# ESPN screwed up a promo

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/espn-screwed-up-a-promo/694838>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [August 5, 2014, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/espn-screwed-up-a-promo/694838 "2014-08-05T01:22:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2014, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/espn-screwed-up-a-promo/694838/1 "2014-08-05T01:22:01Z")

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This morning, First Take did a promo for WSOP coverage. Odd, because Tuesday is poker night on ESPN.

How does that mistake get through?

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**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2014, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/espn-screwed-up-a-promo/694838/2 "2014-08-05T01:41:20Z")

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I’m somewhat at a loss for where the screwup is…could you maybe give more detail?

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**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2014, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/espn-screwed-up-a-promo/694838/3 "2014-08-05T01:47:31Z")

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Granted, I’m neither a poker fan nor an ESPN watcher but wouldn’t airing a promo for The World Series of Poker on what is the usual _poker night_ on the network be completely appropriate? Where is the mistake?

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2014, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/espn-screwed-up-a-promo/694838/4 "2014-08-05T01:49:46Z")

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Today is Monday, the promo implied coverage was tonight.

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**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2014, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/espn-screwed-up-a-promo/694838/5 "2014-08-05T02:47:42Z")

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It’s no different than when they had a typo in one of their headlines around 3 or so days ago.

They’re a national network, but they’re run by humans.

Mistakes happen ya know? No one is perfect

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2014, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/espn-screwed-up-a-promo/694838/6 "2014-08-05T03:14:12Z")

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Oh, I agree. Just never saw ESPN do that before. Being a poker fan, I was looking forward to watching coverage.

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**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2014, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/espn-screwed-up-a-promo/694838/7 "2014-08-05T12:26:10Z")

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> [@etv78](#):
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> Oh, I agree. Just never saw ESPN do that before. Being a poker fan, I was looking forward to watching coverage.

I’ll grant you that.

Tis a rare rare thing when the Worldwide leader/Mothership makes a boo-boo

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**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2014, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/espn-screwed-up-a-promo/694838/8 "2014-08-05T13:07:52Z")

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> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#):
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> Tis a rare rare thing when the Worldwide leader/Mothership makes a boo-boo

You mean the evil 4-letter?