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Post by MarioGS on Feb 26, 2021 18:04:26 GMT -5
According to Gambiy, WDIV in Detroit had technical issues with Wednesday's episode. It looks like, from his words, no rounds aired in their entirety, either freezing, getting joined in progress due to improperly-timed ad breaks, or getting skipped over. I don't see any other acknowledgements about this from searching "@local4news wheel" on Twitter.
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Post by MarioGS on Feb 26, 2021 18:19:15 GMT -5
We're getting to that period where stations are starting to randomly pre-empt Saturday Wheel with infomercials. A viewer of WWMT in Grand Rapids, MI (CBS) claims it happened there the past two weekends, with at the least the latter of the two airing at 1:35 AM Eastern Sunday night/Monday morning. The next two reruns are listed at the normal time, however.
Last Saturday's rerun was pre-empted on FOX affiliates due to College Basketball running until at least 8 PM Eastern, and KDVR Denver I believe bumped Wheel overnight and scheduled local news from 6-7 Mountain.
FOX has another College Basketball game scheduled for Saturday until 7:00 PM Eastern, so Wheel will likely be cut be off on WXIX Cincinnati and WDAF Kansas City since the sport usually runs long. WXIX airs Wheel at 7:00 outright, and WDAF is the only one of the Central Wheel FOX's that airs local news at 6:00 and not Jeopardy! or Wheel. I caught a Saturday airing on WDAF recently and noticed the local news ran until about 6:35 and Wheel cut in right before it faded to commercial after R1, so WDAF runs its news for 30 minutes when sports run long.
KDVR Denver's airing of Wheel is pre-empted by live PBC Boxing, so Wheel is moved to 8:30 PM Mountain tomorrow, half an hour after Boxing is scheduled to end, but that sport almost-always runs long, sometimes as much as an hour, so it might not air.
KVHP Lake Charles would normally air Wheel after basketball at 6:00 PM Central, but it's being replaced with Modern Family. Weekend Wheel will instead air Sunday at 9:00 PM Central this weekend, after FOX's animation block.
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Post by MarioGS on Feb 27, 2021 19:39:53 GMT -5
We're getting to that period where stations are starting to randomly pre-empt Saturday Wheel with infomercials. Case in point, in Dallas, tonight's Wheel rerun is on KTXA due to a Shriners Hospitals for Children infomercial on KTVT. Wheel is listed for KTVT next weekend as of now.
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Post by MarioGS on Mar 1, 2021 13:51:25 GMT -5
The first known pre-emption of Celebrity Wheel of Fortune happens this week. ABC affiliate WQOW on Eau Claire, Wisconsin is carrying the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association's hockey and basketball tournaments on select days in February and March, resulting in various ABC programming changes. WQOW will air the last two episodes of CWOF on 2/25 and 3/4 at 12:06 AM Central. Here is a list of all their programming changes: wqow.com/2021/02/24/changes-in-wqow-programs-due-to-wiaa-state-tournaments/This does not affect syndicated WOF. All upcoming airings of that version are scheduled at their regular times on NBC affiliate WEAU.
Syndie Wheel airs on NBC affiliate WJFW in this market, so it was fine apart from the NBC News interruption during Thursday's Bonus Round.
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Post by MarioGS on Mar 1, 2021 13:57:27 GMT -5
Last Thursday's syndie Wheel was pre-empted on WBNS in Columbus, Ohio (CBS) due to a vaccine special. It aired at 2:37 AM Eastern.
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Post by MarioGS on Mar 3, 2021 13:18:26 GMT -5
Last Friday's episode was pre-empted on WBZ Boston by yet another half-hour edition of Patriots All Access. Wheel aired at 2:07 AM Eastern.
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Post by MarioGS on Mar 3, 2021 19:39:26 GMT -5
Wednesday's Wheel is pre-empted on WKRN Nashville for a special on the one-year anniversary of a tornado. Wheel will air at 12:07 AM Centeral.
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Post by MarioGS on Mar 3, 2021 22:20:28 GMT -5
Wednesday's Wheel was pre-empted on WTNH in New Haven, Connecticut (ABC) by another COVID vaccine special. Wheel does not air at all when pre-empted on this station on a weekday.
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Post by MarioGS on Mar 3, 2021 22:37:04 GMT -5
On Tuesday, WPTZ in Burlington, Vermont (NBC) accidentally replayed Monday's episode.
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Post by Gambiy on Mar 4, 2021 1:24:36 GMT -5
According to Gambiy , WDIV in Detroit had technical issues with Wednesday's episode. It looks like, from his words, no rounds aired in their entirety, either freezing, getting joined in progress due to improperly-timed ad breaks, or getting skipped over. I don't see any other acknowledgements about this from searching "@local4news wheel" on Twitter. Hey everyone and thanks for mentioning my tweet. I figured I should have expanded on this a little, so I've finally gotten off of my lazy butt to cut together a video best as I can demonstrating what was wrong, while cutting out as much of what was broadcast of WoF as possible so that it doesn't veer on the edge of copyright infringement. No idea why I decided to cut out the first commercial break, I think my "director's vision" changed halfway through editing this. This video's mostly just ads, but I felt the need to keep most of the ad breaks in to demonstrate how unusually lengthy they were and how much they were interfering with certain parts of the show. Let me know if there's a problem with any part of my post and I'll amend it to fit with the rules.
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Post by MarioGS on Mar 4, 2021 15:35:56 GMT -5
Wednesday's episode was pre-empted in at least three markets. In addition to the two mentioned yesterday, it was also pre-empted on WMBD in Peoria, Illinois due to the Peoria Candidates Forum. It aired at 12:35 AM Central.
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Post by MarioGS on Mar 5, 2021 11:38:36 GMT -5
Another pre-emption in Rochester tonight. WROC is airing the "Susan B. Anthony Birthday Gala", moving Wheel to 1:37 AM Eastern. At this rate, I think WROC might have pre-empted Wheel more often than WBZ. It's definitely getting close.
And now they're pre-empting Wheel at least two more times for more local specials within the next week. Lovely.
Friday's episode and next Thursday's episode (3/11) are both airing at 1:37 AM Eastern.
This especially stings for Friday because... ...the episode is being teased in promos as a $100K win.
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Post by MarioGS on Mar 5, 2021 19:47:12 GMT -5
At least two stations are accidentally repeating Thursday’s episode tonight:
WSAZ - Huntington, WV (NBC) KATC - Lafayette, LA (ABC)
This error has been happening a lot this season, hasn’t it?
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Post by MarioGS on Mar 6, 2021 0:36:38 GMT -5
Next week, all stations owned by The E.W. Scripps Company will be airing a one-hour, commercial-free special on diversity titled "Hidden Bias of Good People". Most of their stations are airing it at 7 PM ET/PT, 6 PM CT/MT on Monday, March 8. However, some of them are airing it on Tuesday, March 9 at 8 ET/PT, 7 CT/MT. These are all their stations that currently carry Wheel: MARKET | STATION | AFF. | Tucson, AZ | KGUN | ABC | San Luis Obispo, CA | KSBY | NBC | Lafayette, LA | KATC | ABC | Billings, MT | KTVQ | CBS | Butte, MT | KXLF | CBS | Great Falls, MT | KRTV | CBS | Missoula, MT | KPAX | CBS |
KGUN and KATC are both opting to air the special on Tuesday in primetime, pre-empting To Tell The Truth. KSBY will probably air Wheel on a one-day delay from Tuesday-Saturday, which they've done in the past. I'll Email them on Monday just to make sure. The Monday episode isn't listed at all. KRTV announced that next Monday's Wheel will air on Saturday 3/13, replacing the rerun. Since all four of the Montana stations are co-owned, that will probably be the case for the other three as well. Saturday's airing is 30 minutes after a College Basketball game is scheduled to end, so if it runs too long, it might not air in full. www.krtv.com/news/u-s-and-the-world/hidden-bias-of-good-people-special-helps-us-recognize-our-implicit-bias
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Post by MarioGS on Mar 6, 2021 0:55:40 GMT -5
KDVR in Denver pre-empted Friday's episode for a local special on the one year anniversary of the pandemic. Wheel will air at 2:30 AM Mountain.
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Post by Gambiy on Mar 8, 2021 14:24:47 GMT -5
It appears that Detroit is planning to hold a State of the City address on Tuesday night at 7PM. This will pre-empt Wheel of Fortune on WDIV with next to no chance of a scheduled re-airing, though it hasn't been made clear yet. While scheduled for an hour on WDIV and WJBK, it only seems to be scheduled for half an hour on WXYZ. It's possible that Jeopardy! could be fine in this equation, as that's also what happened with this year's State of the State.
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Post by MarioGS on Mar 8, 2021 14:35:08 GMT -5
^ WDIV never makes up Wheel when it's pre-empted by State of the anything. Tuesday's episodes of both shows are not listed at all on their website.
When State addresses are broadcast on multiple stations, some schedule them for half an hour and others a full hour because it's unclear just how long it will actually last. If it does go more than half an hour, the stations that list it for that long won't cut it off; they'll have to JIP whatever show is at 7:30, so WDIV probably didn't want to risk that happening with J!. Last year, WBZ only scheduled a State address for half an hour, pre-empting Wheel but leaving J! on the schedule. This proved to be a mistake, because the address ran until about 7:45, so only half of J! aired and the full episode did not re-air according to fans on r/jeopardy. This year's address was scheduled for a full hour so that both shows could air in their entirety elsewhere.
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Post by MarioGS on Mar 8, 2021 15:06:37 GMT -5
This year's March Madness schedule has been released. It will affect three first-run episodes of Wheel (four for the Pacific Time Zone) and three reruns. Wheel will be pre-empted on CBS affiliates on the following days:
Friday, March 19 (America's Game III, Day 5)
Saturday, March 20 (rerun) Monday, March 22 (Resort Livin', Day 1)
Saturday, March 27 (rerun) Monday, March 29 (Gone Fishin', Day 1) Saturday, April 3 (rerun) Monday, April 5 [Pacific Time Zone only; game starts at 9:00 PM ET] (College Week Spring Break, Day 1)
Correction: Wheel's time slots on March 27 are not impacted by March Madness games directly, as the nighttime games will be on TBS, not CBS. Both of my CBS stations have regular programming for 7:00 on 3/27. However, assuming CBS's 5:00 game is scheduled until 7:00, programming will be impacted if the game runs over. There will also likely be CBS stations that schedule a local newscast at 7:00 or whenever the game finishes, and in many cases, will run them for a full 30 minutes, which may affect 7:30/6:30 Central airings of Wheel that are right after news.
Also, Wheel will be pre-empted on all Eastern and Central CBS stations this Saturday, March 13 by the NCAA Mountain West Tournament, which is scheduled until 8:00 PM Eastern. Wheel is not affected in the Mountain Time Zone outright, but if the game runs over, KRQE in Albquerque is expected to run Jeopardy!'s rerun, scheduled for 6:00 Mountain, in its entirety, cutting off Wheel if it starts late. At least one of the four Wheel CBS's in Montana is airing Monday's new episode on Saturday at 6:30 Mountain due to being pre-empted by a special tonight.
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Post by MarioGS on Mar 8, 2021 20:51:00 GMT -5
KSBY will probably air Wheel on a one-day delay from Tuesday-Saturday, which they've done in the past. I'll Email them on Monday just to make sure. The Monday episode isn't listed at all. The general manager of KSBY just responded to me. He confirmed KSBY is airing the first-run episodes on a one-day delay. Friday's episode will air Saturday at 7:30 PM Pacific. The Saturday rerun will air at 5:00 PM.
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Post by MarioGS on Mar 10, 2021 14:12:47 GMT -5
The ABC O&O's are airing a special titled "Our America: Women Forward". Fortunately, it's for the weekend, so no first-run Wheel or other syndies are affected. It is airing at various time slots on the O&O's on Saturday and/or Sunday. This weekend's Wheel rerun moves on two of the O&O's: WABC New York will air it at 2:00 PM Eastern Saturday, and KGO San Francisco is airing it at 3:00 PM Pacific Sunday. It is not affected on the other five O&O's with Wheel, as most of them are airing the special in the morning, afternoon, or after the nighttime news. Interestingly, KABC Los Angeles is airing it at 6:30 PM Pacific instead of 7:00 like WABC (World News Tonight typically airs at 5:30 in the Pacific Time Zone, not 6:30), so Wheel will follow it at its normal time; J!'s rerun isn't airing at all for the weekend, though neither show's rerun has any LA-based contestants.
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