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The DUMBEST BROADCAST SCHEDULING in NFL on NBC HISTORY

posted 2 years ago by TMC-4 (19416)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYpFI4Uxz7s

During the final week of the 1982 NFL season, the NBC affiliate in Detroit, WDIV, did not show a single game, meaning that anyone who wanted to watch the AFC was completely out of luck. The reason? NBC flat out forgot how the broadcasting rules worked and forgot that there was football on. This is the story behind this absurd situation, which might be the dumbest instance of broadcast scheduling in the history of the Peacock.

[–] chilidoggg (13053) 2 years ago

about 7 years ago or so, there were two playoff games on a Saturday, I want to say the Ravens were in the early playoff game, and the 49ers were in the later game. First game went into overtime, and the other network started the second game on time. Morons.