The Detroit Lions won their first playoff game in 32 years on Sunday night, and the celebrations by the jubilant home crowd over the final few minutes were a sight to see, with many fans shown crying in pure joy as they finally got to witness a postseason victory.
You know who didn’t get to see those goosebump-inducing scenes? Fans watching in Dallas, because the local NBC affiliate dumped out of the game early to get to a weather report about cold temperatures.
Fans in Dallas were probably over football at that point, seeing how their team lost to the Green Bay Packers in embarrassing fashion a few hours earlier, but this was still an interesting move by NBC 5:
Apparently Dallas' NBC affiliate didn't think the final snaps of the Lions playoff win over the Rams needed to be shown. pic.twitter.com/XoqTcTc9rJ
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) January 15, 2024
Fans had jokes:
To be fair to them, Dallas news affiliates aren’t very familiar on what the words “playoff win” mean. https://t.co/bk0FnLLkM0
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) January 15, 2024
LMFAO https://t.co/YRnxWf3HaO pic.twitter.com/3Wsatl7ysb
— ThrillHo (@MonsieurJairo88) January 15, 2024
Can confirm. Still not thrilled by this @NBCDFW. Mind you, this channel once didn’t go to weather report during a Cowboys game when a tornado was fixing to touch down https://t.co/yYcFlOwSCp
— Kieran Steckley (@Kieran_Steckley) January 15, 2024
Got to be some kind of violation isn’t it? Damn.. Could’ve been some guy from Detroit working in Dallas who wanted to see that history. Bush league @NBCDFW bush league.. #Lions https://t.co/hVIKj1QUss
— Pop (@financejonE) January 15, 2024
They should have done that at halftime during the Cowboys game https://t.co/xZ3yws3wS2
— Derek Duke (@DerekDuke25) January 15, 2024
Showing a Dallas audience a playoff win is just asking for trouble. . . https://t.co/3h3Dw1InN0
— Hans Gruber (@Gruber_Hans_) January 15, 2024
Dallas doesn’t need to see more football today. https://t.co/uyTtRVnjM9
— Tommy Lang (@tommylang1630) January 15, 2024
Dallas said hell no, we not going to lose and show Lions win on the same day. Nope 🤣 https://t.co/ENur9JIe8p
— Justyn™️ (@justyn_lfc) January 15, 2024
It's ok, we'll see Dallas later in the playoffs. Oh wait.... https://t.co/VICHKT3t9V
— Erik Aratari (@_E_Rock_) January 15, 2024
