Meaning of "preempt" in television
Nov. 14th, 2003 12:56 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chicken"The WB will preempt Smallville and Angel on Wednesday, Nov. 26 to show Josie and the Pussycats, the Archie Comics-based movie starring Rachael Leigh Cook, Rosario Dawson, Tara Reid, Alan Cumming and Parker Posey." -- from a link to some news site from whedonesque
What does "preempt" mean? Does that mean they won't show Angel at all that week, or does it means they'll show it on a different day ... or ... or ... ? I admit I've never really known what that word meant in a television context. In other contexts, yes ... as in, George Bush's attack on Iraq was preemptive.
What does "preempt" mean? Does that mean they won't show Angel at all that week, or does it means they'll show it on a different day ... or ... or ... ? I admit I've never really known what that word meant in a television context. In other contexts, yes ... as in, George Bush's attack on Iraq was preemptive.
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Date: 2003-11-14 06:16 pm (UTC)