# Was ABC off-air last night (Weds. 1/5)?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 6, 2005, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-abc-off-air-last-night-weds-1-5/283464 "2005-01-06T22:22:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-abc-off-air-last-night-weds-1-5/283464/1 "2005-01-06T22:22:28Z")

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Fantasy Teevee [which has been down all day and just came online] says _Lost_ and _Alias_weren’t on last night. I was watching the _Do You Speak American?_ marathon on PBS (which was very good, btw), so don’t know if they speaketh out their butts or not.

So – did these shows air or not? Because if I lose two nights to **Neko** , I can live with it, but if I lose the week to her, I will be forced to commit hara kiri.

Thanks.

twicks, who has a serious fantasy TV monkey on her back.

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**Author:** ![misstee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@misstee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misstee)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-abc-off-air-last-night-weds-1-5/283464/2 "2005-01-06T22:26:32Z")

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I watched Lost last night.

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**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-abc-off-air-last-night-weds-1-5/283464/3 "2005-01-06T22:27:44Z")

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me too

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-abc-off-air-last-night-weds-1-5/283464/4 "2005-01-06T22:27:48Z")

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Thanks. I’m guessing _Alias_ was on, too.

Harrumph.

Probably still lost the night, though. That Clark Kent is a juggernaut.

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**Author:** ![ladybug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@ladybug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladybug)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-abc-off-air-last-night-weds-1-5/283464/5 "2005-01-06T23:17:56Z")

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The two-hour season premier of _Alias_ was on last night.

The local station cut to a news teaser in the middle of a fight scene and didn’t realize its mistake until the fight was over. I missed part of the show even though I was watching! :mad:

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2005, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-abc-off-air-last-night-weds-1-5/283464/6 "2005-01-07T14:56:43Z")

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For those wondering breathlessly what happened – yep, the Fantasy Teevee server was down, and it took a while for the scores to pop in. Yes, I did lose the night, but no, I didn’t lose the week. (God bless you, Joey Tribbiani.)

Phew!