Editing Live television (section)

== Types of programs ==
From the early days of television until about 1958, live television was used heavily, except for filmed programs such as ''[[I Love Lucy]]'' and ''[[Gunsmoke]]''. Although [[videotape]] was invented in 1956, it cost $300 per one hour reel ({{Inflation|US|300|1956|fmt=eq}})
slowing its adoption.<ref>[http://h2g2.com/edited_entry/A3224936 "The History of Magnetic Recording"], ''BBC'',  20 December 2004. Retrieved on 23 October 2014.</ref> Some genres, such as [[soap opera]]s, did not completely abandon live broadcasts until the mid-1970s.

In general, a live [[television program]] was more common for broadcasting content produced specifically for [[Commercial broadcasting|commercial television]] in the early years of the medium, before technologies such as video tape appeared. As [[video tape recorder]]s (VTR) became more prevalent, many entertainment programs were recorded and edited before broadcasting rather than being shown live.

=== Morning shows ===
As of September 2021, [[Television network]]s provide most live television for [[Breakfast television|morning shows]] with television programs such as: ''[[Good Morning Britain (2014 TV programme)|Good Morning Britain]]'', ''[[BBC Breakfast]]'', ''[[This Morning (TV programme)|This Morning]]'', ''[[GB News|Breakfast with Eamonn and Isabel]]'', etc. broadcast live in the UK; ''[[Sunrise (Australian TV program)|Sunrise]]'' live in Australia; ''[[Your Morning]]'' live in Canada; and ''[[Today (U.S. TV program)|Today]]'', ''[[Good Morning America]]'', and ''[[CBS Mornings]]'' in the U.S., which air live only in the Eastern Time Zone. The only exceptions are ''[[CBS Saturday Morning]]'' and ''[[Weekend Today|Sunday Today with Willie Geist]]'', which air live in the Eastern and Central time zones. Spanish-language morning shows (such as ''[[Despierta America]]'' and ''[[Un Nuevo Día]]''), unlike their English speaking counterparts, air live in across the mainland U.S. except for viewers in the Pacific time zone, which, along with viewers in Hawaii and Alaska, have tape-delayed shows.

A few daytime talk shows in the U.S. broadcast live before a studio audience in select time zones. Shows such as ''[[Live with Kelly and Mark]]'' and [[Sherri (talk show)|''Sherri'']] air live in the Eastern time zone only, while ABC's ''[[The View (U.S. TV series)|The View]]'' air live in the Eastern and Central time zones. A separate program is taped on Thursday afternoon for airing on Friday. Affiliates in the remaining time zones air these programs on a [[broadcast delay|tape delay]]. Most other daytime talk shows and [[Late-night talk show|late night programs]] are taped before a live studio audience earlier in the day and edited for later broadcast.

=== Entertainment shows ===
Major entertainment events, such as [[award show]]s and [[beauty pageants]], are often broadcast live in [[primetime]] hours based on U.S. East Coast's schedule. In the 21st century, [[reality competition]] franchises began to emerge (such as, in the United States, ''[[American Idol]]'' and ''[[Dancing with the Stars (U.S. TV series)|Dancing With The Stars]]''), where viewers could vote for their favorite acts featured in live performances, but ''American Idol'', as of {{CURRENTYEAR}}, is the only reality competition series to have broadcast live in all U.S. territories at the same time.

Scheduling of live entertainment programming may be complicated in countries that span multiple [[time zone]]s, such as [[Effects of time zones on North American broadcasting|Mexico, Canada and the United States]], where programming is aired live in the easternmost time zones, but may be delayed in order to air in local primetime hours in western markets (although since the last decade, Canada and Mexico have regularly televised all major live events simultaneously across all of their territories).

Historically, live global sports and breaking international news programming are usually broadcast live in all time zones worldwide. Several [[award show]]s began to air live in all time zones worldwide in order to avert the need to avoid "spoilers" via the internet and [[social media]] outlets in the onset of the latter's rise in the late 2000s. For decades, the [[Academy Awards]] have continuously broadcast live in Alaska and both U.S. coasts (and now including Hawaii and American Samoa by the late 2010s), and are later joined by the [[Golden Globe Awards]] since the early 2010s. In recent years, the [[Primetime Emmy Awards]], [[Grammy Awards]] and [[Tony Awards]] have joined airing live in all U.S. territories.

Some award shows like the [[Billboard Music Awards]] and the [[MTV Video Music Awards]] have switched annually between delayed and live nationwide telecasts since the mid-2010s as a result of the declining viewership across live event television in the same period.

=== News shows ===
Most local television station [[News broadcasting|newscast]]s are broadcast live in the U.S. as they are an essential medium for providing up-to-the-minute weather forecasts and breaking news stories. Broadcast television networks in the United States typically air their evening newscasts live in the Eastern and Central time zones. A separate "Western Edition" is broadcast to viewers in the [[Pacific Time Zone]] to account for latest news updates, and may sometimes be a second live broadcast with the same running time as the original East Coast airing. When a major breaking news event occurs, whether nationally or globally, broadcast television networks will break into regularly scheduled programming and will televise a live "[[special report]]" in all time zones. Local television stations break into regularly scheduled programming in the event of [[Severe weather|severe weather warnings]] or major local breaking news stories that occur within their viewing area.

Cable news outlets (such as [[CNN]] and [[Fox News Channel]]) air continuous live programming during the day, and air rebroadcasts of earlier live shows during the late night hours, except in cases where [[breaking news]] occurs.<ref name="rebroadcasts">Shows such as [[Hannity]] on the Fox News Channel are pre-recorded the afternoon of its broadcast. However, this show occasionally airs live if breaking news or special events are being covered.</ref>  The ''[[PBS NewsHour]]'' airs live on PBS stations in the Eastern Time Zone.<ref>[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/history/ "History - PBS NewsHour"], www.pbs.org. Retrieved 30 March 2016.</ref> Sunday morning news programs in the USA such as ''[[Meet The Press]]'' on NBC, ''[[This Week (ABC TV series)|This Week]]'' on ABC, and ''[[Fox News Sunday]]'' air live in the Eastern Time Zone (including a limited number of small markets in the Central Time Zone), while ''[[CBS Sunday Morning]]'' and ''[[Face The Nation]]'' on CBS air live in the Eastern and Central time zones.

Cable outlets (such as CNN and Fox News Channel) incorporate the word ''LIVE'' in their network logo (also known as a [[digital on-screen graphic]]) when those networks broadcast live content.  Some (but not all) sports cable networks will opt to insert the word ''LIVE'' somewhere on the corner of the screen. With the exception of [[breaking news|special breaking news reports]] and overseas sporting events, broadcast television networks rarely display such a graphic during its live programming. (although NBC did display the word LIVE next to their logo during its Olympic coverage when live content was being broadcast, a practice that was continued by its sister station, [[NBCSN]], until its closure in 2021.)<ref name="Broadcast networks">In 2015, NBC began inserting the word ''LIVE'' above its on-air graphic during live telecasts of "Undateable" and "The Wiz", and in 2016, the Golden Globe Awards. However, they do not display the ''LIVE'' graphic during programs such as ''Saturday Night Live'' and the ''NBC Nightly News''. Broadcast networks such as CBS, ABC, PBS, and FOX typically do not display a LIVE graphic during any of their live telecasts.</ref>

Local television station newscasts display time and temperature during their broadcasts, and only display the word LIVE when they air a news report or a [[live shot]] on location. Some networks have begun to insert (in addition to the word LIVE) the local time of where that news report is originating from, particularly when that report is airing live via satellite from overseas.

=== Sports and other events ===
As of the current decade, major [[sports television|sporting events]] like the [[World Series]], [[Super Bowl]], [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup]], [[NBA Finals]], and [[Olympic Games]] have been broadcast entirely live in all U.S. territories, encompassing both prime time hours of both U.S. coasts, simultaneous with the live global telecasts of these events in accordance with the official international broadcasters of such games.

Other events that air live all across U.S. territories include multi-network coverage of U.S. presidential and congressional elections, U.S. [[inauguration|presidential inaugurations]], the [[State of the Union|State of the Union Address]], [[News conference|presidential news conferences]], [[Oval Office Address|Presidential Addresses to the Nation]], the [[Rose Parade|Tournament of Roses Parade]], and funerals of major national or international public and religious figures. Local television stations air live local election coverage and special events, such as large scale [[parade]]s, [[Marathon|big city marathons]], funerals of major local public and religious figures, inauguration ceremonies of big city mayors and governors, installation masses of cardinals or bishops in a major Catholic archdiocese, and [[Pep rally|pep rallies]] for a major sports team. In the UK, events such as the [[State Opening of Parliament]] are broadcast live.