On both CBS and NBC, Thursday Night Kickoff and Football Night in... started at 7:30 p.m. ET out of primetime depending on the network carrying the game, preempting local programming. NBC's scheduling for the NFL's and Thanksgiving night game was under the different Sunday Night Football package and game coverage filled the entirety of primetime.
Kickoff Game
NBC carried primetime coverage of on September 9 and October 21, along with a special Sunday Night Football game on December, a January 2018 NFL Wild Card, the NHL Stadium Series on March 3, the first, second and third round NHL playoff games in April and late May and the 2018 Coke Zero Sugar 400 on July 7, while CBS carried one SEC college football game in November, and the NCAA men's basketball tournament in late March and Fox carried five Ultimate Fighting Championship fights on December 16, January 27, February 24, April 14 and July 28, and the 2018 Toyota Owners 400 on April 21.[8]
Notre Dame college football
NBC's Pacific and Mountain Time Zone affiliates carry new episodes of in real time with the rest of the United States, placing its airtime within the prime time period throughout this season (except for the February 3 episode due to the commitments to carry the 7th Annual NFL Honors); a re-air is broadcast after the late local news in those time zones. The network's affiliates in Alaska, Hawaii and other Pacific islands carry the show on delay as usual.
Saturday Night Live
—Picked up for three additional episodes on November 10, 2017, bringing the episode count up to 16.[164]
Kevin (Probably) Saves the World
of The Great American Baking Show premiered on Thursday, December 7, 2017 with two episodes in one night under the expectation of carrying two more episodes on the nights of December 14 and 21, respectively to complete the six-episode season. The program was removed from the schedule on December 13, 2017 due to sexual harassment allegations against judge Johnny Iuzzini. The winner (Vallery Lomas) was announced in a short video on December 21, and ABC substituted various holiday programming in its place.[293]