Topic: Ongoing Football alerts!!

[puddin]

The post game show should end on time at 5 followed by whatever your network is airing at 5, i see no delays peach. At least in our areas.

[TARAsia Fan]

ap? If you notice two posts above you, I already did the station list for the Miami-Denver game.

[TARAsia Fan]

It's 7 ET and 6 p.m CT and the Miami-Denver game is running over. You'll have an overrun in South Florida and other areas in this list.

Miami @ Denver (4:05)
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WINK      Fort Myers      FL
WFOR      Miami      FL
WTSP      Tampa      FL
WPEC      West Palm Beach      FL
WBBM      Chicago      IL
KOAM      Pittsburg      KS
WIBW      Topeka      KS
KWCH      Wichita      KS
WWJ      Detroit      MI
WWMT      Kalamazoo      MI
WLNS      Lansing      MI
WJMN      Marquette      MI
WNEM      Saginaw      MI
WWTV      Traverse City      MI
KCTV      Kansas City      MO
KOLR      Springfield      MO
KMOV      St. Louis      MO
KGIN      Grand Island      NE
KOLN      Lincoln      NE
KMTV      Omaha      NE
WDEF      Chattanooga      TN
WVLT      Knoxville      TN
WREG      Memphis      TN
WTVF      Nashville      TN
WFRV      Green Bay      WI
WISC      Madison      WI
WDJT      Milwaukee      WI
WSAW      Wausau      WI

[TARAsia Fan]

For those of you who got the Miami-Denver game, your episode will begin in the 7:12 - 7:15 p.m. range.

[TARAsia Fan]

This Sunday is a NFL doubleheader day for CBS. Expect delays. I'll have a post on this after Election Day.

[apskip]

The Colts/Steelers CBS late game has just finished the first half, doing so in 88 minutes. With the second half starting at 6pm, this means it is barely possible that they would have the game done by 7:15pm.

[georgiapeach]

oh please, I need a delay tonight!

[puddin]

I can't see why you won't get you wish peachs . The TAR ratings need it as well!

[TARAsia Fan]

Kansas City and San Diego is just about at the 2 minute warning.

Indianapolis and Pittsburgh are 3:30 from finishing. Still a ways to go. Both may finish before 7:15 p.m.

[apskip]

CBS went from the end of Colts/Steelers to the San Diego/Kansas City game with 0:51 left. That ust finished at 7:18, so you can expecet 60 Minutes to start at 7:22. You can thank the Chiefs coach  for a decision to go to the 2 point conversion when 1 point conversion would have tied the game at about 0:25.

[TARAsia Fan]

8:25 p.m. start time.

[TARAsia Fan]

Ok, CBS wants to squeeze enough local commercials from the affiliates so we begin at 8:26 p.m. although CBS just texted me with an 8:23 p.m. start time. Whatever. 

[TARAsia Fan]

CBS has another doubleheader on Sunday. Expect more delays.

[puddin]

CBS has another doubleheader on Sunday. Expect more delays.

For someone that likes to be spoiled I hate that someone might spoil the show before we get to see it, thats my only reason to despise the delays. Other than that and if it helps the ratings then I'm alright with it.

[apskip]

Tennessee at Jacksonville and San Diego at Pittsburgh are the 2 games, both scheduled to start at 4:15pm Sunday. It is highly likely that both will run past 7:00 and likely that at least one will go past 7:15.

I was devastated by the late start lsat Sunday. I watch and tape Amaing Race 13 but my Giants were playing simulataneously. Once it came time for Masterpiece Contemporary at 9pm, I could no longer tape the game and had to wait 23 minutes before I could resume watching it. My main point is that games should not be scheduled for 4:15; late games should start at 4:05(which may cause some affiliates doing consecutive NFL telecasts to miss the beginning of that game, but where is the greater good?).

[TARAsia Fan]

You mentioned one reason why the NFL put the late games at 4:15 p.m. The other was that home markets would be taken away from the early game thus missing the end of the first game even if it was at a suspenseful end.

So the NFL decided to space the late games until 4:15 p.m. The ratings and ad revenue power for the NFL allow the league to schedule the late games when they want and because the networks want the eyeballs to set their primetime lineups, they comply. I'm hearing that the NFL is even thinking about starting the late games at 4:30 p.m. in the next TV contract.

[puddin]

You mentioned one reason why the NFL put the late games at 4:15 p.m. The other was that home markets would be taken away from the early game thus missing the end of the first game even if it was at a suspenseful end.

So the NFL decided to space the late games until 4:15 p.m. The ratings and ad revenue power for the NFL allow the league to schedule the late games when they want and because the networks want the eyeballs to set their primetime lineups, they comply. I'm hearing that the NFL is even thinking about starting the late games at 4:30 p.m. in the next TV contract.

If true they should rethink their schedule! Like make 60 Minutes "30 minutes". Yeah! that's the ticket!
But should be grateful for whatever we get, as long as there is more TAR that is.

[TARAsia Fan]

60 Minutes makes a lot of money for CBS. They'll never cut that from the schedule.

[apskip]

The CBS late games today are Jackonville vs. Tennessee and Pittsburgh vs. San Diego. The split of coverage is Jacksonville vs. Tennesee from Indianapolis down to south Florida and west to Texas except for the large area around Dallas, two small circles in western and eastern North Carolina, Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle, central Minnesota and northwest Nevada. The whole rest of the country gets Pittsburgh vs. San Diego.

[apskip]

The Pittsburgh/San Diego football game is at the half after a 90 minute first half. My best guess on 60 Minutes start time right now is 720pm.

[redwings8831]

6:33 PM: Tennessee/Jacksonville is at the end of the 3rd Quarter.

6:34 PM: San Diego/Pittsburgh is at the end of the 3rd Quarter.

[Mister RC]

It's looking like an 8:20 or 8:30 start.  There's a fair enough chance that one of those games could go to overtime.  Either way, no way we're starting at 8 on the dot.

[apskip]

Jacksonville/Tennesee was over at 7:05. Pittsburgh/San Diego finished at 7:23 but now it is at 7:26.
I estimate 60 Minutes will start at 7:30but you never know how many consecutive commercials CBS wil try to do first. somktimes it takes 7 minutes from game finish to 60 Minutes

[georgiapeach]

My CBS Alert said 8:31 for me...

[TARAsia Fan]

Saludos, my darlings!

One late game on CBS at 4:05 p.m. Fox has the doubleheader and 24: Redemption which is really going affect ratings on Sunday. Lots of good buzz on that, plus NBC has San Diego-Indy. I don't think that game will have the ratings of the last two weeks as Sunday Night Football had the higher rated NFC for games.

It appears puddin will be affected with a delay on Sunday while many of us will get TAR on time. Even Atlanta is free from delay as the Falcons play at 4:15 p.m. on Fox.

So here's the station listing for Oakland-Denver on Sunday.

Oakland @ Denver (4:05 p.m.)
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WTEV      Jacksonville      FL
WTSP      Tampa      FL
WBBM      Chicago      IL
WJZ      Baltimore      MD
WBOC      Salisbury      MD
WWJ      Detroit      MI
WLNS      Lansing      MI
WNEM      Saginaw      MI
WWTV      Traverse City      MI
KDLH      Duluth      MN
KEYC      Mankato      MN
WCCO      Minneapolis      MN
KMOV      St. Louis      MO
KXJB      Fargo      ND
KYW      Philadelphia      PA
KFDA      Amarillo      TX
KTVT      Dallas      TX
KENS      San Antonio      TX
KXII      Sherman      TX
KAUZ      Wichita Falls      TX

Any changes, I'll let you know, but this appears set for now.