Season 39 Pre-emptions and Anomalies

Got this sticky-ed. Thanks, Mario!

^ I corrected it for him.

KOMO actually did air Wheel in its entirety from about 9:33-10:03 Pacific, more than half an hour later than the time listed. KGUN did the same, although their airing was less than 5 minutes late.

Even with Mike Richards hosting, Jeopardy! is still getting the upper hand over Wheel. KXTV was scheduled to air news from 8:15-9:00, then J! and Wheel, with no more news until 11:00. Because the game went so late, they didn't do any news, started J! a little after 9:00, ran it in its entirety, then some commercials, then at about 9:35, abruptly cut to Wheel in the middle of Round 1 (right before the O was bought).

Also, KATU was supposed to show news until 9:00, then two infomercials, then J! and Wheel. I checked KATU a little after 10:00 and they were showing the infomercial that was supposed to air at 9:30, so J! will probably air at 10:30 and Wheel is very likely gone completely in that market, even though KATU's station manager recently contacted me to inform me that KATU would no longer slide their programming on sports overruns, and would not do local news if it meant having to run it after 10:00 and interfere with J! and Wheel.

Fortunately for Allison and Somsack, KABC and KGO's airings were fine.

This one's a maybe for me. I've seen the official schedules with a federal election coming up in Canada, and TV stations in British Columbia normally begin reporting at 7 PM or earlier.

CHEK's official schedule says that it begins at 8 PM on September 20th, meaning I could watch Wheel at 7:00 after all, and CHEK is considered an independent station. Still, I have a feeling they might continue from their 6:00 newscast...

FRIDAY 9/17 (#S-7430)

Starting today, Wheel will air at 2:07 AM Eastern on Friday nights on WBZ in Boston (CBS) due to local NFL program Patriots All Access. This will continue on Friday throughout the majority of football season, likely until the New England Patriots are no longer eligible for the Super Bowl. Any exceptions to this will be noted.

On WTOV in Steubenville, Ohio and Wheeling, West Virginia (NBC), tonight's Wheel will air at 9:30 PM Eastern due to a local high school football game. It is slotted immediately following the game, so it will likely get joined in progress if the broadcast runs long.

On WBRE in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (NBC), tonight's Wheel will air at 2:42 AM Eastern, in place of an infomercial, due to NBC Universal's Clear the Shelters pet adoption special, which is scheduled locally over this weekend by the O&O's and some other NBC affiliates.


EDIT: This episode did not air on KBAK in Bakersfield, California (CBS). According to a viewer on the show's Facebook page, they accidentally aired #S-7431 one weekday too early. They aired it again on its proper Monday air date.

MONDAY 9/20 (#S-7431)

*EARLY AIRING ALERT*

On WLUK in Green Bay, Wisconsin (FOX), tonight's Wheel will air 90 minutes earlier than usual at 5:00 PM Central, due to their local carriage of tonight's Monday Night Football game featuring the Packers hosting the Lions. WLUK will be preceding the game with an hour-long pregame special at 6:00, moving Wheel and Jeopardy! to the 5:00 hour in place of what is normally an hour-long newscast.

There is a slight chance that Wheel and J! are listed in the wrong order. Normally, WLUK airs J! before Wheel, and usually when both shows are pre-empted and moved early, J! airs at 5:00 and Wheel at 5:30. This is still unusual, as most pre-emptions affecting both shows only see one show moved to 5:30 (usually Wheel), or both shows moved to after the game.

Last Friday's episode did not air on KBAK in Bakersfield, California (CBS). According to a viewer on the show's Facebook page, they accidentally aired tonight's episode (Monday 9/20) one weekday too early. They aired it again tonight on its proper air date, and she wondered why she saw "this same episode".

SATURDAY 9/25 (#S-7268RR)

This episode originally aired the day after Election Day 2020. At this point, NBC was still running optional election coverage at 7:00 ET, so some affiliates opted to run that instead of syndicated programming.

WDIV in Detroit pre-empted both airings of this episode. NBC had the Ryder Cup golf tournament until 7:00 ET today, so WDIV did local news following it at 7:00, and slid the infomercial that normally airs at 7:00 to 7:30, pre-empting Weekend Wheel.

Once again, college football on CBS ran until 7:30 exactly, so many East Coast CBS airings of Wheel were fully pre-empted, except for some 7:30/6:30 Central airings that weren't replaced with slid newscasts or had the beginning cut off; KTVT in Dallas always starts Wheel in the middle of the interviews when CBS runs CFB until 7:30. KHOU in Houston starts it from the beginning, however. For those who use location spoofing with CBS affiliate streaming on Paramount+, KHOU is my top recommendation for 7:30 ET airings.

Last Saturday, KFSM in Fort Smith, Arkansas skipped their 6:00 news and showed Wheel after CFB ended. However, they posted a tweet today saying that Wheel would air at 12:35 AM Central, apparently having been rescheduled on the fly. It's likely that they aired local news or postgame following the game since the Arkansas Razorbacks won it.

FOX had the Braves/Padres game today starting at 7:00 ET, pre-empting Wheel nationwide. KDVR in Denver scheduled Wheel at 8:30 MT, but that did not air because the game went into extra innings and is still going as I'm typing this at 9:20 MT.

ABC's college football only ran about five minutes over. I believe the only ABC's that schedule Weekend Wheel immediately after CFB are the ones that almost-always do it for any sporting event: KOTA in Rapid City and KAEF in Eureka. I still need to post the CFB season WOFW air times.

I keep forgetting to check my feed, but I assume WPXI in Pittsburgh is pre-empting WOFW with The Jerome Bettis Show again this season and airing Wheel at 4:00 AM. Their website still has Wheel listed Saturdays at 7:30 PM, but their site also has archive video of Bettis' show from 9/11, 18, and today.

TUESDAY 9/28 (#S-7437)

Posting this in advance because this is a pretty major one.

Due to the New Jersey Gubernatorial Debate, Tuesday's episode is pre-empted on WABC in New York and WPVI in Philadelphia.

WABC will air Wheel at 3:35 AM Eastern (or possibly 3:37). WPVI will air it at 3:07 AM. In both cases, this replaces part of the Tamron Hall encore.