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Post by MarioGS on Mar 16, 2020 18:10:57 GMT -5
WRIC - RICHMOND, VIRGINIA
Wheel is pre-empted tonight by a special on coronavirus concerns. The special is listed on the station website and Wheel is not listed at all; other TV listings still have Wheel and also Jeopardy!, which is pre-empted as well, at their normal times.
KSDK - ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI
Monday's Wheel was interrupted by a local coronavirus press conference according to a post in the Official WOF Facebook Group that was posted at 7:50 PM Eastern, so the show likely aired through Round 3.
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Post by 21jrcbus on Mar 16, 2020 22:09:57 GMT -5
WBNS - COLUMBUS, OHIO:
Maybe my Wheel affiliate is going down a similar path as Boston and Nashville, but that still may be an extreme. I'm sorry, I have some beef with my local TV affiliate showing Wheel Of Fortune and Jeopardy! as well. WBNS-Columbus, Ohio is a CBS affiliate that carries Wheel Of Fortune at 7:30PM ET (my market), which being a CBS affiliate would've of course affected Wheel during March Madness, and thank goodness it was canceled for the sake of Wheel airing, depending on coronavirus news preemptions.
For any scheduled preemptions affecting Wheel and/or J! during prior years, whichever show(s), even both affected by the preemption, would air at approximately 1:37AM (J!) and 2:07AM (Wheel) but an hour later (sometimes more) for March Madness and regardless of timing, on the later airing time schedule, would still start J! from the beginning followed by Wheel until the very end (still annoying, but I have really good cable and DVR which almost never has problems). Thank goodness during the fall I didn't experience these issues at all because CBS (like FOX does now during the fall) used to air an NFL PREGAME SHOW which the games never started at 8pm anyway, so that's enough time for the talking heads. At least I didn't have to worry about NFL Thursday Night Football games last year or this year. I had a few Trump Impeachment hearings and trials interfere with J! and/or Wheel this year, but they weren't scheduled and didn't air later or at all or partially.
Here's why I am mad at my local CBS affiliate right now. They added "Daily Blast Live!" scheduled Tuesdays through Saturdays at 1:37AM. Ok, whatever that thing is (I probably should know), WBNS had initially only scheduled Jeopardy! to air at 3:07AM, with Wheel being totally preempted (remember, this is later by at least an hour due to March Madness, obviously not affective anymore this year, which never runs on time). Okay, this isn't just March Madness, but probably any preemption affecting Wheel Of Fortune in the future, who knows. But if March Madness aired this week, I'd already have missed two full episodes (except recaps).
THEN, next Monday (3/23/2020), of course, remember I'm from one of the only stations carrying Wheel and J! that doesn't air Wheel Of Fortune first, shows Jeopardy! (which I enjoy watching, but much prefer Wheel between the two), at 7:00PM ET, but then shows A SEVERE WEATHER SAFETY SPECIAL LOCALLY at 7:30PM. Yes, severe weather season in Ohio is upon us, but aren't we all already sheltered from this coronavirus and it's just an alert from our phones that we need, nothing else, to go to the freaking basement?!?! COME ON! At least the TV listings here are currently showing Wheel is supposed to be airing at 2:07AM next Monday, March 23, 2020. As of right now, this is the only date that I know of that will affect Wheel's airing, which honestly originally would've been FAR worse. Of course that could easily change with the stupid coronavirus.
If March Madness weren't cancelled this year, I would've missed 2 episodes of Wheel entirely, one episode on DVR for the next day, and then only two more regularly scheduled airings of Wheel, and then two more total preemptions. I've also contacted the station's programming director about my frustration regarding their inability (not an inability, duh! A stupid decision) at least 5 times to stop messing with Wheel unless it's an unexpected national preemption. Of course I've gotten ZERO response every single time. I just know, no questions to be asked, WBNS-10TV Columbus, Ohio hired a new programming director, and I hope he/she will be fired very shortly. I absolutely hate saying that, but STOP MESSING WITH MY WHEEL AND I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE!
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Post by MarioGS on Mar 16, 2020 23:11:24 GMT -5
WBNS is nowhere near as bad as WBZ and WKRN in terms of poor treatment of Wheel, but you're right that it's not one of the good guys, especially given how they were going to make up Jeopardy! but not Wheel had March Madness gone as scheduled.
CBS had Thursday Night Football during Seasons 32-34 of Wheel, which pre-empted it in many cities, either ones that air it at 7:30/6:30 Central, or ones that air Jeopardy! at that time but value it more than Wheel (including WBZ), moving it to Wheel's time slot. Having it on FOX is definitely less of a blow to Wheel and its ratings, even if it now means Wheel is affected in markets like Baltimore, Kansas City, New Orleans, and Denver (J! is only pre-empted on the latter).
Daily Blast Live is a syndicated news/entertainment show similar to TMZ. It's not very popular, so many markets relegated to small stations or late night slots.
Regarding your comment about Columbus being "one of the only markets" that airs J! before Wheel, J! actually airs before Wheel in more markets than afterwards, including top markets like NYC, LA, Philly, and Chicago, and most of the Central Time Zone airs J! in the afternoon (most commonly 4:30) but Wheel only airs at 6:30 (or 6:00 if you happen to live in Southwest Louisiana).
Last season, WBNS pre-empted both Wheel and J! three times in a span of a month for gubernatorial debates, but the timing of those are beyond the station's control. Then there was March Madness which obviously affected both. Those were the only times J! was pre-empted last season on WBNS. Wheel was pre-empted by the same Doppler special that's happening next week, and WBNS also carried three NFL preseason games, all of which began at 7:30, and had optional pregame at 7:00, but WBNS opted to show J! instead; Wheel did not air at all for two of the three NFL preseason pre-emptions.
Wheel falling victim to local special pre-emptions is a catch 22. In the Central Time Zone, most stations have the 6:30 time slot as a small window between at least an hour of both local and national news and primetime (e.g. Local News/National News/Local News/Wheel/Survivor, etc.). Very few stations in Central Time have a full hour at 6:00 for both J! and Wheel. Most people aren't going to watch a severe weather special or the like if it airs at 4:30 PM; 6:30/Wheel is the only time slot that makes sense for local specials on weekdays without having to sacrifice newscasts or network programming.
As for the Eastern Time Zone... one's gotta go - Wheel or Jeopardy!? If you asked this question on social media, you know which one 90% of people would choose. From a broadcasting standpoint, of course most would choose to keep the show that has returning champions, is more intellectual, has a host battling cancer, just had a huge surge in popularity thanks to a long-running champion and a successful primetime series, generates more discussion on social media, and most of the time has higher ratings this season. Even though Wheel is still arguably the more popular show in general, and is the longer-running show in terms of continuous runs or just in terms of syndication, Jeopardy! very rarely gets pre-empted without Wheel, at least by planned events. Otherwise, if it's gone for the day, chances are Wheel is gone too, or just Wheel itself.
That all being said, I agree that it's totally unfair that they're bumping Wheel for a special when it's a new episode, especially when J! is left alone; it's less of a blow if it's an hour-long affair that pre-empts both. Fortunately, when my station airs specials like these, they always air them on Saturday, in which case the reruns of Wheel or J! move to some other time during the weekend. If nobody is responding to your Emails at WBNS, you may want to consider calling them instead. Just be respectful when you do; don't lash out at the first person who picks up. Ask to speak to the programming department, and just start a civil conversation, as much you may want to yell and swear at them. You just got to know what to say. I'm sure stations get a lot of phone calls from angry older viewers when Wheel is pre-empted that they just roll their eyes at. You need to stand out from those callers. I'm speaking from experience here.
Wheel really does deserve better. The fact that we have yet to go a full week this season without at least one station pre-empting the show shows how much it either needs a second run like Jeopardy! that can show the affected episode later on rather than relying on a random chance of it appearing in summer or Saturday reruns, or at least have an option to be streamed since the social media channels basically only upload the Bonus Round if it's won or a snippet of a contestant interview or the closing chat if it's lost.
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Post by MarioGS on Mar 17, 2020 15:59:00 GMT -5
In the Central Time Zone, most stations have the 6:30 time slot as a small window between at least an hour of both local and national news and primetime (e.g. Local News/National News/Local News/Wheel/Survivor, etc.). Very few stations in Central Time have a full hour at 6:00 for both J! and Wheel. Most people aren't going to watch a severe weather special or the like if it airs at 4:30 PM; 6:30/Wheel is the only time slot that makes sense for local specials on weekdays without having to sacrifice newscasts or network programming. Look, a new example! WTVY - DOTHAN, ALABAMAWheel is being pre-empted by a local coronavirus special. Wheel is still listed, and WTVY has not made any acknowledgement of tonight's Wheel, so it likely won't air at all. Expect many more local coronavirus specials and coverage pre-empting Wheel in the coming days... |
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Post by dyecain101 on Mar 17, 2020 22:34:12 GMT -5
I heard all NBC stations are doing a special report on the coronavirus at 10PMEST/7PMPST. My station is KSBW-TV in Salinas/Monterey/Santa Cruz NBC station, so I believe J! & Wheel are both pre-empted that day.
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Post by MarioGS on Mar 17, 2020 22:50:52 GMT -5
^ Not tonight. I have access to KSBW and several other West Coast NBC's. I checked them at both 7:00 and 7:30 Pacific to see if there were any more coronavirus pre-emptions and Wheel was airing just fine on all of them. Here on the East Coast, New Amsterdam wasn't interrupted.
Are you referring to Thursday? There is a coronavirus special scheduled for 10:00 PM Eastern, but it is not live. It is scheduled to air at 10:00 on the West Coast as well, so Wheel should not be affected.
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Post by MarioGS on Mar 17, 2020 22:57:27 GMT -5
KOLO - RENO, NEVADAAccording to a viewer in the WOF Facebook Group, KOLO accidentally repeated last Thursday's episode (Charles/Sherry/Jenn) instead of tonight's proper episode with Emily/Christian/Tallie. KWWL - WATERLOO, IOWAKWWL is currently adding continuous crawls to all programming regarding coronavirus-related closures. This began yesterday at the latest. For Wheel, since the crawls would cover the category strip, the footage is squashed upward. 
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Post by dyecain101 on Mar 18, 2020 12:21:04 GMT -5
^ Not tonight. I have access to KSBW and several other West Coast NBC's. I checked them at both 7:00 and 7:30 Pacific to see if there were any more coronavirus pre-emptions and Wheel was airing just fine on all of them. Here on the East Coast, New Amsterdam wasn't interrupted. Are you referring to Thursday? There is a coronavirus special scheduled for 10:00 PM Eastern, but it is not live. It is scheduled to air at 10:00 on the West Coast as well, so Wheel should not be affected. I checked the schedule & it's for Thursday at 10PM. So no pre-emption for my station. |
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Post by MarioGS on Mar 18, 2020 14:17:57 GMT -5
Updates... WTVY - DOTHAN, ALABAMAWheel is being pre-empted by a local coronavirus special. Wheel is still listed, and WTVY has not made any acknowledgement of tonight's Wheel, so it likely won't air at all. WTVY will air Tuesday's episode on Saturday morning at 6:30 AM Central on its .3 CW subchannel; the 6:00 AM hour is still listed as Rachael Ray. Expect many more local coronavirus specials and coverage pre-empting Wheel in the coming days... And here comes another one from the Central Time Zone... KWWL - WATERLOO, IOWAWednesday's Wheel will air on the .2 CW subchannel. Listings are still normal, with Wheel on the main station and Mom listed at 6:30 on CW. WHIO - DAYTON, OHIOUnfortunately, WHIO's local sports special is confirmed to still be happening tonight despite NCAA's cancellation; Wednesday's Wheel is not airing at all... because WHIO apparently thinks Entertainment Tonight is the 7:00 hour show that should be saved instead! The show that uploads all of their segments to their social media while Wheel does not. Here, Jeopardy! airs on competitor WDTN and is paired with ET's common companion Inside Edition, but unlike WHIO, WDTN knows to save Jeopardy! when they have to pre-empt half of the 7:00 hour. |
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Post by 21jrcbus on Mar 18, 2020 16:05:44 GMT -5
WBNS - COLUMBUS, OHIO - UPDATE:
I apologize I'm a new BAV member (as in within 3 days-but have read things on this site for well over a year), and I can't exactly figure out how to tag a piece of my last comment to this one. But it basically discussed my frustration regarding my Wheel and J! affiliate (WBNS-Columbus, Ohio), previously scheduling a severe weather safety special in place of Wheel Of Fortune's time slot. I do like Jeopardy! as well, but care about Wheel a lot more overall, and in my market Jeopardy! airs right before Wheel Of Fortune. I get that with Alex Trebek's cancer and having returning champions, Jeopardy! may be thought to have an overall larger audience than Wheel, despite that being inaccurate in reality. So initially, next Monday, March 23, 2020, Jeopardy! would air as normal and then the severe weather special. It's funny how seemingly every TV station across the United States strongly prioritizes Jeopardy! between the two, that carry both J! and Wheel. Wheel Of Fortune would still air overnight so I could DVR it, which thankfully I have good cable.
Now here's all the NEW information regarding Wheel Of Fortune airing in Columbus, Ohio, next Monday. Now, an updated TV listings schedule from 10TV's official website displays both Jeopardy! and Wheel Of Fortune airing as scheduled on that day. Since WBNS is my local CBS affiliate, thank goodness March Madness has been cancelled. However, although this may be a good sign, that a useless local special AND March Madness appear to be cancelled, I'm still not completely confident about Wheel airing here at it's normal time. Even though the news anchors on 10TV haven't directly mentioned or even hinted toward a coronavirus special not taking place during a normal local newscast, that doesn't necessarily mean it won't happen.
A different local TV station that doesn't carry either J! nor Wheel (WCMH, my local NBC affiliate), is airing an hour-long COVID-19 special tonight (Wednesday, March 18, 2020) at 7PM ET. NBC 4 in Columbus, Ohio, already has a normal built-in 7pm newscast, followed by EXTRA! I didn't check, mostly because I don't care, my local NBC affiliate's listings regarding EXTRA! That station is constantly advertising that particular special that's supposed to air tonight. Even on my station, I don't know much information about this, but I thought I heard President Donald Trump is expected to publicly speak to the nation AGAIN, most likely tonight (maybe tomorrow morning) at whatever time, not released exactly last I saw, but Trump always does things on his own terms, so I hope this won't affect everyone including me on the East and also people in other time zones. That like I said, may very well happen at a surprise timing during someone's Wheel, nobody knows where.
But anyway, back to the coronavirus thing. Since one station in my area is already airing a COVID-19 special, of course the other remaining local TV stations will copycat their idea and air a similar type of special. Based on the listings I saw, I don't think they are correct because there will of course still be a Wheel-preempting special on the same day, but now about the coronavirus instead of generic tornado safety information. So who knows, but hopefully Wheel Of Fortune will a) NOT BE INTERRUPTED BY TRUMP b) not be interrupted by a coronavirus special c) not be interrupted by a severe weather special because of a listings error and d) Be able to tape ASAP and safely to reduce reruns. And now I'm wondering...are those taping days going to be made up for new episodes this season when the worst of this stupid virus is over with and more unnecessary reruns? We already had 1 week of reruns that was unexpected due to Pat's surgery. A lot of things to figure out still.
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Post by MarioGS on Mar 18, 2020 18:10:00 GMT -5
WLKY's very likely won't be happening since there's nothing for them to "preview". Yep, Wheel's on just fine on WLKY even though it's still listed as the March Madness preview.  |
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Post by MarioGS on Mar 18, 2020 21:15:05 GMT -5
I apologize I'm a new BAV member (as in within 3 days-but have read things on this site for well over a year), and I can't exactly figure out how to tag a piece of my last comment to this one. Highlight the comment and click "Quick Quote", or click "Quote" in the corner of the post to attach the whole thing. I forget the exact figures, but a recent Variety article gave both shows' viewership numbers and Wheel was higher by just under a million, IIRC. However, in terms of Nielsen ratings, Jeopardy! has been almost consistently beating Wheel since late 2017. Only a handful of times since then has Wheel beat or tied J!, and it may not happen again anytime soon. Remember that J! is still coming off the heels of a very successful ABC primetime event. Most of them do, but there are some out there that strongly prioritize both equally. A good example WSYT in Syracuse. They always make sure both Wheel and J! air, whether on their main station or on their sister station WNYS, and they always air together; never one or both shows overnight. They were one of only two FOX stations on the East Coast to air Wheel at a reasonable time on the day of the Daytona 500, which overran and pre-empted it on most of the others; they scheduled it and J! on WNYS hours in advance. There are even occasions where a station will give Wheel the upper hand more often than not. WLUK in Green Bay normally airs J! first, but on days with FOX sports that start at 7:00 Eastern, Wheel moves early to 6:30/5:30 Central and J! moves to 11:00 or later after the game. What I find more funny is that, although many stations do give better treatment to J! on weekdays, many of these same stations give better treatment to Wheel on weekends. WPVI in Philadelphia pre-empts Wheel with local specials several times each season, and yet they don't even carry the Saturday reruns of Jeopardy! at all; same story with WDIV in Detroit, which often moves J! to Wheel's slot for 7:30 pre-emptions, but Saturday Wheel airs at 7:30 (or even 8:00 on rare occasions, pre-empting NBC primetime), while they don't carry Saturday Jeopardy! Yes, don't be too confident about that yet. While Monday's local special was indeed removed from the schedule on the station website, which is a good sign, other TV listings still have Monday's Wheel scheduled for 2:07 AM. Even if the special doesn't air Monday, it might just be postponed to another week; news crews are overwhelmed with covering the coronavirus right now. Nobody knows yet. By the time it's safe to resume production, they might have to cut the season short. |
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Post by MarioGS on Mar 20, 2020 18:26:11 GMT -5
WDAF - KANSAS CITY, MISSOURIWednesday's Bonus Round was interrupted by a coronavirus press conference.
Because of the cancellation of March Madness, several anomalies related to Wheel are still present in various stations' listings for the next two Thursdays and Fridays, mostly duplicate airings in time slots that were scheduled for Wheel makegoods on March Madness game days: - WSWG - Albany, GA: The 3/26 and 27 episodes are also listed on Saturday 3/28 at 1:00 and 1:30 PM Eastern.
- WRDW - Augusta, GA: Starting Thursday, Wheel is also listed at 12:00 PM Eastern on the .3 MyTV subchannel on all weekdays. (FIXED FOR 3/19-20 ONLY)
- WRBL - Columbus, GA: Wheel is also listed on the .2 MeTV subchannel.
- WMAZ - Macon, GA: The 3/26 and 27 episodes are also listed on Saturday 3/28 at 4:00 and 5:00 PM Eastern.
- WANE - Fort Wayne, IN: Wheel is not listed at all on March Madness game days; its time slot is listed as "To Be Announced".
- WSBT - South Bend, IN: The 3/27 episode is also listed on Sunday 3/29 at 3:05 AM Eastern.
- WKYT - Lexington, KY: Wheel is also listed at 5:30 PM Eastern on the .2 CW subchannel.
- WLKY - Louisville, KY: Wheel is also listed on the .2 MeTV subchannel.
- KNOE - Monroe, LA: The 3/19 and 20 episodes are also listed on the .2 ABC subchannel.
- WBKB - Alpena, MI: The 3/19 episode is also listed on Monday 3/23 at 3:00 AM Eastern, and the 3/20 and 3/26 episodes on Saturday 3/28 at 12:30 PM and 5:00 PM.
- KEYC - Mankato, MN: Wheel is also listed on the .2 FOX subchannel.
- WCCO - Minneapolis, MN: The 3/26 and 27 episodes are also listed on Saturday 3/28 at 4:00 and 4:30 PM Central.
- KIMT - Rochester, MN: Same as WCCO Minneapolis.
- WIVB - Buffalo, NY: Wheel is also listed on sister station WNLO (CW).
- WHP - Harrisburg, PA: Friday episodes are also listed Saturday mornings at 3:00 AM Eastern.
- WBTW - Myrtle Beach, SC: Wheel is also listed on the .2 Antenna TV subchannel.
- KTVT - Dallas, TX: Wheel is also listed on sister station KTXA (indepedent).
- WDBJ - Roanoke, VA: Wheel is also listed on sister station WZBJ (MyTV).
Markets in red still have not had their WOF listings anomalies fixed as of Thursday afternoon.
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Post by MarioGS on Mar 20, 2020 18:31:09 GMT -5
WBZ - BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTSWBZ's Patriots All Access appears to be a weekly affair again, unless the listings are an inaccurate copy-paste of last week. The 3/27 episode of Wheel is also listed to be pre-empted on WBZ. Of course, a certain other game show gets off scot-free if this is the case. I asked WBZ about future PAA pre-emptions. The good news is that Wheel is not scheduled to be pre-empted at all for the rest of March (the 3/20 episode just aired as normal); the PAA/WOF at 2:07 AM listings for 3/20 and 3/27 are errors and they should be fixed soon. The bad news is that more off-season PAA pre-emptions will follow in the coming months, and WBZ has no plans for different accommodations for Friday Wheels next season.
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Post by MarioGS on Mar 20, 2020 18:44:07 GMT -5
WTVY - DOTHAN, ALABAMAWheel is being pre-empted by a local coronavirus special. Wheel is still listed, and WTVY has not made any acknowledgement of tonight's Wheel, so it likely won't air at all. WTVY will air Tuesday's episode on Saturday morning at 6:30 AM Central on its .3 CW subchannel; the 6:00 AM hour is still listed as Rachael Ray. WTVY has re-re-scheduled Tuesday's episode to air Saturday at 6:30 PM on the main station, replacing the Saturday rerun, which will now air Sunday morning at 4:00 AM according to the station website. Saturday's airing is properly listed as Tuesday's episode, though the morning CW airing is also listed; the rerun is not listed at all. |
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Post by MarioGS on Mar 20, 2020 18:45:28 GMT -5
KHOU - HOUSTON, TEXAS
The first segment of Friday's episode was pre-empted by a coronavirus press conference. Wheel cut in just as the yellow contestant was calling T at the beginning of Round 2.
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Post by MarioGS on Mar 20, 2020 21:39:32 GMT -5
KYUR/KATN/KJUD - ALASKA
A coronavirus press conference pre-empted approximately the first five minutes of Friday's episode. The show began in the middle of Round 1.
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Post by MarioGS on Mar 20, 2020 21:50:23 GMT -5
KATU - PORTLAND, OREGON
Due to a coronavirus press conference, Jeopardy!'s time slot and part of Wheel's was pre-empted. KATU moved Jeopardy! on-the-fly to Wheel's 7:30 slot and joined it in progress at 7:40 PM Pacific; Wheel was skipped straight to Shark Tank.
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Post by MarioGS on Mar 20, 2020 22:08:58 GMT -5
I called KATU. The woman on the phone was very nice but explained that they tend to get more complaints when pre-empting Jeopardy! than Wheel, and that "Jeopardy! has a bigger following". She does not know if tonight's Wheel will air at all, or replace the Saturday rerun. She was very apologetic, at least. Still, super-annoying how stations will bump Wheel to show even just a portion of J!, yet you'd never see this the other way around.
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Post by MarioGS on Mar 21, 2020 16:48:26 GMT -5
WFTV - ORLANDO, FLORIDAWheel is airing right now, listed as this past Wednesday's episode likely intended to be a makeup of Tuesday's episode which was pre-empted by Florida Primary coverage. However, it is actually the Saturday rerun that's airing.  The actual Tuesday makeup should therefore air at 7:30 PM Eastern, listed as the rerun.
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