NBC cuts to news rather than stay with Stadium Series last 3 minutes

[LadyStanley]

Visiting Bay Area. Local NBC station started 8pm news rather than staying with last 3+ minutes of the game.



Heidi anyone?

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[Llama19]

...Heidi...let the backlash begin...

No one really cares about hockey...football yes...

 

[Rich Nixon]

Happened to me as well. I live in the NYC broadcast area.

 

[Boris Zubov]

Same here in Vegas.

 

[Leafblooded]

All of three people noticed apparently

 

[Fenway]

 

[Fenway]

The main issue was that SNL MUST start at 11:30 PM when it is a new episode.

A secondary issue is local affiliates have prepared for a 30-minute newscast and have sold time.
NBC has access to real time data from X1 boxes nationwide which can give them an indication of what the ratings will be and with a blowout in hockey and a close NBA game on ABC they decided to pull the plug.

 

[iceblue]

can't wait until the playoffs begin- OT, 2nd OT- and cut away to local news.

 

[lifelonghockeyfan]

Well, since there weren't two touchdowns scored in the last two minutes in the game last night, it doesn't compare to the Heidi Bowl at all.

 

[GKJ]

can't wait until the playoffs begin- OT, 2nd OT- and cut away to local news.

This wasn't the playoffs. When SNL is doing summer re-runs.

The NHL could've either gotten everyone interested in the seeing the end - assuming anybody actually wanted to - over to the network, or have their programming pre-empted without warning by the vast majority of affiliates who would've went to the news. Yes, they have done this during playoff overtime games, but it's a decision made by the affiliate.

 

[Doctor No]

All of three people noticed apparently

I also like to base conclusions like this on the number of people who post on a Business sub-forum thread.

 

[Shockmaster]

You guys know the final few minutes aired on NBCSN, right? [MOD], but they mentioned multiple times the conclusion of the game would be on NBCSN due to the lights going out for several minutes before.

 

[Llama19]

You guys know the final few minutes aired on NBCSN, right? [MOD], but they mentioned multiple times the conclusion of the game would be on NBCSN due to the lights going out for several minutes before.

That is like saying...a National Football game on an over-the-air channel...was switched to a paid cable channel...where due to the trend of cord-cutting...most people probably no longer have cable...I know I do not...and have been that way for several years...

 

[CTHabsfan]

That is like saying...a National Football game on an over-the-air channel...was switched to a paid cable channel...where due to the trend of cord-cutting...most people probably no longer have cable...I know I do not...and have been that way for several years...

You have cut the cord. Perhaps most of your friends have cut the cord. This does not mean "most people" no longer have cable. In fact, most people still have pay-TV service. You have an option, you made your choice (not stating you're right or wrong).

 

[danderson400]

CBC had the same issue tonight, but at least they had Sportsnet West to start the OIlers game on. Has CBC ever switched away from a game since the 80s anyway?

 

[danderson400]

With the NFL, NBC can't cut away to the news until the game is over, it happens all the time.

 

[Leafblooded]

I also like to base conclusions like this on the number of people who post on a Business sub-forum thread.

The game was well over anyway

 

[GordonGraham]

With the NFL, NBC can't cut away to the news until the game is over, it happens all the time.

The difference between a powerhouse league and a bush league

 

[member 290103]

Who gives a f***? The game was over by then anyway.

 

[Flukeshot]

CBC had the same issue tonight, but at least they had Sportsnet West to start the OIlers game on. Has CBC ever switched away from a game since the 80s anyway?

The opposite... "we interrupt this live police chase to cut to the hockey game.."

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

I honestly didn't even realize there was another outdoor game to be honest until seeing this thread

That is how much NHL has ruined the outdoor game experience by having so many

 

[Llama19]

Cord Cutting Hits Another Record, Bashing Cable and Telecom Stocks

To quote:

"With almost 500,000 customers leaving in the fourth quarter alone, that left the industry with about 83 million households still subscribing.

The calculations don’t even include the growing number of households that didn’t subscribe to a pay TV service in the first place, known as “cord nevers” rather than “cord cutters.” But in total, approximately 13.5 million households do not pay for traditional forms of TV service currently, the firm estimated."

Source: fortune.com/2018/03/01/cord-cutting-record-internet-tv/

 

[iceblue]

You have cut the cord. Perhaps most of your friends have cut the cord. This does not mean "most people" no longer have cable. In fact, most people still have pay-TV service. You have an option, you made your choice (not stating you're right or wrong).

Well a lot of people who still pay for cable are cutting back the stations- during the Olympics many people told me they no longer had NBCSN so... yeah I still do but poor way to handle an "event" game.

 

[ref88]

That is like saying...a National Football game on an over-the-air channel...was switched to a paid cable channel...where due to the trend of cord-cutting...most people probably no longer have cable...I know I do not...and have been that way for several years...

Not even close

 

[AdmiralsFan24]

If only there was some way to prevent this. Maybe stop with the 20-30 minutes of pregame theatrics. Maybe start the game a little earlier (I had an infomercial on for a half hour before the game.)