so now I’ll have to wait until 4:00 a.m. DVR taping on SoapNet…Why is 1:00 p.m. (PST) always the critical hour for car chases, a cat in a stuck in a tree, etc., for preemptions? Why? Why! Why? Why. Why!!!!
Breaking news stories somehow happen a lot at 1:00pm EST. Several years ago, our Detroit station pre-empted DOOL with a news story–an explosion at a local high school. Imagine the worried parents at home, watching the story on TV. However, the helicopters above the school showed no smoke and no fire coming from the school building. An hour wasted–for a FIRECRACKER going off in someone’s locker.