History Main / WeInterruptThisProgram

** Recently used in skits where their version of the founder of Wikileaks statics out someone else's broadcast to [[DoNotAdjustYourSet send his message]].
** A 2014 skit featured Creator/MikeMyers reprising his role as [[Franchise/AustinPowers Dr. Evil]], in which he hijacks a Christmas special in the cold open to call out Sony and North Korea over the controversy surrounding ''Film/TheInterview''.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' episode "Broadcast Nuisance", Dot interrupts ''Newstime Live'' to ask her brother Yakko for his opinions on the news anchor they are trying to annoy.

* ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' did this as a gag in one episode where a regular program is interrupted with "We interrupt this program to annoy you and make things generally irritating for you." and later with "Good evening. We interrupt this program again, A, to irritate you, and B, to provide work for one of our announcers." which then is followed by a a very nervous new announcer doing his job, get a pep talk from his colleagues and having a congratulatory cocktail afterward.

* ''WesternAnimation/WordGirl'': In one episode, Becky "[=WordGirl=]" Botsford drops one of these as a message to all villains in Fair City to not commit crimes for the next few hours because her favorite show is on, since the last time she tried to relax watching it she missed most of the episode because they all kept interrupting her. She goes so far as to make an ImpliedDeathThreat during it.
-->'''[=WordGirl=]''': Uh, hi everyone! It's me, [=WordGirl=]! ''[little chuckle]'' Sorry for the abrupt message, but I'm taking some recreation time for the next couple of hours, so just in case any of you villains were thinking of committing a crime... ''[picks up a metal girder and bends it into scrap with a serious and annoyed expression before tossing it behind her]'' So, again, if you were thinking of committing a crime in the next couple of hours, '''DON'T.''' ''[gestures towards the screen with an "I'm watching you" expression]'' Thank you for your time!

* ''Series/TheEricAndreShow'' often pauses the show just before something crazy happens. an example being a man on a dirt bike is riding towards the desk and just as it gets into frame the show pauses on that frame with the text "we'll be right back" on the top right and a short little transition song plays.

* In the '70s and '80s, ''Series/SesameStreet'' had their "News Flash" segments featuring reporter [[Franchise/TheMuppets Kermit the Frog]] interrupting the series for a "fast-breaking news story," usually involving a fairy tale or nursery rhyme spoof (that doesn't go as planned, in most cases.) They were a regular part of the series until the late '90s, when they began appearing less and less, before disappearing from the show completely after 2001.

* The SketchComedy show ''series/NoSoapRadio'' regularly used this as a way to inject a skit into the Pelican Hotel ExcusePlot. One was an announcement that Toys/MrPotatoHead was kidnapped, with the President asking families to show their support by putting a french fry in their windows.