Rainy Day For FOX

Courtesy: "X-Factor" / FOX

I figured I haven't done an Oops Award in a while and, boy, is there a clear winner this week.

The "X-Factor's" motto is "Unforgettable. UnXpected." Well, thanks in part to FOX, it lived up to its motto Wednesday night. 

Baseball was slated to be aired and the "X-Factor" was scheduled to air right after (at 8). However, a rain delay put everything on hold. Instead of going ahead and airing the pre-recorded "X-Factor" episode during the delay useless updates on the game, commercials and then one of the broadcasting company's failing shows are shown, preempting the "X-Factor" for no reason.

Once the show finally came on, it stayed on until the final 15 minutes when Demi Lovato and Simon Cowell were going to reveal their picks for the live shows in November. What does FOX do? They cut right through and put on "The Mindy Project," another one of its failing shows. 

The kicker is this was happening all while the game was still in a rain delay. The game didn't continue until well after 10 o'clock eastern time, past the "X-Factor's" original time slot.

Fans (including myself) were confused and outraged by this. It was literally like someone had come in and flipped the TV to another station. The worse part was neither "The X-Factor" nor FOX have offered any apology to fans whatsoever. The show's creator, Simon Cowell, wrote a halfhearted "sorry" in a tweet but that was all. Very unprofessional on the part of both the "X-Factor" and FOX. That's how a show can lose its viewers.

Nevertheless, the "final judgement show," as it is being called, will supposedly be aired in its entirety next Tuesday at 8/7c. 

I wouldn't hold my breath, though.