Talk:Effects of time zones on North American broadcasting

Time Zone map needs correcting. It has NS (Nova Scotia) in the area of New Brunswick (NB). And Nova Scotia itself is blank. Also, it seems to me that Bermuda, which is in the Atlantic Time Zone and also observes Daylight Saving Time, could be added.

You fail to mention that in Arizona, it’s ALWAYS MST, with the exception of the Indian Reservations. We NEVER change our clocks!

Could we have some examples?
I'm finding this article a bit difficult to follow. In particular, it's not at all clear to me what time things happen in Mountain time: we seem to have two feeds, Eastern and Pacific, but we're specifically talking about the Central timezone as though it's different from the other three. Do broadcasts in the Mountain timezone go at the same time as in the Pacific timezone (so a show starting at 8pm PST in Los Angeles starts at 9pm local in Denver) or the same clock time as Eastern/Pacific (the same show starts at 8pm local in Denver)? At present this is not clear to me.

It seems to me that this, and other potential misunderstandings could be addressed with examples, which we seem to be a bit short of. For instance, a table such as provided below (and this one may get its facts wrong) would make the changes described significantly easier to understand for those of us who don't have to live with these effects day-to-day.


 * Denotes a time on the calendar day after the original broadcast

I think we could do with tables (or examples done in a different way) like this for several of the effects highlighted by the article, including appropriate tables for Canada, Mexico and Greenland and in cases where DST is in operation. Thanks, Kahastok talk 22:59, 25 May 2012 (UTC)

This article does not, in my opinion, explain why prime time programming begins at 8 pm and runs to 11 pm for most of the US population. I have lived in both the Eastern time zone and the Central time zone. From my perspective, the Central model is far more convenient. I think many people in any time zone are in bed and not watching after 10.30 or 11 or 11.30, and many rarely watch 'late night' programming. In contrast, the syndicated programming run from 7 to 8 is generally unattractive. I assume that there are specific economic motives on the part of the network and the affiliates that determine or dictate the preference for syndicated programming at 7 pm and prime time programming extending to 11 pm, but I don't understand what these determinants are. Eumnestes (talk) 02:18, 1 March 2014 (UTC)


 * I believe the rationale is that the average commute home is longer on the coasts than in the interior. Also there are studies of sleep patterns that suggest if anything the schedules dictate sleeping and so there are a lot watching the late night shows. Timrollpickering (talk) 18:34, 12 December 2014 (UTC)

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