The network aired “The 100th: Billy Joel at Madison Square Garden” on Sunday night, letting fans see Billy Joel’s record 100th concert at MSG in New York.
Must be a bunch of clowns,” one X user wrote, referring to Syracuse’s CBS affiliate, WTVH Channel 5.
“I apologize to the people who were enjoying Billy Joel singing on TV then all of a sudden had to see my face.
I’d have picked Billy Joel over me, too,” tweeted Rex Smith, an anchor at WANE-15 in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
ET start time, it didn’t finish at its expected end time of 11 p.m. (CBS also aired “60 Minutes” after The Masters, before Joel’s show.)
“As a man who grew up right next to Billy Joel’s hometown, who went to The Last Play at Shea, it was my duty to apologize to everyone about cutting off our telecast of Billy Joel tonight,” Closky said on X.
Luckily, fans can still watch “Billy Joel: The 100th live at Madison Square Garden” in full for free online: – Watch it free on cbs.com – Stream it on demand through Paramount+ (get a 7-day free trial for Paramount+ Essential or Paramount+ with SHOWTIME) “The 100th” was Joel’s first concert to be broadcast on network television, celebrating his 100th consecutive sold-out performance at Madison Square Garden.
Joel, who recently released a new song, “Turn the Lights Back On,” is expected to wrap his historic residency at MSG in July.
CBS, please turn the lights back on.
Fans were able to watch Billy Joel’s historic 100th performance at Madison sq\. Garden in New York on Sunday night when the network aired “The 100th: Billy Joel at Madison sq\. Garden.”. But CBS’s prolonged coverage of the Masters golf tournament caused a delay in the show, and it seems that this caused the local news to cut off the concert at 11:30 p.m. m.
One X user commented, “Can’t believe @WTVH cut from the Billy Joel special to the news just as he was singing Piano Man! WTH @cnycentral? Who’s running that place? Must be a bunch of clowns.” WTVH Channel 5 is Syracuse’s CBS affiliate.
On CBS stations in the Eastern and Central time zones, the show abruptly stopped in the middle of Joel’s “Piano Man,” according to Awful Announcing, and switched to the local newscasts for those markets on Sunday night. To view a video clip of the change in one market, click this link. ).
“I’m sorry to everyone who was watching Billy Joel sing on TV and then felt the need to see my face. The anchor of WANE-15 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Rex Smith, tweeted, “I would have chosen Billy Joel over me, too.”. For the record, we are clueless as to why it transpired in that manner. It will undoubtedly be investigated. “.
A special report following the Masters wasn’t explained “by the powers that be beyond this building,” according to Evan Closky, the sports director at WTSP in Tampa Bay, Florida. Joel’s live-recorded concert special, which debuted at 9 p.m. on March 28, has been delayed. M. It began at ET and ended later than the scheduled 11 p.m. m. (CBS also broadcast “60 Minutes” prior to Joel’s show, following The Masters. ).
Closky said on X, “It was my duty to apologize to everyone about cutting off our telecast of Billy Joel tonight. I’m a man who grew up right next to Billy Joel’s hometown and who attended The Last Play at Shea.”.
The New York Jets and Oakland Raiders football game was interrupted by NBC to show a children’s film in 1968, a move that infuriated some viewers, according to the Huffington Post.
Fortunately, fans can still view the entire “Billy Joel: The 100th live at Madison sq\. Garden” for free online at:.
Watch it at cbs.com for free.
– Watch it on demand via Paramount+ (you can try Paramount+ Essential or Paramount+ with SHOWTIME for free for seven days).
“The 100th” marked Joel’s first-ever network television concert, commemorating his 100th sold-out Madison sq\. Garden show. Joel is anticipated to conclude his historic residency at MSG in July. Joel recently released a new song titled “Turn the Lights Back On.”.
