stackyFACTSSports fans learned a brutal lesson in television hierarchy during a 1968 Jets-Raiders match.
Sports fans learned a brutal lesson in television hierarchy during a 1968 Jets-Raiders match. With 65 seconds left and the Jets winning, NBC ruthlessly cut the feed to air the children's movie Heidi on schedule. The Raiders immediately scored two touchdowns in a miraculous unseen comeback, causing furious viewers to literally blow out the network's switchboard. NBC had to install a dedicated 'Heidi Phone' just to prevent executives from ever making that catastrophic mistake again.
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