Line #37 Main/BroadcastLive


1	Shows that are regularly broadcast directly as they happen, rather than prerecorded. Both {{Radio}} and UsefulNotes/{{Television}} were regularly broadcast live when those media were new, and as a consequence, much of both early radio and early TV is lost. Quite a bit of radio programming is still broadcast live, while most TV isn't, although sports and news are still live.
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3	For the most part actually [[LiveButDelayed a few seconds behind]], both for technical reasons (the signal only goes so fast) and legal ones (you need to be able to bleep things that offend the MoralGuardians)
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5	If this only happens with select instances, it's a LiveEpisode.
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7	For in-fiction examples of live broadcasts, often when it makes no sense, see AlwaysALiveTransmission.
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9	!!Examples:
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12	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
13	* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''
14	* ''The National Lottery Live''
15	* ''Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway''
16	* ''Series/BigBrother Live''
17	* ''Series/AmericanIdol'' (and other countries' versions).
18	* ''Series/AmericasGotTalent'' (and other countries' versions).
19	* "New.Music.Live" on Creator/{{MuchMusic}}: a music video program which sometimes featured live performances in addition to interviews
20	* ''Series/SoYouThinkYouCanDance''.
21	* ''Series/StrictlyComeDancing'' - the main shows. Results shows are recorded after the live show for broadcast the following night.
22	* ''Series/TheSunnySideUpShow''
23	* ''Series/WhatsMyLine'' (Most of the CBS episodes)
24	* Most early US {{Variety Show}}s, such as ''Series/TheEdSullivanShow'' and ''The Series/ColgateComedyHour''. The latter was the first show to be broadcast live from coast to coast in 1951.
25	* The 40th Anniversary episode of ''Series/CoronationStreet''
26	* The remake of ''Series/TheQuatermassExperiment''
27	* ''[[Wrestling/WWERaw WWE Monday Night Raw]]'' and ''Wrestling/WCWMondayNitro''. The former went live after Wrestling/EricBischoff thought it would be a good idea for Wrestling/{{WCW}} to spoil their events, though this ended up leading into the FingerPokeOfDoom.
28	** Ever since the move to Fox in 2018 ''Wrestling/SmackdownLive'' has been, well, live.[[note]]Prior to that it was usually taped on Tuesday nights and aired later that week[[/note]] This may change when ''Smackdown'' returns to the Creator/USANetwork in 2024.
29	** ''Wrestling/{{AEW}} Dynamite'' has aired live since it premiered in 2019, save for a handful of episodes taped on a closed set during the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic.
30	* Late night talk shows (''Series/TheTonightShow'' et al) are generally broadcast live-to-tape; i.e., the show is recorded earlier in the day than its actual air time, but is brought to air without subsequent editing.
31	* ''Series/TenOClockLive'' a British news/satire show that, oddly enough, goes out at 10pm.
32	* ''Series/LetLooseLive'', a hilariously unfunny Australian sketch comedy show, [[ShortRunners pulled after two episodes]].
33	* ''Series/Playhouse90'' was a live theatre program during its first year, afterward switching to videotape.
34	* ''{{Series/Probe}}'''s "[[Recap/ProbeBlackCatsDontWalkUnderLaddersDoThey Black Cats Don't Walk Under Ladders (Do They?)]]": Backstage for the ShowWithinAShow, ''The Marty Corrigan Show'', Sabrina Stillwater challenges the Daytime TalkShow host to let her [[WitchClassic cast a hex]] on him while the whole country is watching him. It's a RatingsStunt because they both need the publicity. Things go wrong when [[FatalMethodActing the hex actually kills Marty Corrigan]].
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37	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
38	* The 2000 live broadcast of the remake of ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fail_Safe_(2000_TV_film) Fail Safe]]''
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41	[[folder:Radio & Podcasts]]
42	* ''Radio/LuxRadioTheatre''
43	* The 1938 Creator/OrsonWelles program ''Radio/TheMercuryTheatreOnTheAir'', including the famous adaptation of ''Radio/TheWarOfTheWorlds''.
44	* Emphasized frequently on ''Creator/TheBrewingNetwork'', as it allows people to ask questions of the guests either via the chat room or Skype, as well as making the overall experience more interactive than a pre-recorded podcast would be. At the beginning it was the main aspect used to sell the BN as being better than competing podcasts.
45	* Like above, the "Radio/PrestonAndSteve" show makes a point about how they're live and love the interaction they have with their fans.
46	* Up until the late 1940s, CBS and NBC had rules against airing recorded material on their networks, barring a few exceptions [[labelnote:e.g.]](occasional news items such as the 1937 Hindenburg disaster and a few D-Day reports in 1944; a few NBC Blue programs were allowed starting in 1939 to record the East Coast broadcast and air it three hours later for the West Coast instead of having to do a second live show for the West as was common practice)[[/labelnote]], making this an EnforcedTrope for many old-time radio shows. Mutual, on the other hand, was much more permissive with recordings. ABC was the first U.S. radio network to air programs that were recorded and edited before broadcast starting with Creator/BingCrosby's ''Philco Radio Time'' in 1946. CBS and NBC's "no recordings" rules were abolished by 1949.
47	* ''Podcast/TheOrbitingHumanCircusOfTheAir'': InUniverse. The eponymous fictional radio variety show broadcasts live in front of a StudioAudience from a ballroom at the top of the Eiffel Tower.
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51	* WebVideo/CastersAndCastles is broadcast live on Twitch.
52	* WebVideo/FishtankLive is a 24/7 broadcast similar to ''Series/BigBrother'', where eight contestants attempt to outlast one another within a RealityTVShowMansion. All events shown are happening live.
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