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57-457: The Futon Critic is a website that provides articles and information regarding prime time programming on broadcast and cable networks in the United States. The site publishes reviews of prime time programming and interviews of people in the television industry, as well as republishing Nielsen ratings data reports and press releases provided by television networks. The Futon Critic

114-406: A lead-in for The X-Files (such as Sliders and VR.5 ), but they were similarly unsuccessful. A weak lead-in can have an impact on the viewership of programs that follow; NBC's 2009 attempt to strip the talk show The Jay Leno Show (a spiritual successor to Leno's tenure of The Tonight Show after Conan O'Brien succeeded him) in a 10:00 p.m. ET/PT timeslot proved detrimental to

171-441: A lead-out for its sci-fi western The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. , with the expectation that Brisco County Jr. would serve as the anchor of its Friday-night lineup. However, The X-Files proved to be significantly more successful, and would eventually run for nine seasons. By contrast, viewership for Brisco County Jr. declined throughout the season, and the show was cancelled. Fox attempted to use other sci-fi shows as

228-424: A marathon of The Golden Girls , and Buzzr and Game Show Network airing marathons of game show episodes that featured White as a celebrity guest. While longer marathons are typically reserved for major events, the popularization of binge-watching via streaming services in the 2010s led to many U.S. cable networks adopting marathon-like blocks of programs as part of their regular schedules. To compete with

285-411: A micro level, scheduling is the minute planning of the transmission; what to broadcast and when, ensuring an adequate or maximum utilization of airtime. Television scheduling strategies are employed to give shows the best possible chance of attracting and retaining an audience. They are used to deliver shows to audiences when they are most likely to want to watch them and deliver audiences to advertisers in

342-473: A minute-by-minute Nielsen ratings report, which showed that the majority of viewers from Roseanne had been retained during the premiere. Owing to both programs' news comedy formats, the Comedy Central program The Daily Show used newscast-style toss segments to promote its new spin-off and lead-out, The Colbert Report , in which host Jon Stewart would engage in a comedic conversation with

399-469: A new or lower-profile series. Sometimes, a lower-profile program may be scheduled between two tentpole programs, a technique known as hammocking . Lead-outs can sometimes help to launch new programs and talent; in 1982, NBC premiered Late Night with David Letterman as a lead-out for its long-running late-night talk show The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson . Characterized by an off-beat style appealing to young adults, Late Night helped launch

456-399: A practice of dividing its programming into themed seasons year-round, which are accompanied by thematically appropriate original made-for-TV films and series. This strategy is part of an effort to position the channel as "a year-round destination for celebrations", and is synergistic with Hallmark Cards ' core greeting card and collectibles businesses. A show's time slot or place in

513-424: A previous toss segment) as normal. In some cases, a channel may intentionally allow a program to overrun into the next half-hour timeslot rather than end exactly on the half-hour, in order to discourage viewers from "surfing" away at traditional junction periods (since they had missed the beginnings of programs on other channels already). This can, however, cause disruptions with recorders if they are not aware of

570-468: A program to air before or after a widely viewed tent-pole program, such as a popular series, or a special such as a high-profile sporting event (such as, in the United States, the Super Bowl ), in the hope that audience flow will encourage the audience to tune-in early or stay for the second program. The second program is usually one that the broadcaster wants to promote to a wider audience, such as

627-478: A series premiere is Tracker , which followed CBS's broadcast of Super Bowl LVIII in 2024. A previous example, Undercover Boss (which was launched following Super Bowl XLIV on CBS) attracted the largest peak half-hour viewership of any Super Bowl lead-out program to date, with 75.474 million viewers. Four other series have had their season premieres following the Super Bowl: two editions of Survivor ,

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684-447: A single storyline is extended across episodes of two or more separate programs. Typically, these involve programs that form a single franchise or shared universe , such as NBC's Chicago franchise and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (all created by Dick Wolf ), and the ABC dramas Grey's Anatomy and Station 19 (both created by Shonda Rhimes ). Counterprogramming is

741-424: A slightly earlier time slot (in the hope that once viewers have become committed to a show they will not switch channels), scheduling the competing program on a different night, or moving it to a different portion of the television season to avoid competition altogether. Dayparting is the practice of dividing the day into several parts, during each of which a different type program is appropriate for that time

798-482: A special edition after local newscasts. Fallon then hosted another episode after Super Bowl LII in Minneapolis . Colbert followed suit in subsequent years that CBS aired the game. The most common lead-out program is the news magazine 60 Minutes , which has aired after four Super Bowls ( VI , XIV , XVI , XXVI ). Lassie was the lead-out show three times ( I , II , IV ) and three series have appeared in

855-499: A strip format. Outside of serial drama formats such as telenovelas where popular, strips are rarely used for first-run entertainment programming outside of limited events . Syndicated reruns of network programs that originally aired on a weekly basis are often aired as strips. Shows that are syndicated in this way generally have to have run for several seasons (the rule of thumb is usually 100 episodes ) in order to have enough episodes to run without significant repeats . A marathon

912-677: A themed lineup is Discovery Channel 's annual " Shark Week ". Themed schedules are a common practice around major holidays —such as Valentine's Day , Halloween , and Christmas —where channels may air episodes of programs, specials , and films that relate to the holiday. Channels may also air marathons of their signature programs and film rights to target viewers who are on vacation. The U.S. basic cable networks Freeform ( 25 Days of Christmas , 31 Days of Halloween) and Hallmark Channel are known for broadcasting long-term holiday programming events. After experiencing success with holiday events such as Countdown to Christmas , Hallmark Channel adopted

969-410: A traditional Monday-to-Friday schedule, and have had a wider audience via internet video than their predecessors). This was first done with the live premiere episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live after Super Bowl XXXVII in 2003, followed by The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson after Super Bowl XLI in 2007. Late Night with Jimmy Fallon was next to follow in 2012 after Super Bowl XLVI , finishing

1026-477: A week of shows recorded from Indianapolis . Ferguson aired a special episode from New Orleans after Super Bowl XLVII in 2013. In 2015, Jimmy Fallon had another new episode after Super Bowl XLIX from Phoenix , this time as the host of The Tonight Show . In 2016 for Super Bowl 50 , CBS aired a special live episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as its lead-out, rather than a primetime series episode. The Late Late Show with James Corden also aired

1083-399: Is aired. Daytime television shows are most often geared toward a particular demographic , and what the target audience typically engages in at that time. Stripping is the practice of running a single series in a consistent, daily time slot throughout the week, usually on weekdays. Daytime programs such as talk shows, court shows , game shows , and soap operas , are typically aired in

1140-612: Is common for affiliates in the home markets of the competing teams to delay the lead-out show further, until after additional local post-game coverage (though in 2018, despite the Philadelphia Eagles 's win, NBC's Philadelphia station WCAU chose to carry post-game coverage to their Cozi TV subchannel while This Is Us is airing on the main channel as scheduled then moved its postgame coverage back to WCAU at 11 p.m. once NBC’s programming ends, to reduce viewer inconvenience). In 1979, 1999, 2010, and 2017, and largely from

1197-501: Is the annual championship game of the National Football League (NFL), and is typically the highest-rated single television broadcast in the United States of any given year. As such, the television network that broadcasts the game will typically use it as a tent-pole for another program—airing following the conclusion of the game telecast—to take advantage of and retain the expanded audience. The lead-out program

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1254-433: Is the practice of scheduling a group of complementary programs together. Blocks are typically built around specific genres (i.e. a block focusing specifically on sitcoms ), target audiences, or other factors, with their programming often promoted collectively under blanket titles (such as ABC 's " TGIF " lineup and NBC 's " Must See TV "). Bridging is the practice of discouraging the audience from changing channels during

1311-491: Is the scheduling of a continuous, long-term block of programming as an event, usually devoted to airings of a single program or film franchise. When conducted using television series, a marathon may either consist of episodes aired in sequential order, or focus on episodes sharing specific themes. Marathons are often aired on holidays (such as Syfy 's annual The Twilight Zone marathon on New Year's Day ), as counterprogramming for major events airing on other channels (such as

1368-477: Is typically a highly anticipated special episode or a season premiere of an existing primetime program (such as a flagship drama , sitcom , or reality series), or in some cases, the premiere of a new series. In many cases, the local markets of the participating teams may preempt the lead-out program and/or move it to an alternate channel to continue postgame coverage after the network signs off its coverage. The Super Bowl provides an extremely strong lead-in to

1425-511: Is typically aired across most U.S. markets simultaneously, and is usually one hour in length, although before the game adopted its standard kickoff time of just after 6:00 p.m. ET in the early 1990s, it was not uncommon for longer programs to be broadcast. When the game moved into a later time slot in 1983 , the game and its associated post-game programming would be scheduled until 10:00 p.m. Eastern Time / 7:00 p.m. Pacific Time , allowing for only one hour of network programming until

1482-496: The Australian and all-star series (which followed Super Bowls XXXV and XXXVIII ), which aired on CBS, The Voice , which launched its second season following Super Bowl XLVI on NBC, and The Masked Singer , which launched its third season after Super Bowl LIV on Fox. Although Fox almost never programs time slots after 10:00 p.m. except on Saturdays (instead encouraging its affiliates to air local news in

1539-541: The New York Giants won Super Bowl XLII ) and Boston affiliate WFXT (after the New England Patriots won Super Bowl LI ). Currently, a regular-length episode of a drama series will usually air, although in some cases a one-hour episode of a sitcom (normally 30 minutes in length), or two episodes of different sitcoms paired together, may air instead. Quite often the selected series is one of

1596-418: The "junctions" between specific programs. This can be done, primarily, by airing promos for the next program near the end of the preceding program, such as during its credits, or reducing the length of the junction between two programs as much as possible ( hot switching ). The host of the next program may similarly make a brief appearance near the end of the preceding program (sometimes interacting directly with

1653-535: The "prestige" shows for the network showing the game that year, or a moderate hit (e.g. Friends and 3rd Rock From the Sun on NBC, The X-Files on Fox, Criminal Minds on CBS, or Grey's Anatomy on ABC), which the network wants to give a higher profile. The Simpsons has aired in the slot twice, with both airings being paired with the premieres of animated sitcoms ( Family Guy in 1999 , and American Dad! in 2005 ). An occasional practice used to maximize

1710-563: The Canadian network does not necessarily own domestic rights to the program airing as the lead-out of the U.S. broadcaster. For example, after Super Bowl XLV , CTV aired the season finale of its original drama Flashpoint , as Glee rights were held by Global . Global counter-programmed the game with a theme night it dubbed " Sue -Per Bowl Sunday", which featured episodes of the series, and Glee -themed episodes of The Simpsons (" Elementary School Musical ") and The Office to lead into

1767-565: The Numbers . Its publications of Nielsen ratings data have also been used as a resource by institutions such as the University of Colorado Boulder and Temple University . In 2009, Sullivan appeared on WGN 's The Nick Digilio Show to discuss television and the Emmy nominations of the year on behalf of the site. In 2010, Sullivan announced a new section of their site dedicated to tracking

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1824-587: The Rose following Super Bowl XXIII . Because the Super Bowl is on a Sunday, before the mid-2000s, networks never carried a new episode of their weeknight late night talk shows after the game, lead-out program and local news. However this has changed since then, usually after the late local news, in order to give those programs an additional promotional push to introduce the current generation of hosts (who have been more willing to promote their series on more than

1881-452: The Super Bowl in the U.S.), to lead into new episodes of a series, or to commemorate milestones/events surrounding a specific series or franchise. Some marathons may focus on the roles of a specific entertainer; the death of Betty White resulted in several networks scheduling marathons of programming on or around January 17, 2022 (which would have been White's 100th birthday) featuring her television appearances, with Hallmark Channel airing

1938-489: The availability of programming on digital distribution platforms, to be launched in August of the same year. He also announced the production of a television pilot to be released onto the section sometime after its launch; entitled .comEDY , it was pitched as a comedic look at the effects of the dot-com bubble burst around Silicon Valley . The site ceased publishing original reviews and interviews in early 2013. As of 2024,

1995-543: The career of host David Letterman , and influence later entries into the genre. Despite Carson's endorsement of Letterman as a successor following his 1992 retirement, NBC chose Jay Leno instead, and Letterman departed for CBS to host a spiritual successor— Late Show with David Letterman — beginning in the 1993–94 season. Late Night would continue as a franchise with hosts such as Conan O'Brien and Jimmy Fallon —both of whom would later go on to host The Tonight Show . The same season, Fox scheduled The X-Files as

2052-409: The composition that makes their advertising most likely to be effective. With the growth of digital platforms and services allowing non-linear , on-demand access to television content, this approach to broadcasting has since been referred to using the retronym linear (such as linear television and linear channels ). With the beginning of scheduled television in 1936, television programming

2109-448: The effect of the lead-out is to make the Super Bowl episode a cliffhanger, with a story that concludes later in the week in the program's regularly scheduled timeslot, ( 3rd Rock From the Sun in 1998, Grey's Anatomy in 2006, and The Blacklist in 2015). Rarely, and especially before the game moved to a 6:00 p.m. kickoff, the lead-out has been another sporting event, with the most recent case being Super Bowl LVI in 2022—which

2166-564: The host) to provide a preview; in news broadcasting , this is typically referred to as a "throw" or "toss". A bridge was used by ABC between Roseanne and the December 1992 series premiere of The Jackie Thomas Show , a new sitcom co-created by Roseanne and Tom Arnold of Roseanne fame. A scene of the Connor family watching its opening on TV seamlessly transitioned into the program itself, with no junction in between. ABC commissioned

2223-417: The late local news. Outside of the few blowout games through the game's history, these programs never have started anywhere near the mentioned time, due to the extended length of the pre-game, halftime, and post-game festivities. Viewership for ABC's airing of Alias in 2003 after Super Bowl XXXVII was dampened by an unusually-long 40-minute post-game show (which featured a performance by Bon Jovi prior to

2280-483: The latter's host, Stephen Colbert , via split-screen . On the December 18, 2014 episode of The Daily Show , this segment was used to seamlessly segue into the series finale of The Colbert Report . At its conclusion, the show transitioned back to Stewart (giving the impression that the entire Colbert Report episode was merely a segment of The Daily Show) , who concluded his show with its traditional closing segment " Your Moment of Zen " (which featured an outtake from

2337-527: The mid-1980s through the mid-1990s, this slot was used to showcase a new series or movie, such as The A-Team or The Wonder Years , or broadcast a special episode of an "up-and-coming" series. However, many of the series were ultimately unsuccessful, with some being canceled within a matter of weeks. Since then, virtually all of the programs in the post-game timeslot have been special episodes of series that had already aired for at least one season. The most recent Super Bowl lead-out program to have also been

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2394-483: The new episode " The Sue Sylvester Shuffle " after the game. Citytv similarly acquired rights to the Super Bowl LIII lead-out The World's Best . Super Bowls XLVI , LII, and LIV provided exceptions, as CTV is the Canadian rightsholder of The Voice , This Is Us , and The Masked Singer . CTV was to air a "sneak peek" of the second season of its original sitcom Spun Out after Super Bowl XLIX , but

2451-464: The practice of deliberately scheduling programming to attract viewers away from another, major program. Counterprogramming efforts often involve scheduling a contrasting program of a different genre or demographic, targeting viewers who may not be interested in the major program (such as a sporting event, which typically draws a predominantly-male audience, against an awards show that attracts a predominantly-female audience). Despite frequently being among

2508-488: The programming on the channel following the game, the effects of which can last for several hours. For instance, in discussing the ratings of a local TV station, Buffalo, New York television critic Alan Pergament noted on the coattails from Super Bowl XLVII , which aired on CBS : "A paid program that ran on Channel 4 at 2:30 in the morning had a 1.3 rating. That's higher than some CW prime time shows get on WNLO-TV , Channel 4's sister station." The Super Bowl lead-out

2565-440: The release practices of streaming services, TBS premiered entire seasons of its police comedy Angie Tribeca in a marathon format. Similarly, free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) services often feature narrowly-focused linear channels devoted to specific programs or franchises. A broadcaster may temporarily dedicate all or parts of its schedule over a period of time to a specific theme. A well-known instance of

2622-545: The schedule could be crucial to its success or failure; generally, earlier prime time slots have a stronger appeal towards family viewing and younger demographics, while later time slots generally appeal more towards older demographics. Some time slots, colloquially known as " graveyard slots " or "death slots", are prone to having smaller potential audiences (with one such example in the U.S. being Friday nights ), or insurmountable competition from highly rated series. List of Super Bowl lead-out programs The Super Bowl

2679-525: The scheduling (typically, digital video recorders can be configured to automatically record for a set length of time before and after a schedule's given timeslot in program guide data to account for possible variances). For a period, TBS intentionally scheduled all of its programs at 5 and 35 minutes past the hour rather than exactly on the half hour (a practice it marketed as "Turner Time"), to attract viewers tuning away from other channels. Crossovers can be organized between multiple programs, in which

2736-565: The site no longer posts significant original content, but continues to be updated regularly with press releases from various media outlets, development updates, and seasonal program listings. Broadcast programming Modern broadcasters use broadcast automation to regularly change the scheduling of their shows to build an audience for a new show, retain that audience , or compete with other broadcasters' shows. Most broadcast television shows are presented weekly in prime time or daily in other dayparts, though there are many exceptions. At

2793-414: The slot), Fox has aired lead-out programming after the Super Bowl ever since it began airing the game in 1997, which normally preempts local newscasts. The Fox affiliates in the market of the winning team sometimes air a post-Super Bowl newscast immediately following the game and delay the lead-out program until after the newscast's conclusion; two such examples included New York flagship O&O WNYW (after

2850-519: The time slot twice— The Wonderful World of Disney ( I , VII ). The Simpsons ( XXXIII , XXXIX ) and Survivor ( XXXV , XXXVIII ) The following is a list of shows that have aired after the Super Bowl in the United States: The Canadian broadcast rightsholder to the Super Bowl which airs the game in simulcast with the U.S. broadcaster – CTV since 2008 – airs its own specific lead-out programs for Canadian audiences, as

2907-408: The top U.S. television broadcasts of all time, the Super Bowl has had a prominent history of being counterprogrammed in this manner. One of the most prominent examples of this practice was Fox 's 1992 airing of a special live episode of In Living Color against the game's halftime show . Programs can also be counterprogrammed by a direct competitor in the same time slot, often resulting in

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2964-399: The trophy presentation), which pushed the start time past 11:00 p.m. ET. Although a series high, the episode was one of the lowest-rated Super Bowl lead-outs at the time. At Super Bowl LVIII , the series premiere of Tracker was pushed to 11:14 p.m. ET due to the game's overtime finish (which made it the longest Super Bowl game to-date), but CBS did achieve 18.4 million viewers. It

3021-487: The two programs attempting to attract viewers away from each other through publicity stunts and other tactics; these tactics have most notably been seen in counterprogramming efforts surrounding professional wrestling , including the Monday Night War and Wednesday Night Wars . In some cases, broadcasters may attempt to adjust their schedules in order to avert attempts at counterprogramming, such as getting

3078-472: The viewership of late local newscasts on its affiliates. NBC subsequently announced plans to shorten The Jay Leno Show to a half hour and move it to 11:35 p.m. ET/PT in late-February 2010, displacing The Tonight Show from its traditional timeslot. This proposal led to a public conflict between O'Brien and NBC , and ultimately resulted in his departure from the network, and the reinstatement of Jay Leno as host of The Tonight Show . Block programming

3135-542: Was followed by coverage of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China . Previously, the last Super Bowl to have a sporting event as a lead-out was Super Bowl X in 1976—which was followed by final round coverage of the Phoenix Open golf tournament. It has also been rare for a Super Bowl leadout program to be a made-for-TV movie, as was the case of Raid on Entebbe following Super Bowl XI and Brotherhood of

3192-524: Was founded by Brian Ford Sullivan in 1997. Brian Ford Sullivan, CEO of Futon Media, registered The Futon Critic on January 14, 1997. From its founding, the site has published reviews on prime time programming, as well as interviews its staff conducted with members of the television industry. The site also contains sections of articles dedicated to republishing press releases , network schedules and Nielsen ratings data, which have been cited by articles on websites such as The Huffington Post and TV by

3249-401: Was initially only concerned with filling a few hours each evening – the hours now known as prime time . Over time, though, television began to be seen during the daytime and late at night, as well on the weekends. As air time increased, so did the demand for new material. With the exception of sports television , variety shows became much more important in prime time. Broadcasters may schedule

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