Talk:Heidi Game

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Why don't they still do this? Football sucks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.239.213.149 (talk • contribs)

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[edit] "literally blown"?

What does it mean that the switchboard was "literally blown"? Did it actually blow into pieces? Did it have some kind of electrical failure and simply stop working? The words "literally" and "blown" are both so abused that some kind of clarification or rewording would help that sentence. I won't make the modification myself because I literally don't know what happened and might literally blow my reputation as a responsible Wikipedia editor. SnappingTurtle 02:55, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

I would assume that it ceased funnctioning in a normal manner... AnonMoos 13:25, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
Unless it actually exploded, the phrase "literally blown" is inappropriate. "ceased to function" would be better. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 212.146.47.250 (talk) 10:08, 13 February 2007 (UTC).

[edit] "10 Sept 2006"

Anyone want to put the Titans / Jets game in as a similar event? CBS cut off the game late in the 4th, Titans down by 7 in the red zone. I'd put in it, but the announcer said it had something to do with "NFL rules" and I can't find any rule germane. Someone more knowledgeable could explain this one...

LordHedgie 21:05, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] incident

I edited the sentence "NBC tried to contact the mobile unit in Oakland to call Broadcasting Operations, but _Broadcasting Operations_ countered that they needed direct orders in order to rearrange schedule programming." to add the indicated language to try and make the sentence make sense, but someone who knows what happened should check this edit. Later in this article,when Cline says Goodman called him and ordered the game back on, why didn't anything happen? Fitzaubrey 16:26, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Millionaire

The game was included as part of a question in the show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, and the contestant went on to answer the question incorrectly after asking the audience.

What was the question, and what was the contestant's answer? - furrykef (Talk at me) 22:25, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

My best guess is "What movie infamously interrupted the final 65 seconds of an NBC broadcast of an AFL game between the New York Jets and the Oakland Raiders in 1968?", or something along the lines of that. - Spyke1077 02:30, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Changed a heading

Two sections were called "Aftermath" so I changed the first one to "Reactions". - Spyke1077 20:03, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Removed some "similar events"

I removed the following events from the article, as most are incidents caused by a commercial break (whereas the Heidi Game was caused by cutting to other programming and not returning), or are motorsports events that were rain delayed (which is not uncommon, unfortunately). — BrotherFlounder 02:14, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

  • In 1986, a somewhat similar incident occurred during CBS' college football telecast of the game between USC and Notre Dame, from the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Notre Dame had the ball at the USC 9-yard-line and lined up to attempt a field goal with two seconds left, trailing 37-35, when Notre Dame called a time-out. CBS then cut away to a commercial break, but the teams returned to the field, and Irish kicker John Carney kicked the field goal to win the game, 38-37 as time expired. By the time the network returned to the game, the kick had already taken place and the Irish were celebrating the win.
  • In 1989, an incident similar to the above took place during Super Bowl XXIII. The American Forces Network was handling the live feed to the United States military in Europe. The San Francisco 49ers had just reached the Cincinnati Bengals' 10-yard line, where they called timeout. AFN was not allowed to show American television commercials, so it cut away from the Super Bowl feed to show two AFN-produced advertisements. After those commercials, AFN then cut back to a still-shot of the stadium, but after a few seconds cut away for a third commercial. Immediately after that commercial ended AFN cut back to the game, only to show the 49ers celebrating the game-winning touchdown (Joe Montana to John Taylor). The following year all personnel involved in broadcasting the Super Bowl were carefully briefed on the "proper operating procedures."
  • In 1990, TNT broadcast the Italy-Ireland quarterfinal match of the 1990 World Cup and cut away to commercials with about 8 minutes left in the first half. During the commercial break Salvatore Schillaci scored the only goal of the match. As a result, in 1994 ABC and ESPN agreed to show all matches of the World Cup without commercial breaks, thus forcing ads to be placed in a box at the top of the screen during play.
  • In 1995, the start of the Brickyard 400 was delayed by rain. When it appeared the race might be postponed until the following day ABC went off the air at 4:00 pm A few minutes later, the rain stopped and the race was held after all, with no television coverage. Angry fans filled the switchboards of numerous ABC affiliates. As the race was technically an "infomercial" as the time for the race was purchased by the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on ABC, and not based on a rights fee, the time-buy had ended contractually. The race aired the next day on ESPN in its entirety, with little, if any, action from commercials removed. Dale Earnhardt was the race winner.
  • The 1996 NASCAR DieHard 500 as Talladega Superspeedway was rain-delayed several hours. CBS decided to not show the race and instead show a golf tournament, local news, and 60 Minutes, which was scheduled to be on after the race. After fans complained, the race was televised taped the following Sunday on CBS, even though the Brickyard 400, the next race on the NASCAR schedule, had been run the day before. Jeff Gordon won the Talladega race.
  • In 2006, pan-European sports channel Eurosport joined the Champ Car race in Milwaukee in progress (with ⅔ of the race already being over) and cut to commercials with 2 minutes left on the clock (it had been turned into a timed event). When they returned, the celebrating crew of race winner Sébastien Bourdais could be seen.
  • On August 24, 2007, the final five laps of the NASCAR Busch Series race, the Food City 250 at Bristol Motor Speedway, were not televised by ESPN2. The reason was that a satellite uplink path was somehow eliminated, preventing the master control at the network headquarters (ironically in Bristol, Connecticut; the track is in Bristol, Tennessee) from re-transmitting the event to cable and satellite providers. By the time the problem was rectified, the race was over, with Kasey Kahne as the winner. Dr. Jerry Punch, the lap-by-lap announcer, apologized for the error immediately and the final two laps were shown on replay unedited. In addition, the first rebroadcast showed the same laps as they were intended to be broadcast - with on-screen ticker and GEICO sponsorship bug - just after 4:30 am ET the next morning. An ESPN spokesman blamed a "human error" of unspecified nature.[1]
  • On April 12, 2008, the baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox went in to a rain delay, which cause Fox to cut back to the Fox Sports studios in Los Angeles, CA to do an exteneded Game Break for that game, and then went to NASCAR Coverage a little early to fill the time while the game was under rain delay with Boston leading 4-3 in the rain delay. then when the rain delay ended, during the time the NASCAR Pre-Race show was goning to be on, the game resumed, but the 9th ending aired on both Fox and FX, which then when the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Subway Fresh Fit 500 at Phoenix International Raceway started, FOX cut the game away right as the racecars were entering Turn 4 to start the race. [1]


    • Looks like all of them are gone now. Maybe you can bring a few of the more similar such moments (e.g. Nolan Ryan's fifth no hitter not on air in Buffalo, Kobe Bryant's game-winning shot missed in Palm Springs) to the page. - Desmond Hobson (talk) 20:56, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

i'm adding last nights MLB game between the Yakees and the Red Sox, and the NASCAR Race in the list.--Boutitbenza 69 9 (talk) 04:28, 14 April 2008 (UTC)