How do TV channels adjust for live TV events such as sports that go over their allotted time slot

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I was curious how TV channels adjust for live events such as sporting events that go over the time slot that was originally allowed, and how that works with the next programmed show in the slot.

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So CBS, for example, typically goes over on Sunday afternoons with NFL football which then pushes back the start of 60 Minutes which then pushes back the Primetime shows and then pushes back the local news (usually just EST, CST, MST). There is a block between 10:30pm and 11:00pm after the evening news that the local news uses for an extra sports show or a local news show or a rerun and that is what gets cut

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