Topic: TAR 17 Scheduling + Airing Times

[DrRox]

Yes, CBS switched Tampa and Buffalo to early games. The overruns really only affect the Eastern and Central time zones.

[theschnauzers]

A few more switches among the affiliates between the early games and the one late game:
The Milwaukee area is now taking the late game; some markets in Oregon and Montana have switched to one of the early games but they don't have to worry about NFL overruns anyhow.

[theschnauzers]

As I'm in one of the markets with a late game but getting the CBS east coast feed, I expect to be able to receive a CBS Eye-lert with the overrun information.

The chances of an overtime are very slim though, as Denver is leading Kansas City 49-17 with 11 minutes left in the game.

[theschnauzers]

The delay is about 34 to 35 minutes for those few markets that had the late game and get the east coast feed.

[theschnauzers]

It appears that the overrun is about 10 minutes, as the game has finished, and the stations are in commercials in advance of 60 Minutes.  Will confirm with Eye-lert as received.

[theschnauzers]

Revised start times for tonight's CBS programs: 60 Minutes (7:12pm ET), Amazing Race (8:12pm ET), Undercover Boss (9:12pm ET) and CSI: Miami (10:12pm ET) due to CBS Sports live coverage of the NFL.

[theschnauzers]

The Sunday after Thanksgiving is a single-header game for CBS, and quite a few markets that get the CBS east coast feed are getting one of two single late games (Miami at Oakland and Kansas City at Seattle. Markets include: all of south Florida, Mobile, Atlanta, Charlotte, Norfolk, Richmond. DC, Baltimore, Cleveland, Most of Upper Michigan, all of Wisconsin, most of Minnesota, all of South Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, most of Missouri including Kansas City, Kansas, other markets appear to be areas with the west coast feeds.

As always, there could be changes before Sunday; I'll check again before Sunday.

[theschnauzers]

As of Friday evening, the only changes were in the Bay area, as Oakland-Miami game did not sell out.  No changes in the markets that get the east coast feed.

[theschnauzers]

Turns out CBS does not have a doubleheader this coming weekend, but CBS will have a doubleheader on finale night (Dec. 12th).

Among the east coast feed markets currently scheduled to get the single late afternoon CBS game (Oakland v. San Diego) are: New Orleans, upstate South Carolina, Cincinnati, Chicago, most of Wisconsin, most of the Upper and Lower Peninsula of Michigan (including Detroit), the greater New York metro (NJ, CT and NY), and the Baltimore-Washington-Richmond-Norfolk markets.

It's only Tuesday, and some markets could change, but putting both New York, Chicago and the mid-Atlantic on the late game feeds is going to have quite a few Nielsen families dealing with an NFL overrun.

[theschnauzers]

Some of the above markets have switched from the late game to one of the early games.  These include the Cincinnati area, and some west coast feed markets in Washington state.

[theschnauzers]

For the final time this season, CBS is having a doubleheader, which means that most east coast markets may have an overrun delaying the start of TAR.

CBS has more late games this week (4) than early games. The only market not getting a late game is New Orleans. Of the four games, only three of them are being sent to east coast feed areas, one game is only going to markets getting the later west coast feed. Of the other three, one game is only going to markets in the central time zone, and the other two are splitting the east coast markets.  My guess is that CBS plan to roll everyone on the east coast feed over to whichever games remain in progress until the three games are completed.

We'll have to monitor for changes, because if an east coast feed market switches to that fourth game, it will complicate matters.

[DrRox]

All markets will roll over to whichever of those 4 games is the last one going....even the west coast only game...... TV contract rules.

[georgiapeach]

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[theschnauzers]

CBS Eye-lert says:

Revised start times for tonight's CBS programs: 60 Minutes (7:26pm ET), Amazing Race (8:26pm ET), Undercover Boss (9:26pm ET) and CSI: Miami (10:26pm ET) due to CBS Sports live coverage of the NFL.