Post by MarioGS on Sept 9, 2024 8:34:58 GMT -5
WEEKLY FALL PRE-EMPTIONS:
Tuesdays
Fridays
Saturdays
EXPECTED PRE-EMPTIONS BY NETWORK (FIRST-RUN WEEKDAYS ONLY):
ALL NETWORKS
ABC
CBS
NBC
FOX
OTHERS:
Tuesdays
- WKRN Nashville by The Mike Vrabel Show (NFL season; WOF airs at 12:06 AM CT)
- WBZ Boston by Patriots All Access (NFL season and select Fridays afterward; WOF airs on WSBK)
- KDVR Denver by FOX College Football Friday (through October 18; WOF airs on KWGN)
- WITN Greenville, NC by NBC E/I programming (September 13, 20, and 27 only; WOF airs on WITN-DT2)
Saturdays
- Most Saturday airings of WOF will not be seen during football season due to college football games on all networks on most Saturdays.
- On days where CBS has an afternoon game but no evening game, coverage is scheduled until 7:30 PM ET. Some airings of Wheel in said time slot are still pre-empted in favor of local newscasts, while airings still on the schedule may not air in their entirety if the game or postgame coverage runs past 7:30.
- January 4 will be pre-empted on most ABC affiliates due to a Monday Night Football-branded doubleheader.
EXPECTED PRE-EMPTIONS BY NETWORK (FIRST-RUN WEEKDAYS ONLY):
ALL NETWORKS
- September 10: West Coast by Presidential Debate
- November 5: Most affiliates by election coverage (East Coast affiliates can still opt to air WOF)
- November 29: Most affiliates by various college football and basketball games
ABC
- September 9 (premiere): West Coast by national Monday Night Football broadcast
- September 23: West Coast by national Monday Night Football broadcast
- September 30: West Coast by national Monday Night Football broadcast
- October 28: West Coast by national Monday Night Football broadcast
- November 13: 7:30 ET/PT airings on O&O and Nexstar stations by CMA Awards red carpet
- December 9: West Coast by national Monday Night Football broadcast
- December 16: All airings except most 7:00 PM ET airings by national Monday Night Football broadcast with pregame
- December 25: All airings by NBA
- December 30: West Coast by national Monday Night Football broadcast
- January 13: All airings except most 7:00 PM ET airings by NFL Super Wild Card with pregame
- April 24: West Coast and most Nexstar stations by NFL Draft, Day 1
- April 25: All airings by NFL Draft, Day 2
- June 5: West Coast by NBA Finals Game 1
CBS
- January 31: East Coast by PGA Farmers Insurance Open
- March 13: All airings by NCAA March Madness
- March 14: All airings by NCAA March Madness
- March 27: All airings by NCAA March Madness
- March 28: All airings by NCAA March Madness
- March 31: West Coast by NCAA March Madness Final
NBC
- November 28: West Coast by Thanksgiving NFL
- December 4: Some affiliates by optional early coverage of Christmas in Rockefeller Center
FOX
- September 12: All airings by MLB
- September 19: All airings by MLB
- October 25-30 (plus more if necessary): All airings by World Series
- November 22: All airings by TBA (KDVR's site lists this date as a pre-emption for local news and WOF)
- November 28: East Coast by Thanksgiving NFL
- December 6: All airings by TBA (KDVR's site lists this date as a pre-emption for local news and WOF)
OTHERS:
- WIVB Buffalo and WROC Rochester on or close to any days where the Buffalo Bills play
- WVUE New Orleans on any days where the New Orleans Saints or New Orleans Pelicans play
- Mountain Time Zone ABC affiliates on days where American Idol airs live in all time zones