Pre-empting a tv show

StarshipTitanic · Post by **StarshipTitanic** » 2003-12-31 12:04am

Whassit mean?

Post by **Dalton** » 2003-12-31 12:09am

It means that if a sports event or the like is going overtime, the show immediately afterwards will either start late or already be in progress.

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2003-12-31 12:10am

When they pull a program in order to show another, limited-time-only TV bit. Example is Firefly getting preempted to show sports.

Mitth`raw`nuruodo · Post by **Mitth`raw`nuruodo** » 2003-12-31 12:10am

It's when you make a change in the schedule. For example, if the president makes an emergency speech, the main networks will pre-empt their normal programming in favor of that, so people can see it.

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2003-12-31 12:10am

Well, looks like I was about thirty nanoseconds too slow.

Mitth`raw`nuruodo · Post by **Mitth`raw`nuruodo** » 2003-12-31 12:11am

Same here.

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » 2003-12-31 12:12am

Man, that's a lot of simultaneous posting!

StarshipTitanic · Post by **StarshipTitanic** » 2003-12-31 12:46am

Thank you one and all (three).

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-12-31 02:18am

It can actually do both, depending on how much time is spent on the previous program.

Which means the pre-empted show will either

1. Start late
2. Start at whatever point it should be at if it started playing at the correct time
3. Not be shown

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2003-12-31 02:39am

No offense to StarshipTitanic, but I honestly can't believe somebody actually needed to ask that question.

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2003-12-31 02:47am

Might whether a show starts late or doesn't play at all depend on how much content will be pre-empted? For example, IIRC, networks simply don't play many programs when their timeslot is taken up by Olympic events.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-12-31 02:53am

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi wrote:Might whether a show starts late or doesn't play at all depend on how much content will be pre-empted? For example, IIRC, networks simply don't play many programs when their timeslot is taken up by Olympic events.

Uh, I just said that.