How does TV scheduling work in the US between the East and West coasts?

**Team Sheep** · 01-25-2010, 12:57 PM

Like do you have seperate variations of a channel for the East and the West? One channel for ET and CT, then a seperate one for MT and PT? Because if a show started at 9pm ET it would be airing before the watershed in the West, and it would be a bit weird watching a big movie or something at like 6pm.

For example, WWE Smackdown is on at 8 ET/7 CT. Does that mean that it's on at 8 MT/7 PT out in the west? I'd like to know how it works.

01-25-2010, 12:57 PM	#1
Team Sheep T�m Defaid Posts: 6,646	How does TV scheduling work in the US between the East and West coasts? Like do you have seperate variations of a channel for the East and the West? One channel for ET and CT, then a seperate one for MT and PT? Because if a show started at 9pm ET it would be airing before the watershed in the West, and it would be a bit weird watching a big movie or something at like 6pm. For example, WWE Smackdown is on at 8 ET/7 CT. Does that mean that it's on at 8 MT/7 PT out in the west? I'd like to know how it works.