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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There are two ways of handling it:
1. Delay the start of the next scheduled thing (usually requires eliminating something later in the night to put things back in sync)
2. Just “overwrite” what was supposed to be scheduled. For example, if a sports game runs 15 minutes over, then you start 15 minutes into the next program, meaning people will miss the first 15 minutes of it.
There are two ways of handling it:
1. Delay the start of the next scheduled thing (usually requires eliminating something later in the night to put things back in sync)
2. Just “overwrite” what was supposed to be scheduled. For example, if a sports game runs 15 minutes over, then you start 15 minutes into the next program, meaning people will miss the first 15 minutes of it.
Generally you schedule something afterwards that you can either push back or cancel, like the News, or an old repeat.
One episode of Mock the Week once got postponed due to Wimbledon overrunning, something they enjoyed making fun of the following week. Eurovision usually goes over its alloted time, which is fine because the News can just wait.
I know the BBC will sometimes shuffled things around channels. They’ll say like “If you’re looking for Pointless, it’s on BBC Two today”.
There are two ways of handling it:
1. Delay the start of the next scheduled thing (usually requires eliminating something later in the night to put things back in sync)
2. Just “overwrite” what was supposed to be scheduled. For example, if a sports game runs 15 minutes over, then you start 15 minutes into the next program, meaning people will miss the first 15 minutes of it.
Generally you schedule something afterwards that you can either push back or cancel, like the News, or an old repeat.
One episode of Mock the Week once got postponed due to Wimbledon overrunning, something they enjoyed making fun of the following week. Eurovision usually goes over its alloted time, which is fine because the News can just wait.
I know the BBC will sometimes shuffled things around channels. They’ll say like “If you’re looking for Pointless, it’s on BBC Two today”.
It runs over into what would be the following shows time.
Cue a 10 year old me, pissed off that Simpsons/Family guy wouldn’t air because of boring-ass baseball.
Generally you schedule something afterwards that you can either push back or cancel, like the News, or an old repeat.
One episode of Mock the Week once got postponed due to Wimbledon overrunning, something they enjoyed making fun of the following week. Eurovision usually goes over its alloted time, which is fine because the News can just wait.
I know the BBC will sometimes shuffled things around channels. They’ll say like “If you’re looking for Pointless, it’s on BBC Two today”.
It depends… sometimes they push back the start of shows that follow, sometimes they just start mid-program. They can typically get back on schedule overnight by shortening what ever runs at like 4am.
So a football game scheduled to end at 7pm goes until 7:20. Then the news that runs from 7-8 runs 20 min late, prime time shows air with a 20 min delay, late news runs 20 min. late, etc. and then some infomercial or sit-com re-run gets cut in the middle of the night.
Or the show running from 7-8 just airs the last 40 minutes and everything else remains on schedule.
May depend on whether it’s network or local programming, whether its live or a re-run, etc.
It runs over into what would be the following shows time.
Cue a 10 year old me, pissed off that Simpsons/Family guy wouldn’t air because of boring-ass baseball.
It depends… sometimes they push back the start of shows that follow, sometimes they just start mid-program. They can typically get back on schedule overnight by shortening what ever runs at like 4am.
So a football game scheduled to end at 7pm goes until 7:20. Then the news that runs from 7-8 runs 20 min late, prime time shows air with a 20 min delay, late news runs 20 min. late, etc. and then some infomercial or sit-com re-run gets cut in the middle of the night.
Or the show running from 7-8 just airs the last 40 minutes and everything else remains on schedule.
May depend on whether it’s network or local programming, whether its live or a re-run, etc.
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