The Preemption/Out of Pattern Thread

[Franko]

Much appreciated.

[Franko]

September 1978, Nebraska-South Dakota-Iowa:

SEARCH FOR TOMORROW aired at 3:30 p.m. (after Match Game '78) on KELO in Sioux Falls, since the station had an hour newscast from 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

ALL MY CHILDREN aired on a one-day delay at 9 a.m. on KCAU in Sioux City and KHGI in Kearney. The stations ran news and The Cross-Wits at 12.

The soaps all aired in pattern on the NBC stations. I'm a little surprised nobody dropped For Richer, For Poorer, but I guess the attitude was to just let it play out its run. Of note: three of the five stations aired Donahue rather than the 9-10 a.m. hour of the network midday lineup, Card Sharks and Hollywood Squares (eventually Jeopardy!). KMTV in Omaha also appears to have passed on the network Wheel of Fortune to run the syndicated Gong Show at 10:30.

[Franko]

Update: LOVING still wasn't airing in the Quad Cities as of December 1991.

[Franko]

Nashville, plus northern Mississippi and Alabama, September 1977:

WOWL, the NBC station in Florence, Alabama, also aired ATWT and GL. The two CBS soaps came after the network lineup, resulting in a unique afternoon: DOOL at 12:30, DOCTORS at 1:30, AW at 2, The Gong Show at 3, ATWT at 3:30 and GL at 4:30. I wonder how long this arrangement lasted, especially since all the CBS stations listed aired all the soaps.

WHMA, the CBS station in Anniston, aired The PTL Club at the lead-in to LOL, with TPIR airing at 4:30 after Tattletales.

[Franko]

Oklahoma City, November 1980

KTVY 4 (NBC)

9:00am - The John Davidson Show
10:00am - Hour Magazine
11:00am - Card Sharks
11:30am - Dannysday
12:00am - Action 4 at Noon
12:30pm - Days of Our Lives
1:30pm - Another World
2:30pm - Texas
3:30pm - Tom and Jerry

 

KOCO-TV 5 (ABC)

9:00am - Donahue
10:00am - The Love Boat
11:00am - All My Children (day-behind from 12:00pm)
12:00pm - 5 Alive NewsCenter at Noon
12:30pm - Ryan's Hope (one-hour delay)
1:00pm - One Life to Live
2:00pm - General Hospital
3:00pm - The Edge of Night
3:30pm - Happy Days Again

 

KWTV 9 (CBS)

9:00am - The Jeffersons
9:30am - Alice
10:00am - The Price is Right
11:00am - The Young and the Restless
12:00pm - Midday
1:00pm - As The World Turns
2:00pm - Guiding Light
3:00pm - I Love Lucy
3:30pm - The Toni Tennille Show

 

So at some point between July 1979 and November 1980, KTVY dropped THE DOCTORS, but then brought it back sometime before June 1982. Also, KWTV's midday news, which aired at 11:30 a.m. in July 1979 (instead of SEARCH) evidently got moved up a half-hour when Y&R expanded. It appears to have stayed an hour until CAPITOL debuted. I guess this partially explains why KTVY didn't pick up SEARCH -- why bother bringing back a show that hadn't aired in your market for years?

[Titus Andronicus]

Americus, Georgia, was an early adopter of Cablevision. Here's the morning and early afternoon lineup from September 1970.

Twelve channels total for $5.95 a month, but, being early cable, there were many repeats. Dothan was in the cable package. I'm not sure if their listings are for eastern or central time.

WALB (10) was probably also running Somerset at 4, but the listing neglected to include them in that slot.

(2 - WSB, Atlanta NBC) 
9 a.m. - Today in Georgia
9:30 a.m. - news
10 a.m. - Dinah's Place
10:30 a.m. - Concentration
11 a.m. - Sale of the Century
11:30 a.m. - Hollywood Squares
noon - News
12:30 p.m. - Mike Douglas Show
2 p.m. - Days of Our Lives
2:30 p.m. - The Doctors
3 p.m. - Another World
3:30 p.m. - Bright Promises
4 p.m. - Somerset
4:30 p.m. - Truth or Consequences

(3 - WRBL Columbus, CBS/NBC) 
9 a.m. Galloping Gourmet
9:30 a.m. - Gomer Pyle
10 a.m. - Lucy Show
10:30 a.m. - Beverly Hillbillies
11 a.m. - Family Affair
11:30 a.m. - Love of Life
noon - Where the Heart Is
12:30 p.m. - Search for Tomorrow
1 p.m. - News
1:15 p.m. - Charles Jones Show
2 p.m. - Love is a Many Splendored Thing
2:30 p.m. - Guiding Light
3 p.m. - Secret Storm
3:30 p.m. - Edge of Night
4 p.m. - Flintstones
4:30 p.m. - Wild, Wild West

(4 - WTVY Dothan, CBS/ABC Central Time) 
9 a.m. - Captain Kangaroo
10 a.m. - Lucy Show
10:30 a.m. - Beverly Hillbillies
11 a.m. - Family Affair
11:30 a.m. - Love of Life
noon - Where the Heart Is
12:25 p.m. - News
12:30 p.m. - Search for Tomorrow
1 p.m. - Gene Ragan Farm Show
1:20 p.m. - News
2 p.m. - Love is a Many Splendored Thing
2:30 p.m. - Guiding Light
3 p.m. - Secret Storm
3:30 p.m. - Edge of Night
4 p.m. - Gomer Pyle USMC
4:30 p.m. - General Hospital

(5 - WAGA Atlanta, CBS) 
9 a.m. - David Frost Show
10 a.m. - Lucy Show
10:30 a.m. - Beverly Hillbillies
11 a.m. - Family Affair
11:30 a.m. - Love of Life
noon - News
12:30 p.m. - p.m. Search for Tomorrow
1 p.m. - Famous Jury Trials
2 p.m. - Love is a Many Splendored Thing
2:30 p.m. - Guiding Light
3 p.m. - Secret Storm
3:30 p.m. - Edge of Night
4 p.m. - Gilligan's Island
4:30 p.m. - Flying Nun

(6 - Local weather and background music)

(7 - WDCO Cochran - PBS)

(8 - WCWB Macon, NBC)
9:30 a.m. - Dating Game
10 a.m. - Dinah's Place
10:30 a.m. - Concentration
11 a.m. - Sale of the Century
11:30 a.m. - Hollywood Squares
noon - Jeopardy
12:30 p.m. - Who, What, When, Where Game
12:55 p.m. - News
1 p.m. - Helen Popejoy Show
1:30 p.m. - Life with Linkletter
2 p.m. - Days of Our Lives
2:30 p.m. - The Doctors
3 p.m. - Another World
3:30 p.m. - Bright Promise
4 p.m. - Somerset
4:30 p.m. - Gomer Pyle USMC

(9 - WTVM Columbus ABC/NBC) 
9 a.m. - Miss Patsy's Playhouse
10 a.m. - Virginia Graham Show
11 a.m. - Bewitched
11:30 a.m. - That Girl
noon - Best of Everything
12:30 p.m. - News/Weather
12:40 p.m. - Midday Weather
12:45 p.m. - Bulletin Board
1 p.m. - All My Children
1:30 p.m. - Let's Make a Deal
2 p.m. - Newlywed Game
2:30 p.m. - Dating Game
3 p.m. - General Hospital
3:30 p.m. - One Life to Live
4 p.m. - Dark Shadows
4:30 p.m. - Timmy and Lassie

(10 - WALB Albany, NBC/ABC) 
9 a.m. - Little Theatre
9:30 a.m. - Jack LaLanne
10 a.m. - Dinah's Place
10:30 a.m. - Concentration
11 a.m. - Sale of the Century
11:30 a.m. - Hollywood Squares
noon - Jeopardy
12:30 p.m. - Town and Country
12:35 p.m. - Paul Harvey Comments
12:40 p.m. - Town and Country 
12:55 p.m. - News
1 p.m. - Town and Country (yes, again)
1:30 p.m. - Life with Linkletter
2 p.m. - Days of Our Lives
2:30 p.m. - The Doctors
3 p.m. - Another World
3:30 p.m. - Bright Promise
4 p.m. - ?
4:30 p.m. - Flintstones

(11 - WQXI Atlanta, ABC) 
9 a.m. - Romper Room
9:54 a.m. - Eyewitness News
10 a.m. - Real McCoys
10:30 a.m. - Anniversary Game
11 a.m. - To Tell the Truth
11:30 a.m. - That Girl
noon - Bewitched
12:30 p.m. - Eyewitness News
1 p.m. - All My Children
1:30 p.m. - Let's Make a Deal
2 p.m. - Newlywed Game
2:30 p.m. - Dating Game
3 p.m. - General Hospital
3:30 p.m. - One Life to Live
4 p.m. - Dark Shadows
4:30 p.m. - Movie

(12 - vacant)

(13 - WMAZ Macon, CBS/ABC) 
9 a.m. - General Hospital
9:30 a.m. - Bewitched
10 a.m. - Lucy Show
10:30 a.m. - Beverly Hillbillies
11 a.m. - Family Affair
11:30 a.m. - Love of Life
noon - Where the Heart Is
12:25 p.m. - News
12:30 p.m. - Search for Tomorrow
1 p.m. - Almanac
2 p.m. - Love is a Many Splendored Thing
2:30 p.m. - Guiding Light
3 p.m. - Secret Storm
3:30 p.m. - Edge of Night
4 p.m. - Dark Shadows
4:30 p.m. - Gilligan's Island

[Gray Bunny]

 

My relatives lived in that area, and I seem to recall one summer when visiting (1996), I saw a commercial on this station for Bold & Beautiful airing at 11:30am. At the time, I didn't know if everything aired one hour earlier (as I wasn't sure it was on Mountain Time Zone or not) or if B&B just aired earlier than usual here. 

 

Edited August 5, 2021 by Gray Bunny

[Franko]

L.A., September 1974:

Nothing unusual with KNXT (CBS) and KNBC's lineups. KABC and KEYT (Santa Barbara), however, deviated significantly.

11:00 The Girl in My Life (where Password would be)
11:30 $10,000 Pyramid (where Split Second would be)
12:00 Password (where AMC would be)
12:30 Split Second (where Let's Make a Deal would be)
1:00 All My Children (where Newlywed Game would be)
1:30 Let's Make a Deal (where Girl in My Life would be)
2:00 Newlywed Game (where GH would be)
2:30 One Life to Live (in its right slot)
3:00 General Hospital (where Pyramid would be)

[Franko]

December 1994

WINK, Fort Myers, was another CBS station airing Y&R at 4 p.m.

Seattle, May 1992

DAYS aired at 9 a.m. on KING, opposite Regis & Kathie Lee on KOMO (ABC) and Geraldo on KIRO (CBS). AW and SANTA BARBARA aired in pattern at 1 and 2 p.m.

B&B was not airing at 12:30 p.m. on KIRO, but rather on independent station KTZZ.

[Paul Raven]

No As The World Turns on any of these stations? Or is that a misprint?

[kalbir]

Earlier in the thread a June 1988 listing for Seattle had Days at 3 pm. I'm guessing that it moved to 9 am after the supercouple era ended and the kids watching after school lost interest. I wonder if Days went back to 3 pm during the Reilly sci-fi era when the kids were watching again.

So Seattle got B&B in 1992? I was so sure that B&B started in Seattle in 1994, or maybe that's when the CBS station started broadcasting it. We know Capitol did not air on the CBS station in Seattle so maybe an independent station broadcast Capitol there.

[Titus Andronicus]

Looks like a misprint. 

Here's a September 1970 listing of a few of the channels from another area newspaper. Not much of the area could actually pick up the lone ABC station over the air. The first southwest Georgia dedicated ABC station was another decade from springing up.

WRBL (Columbus GA)
9 a.m. The Gourmet
9:30 Gomer Pyle USMC
10 Lucy 
10:30 Beverly Hillbillies
11 Family Affair
11:30 Love of Life
Noon Where the Heart Is
12:30 Search for Tomorrow
1 p.m. Midday
1:30 As the World Turns
2 Love is a Many Splendored Thing
2:30 Guiding Light
3 Secret Storm
3:30 Edge of Night
4 The Flintstones
4:30 Wild Wild West

WTVY (Dothan AL)
9 Captain Kangaroo
10 Lucy
10:30 Beverly Hillbillies
11 Family Affair
11:30 Love of Life
Noon Where the Heart Is
12:30 Search for Tomorrow
1 News
1:30 As the World Turns
2 Love is a Many Splendored Thing
2:30 Guiding Light
3 Secret Storm
3:30 Edge of Night
4 Gomer Pyle USMC
4:30 General Hospital

WJXT (Jacksonville FL)
9 David Frost
10: [something illegible that isn't a soap]
10:30 Beverly Hillbillies
11 Family Affair
11:30 Love of Life
Noon Where the Heart Is
12:30 Search for Tomorrow
1 Midday
1:30 As the World Turns
2 Love is a Many Splendored Thing
2:30 Guiding Light
3 Secret Storm
3:30 Edge of Night
4 Don't Eat the Daisies
4:30 Mike Douglas

WCTV (Thomasville GA/Tallahassee FL)
9 Romper Room
9:30 Jack LaLanne
10 Lucy
10:30 Beverly Hillbillies
11 Family Affair
11:30 Love of Life
Noon Where the Heart Is
12:30 Search for Tomorrow
1 Midday
1:30 As the World Turns
2 Love is a Many Splendored Thing
2:30 Guiding Light
3: Secret Storm
3:30 Edge of Night
4 Gomer Pyle USMC
4:30 Mike Douglas

WTVM (Columbus GA)
9 Playhouse
10 Virginia Graham
11 A World Apart
11:30 That Girl
Noon Bewitched
12:30 Panorama
1 All My Children
1:30 Let's Make a Deal
2 Newlywed Game
2:30 Let's Make a Deal
3 General Hospital
3:30 One Life to Live
4 Dark Shadows
4:30 Timmie and Lassie

WALB (Albany GA)
9 Little Theater
9:30 Jack LaLanne
10 Dinah's Place
10:30 Concentration
11 Sale of the Century
11:30 Hollywood Squares
Noon Jeopardy
12:30 Town and Country (local news)
1:30 Words and Music
2 Days of Our Lives
2:30 The Doctors
3 Another World
3:30 Bright Promises
4 Somerset
4:30 Flintstones

WMAZ (Macon GA)
9 General Hospital
9:30 Bewitched
10 Lucy
10:30 Beverly Hillbillies
11 Family Affair
11:30 Love of Life
Noon Where the Heart Is
12:30 Search for Tomorrow
1 Almanac
1:30 As the World Turns
2 Love is a Many Splendored Thing
2:30 Guiding Light
3 Secret Storm
3:30 Edge of Night
4 Dark Shadows
4:30 Gilligan's Island

Edited August 30, 2021 by Titus Andronicus

[Spoon]

Saw a promo where Days moves to 1 in Pittsburgh to make room for Judge Judy reruns. Hopefully people will eventually realize they're all repeats now. Days has been at 3 here since the mid-90s. We've always been a Y&R household but that show's so dull I don't think they really follow it anymore

[Franko]

Madison, Wisconsin, end of October 1971:

WISC (CBS) aired the "Farm Hour" at noon, followed by the syndicated What's My Line? in place of Love is a Many Splendored Thing. The Guiding Light aired in pattern and As The World Turns aired at 3:30, after Gomer Pyle, USMC reruns and as the lead-in to a local children's show. I wonder how many Madison residents of a certain age became young ATWT fans, not to mention if this move happened in response to Dark Shadows' popularity a few years earlier.

WMTV (NBC; "I want my Channel 15!") and WKOW (ABC; if that station didn't have a cow mascot at some point, I don't know what's what) aired everything in pattern.

 

 

Edited November 7, 2021 by Franko

[Franko]

Friday, May 3, 1985, North and South Carolina:

You could watch RYAN'S HOPE at 10 a.m. (after Donahue) on WWAY in Wilmington, which aired Jeopardy! at noon. Or you could see RH at 11:30 (after All-Star Blitz) on WRAL in Raleigh, which apparently dropped Family Feud and aired news at noon. WPDE in Florence aired RH at noon, between Family Feud and LOVING.

Everything aired in pattern on the CBS stations in Durham and Florence.

WECT, NBC's Wilmington station, aired all four soaps, but didn't air Sale of the Century (for the syndicated Name That Tune) and Super Password (for news). WPTF in Durham nearly aired all of the network lineup, but passed on SANTA BARBARA, airing The Pink Panther and Inspector Gadget instead.