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This thread is for posting scheduling announcements that affect multiple networks.
 
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ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox broadcast networks scheduled a live Presidential Address at 9 PM ET on Tuesday, Jan. 8. The address is expected to run about eight minutes, with all of the Tuesday programs expected to run in their entirety. This means all the U.S. programming after that time will run about eight minutes late. I don't know if the Canadian networks will continue with their regular schedule, or will simsub the U.S. networks. I'm recording on the Canadian networks and hoping for the best.
 
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The Democrats have requested equal time, so it looks like the schedules are still in flux.

Zap2it shows that NBC will allocate 20 minutes and delay all following programs by 20 minutes. Right now, it shows FOX allowed 8 minutes, but they reportedly will carry the Dems response as well.

https://www.cbs.com/schedule/ shows that they will delay the political event until 10 PM ET/PT, followed by an episode of The Neighborhood at 10:30. It also says they will air a repeat of NCIS at 9 PM instead of the winter premiere of FBI, which may also affect Global.
 
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Zap2it now shows CBS will air the the Presidential Address and response live at 9 PM ET, followed by reruns of The Neighborhood at 9:30 and NCIS: New Orleans at 10 PM.

It looks like NBC will show New Amsterdam at its regular time of 10 PM. There may be some Ellen's Game of Games filler from 9:30-10:00.

You can't necessarily trust you on-screen TV guide tonight.
 
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Hopefully this is the last update for today. I am using Deadline's article and Zap2it for this final summary and quoting east coast times.

CBS will air the preempted FBI and NCIS: New Orleans episodes next Tuesday. NCIS: New Orleans aired in pre-release on Global last night.

Fox’s The Gifted will air in its entirety following the presidential address.

ABC will air its regular schedule - blackish, Splitting Up Together, and The Rookie will be delayed by about 30 minutes.

Zap2it says that CTV will keep its planned schedule, except that the preempted 9 PM episode of Ellen's Game of Games will be replaces by 2 Big Bang Theory reruns.

Global will show an FBI rerun in place of the preempted new episode.

City TV doesn't have any schedule changes.
 
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The 4 major U.S. networks have allocated 9-11 PM ET on Tuesday January 29 for live coverage of the President's State of the Union Address. I delayed posting this because there is some doubt that the speech will take place on schedule, so I'll update this thread if it changes.

The only regularly scheduled program that evening is Ellen's Game of Games at 8 PM on NBC and CTV. The CW will continue with its regular schedule.

The Canadian private networks will fill the two-hour slot with catch-up programming and reruns.

EDIT: I should have waited one more day - the SOTU has been postponed.
 
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I've been waiting for the U.S. networks to update their schedules. ABC is still asleep at the switch, but the rest of the networks have scheduled reruns for that time period, except NBC.

8 PM Ellen's Game of Games (new)
9 PM Ellen's Game of Games (new)
10 PM Ellen's Game of Games (rerun)

CTV has scheduled 2 Law & Order: SVU reruns for 9 and 10 PM, but I expect them to also simsub the Ellen's Game of Games at 9 PM ET.

If ABC schedules any new programming, I'll post another update. Otherwise, you can assume reruns.
 
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Update from Zap2it: ABC has finally updated their schedule for Tuesday - reruns as expected. CTV's schedule is:

8 PM Ellen's Game of Games (new s-NBC)
9 PM Ellen's Game of Games (new s-NBC)
10 PM The Rookie (rerun s-ABC)

Make sure your guide is up to date if you plan to record any network programs tomorrow.
 
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The SOTU Address has been rescheduled for Tuesday, February 5, 2019, one week later than originally planned. The U.S. networks had a full slate of new episodes that day, so the Canadian networks will also have to juggle their schedules to fill the time.
 
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The 4 major U.S. networks have allocated 9-11 PM ET on Tuesday February 5, 2019 for live coverage of the President's State of the Union Address.

NBC and CTV will air a new episode of Ellen's Game of Games at 8 PM ET.

ABC will show American Housewife and The Kids Are Alright at 8 and 8:30, which will run 3 days later in CTV's regular Friday slot.

The rest of the schedule on ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, CTV, City TV and Global will consist of reruns.

The CW will continue with its regular schedule.
 
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In what is expected to be the only leaders' debate during the 2019 Alberta election campaign, a media consortium has partnered to bring voters ALBERTA ELECTION 2019: THE LEADERS DEBATE, Thursday, April 4 from 5:30-7 p.m. MT.

The debate will air live across television and digital platforms on CBC Calgary, CBC Edmonton, CBC News Network, CityNews Calgary, CityNews Edmonton, CTV Calgary, CTV Edmonton, CTV News Channel, Omni TV, and online at Postmedia's CalgaryHerald.com and EdmontonJournal.com. On radio, THE LEADERS DEBATE will be broadcast on 660 News and province-wide on CBC Radio on 99.1FM/1010AM in Calgary and 93.9FM/740AM in Edmonton.
Full press release

The Alberta election will be held April 16, so expect local coverage to affect prime time programming.

Global issued its own press release on election coverage last week.

https://www.digitalhome.ca/forum/29...global-tv-2018-19-schedule-3.html#post3076349
 
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I came across the following article in The Hollywood Reporter, so I decided to post the programs available in Canada in this thread since they affect so many channels.

Moon Landing at 50: A Guide to TV Specials Celebrating Apollo 11's 1969 Feat

** Smithsonian Channel Canada **
Episode 4 of Apollo's Moon Shot tonight at 8 PM ET with episodes 5 & 6 on subsequent Sundays. There will be a marathon of past episodes Sunday afternoon, July 21.
The Lost Tapes "Apollo 13" episode will re-air Tuesday afternoon.
The Day We Walked on the Moon One-Hour Special will air at 9 PM ET on July 21.

** National Geographic Canada **
Apollo: Missions to the Moon July 8 at 9 PM ET
Apollo: Back to the Moon July 10 at 9 & 10 PM ET (two-part documentary)

** History Canada **
Moon Landing: The Lost Tapes July 20 at 9 PM ET

** PBS **
American Experience: Chasing the Moon July 8, 9, 10 at 9 PM ET (three-part documentary)
Space Men July 9 at 8 PM ET
Nova: Back to the Moon July 10 at 8 PM ET
Nova: Apollo's Daring Mission July 16 at 10 PM ET
8 Days: to the Moon and Back July 17 at 9 PM ET (also BBC Earth July 20 at 8 PM ET, produced by BBC)
When We Were Apollo only a few PBS stations carry this - see https://whenwewereapollo.com/watch-the-film
 
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The leadership debates for the federal election will take place the second week of October, 2019. They will be held in the Ottawa/Gatineau area. The debates will be:

  • Free to access and distribute: Anyone can broadcast it, for free. Anyone can stream it, for free. Anyone can host a live viewing party, for free
  • Widely distributed on television, radio, digital and social streaming platforms to ensure access to a broad cross-section of Canadians across the country, on the platform of their choice
  • Available in ASL, LSQ, closed captioning and described video
  • Available in English, French, some Indigenous languages and non-official languages
The Canadian Debate Production Partnership includes:
  • CBC News
  • Radio-Canada
  • Global News
  • CTV News
  • Toronto Star and Torstar chain
  • HuffPost Canada and HuffPost Québec
  • La Presse
  • Le Devoir
  • L’Actualité
Press Release from Bell Media

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OMNI will air the debates live in Cantonese, Italian, Mandarin, and Punjabi on OMNI Television and OMNITV.ca. (Rogers Media Press Release)
 
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The English televised federal leaders debate is set for Oct. 7, the French for Oct. 10. (CBC)

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Maclean’s and Citytv are hosting the first National Leaders Debate to take place on Thursday, Sept. 12 starting at 8 p.m. EDT (5 p.m. PDT).

The two-hour debate in English will take place in Toronto while airing live on Citytv, Macleans.ca, Facebook and Twitter, as well as on Rogers news radio stations and their websites and CityNews websites. CPAC will carry the debate with a French translation, while OMNI Television will carry it with interpretation into Mandarin and Cantonese (in broadcast) and Punjabi (online). (Maclean’s )

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The September 10 Manitoba provincial election will affect evening programming as follows, ignoring reruns. (Zap2it)

CTV: The Amazing Race Canada and The Beaverton finales will be preempted and will re-air on Saturday at 4 PM and 10 PM as usual.
CBC: Coronation Street airs at 7 PM, followed by election coverage.
Global: An NCIS rerun will be followed by election coverage.
Citytv: America's Got Talent and Bring the Funny air as usual - no election coverage.
 
#18 · (Edited)
Just a reminder that the English federal leaders debate will be broadcast Live Monday, Oct. 7 from 7-9 PM ET on CBC, CTV and Global. Citytv aired the Rogers debate in Sept., so they will show their regular programming, as will CTV2. Primetime programming in the 2 western time zones shouldn't be affected. I confirmed the following schedule changes at each network's web site.

CTV will show The Conners and Bob Hearts Abishola later Monday starting at 10 PM CDT in Winnipeg and on Tuesday at 7 PM EDT in Toronto.

Global will move 9-1-1 to 11 PM EDT/10 PM CDT and delay the late News, Stephen Colbert and Lilly Singh by an hour. The Neighborhood airs at 3:07 AM EDT in Toronto and 12 midnight CDT in Winnipeg followed by Stephen Colbert at 12:30 AM CDT and Lilly Singh at 1:32 AM CDT.

EDIT: CBC will show 2 new episodes of Coronation Street starting at 4 PM local time in Toronto and Winnipeg, instead of the usual time of 7 PM, with the regular rebroadcast at midnight.
 
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The U.S. Networks will begin coverage of impeachment hearings according to this Deadline article. The hearings are scheduled for Wednesday and Friday starting at 10 AM ET and may continue for a couple of weeks. If you record daytime programming on U.S. ABC, CBS, NBC stations, you may wish to switch to Canadian stations, which are less likely to interrupt the programs with "breaking news." If you really care about the programs, you may even record them on 2 different stations, preferably time-shifted. Since daytime programs are usually syndicated in the U.S., they are picked up by individual station owners and aren't necessarily on the same network across the U.S.
 
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There was live coverage of the ceremony leading up to impeachment trial in the U.S. Senate today around 12 noon Eastern, so check any recordings you made at that time on ABC, CBS or NBC. There may be additional coverage this afternoon. (Deadline) Expect further disruption of the daytime schedule on those stations beginning Tuesday, Jan. 21 for at least 2 weeks. (Deadline)
 
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"Minutes after President Donald Trump was acquitted by the Senate on both articles of impeachment, POTUS said he will address the nation “to discuss our country’s victory on the impeachment hoax” at noon ET Thursday from the White House." The Deadline article doesn't say if the U.S. broadcast networks will air the remarks, however daytime programming will now return to normal.
 
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The U.S. broadcast networks will preempt several series on Tuesday, March 3 to cover the Democrats' "Super Tuesday" voting for their presidential candidate in a bunch of states. Here is a summary for the Eastern Time Zone.

ABC will devote their entire prime-time schedule to political coverage. (Press Release)

CBS will air an NCIS rerun, followed by 2 hours of politics, preempting FBI and FBI: Most Wanted.

NBC will show a new episode of Ellen's Game of Games, followed by a rerun and an hour of politics. (This is Us will not be shown.)

FOX will retain its regular schedule with a new episode of The Resident, the mid-season return of Empire, followed by local news.

The Canadian networks will schedule various reruns to fill the empty slots.
 
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The US president will make a speech at 6:00 tonite Pacific, that's 9:00 in the East so right in primetime. Probably the networks will show it. I don't know how long he'll talk so whether they'll just go "in progress" or wipe out their whole hour, so I don't know whether the CDN networks like CTV will have new eps to show. Probably best to record from the CDN station and hope for the best.
 
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Latest updates on COVID-19 and the sports calendar

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NHL announces pause in 2019-20 season

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NBA Suspends Season After Utah Jazz Player Tests Positive For Coronavirus

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MLS suspending season for 30 days

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Nickelodeon’s Kids’ Choice Awards scheduled for March 22 has been postponed due To Coronavirus concerns. Further information about a new date will be provided in the future. (Deadline) YTV airs the awards show in Canada.

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The Juno Awards, Canada's most prominent music awards, have been cancelled in the wake of concerns over the coronavirus outbreak. (CBC)

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Sports involving player contact are likely to be suspended.
 
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