Just contacted Fox 5 in NYC, and they are "JIP'ing" "Trading Spouses", and airing the president's speech. ("JIP" is "Join-in-progress"). So it looks like it is up to local Fox affiliates to pre-empt the network feed of "Trading Spouses".
Agreed - that's what I said.
So why is it everyone gets upset that NBC is slow in making a decision on showing the speech, but Fox, which gets higher ratings than NBC and is licensed under the same rules, gets a free pass on leaving it up to the affiliates?