Key Highlights
- The screen went black for a few seconds, followed by a string of promos for Survivor and other CBS programs before an episode of Matlock came on mid-scene.
- The drama starring Kathy Bates went on for awhile, frequently interrupted by ads and promos and accompanied by a crawl “We are experiencing technical difficulties” that was subsequently replaced by a longer one, “We are experiencing technical difficulties and programming will resume shortly.” After an interruption that lasted more than 12 minutes, Nashville’s Big Bash resumed, with co-host Bert Kreischer addressing the outage.
- Watch on Deadline “We lost power here in Nashville, and we got kicked off the air on CBS,” he said as he and fellow co-host Hardy joked that none of them pulled any plugs to cause the incident.
- The special aired live on CBS and Paramount+ from 8-10 p. m.
- ET/PT and 10:30-1:30 a. m.
