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I grew up in the same Washington area that the original poster wrote about.

I always had fights with my mother about staying up late on Oscars night, Emmys night, Miss America
night, etc., because these always started at 10:00 p.m. Eastern time, so that they could start after
the West Coast people were home from work. I was so jealous of those kids in the more Western time
zones who could watch these shows because they started (and, of course, ended) earlier.

I've never had kids of my own, but I've wondered if the widespread availability of VCRs has helped
in alleviating fights between kids who want to watch shows broadcast past their normal bedtimes and
their parents. Or is there still a perceived advantage in watching a show live, especially if it
looks like a lot of the other kids may be talking about it at school the next day.

Curtis CCR wrote:
> 
> Has anyone actually answered your son's questions.
> 
> Californians that watch Dan Rather are not usually watching it at the
> same time you are.  It is tape delayed in other time zones...  3 hours
> later in CA.  Most of the time it is the exact same broadcast.
> However, if there is a significant update to the news, a "west coast"
> version may be broadcast.
> 
> Cable news channels tend to do everything live and then rebroadcast.
> "Hannity and Colmes" and "Larry King Live" I believe come on at 6PM
> here (live).  It's live on the east coast... at 9PM, right?
> 
> Other things are live on both coasts too.  Monday Night Football on
> ABC will start at 6PM here tonight, and will normally end around 9PM.
> You get it from 9 to midnight as it's live everywhere.  Last time I
> watched Monday Night Football in Hawaii (many years ago) it started at
> 4PM.