[BC] Boston Legal - news insertions during reruns

[Robert Meuser]

I guess that tells us where the real public interest lies. If you really 
care about that tornado, buy a weather radio or live in a town with sirens.

R


Paul Smith W4KNX wrote:

>Ch 8 in Tampa interupted a ball game to broadcast a tornado warning.  Boy
>did they get grief over that one....They had the tornado live on TV.  The
>station manager said the weather dept was "counseled" about this... They
>probably could have gone split screen with a crawl.
>
>Paul Smith
>Sarasota, FL
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net
>[mailto:broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net]On Behalf Of Larry Fuss
>Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 12:39 PM
>To: 'Broadcasters' Mailing List'
>Subject: RE: [BC] Boston Legal - news insertions during reruns
>
>
> >I was watching.  When ABC rejoined Boston Legal, "Denny Crane" was
> >talking to James Spader (can't remember his character name)...they
> >looked down and Denny's "midget" lawyer date was standing between them.
> >Sorry if I don't remember in better detail.  I'd guess they rejoined
> >within, maybe, a minute of the end of the episode.
>
>Well, it WAS a re-run.  Years ago CBS interrupted the season finale of
>Dallas to air news of the Tiananmen Square massacre in Beijing.  Dallas fans
>were livid.  CBS later re-played the episode.
>
>LF
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