Most of the non news programming is edited either for adult content or to allow for commercials. However, many comedy programs run in specially formatted 40-minute blocks and a few first run drama programs in a longer block that allow them to run to their original broadcast length, though adult content is still edited.
BBC America simulcast several newscasts during the day from its sister channel, BBC World News.
The weekday morning (6:00 – 9:00 am ET) simulcast which included BBC World News newscasts, World Business Report, Sport Today, Asia Today and a one-hour newscast called World News Today, was canceled for a brief period without any announcement on April 6, 2009. The weekend morning (6:00 – 6:30 am ET) simulcast was also abruptly canceled on April 4, 2009. According to BBC America the simulcast was canceled because of disappointing ratings.[13] BBC World News was replaced in its morning time slot by re-runs of Cash in The Attic and Gordon Ramsay’s F Word. The morning simulcast returned on May 18, but now airs from 5:00 -8:00 am on weekdays.
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