ShowShift
A smart TV schedule that flags preemptions like NFL overruns and proactively alerts subscribers when shows such as Marshals move to a new time slot.
Cord-cutting TV fans who watch weekly episodic series across CBS, NBC, ABC, and streaming
- Personal watch list with 'your show moved' push notifications
- Cross-network premiere tracker covering CBS, NBC, ABC, Paramount+, Netflix, and Apple TV+
- Sports override calendar flagging NFL, NBA, and college football games that will preempt scripted shows
- Streaming availability check showing live, next-day, and exclusive-by-service options
CBS delayed the Marshals premiere to 8:30 p.m. ET for an NFL doubleheader, a recurring frustration no guide solves cleanly today.
The NFL/CBS Sunday delay is a real recurring frustration covered by US Magazine, ScreenRant, and Pioneer Woman, but Google Trends of ~200 searches is modest and most viewers have adapted to checking listings weekly.Why Tracker, Marshals Don't Start on Time on CBS Sundays: Inside Delay ↗Marshals Season 2 Confirms Major Release Strategy Change ↗
TV Guide and cable guides display static schedules but none offer proactive push alerts when scripted shows move; closest competitors (Game On Alerts, SportsCal) are sports-only and do not cover episodic series like Marshals.Game On! - National TV Game Alerts for Out-of-Market Fans ↗Sports Calendar App | Auto-Updating NFL, NBA, MLB Schedules - SportsCal ↗
Adjacent sports-alert services monetize at $9.99/mo (Game On) and $47/yr (SportsCal), proving willingness to pay for scheduling alerts — but for non-sports episodic TV, urgency and willingness-to-pay are materially lower.Game On! - National TV Game Alerts for Out-of-Market Fans ↗Sports Calendar App | Auto-Updating NFL, NBA, MLB Schedules - SportsCal ↗
NFL overruns into primetime are a structural feature of broadcast TV, and streaming fragmentation (CBS, NBC, ABC, plus Peacock, Hulu, Paramount+) keeps the problem chronic rather than transient.Marshals Season 2 Confirms Major Release Strategy Change ↗
Buildable by ingesting per-network schedule feeds/APIs and layering a notifications backend, but it requires ongoing maintenance across CBS/NBC/ABC plus multiple streamers and handling last-minute changes — non-trivial but well-understood engineering.Why Do 'Tracker' and 'Marshals' Not Start on Time on CBS Sundays? ↗