While the entire concept of playing professional football during a pandemic has been shaky, at best, the NFL’s figure-it-out-as-they-go scheduling has brought fans some unique opportunities to watch games.
We’ve had Tuesday and Wednesday games already this season. And Monday presented fans with the rare doubleheader of games with the Steelers-Washington Football Team matchup preceding Bills-Niners (a game that was relocated to Arizona amid Santa Clara’s COVID restrictions).
But for the vast majority of fans tuning in on Monday to watch Steelers-WFT, they weren’t treated to football on Fox. Nope.
The game kept its regional classification, and there were plenty of Fox stations that went with Judge Judy instead of football. Look at that coverage map:
Note: #Washington at #Steelers underway now on FOX regionalized coverage. Markets showing game can be found on this map via @506sports pic.twitter.com/EQbnagTfUo
— Announcer Schedules (@announcerskeds) December 7, 2020
Big yikes.
As you might have guessed, fans weren’t happy to have those football-watching plans foiled by a daytime television judge.
Half the country watching a 3-hour Judge Judy marathon right now pic.twitter.com/Tj4yfLMcbL
— PFF (@PFF) December 7, 2020
Absolutely electric decision by Fox to show Judge Judy over the NFL game.
— John Livingston (@johnmliv) December 7, 2020
local fox channel playing judge judy instead of #WASvsPIT pic.twitter.com/bmtSujZews
— bagel (@DrewHighlander) December 7, 2020
Steelers and Football Team fans getting stuck watching Judge Judy instead of the game is so 2020
— "Radical Liberal" El Valenti (@ElysianaValenti) December 7, 2020
Can’t find this Pitt/Washington game….what’s up with that? Fox didn’t want bump six episodes of Judge Judy?
— Mickey Ryan (@MickeyRyan1045) December 7, 2020
Why is there judge Judy on fox😭😭😭 I can’t watch the game just update me on what happens
— Clyde’s Burner (@ClydesBurner) December 7, 2020
We seriously have judge Judy on instead of Steelers vs Washington?
— Jameson Evers (@jameson_evers) December 7, 2020
Well thank God the Judge Judy fans didn’t miss their show today
— Robbie Faulk (@robbiefaulk247) December 7, 2020
I guess we now know how all those 60 Minutes viewers feel every Sunday (except on the West Coast, of course).
