'X Factor' changes Top 16 schedule after World Series sweep
Episodes will air Wednesday and Thursday, rather than Thursday and Sunday
Cece Frey of "The X Factor"
Credit: FOX
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The San Francisco Giants continue to wreak havoc with FOX's "X Factor" schedule, as a World Series sweep has caused the FOX talent show to revise its programming for this week.
FOX announced on Monday (October 29) that "The X Factor" will now air its Top 16 performance episode from 8 p.m. til 10:07 p.m. on Wednesday (October 31) night. The following night, the Top Finalists will be revealed in a two-hour episode. Both episodes, which will air live for the right side of the country, will mark the debut for "X Factor" hosts Khloe Kardashian Odom and Mario Lopez.
FOX had originally scheduled a two-and-a-half-hour performance episode for Thursday night -- with 23 minutes of filler apparently built-in -- and had set the two-hour results episode for Sunday.
"X Factor" had been set for the off-schedule airings this week due to a potential World Series Game 6 on Wednesday and Game 7 on Thursday. Instead, the Giants dispatched with the Tigers in four swift games.
The Giants previously messed with FOX's schedule two weeks ago when a rain delay caused a hour of "X Factor" to air for part of the country, leading FOX to condense the revel for the Top 16 into an hour-long episode that aired to low ratings last Tuesday night at 9:30.
A long-time member of the TCA Board and a longer-time blogger of "American Idol," Dan Fienberg writes about TV, except for when he writes about movies or sometimes writes about the Red Sox. But never music. He would sound stupid talking about music.
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October 29, 2012 at 5:27PM EST Reply to CommentSo will FOX be airing bringing their animation shows back this Sunday now, or something else instead?
dan Paul F - FOX's release doesn't say, officially at least. Since it's sweeps, I would ASSUME...
October 29, 2012 at 5:31PM EST-Daniel
gerritv
October 29, 2012 at 5:28PM EST Reply to CommentYikes!!!! A two hour results show. That's about 10 minutes of non-filler.
dan GerriTV - The "X Factor" recapper is... concerned. But the Sunday show was also gonna be two-hours, so... Yeah. Ick...
October 29, 2012 at 5:32PM EST-Daniel
Darla
October 30, 2012 at 1:39AM EST Reply to CommentThis scares me because our Dish TV guides still show World Series activity on both 10/31 and 11/1. I am not going to be happy if they don't show X-Factor here.
Sam
November 2, 2012 at 12:44AM EST Reply to CommentSo pissed about this! Some quick announcement on Monday doesn't quite get to everyone and now missed the first live showing, and of course it didn't automatically record. An online episode should have been offered!