By February as many as five game shows may be on the network schedules.
I called 150 stations, and they all pre-empted the network schedules.
Of course, news magazines are often moved around in the network schedules.
The curse of television success: a spot cradled between two hit shows has long been the most desirable place to be on a network schedule.
Programs made it onto network schedules at the last minute when their production studios agreed to cut networks in on the shows' future profits.
The new factor in programming movies on a network schedule is the consideration of cable performance.
The station carries the full Global network schedule, along with 39 hours a week of local news programming.
It is not surprising that a spot between two hit shows has long been the most desirable place to be on a network schedule.
The main concern for the networks is getting their affiliates to carry the entire network schedule.