Lost on KATV - Little Rock

[modnar]

For those of you watching "Lost" on KATV (local ABC affiliate) in Little Rock, Arkansas, please check to make sure "Lost" will record correctly for you. It appears KATV, once again, has SEC basketball taking priority over "Lost". The first episode of "Lost" this week isn't scheduled to air until 12:35 a.m. on Thursday, 1/12. This is supposed to be the "Revelations" episode which sounds like some kind of clip show.

The new episode, "The 23rd Psalm", isn't scheduled until Friday, 1/13, at 12:35 a.m.

Please be sure to pad both episodes quite a bit as programming at that time is off schedule much of the time.

The schedule is also messed up for the following week, too, although I'm not sure of the exact times.

Also, if you don't like KATV messing with "Lost" like this, please send a message to them using the contact from on their web site. http://www.katv.com

[Jstkiddn]

Well crap, crap, crap!! :mad: So unless I want to stay up half the night, I'm going to have to wait until Friday night to see the new episode that the rest of the country gets to see on Wednestday night? Grrr!


btw - thanks for the heads up. I better check my padding. I'd REALLY be mad if it missed it because the stupid basketball game went over.

[modnar]

KATV has posted a schedule of affected Lost episodes:
http://www.katv.com/external.hrb?p=lost

[modnar]

Here's another reminder about Lost being delayed in on KATV in Little Rock.

Here's the link to the station's site again: http://www.katv.com/external.hrb?p=lost

[RayChuang88]

Does anyone know why KATV is going this, unless they have a very lucrative financial deal to carry SEC Division 1A college basketball games?

[modnar]

Does anyone know why KATV is going this, unless they have a very lucrative financial deal to carry SEC Division 1A college basketball games?
There's a decent FAQ page in the link I included above that includes somewhat of an explanation. Apparently the advertisers like it.... something along those lines. It may have something to do with a contract they have with Jefferson Pilot sports, but I don't buy that as an excuse, since one would think they are the ones that agreed to the contract (unless it's a long-term contract they agreed to before Lost was a hit).

Here's a link directly to this question on KATV's site:
http://www.katv.com/external.hrb?p=lostfaq#why

By the way, if I had HD, I'd be really annoyed, because they're not able to rebroadcast Lost in HD.
http://www.katv.com/external.hrb?p=lostfaq#hd

[RayChuang88]

modnar,

I think it's very likely that Jefferson Pilot Sports offered a very lucrative deal for KATV to show SEC basketball on Wednesday nights. That's the only way they can do it given how popular Lost is.

[TomK]

That's got to really suck. I hate when local stations preempt shows like that.

[modnar]

Here's another reminder since there's a new episode tonight...

[modnar]

Here's another reminder. Tonight's is the last Lost episode the KATV web site currently lists with a conflict.