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Post by jasonlarsen2 on Sept 15, 2019 19:07:40 GMT -5
I know this isn't the case much anymore, but some stations chose not to air shows they were obligated to.
For example, this was the case in Seattle because sometimes, our NBC affiliate (KING) chose not to air some of the regular NBC game shows and what is now our local FOX affiliate (KCPQ) aired them instead.
Also, if a new network affiliate would air a game show for the first time, a host (like Peter Tomarken for example,) would say, "Welcome (this affiliate) to our CBS station list," as they would be airing Press Your Luck for the first time.
Why did networks pull the syndicated game show trick? I would have guessed that networks weren't allowed to do that back then if I didn't know.
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Post by wildjackmonroe on Sept 17, 2019 0:46:03 GMT -5
Local stations sometimes preferred to do different things with their schedules, such as have their own schedule to accomodate for their own programs so nothing gets bumped. For example, some places like WTHR in Indianapolis, used to run the NBC game shows on a one-day delay. Stations in some markets' preference to air news if a show aired at noon which resulted in bumps altogether (we never got Hot Potato or Super Password for this reason), or syndicated programming if a show aired at 4:00 PM or later. Also if a show doesn't do well, stations can feel like they have reasons to either move it to another time such as late at night/early morning or pull it altogether. Blockbusters '87 and MGHS were both pulled here in Atlanta after just months on the air. Independent stations also needed programming back then, so the pre-emptions would work in their favor. However, this didn't happen in O&O markets and those stations had to run everything the network put out. Also here in Atlanta, channel 17 when it originally launched (best known for many years as the eventual TBS Superstation) was well-known for acquiring pre-empted game shows from the then NBC affiliate WSB-TV channel 2 like Jeopardy! and The Who, What or Where Game, particularly when J! moved to noon. There was a notorious advertisement basically pointing out that if you missed out on game shows that got bumped by a network affiliate, you could see them on there, which didn't sit well with the stations that did the preempting.
I did read about one situation in which WMAR-TV in Baltimore lost their CBS affiliation in 1981 in part because of their constant pre-emptions of network programming for local and syndicated programming.
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Post by jasonlarsen2 on Sept 17, 2019 19:19:25 GMT -5
Local stations sometimes preferred to do different things with their schedules, such as have their own schedule to accomodate for their own programs so nothing gets bumped. For example, some places like WTHR in Indianapolis, used to run the NBC game shows on a one-day delay. Stations in some markets' preference to air news if a show aired at noon resulted in bumps altogether (we never got Hot Potato or Super Password for this reason), or syndicated programming if a show aired at 4:00 PM or later. Also if a show doesn't do well, stations can feel like they have reasons to either move it to another time such as late at night/early morning or pull it altogether. Blockbusters '87 and MGHS were both pulled here in Atlanta after just months on the air. Independent stations also needed programming back then, so the pre-emptions would work in their favor. However, this didn't happen in O&O markets and those stations had to run everything the network put out. Also here in Atlanta, channel 17 when it originally launched (best known for many years as the eventual TBS Superstation) was well-known for acquiring pre-empted game shows from the then NBC affiliate WSB-TV channel 2 like Jeopardy! and The Who, What or Where Game, particularly when J! moved to noon. There was a notorious advertisement basically pointing out that if you missed out on game shows that got bumped by a network affiliate, you could see them on there, which didn't sit well with the stations that did the preempting.
I did read about one situation in which WMAR-TV in Baltimore lost their CBS affiliation in 1981 in part because of their constant pre-emptions of network programming for local and syndicated programming.
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