CBS is apologizing for a timing mixup that reduce off the ultimate moments of a Billy Joel live performance particular for a lot of viewers Sunday night time.
Viewers within the Jap and Central time zones missed the ultimate two minutes of Billy Joel: The a hundredth — Stay at Madison Sq. Backyard when this system reduce abruptly to native information telecasts. Joel was singing the ultimate verse of “Piano Man” when the display went black after which reduce to native newscasts.
CBS blamed a timing error for the snafu and says it can re-air the particular on Friday.
“A community programming timing error ended final night time’s Billy Joel particular roughly two minutes early within the Jap and Central Time Zones,” the community stated in a press release. “We apologize to Mr. Joel, his followers, our affiliated stations, and our viewers whose viewing expertise was interrupted over the past tune. Due to the overwhelming demand from his legion of followers, Billy Joel: The a hundredth — Stay at Madison Sq. Backyard shall be rebroadcast in its entirety on CBS on April 19 at 9 p.m. ET/PT.”
The particular, initially scheduled for 9 p.m. ET Sunday, was pushed again by a few half-hour within the japanese half of the nation after the community’s protection of the Masters golf match bumped into primetime. A CBS Information particular report additionally aired earlier than the beginning of 60 Minutes.
Social media response to the mixup was, unsurprisingly, not variety to CBS. One consultant publish on X rewrote the refrain of “Piano Man” as, “Sing us a half-song, you’re the Piano Man/Sing us a half-song tonight/’Trigger all of us heard a part of a melody/And CBS producers aren’t brilliant.”
Billy Joel: The a hundredth was taped in March and marked the singer-songwriter’s a hundredth consecutive efficiency at Madison Sq. Backyard.