I don't know how early it started but in Canada certainly as early as the mid-80s, they always showed a bit of the previous day's episode before the current day started. In theory if Jamie was in that clip even if he wasn't in the current episode it could give the impression he appeared both days -- but anyone counting appearances that closely for that long would presumably learn that pattern and understand it.
I see your point but I doubt it would have been included in his, or someone else's, miscalculation.
That bit of short scenes from the day before, before the actual show and theme started, was unique as far as I know. I used to think it was CTV allowed less advertising time, or that they couldn't sell advertising time, which was ridiculous, the show was immensely popular in Canada..
It aired at the same time in Canada EST and EDT, so on cable our Canadian broadcast substituted the American simulcast. It gave Canadian advertisers an advantage.
Then I spent a week Skiiing in Stowe Vermont and watched AW in my hotel room (The Golden Eagle) eating pizza (from The Flying Tomato) and saw that on the NBC station (WPTZ Plattsburgh) there was an NBC newsbreak we didn't get in Canada.
Hence the previews from the day before, to fill the time.
It says a lot that someone was hired to do it.
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