So, with the news coverage of Trump's address to the nation tonight... how should the shows/schedule for tonight be handled here? It's a bit of a weird one, because there are several season finales that were originally scheduled to run straight through the 9pm hour (such as The Floor and Survivor) that is now being split weirdly in half due to this...
As of almost 11am eastern time, here is what the updated schedule is looking like, courtesy of Gracenote and TitanTV (note that NBC is not included, as all of their programming besides Trump's address is rerun/nothing new):
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CBS:
8-9pm: Survivor "A Fever Dream" season 49, episode 13
9-9:22pm: CBS News: Presidential Address to the Nation
9:22-11:22pm: Survivor "A Fever Dream" season 49, episode 14
Main new issue here is "A Fever Dream" being split in half, where originally, it was a straight 180 minutes
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FOX:
8-9pm: The Floor "Fight to the Finish; The Winner is Crowned"
9-9:15pm: Presidential Address (TRUMP)
9:15-10:30pm: The Floor
It appears here that the episodes "Fight to the Finish" and "The Winner is Crowned" were originally going to go from one right into the next, but obviously that is no longer the case. Gracenote does not have their schedule for FOX update as of yet, so this is taken from TitanTV. Should be noted that Gracenote actually does list three separate episodes for the final episodes, two being the episodes separate ("Fight to the Finish" and "The Winner Is Crowned") and the other presumably being the originally-planned straight-through airing ("Fight to the Finish; The Winner Is Crowned")
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ABC:
8-9pm: iHeartRadio Jingle Ball 2025
9-9:22pm: Presidential Address to the Nation -- ABC News Special
9:22-10:23pm: iHeartRadio Jingle Ball 2025
10:23-11:22pm: 20/20 "Ride or Die"
This is probably the worst/hardest one to figure out unfortunately, because the iHeartRadio Jingle Ball 2025 is (as per usual) a two-hour special that is now weirdly being split in half, with Gracenote listing two different airings of it, with the second airing essentially being part 2 of it. Only thing I can think of aside from changing it into a split 'Part 1' and 'Part 2' separate episode listings is to add some sort of note to explain what happened regarding this.
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For more information regarding this, feel free to read Deadline Hollywood's article from last night regarding all of this, ‘Survivor’ & ‘The Floor’ Season Finales To Be Interrupted By Live Donald Trump Address.
