> On Jul 8, 2016, at 10:23 AM, daniel anderson <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Might mention something about NASCAR: i've seen TBS preempt reruns of "Little > House on the Prairie" to air a rained out race, and ESPN usually dumps > "SportsCenter" to air any rescheduled races. FOX moves most rained out races > to FS1: i've never seen ABC or NBC preempt their soaps for a rained out race, > but they had ESPN to fall back on. I guess ABC or NBC didn't want the hate > calls when a race might bump the soaps!
Because I had a job interview at the ABC affiliate in Tampa on the day after Memorial Day 1998, I remember that the Indianapolis 500 was rescheduled to Tuesday that year, and the race did air on ABC, pre-empting the soaps -- actually, pushing them back a day. (As I was in the lobby waiting for my interview, the receptionist answered several phone calls to that effect.) -- Jim Ellwanger <[email protected]> <http://www.ellwanger.tv> -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- 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.
