Networks Confuse and Abuse Viewers

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Almost exactly a year ago, NBC had a lot of viewers thinking something sneaky was going on -- like secret, unannounced cancellation of "The West Wing."

Truth be told, nothing of the sort was in the works. What happened was that Fox was doing boffo ratings with its American League and National League Championship Series. When those series went to seventh-and-deciding games, NBC and CBS both decided not to effectively waste new episodes of some of their regular series, substituting repeats at (almost literally) the last minute.

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Networks Confuse and Abuse Viewers

On that particular Wednesday in October, however, NBC substituted two "Law & Order" repeats for an original "West Wing" and an original "Law & O...

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