History Main / DoNotAdjustYourSet

* In 1977, a prankster hijacked the audio (but not the video) of Creator/{{ITV}} station Southern Television in the UK, claiming to be an alien called Vrillon of the Ashtar Galactic Command broadcasting a message to Earth in which he called for world peace. The full transcipt can be found [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Television_broadcast_interruption_hoax_(1977)#Transcript here]]. A common theory is that the prankster wasn't a prankster, but a protester against nuclear weaponry and the MutuallyAssuredDestruction (MAD) protocol. Another theory is that the prankster was a bored Southern Television employee [[{{Troll}} trolling around]].

* ''Film/Interceptor2022''. [[RogueSoldier Alexander Kessel]] hijacks the Emergency Broadcast System so that he can give his manifesto on how America has failed to live up to its principles to the world, and therefore must burn in nuclear fire so that the survivors can get it right when they rebuild from the ashes. The main thing he accomplishes is to make himself look like a sadistic jackass and J.J. Collins look like a heroic badass for fighting to stop this on national television.

* ''Film/{{Interceptor}}''. Kessel hijacks the Emergency Broadcast System so that he can give his manifesto on how America has failed to live up to its principles to the world, and therefore must burn in nuclear fire so that the survivors can get it right when they rebuild from the ashes. The main thing he accomplishes is to make himself look like a sadistic jackass and Collins look like a heroic badass for fighting to stop his EvilPlan on national television.

** It also happens in the season 1 movie, ''Our War Games.'' The movie's villain, Diabolomon, is trying to destroy the world by [[EverythingIsOnline screwing with every piece of technology imaginable.]] Whilst this is happening, every computer in the world recieves a broadcast of his hacking fest and the main character's attempts to fight him.

* The [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Alert_System Emergency Alert System]] in the US. Once, the system in Montana was hijacked by a prankster saying that the bodies of the dead were rising from their graves and attacking. The officials naturally weren't amused.

--->'''Sideshow Bob:''' [[HypocrisyNod By the way, I realize the irony of appearing on television in order to decry it, so don't bother pointing that out]].

** Mr. Burns uses this trope when trying to retrieve his teddy bear [[ItMakesSenseInContext (don't ask)]] from Homer Simpson. Though rather than interrupting the broadcast, he was just running from studio to studio as Homer changed channels.

** Sideshow Bob did the same thing, ironically to threaten Springfield with a nuclear bomb unless they got rid of television.
--->'''Sideshow Bob:''' By the way, I realize the irony of appearing on television in order to decry it, so don't bother pointing that out.

** In "P v P", Cinder Fall starts the Fall of Beacon by taking control of the broadcast to VillainousMonologue decrying the leaders of the Huntsman Academies and insinuate that the kingdoms are on the brink of war. As the battle goes on, she makes sure that the cameras are focused on the hacked Atlas Army's robots attacking innocent people to further heighten tensions.