theme, it was not a clean transition, and they missed the first few seconds, kind of like someone in the control room had an “Oh shit” moment and fixed it in a rush
On Thu, Feb 14, 2019 at 8:23 AM Ben Scripps <[email protected]> wrote: > On Feb 14, 2019, at 10:35 AM, Jim Ellwanger <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > The Trevor Noah clip also aired in place of the cold open in Los > Angeles, so I assume this was a problem with CBS's Pacific time zone feed, > not a local issue. > > ISTR there’s at least one affiliate somewhere out west that airs Colbert > half an hour off the normal schedule. Stations used to “tape and turn” > (that is, start recording the show, then air the front half while the back > half is still recording), but they might have set it up now where there’s a > separate half-hour offset feed on which Colbert starts at :05 past the hour > instead of :35. CBS Satellite Control in NYC controls all of the affiliate > satellite receivers**, and it wouldn’t be the first time they had > affiliates tuned to the wrong feed. My guess is that they had PacNet > stations accidentally set up on this offset feed and happened to switch > everyone back to the “correct” feed just as the show open was starting. > (It’s also very possible that the live “Celebrity Big Bother” had something > to do with it; they’ve got a lot of hoops to jump through when there’s a > live show in prime.) > > **Based on my phone calls to them over the years, I believe they may also > control a couple of the thickest New York accents in the world. > > -- > 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. > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- 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.
