How Different Time Slots Affects Shows

While some people may not realize it, when a show airs affects it a lot. A time slot can affect a show in a lot of different ways. Maybe it changes in certain noticeable ways when it gets a new timeslot. Maybe it doesn’t seem to change anything about the show except ratings. Whatever the reasons, I might as well get to them all in this post.

Sometimes you never see a change because sometimes, a show never has more than one timeslot throughout its entire run on TV. For instance, NCIS has, to date, only aired at 8/7 Central on Tuesdays outside of reruns. This is rare for a show to not have more than one timeslot, although some of when that happens is when a show only lasts a short amount of time.

Largely, dealing with scheduling is the main issue behind timeslot changes. A show on Sunday is likely not going to air against some of the award shows that are going on or other notable events like The Super Bowl or literally anything that would change the schedule some. Not all of the timeslot changes do relate to this, but sometimes, it is easier to keep airing a show at a new time other than waiting for the other events to end in the future. For instance, Elementary had moved to Sundays before March Madness would have pre-empted it airing for two weeks so a new show could debut in its old timeslot after part of the tournament was over. Scheduling will often just affect what airs when.

Does constantly changing a timeslot affect a show a lot? Well, that would depend on a lot of things. One thing that is worth noting is that most timeslot changes are between seasons and not as the season is progressing. People are more likely to stick with shows this way, being prepared for what is going on. Sometimes, shows don’t get as good ratings at a new timeslot. But often, they can still last. Even when shows are moved to Fridays, they still might last quite a while like Hawaii Five-0 has.

Part of the main change you would see with timeslots is when a show airs at 9 Central. This is the latest timeslot on any network and is the only one that neither FOX nor the CW show any primetime shows at. This is seen as a time to air darker shows that may have more violence or foul language in it. This is not always the case as some shows that aren’t airing more adult content air that late due to various factors that not everyone can keep track of.

Well, that’s pretty much it for this post as different timeslots can affect the same show or different shows that have the same timeslot of when they air. Sometimes it doesn’t mean much outside of when the show airs and other times, it could mean a lot of different things in terms of changes. I don’t think that there is much else to say so I will let you go now.