Which Shows Won’t Air Due to Trump’s State of the Union? ‘High Potential,’ ‘NCIS’ & More

Amanda Bell
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Donald Trump will deliver a State of the Union address on Tuesday (February 24) night, and the major broadcast television and cable news networks will be carrying the speech live, starting at 9/8c.

That means several regular Tuesday night shows have been postponed to allow for the telecast, which is standard practice whenever the president delivers a major address to the nation. However, some other Tuesday night favorites will still be airing in their regular timeslots.

So, which of your favorite shows are being interrupted by Trump’s newest SOTU? Here’s a look.

ABC

ABC will air a new episode of Will Trent in the 8/7c hour, but it will not push through a new episode of High Potential this week. This is the third week in a row that High Potential has been off air, thanks also to a two-week hiatus that took place during the Olympics, to avoid competing with NBC’s broadcast coverage of the Winter Games. High Potential last aired a new episode on February 3 but will not return until Tuesday, March 3.

CBS

CBS’s NCIS, NCIS: Origins, and NCIS: Sydney were all originally expected to return for their midseason premieres, following the post-fall finale break, on Tuesday, February 24, but the shows were jointly delayed by one week to accommodate the State of the Union. The trio will instead return on Tuesday, March 3.

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Fox

Though Fox will air a new episode of Best Medicine at 8/7c, its medical drama Doc will not air at 9/8c per usual. This will be the second week of hiatus for Doc, which was also preempted last week due to the Olympics on NBC. The last new episode of Doc aired on February 10, and the show will return to its regular programming run starting Tuesday, March 3.

NBC

Since the network has not added Tuesday night shows to its midseason calendar, there are no preemptions to report from NBC.




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  1. N

    Nope

    Is there some law that means the ranting of a crazy madman has to be broadcast?

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    Alie

    I would rather see the shows.

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  3. L

    Louise

    I'm wanting to see the President's speach and I still get to see WILL TRENT. YEA! YEA!

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    Mark Noonan

    This REALLY angers me. So now It is another week of hiatus for NCIS Franchise.

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    1. A

      Antonio Montealegre

      Oh, come on, it's just one week! As Bart Simpson would say, "Don't have a cow, man!"

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    vetlass

    Anything is better than Trump flapping his gums to hear himself talk. I chose to listen to music and read a book.

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    Guest

    The non appearance of so many programs made me think they had all been cancelled! Either run them or don’t, just please put something on TV!!

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      Antonio Montealegre

      That's what you thought, as Seth and Amy would say, "Really?!"

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