How Does TV Scheduling Work?

[ZonaBurgh]

So I'm watching an NCIS rerun on the local CBS affiliate and a commercial comes on showing the Steelers - Bungholes game is the national game. The local CBS station is showing NFC games, both early and late. The Cardinals are playing in London, so I don't get it.
Left a phone call with the station, but I don't expect anyone will call back. Do you think this is a local decision or does the fact that you're an AFC affiliate not mean **** anymore?

No interest in the Seahawks - Giants they are choosing to show.

 

[Stryker]

Send an email if you want to see it on USTV Now. I just did:

news@cbs21.com

Never mind. The USTVNow is showing the Steelers/ Bengals tomorrow.

 

[ZonaBurgh]

Thanks Cope. They weren't showing that earlier this week.

 

[Sarge]

So I'm watching an NCIS rerun on the local CBS affiliate and a commercial comes on showing the Steelers - Bungholes game is the national game. The local CBS station is showing NFC games, both early and late. The Cardinals are playing in London, so I don't get it.
Left a phone call with the station, but I don't expect anyone will call back. Do you think this is a local decision or does the fact that you're an AFC affiliate not mean **** anymore?

No interest in the Seahawks - Giants they are choosing to show.

You live in upstate NY? Same thing here. I'll just have to find a stream on Kodi I guess.

 

[strat68]

So I'm watching an NCIS rerun on the local CBS affiliate and a commercial comes on showing the Steelers - Bungholes game is the national game. The local CBS station is showing NFC games, both early and late. The Cardinals are playing in London, so I don't get it.
Left a phone call with the station, but I don't expect anyone will call back. Do you think this is a local decision or does the fact that you're an AFC affiliate not mean **** anymore?

No interest in the Seahawks - Giants they are choosing to show.

CBS is supposed to show games where the AFC team is the away team or your home broadcast area team.

 

[ZonaBurgh]

I'm in AZ, the Cards play on Fox as the early game. Both games on CBS are NFC match ups, early and late game. USTV Now will show the Steelers, so I'll get the feed that way.

 

[Buster]

CBS is supposed to show games where the AFC team is the away team or your home broadcast area team.

For some reason they swap a couple times a year. I think it's so it's not too lopsided.

 

[Stryker]

For some reason they swap a couple times a year. I think it's so it's not too lopsided.

There is nothing lopsided about it. Fox paid for the rights for the NFC and CBS paid for the AFC rights. There should be an equal amount of double headers, and if there isn't there should be 2 double headers one week.