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Close calls....narrow escapes.....
gridlockjoe:
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--- Quote from: gridlockjoe on March 31, 2022, 02:51:29 PM ---Other 1980 pre-emptions due to Magazine are 2/7, 3/6, 4/3, and 5/1. There were no other known pre-emptions for the rest of the run.
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So Roxie Roker and Dick Gautier appeared in six episodes from 5/7 through 5/14?
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That is my understanding based on TV Guide listings.
gridlockjoe:
--- Quote from: gridlockjoe on April 01, 2022, 09:06:53 AM ---
--- Quote from: That Don Guy on March 31, 2022, 04:46:59 PM ---
--- Quote from: gridlockjoe on March 31, 2022, 02:51:29 PM ---Other 1980 pre-emptions due to Magazine are 2/7, 3/6, 4/3, and 5/1. There were no other known pre-emptions for the rest of the run.
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So Roxie Roker and Dick Gautier appeared in six episodes from 5/7 through 5/14?
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That is my understanding based on TV Guide listings.
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Someone on another forum alerted me to a potential news-related pre-emption on April 25 for coverage of the failed hostage rescue in Iran, which happened the previous evening DC time. This would have bumped Jack Carter and Meredith MacRae's last two episodes (#250-251) to 4/28-4/29, and Robert Mandan and Joan Prather's week (#253-256) forward by a day to 4/30, 5/2, 5/3-5/7 (with intervening Magazine and weekend), making Roxie Roker and Dick Gautier's week (#257-261) a 5-episode week from 5/8-5/9 and 5/12-5/14 (with an intervening weekend).
A bump would explain why TV Guide lists six episodes for Roker/Gautier. The schedule change would have reached Radnor before the 5/10 issue went to press.
We'll find out for sure when these episodes air.
gridlockjoe:
--- Quote from: gridlockjoe on April 01, 2022, 10:04:32 PM ---
Someone on another forum alerted me to a potential news-related pre-emption on April 25 for coverage of the failed hostage rescue in Iran, which happened the previous evening DC time. This would have bumped Jack Carter and Meredith MacRae's last two episodes (#250-251) to 4/28-4/29, and Robert Mandan and Joan Prather's week (#253-256) forward by a day to 4/30, 5/2, 5/3-5/7 (with intervening Magazine and weekend), making Roxie Roker and Dick Gautier's week (#257-261) a 5-episode week from 5/8-5/9 and 5/12-5/14 (with an intervening weekend).
A bump would explain why TV Guide lists six episodes for Roker/Gautier. The schedule change would have reached Radnor before the 5/10 issue went to press.
We'll find out for sure when these episodes air.
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I looked at the index of the Vanderbilt TV News Archive and they don't show times the reports aired, but they do have listings for 3 hours and 10 minutes of "Friday Morning" coverage. ("CBS Morning News" still had a one-hour slot before "Captain Kangaroo".) If I were a betting man I would say "Whew!" was pre-empted nationally and the episode bumped to the next day.
JMFabiano:
--- Quote from: Bryce L. on March 29, 2022, 05:44:03 PM ---
--- Quote from: MikeK on March 29, 2022, 05:30:48 PM ---Looking ahead to next Wednesday 4/6, episode 176 will be skipped. It would have originally aired on January 9, 1980.
Just throwing it out there...
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If 177 has a different champion to start, than whoever it was at the end of 175, that'll be a bit of a red flag.
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Uh-oh...
To the guy who remembered seeing the original broadcast, how long did your winter break last?
TimK2003:
--- Quote from: JMFabiano on April 04, 2022, 09:32:44 AM ---
--- Quote from: Bryce L. on March 29, 2022, 05:44:03 PM ---
--- Quote from: MikeK on March 29, 2022, 05:30:48 PM ---Looking ahead to next Wednesday 4/6, episode 176 will be skipped. It would have originally aired on January 9, 1980.
Just throwing it out there...
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If 177 has a different champion to start, than whoever it was at the end of 175, that'll be a bit of a red flag.
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Uh-oh...
To the guy who remembered seeing the original broadcast, how long did your winter break last?
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(Says the man who remembers watching the original broadcast...)
I don't remember how my winter break was scheduled back then. OR, as I have said before, I may have had a snow day when Stephen returned. But what is for certain:
I saw his return, and Jay & Company did not just sneak him in with little fanfare --- far from it!!!
That is all I will continue to say for now.
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