Local Station to air episodes in order

My local WB affiliate here in Pittsburgh plans to air every episode of OFF in order, starting with "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" on February 9, and ending with whatever episode was last by the time they're all the way through. Seeing as how they usually show 2 episodes every weekday, and there have been around 300 episodes, I think they'll end the entire thing some time in September.

"FrinkSteelers941" wrote in message news:[email]...

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through.

been

That'll be interesting since they can't get this year's episodes yet...

"Duff Man" wrote in message news:[email]...

OFF

can they even get LAST years eps?

"Steven C (Doktersteve)" wrote in message news:oD_Sb.10764$ft1.10499@clgrps12...

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have

FOX 17 and UPN 30 in Nashville do...

Duff Man wrote:

A season's episodes are usually available in Syndication by December of the year in which the season ended. (Originally, some episodes aired in November, but I think now Fox puts all of the episodes from a season them into syndication at the same time, so they need to hold onto them in case they need to fill a time slot with reruns - once an episode goes into syndication, Fox no longer has the rights to air it nationally.)

-- Don

Don Del Grande wrote:

Is that true about rights to air nationally? (Not challenging it, just curious as to why that is...) But the programming director at WUAB Cleveland said earlier this year that they were getting all the episodes sent (by air or wire, not physically on a tape) to them, to tape themselves, on September 9th or some such date; the only stipulation (as with previous seasons, or at least 13) was that certain episodes couldn't be shown by them until later (November, December...sometimes January), based on the Fox schedule. I believe about 14 of the season 14s aired here before November was out, and the rest followed in December/January (though they could have earlier).

Actually, I think someone screwed up - I forget which is what now, but some episodes were skipped on WUAB's first go-round that had already aired three times on Fox, and some were shown (EABF09 comes to mind) that had not been - in fact, I think EABF09 and EABF13 only got shown twice on Fox, but it's too late (or is it?) to change that now.

FrinkSteelers941 wrote:

What order will they use? If they go by production order, they'll need to explain why "Who Shot Mr. Burns, Part 2" (2F20) aired two days after part 1 (2F16), and why there's an episode between the "300th episode" (EABF05) and the "301st episode" (EABF07, assuming they keep the "301st episode" graphic on the title screen).

-- Don

I don't know. All the commercial said was that they would air the episodes "in order" so I guess I'll just have to wait and see..

thats what my FOX affiliate is doing, except they only air 1 show a day on weekdays so it is taking a while. we are in the early season 8

FrinkSteelers941 wrote:

Well, if you said they're starting with 7G08...

Matt Garvey wrote:

I work at a FOX station, and I'm wondering how people get these episode numbers. Just curious.

Don

They are the production codes used by the producers, and are displayed in every episode's closing credits.

Dank Ozaria wrote:

Thank you.

They're also in the slates and bars segments, but those segements don't air (unless by accident).

Don

Don Del Grande wrote:

Oh, they do...sigh...

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WNYW in NYC appears to be playing them in PRODUCTION order, starting tonight with "Some Enchanted Evening" and then "Bart The Genius". They're still playing newer episodes at 11:30, with "The Principal & The Pauper" on tonight.

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