Correct. it is common for any of my stations to have the syndicated programming eat any overruns. It hurts for the syndication people, but they can't do anything if the network decides to switch to another game. On Friday, July 29, 2016 at 10:27:52 AM UTC-4, [email protected] wrote: > > On Fri, Jul 29, 2016 at 5:02 AM JW <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> I know that on Sundays in Pittsburgh, the CBS affiliate (KDKA-TV) puts >> the network news on at 6:00 and the local at 6:30, so that if sports run >> past 6, it's the national broadcast that gets shortened/cut first. >> > > That's how it generally works in central time for ABC and CBS on Sundays. > Network news at 5:00, local news at 5:30. NBC used to do the same but every > affiliate I checked has local news at 5:00 followed by Nightly News at > 5:30, so I guess they stopped doing the earlier feed. > > Saturdays, there's syndicated programming immediately after sports, then > local news airs after network news. My recollection was that if the network > runs a little bit over, the syndicated programming is joined in progress > followed by a full 30 minutes of network news starting at 5:30, but it > seems like that would be somewhat logistically complicated if they're also > doing an abbreviated broadcast 30 minutes after network programming ends > for the stations that air local news in that slot. >
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