[Gefreiter]

RBD,
Well that all makes alot of sense and I'm glad you weighed in on it.

But RBD, why did "Ryan" have to be replaced by Tony F*cking Danza in my neck of the woods?! Why not something remotely even maybe a little sort of kinda connected to Veteran's Day? I was insulted, frankly.

Not that I think you have answers to that, I'm just saying that not airing it wasn't the bad part so much- it was what they aired instead that really got my dander up.

[RepublicanBlueDevil]

I really feel for you having to see Tony Danza. That probably came about because when the affiliates decided to not air Ryan they were stuck with having to find something. As you can see most stations aired something that they had purchased the right to. Be that Lethal Weapon, Tony Danza, 4th of July (a particularly bad choice by a GM considering the climate already established by not airing Ryan), Andy Griffith, or Die Hard. All of these programs are syndicated so the station purchased the rights to air them when ever they pleased, so you were probably getting programs that would be used to fill early morning schedules or other times when the network isn't feeding programs. Also with the short notice of the airing of the film most stations didn't have time to go out and purchase good programing as a replacement, so they were stuck airing whatever they had around. Hope that helps.