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When I was in Boston in 2009 I saw TBS & TNT do the same thing. In that case it was an episode of CSI that got bumped off air on TNT. The same happened once TBS picked up coverage - although I seem to remover there was a 'we now join the following programme already in progress' announcement and I think they returned to CSI where it would have been - ie having missed at least 10 - 15 mins. Very strange way of doing things.
So here's an interesting example of how American pres works, as seen last night.
TBS were showing some post-season baseball: Dodgers at Braves followed by Detroit Tigers at A's. The first game over-ran, so the start of the second was shown on TNT.
TNT were, however, 90 minutes through The Wedding Crashers. And they just crashed straight into the baseball coverage - no announcement, no fade to black, no ident, just a plain unsynched SDI cut to a TBS-branded programme. At 9.30pm on a Friday. No biggie.
The Braves game finished about 5 minutes later, so TBS's coverage did a wipe into the A's game, and simulcast for a bit. Then, at the first ad break, a sports presenter appeared on TNT to say that coverage would continue on TBS, apologised for the interruption, and did a "now back to your regularly scheduled programming". Which was The Wedding Crashers - from the start again.
TBS were showing some post-season baseball: Dodgers at Braves followed by Detroit Tigers at A's. The first game over-ran, so the start of the second was shown on TNT.
TNT were, however, 90 minutes through The Wedding Crashers. And they just crashed straight into the baseball coverage - no announcement, no fade to black, no ident, just a plain unsynched SDI cut to a TBS-branded programme. At 9.30pm on a Friday. No biggie.
The Braves game finished about 5 minutes later, so TBS's coverage did a wipe into the A's game, and simulcast for a bit. Then, at the first ad break, a sports presenter appeared on TNT to say that coverage would continue on TBS, apologised for the interruption, and did a "now back to your regularly scheduled programming". Which was The Wedding Crashers - from the start again.
When I was in Boston in 2009 I saw TBS & TNT do the same thing. In that case it was an episode of CSI that got bumped off air on TNT. The same happened once TBS picked up coverage - although I seem to remover there was a 'we now join the following programme already in progress' announcement and I think they returned to CSI where it would have been - ie having missed at least 10 - 15 mins. Very strange way of doing things.