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Why Syndicated Programs Are Always Out of Order

 One show that I love is Flashpoint. It's a crime show based on a SWAT team - complete with snipers, hand-to-hand combat, and tense scenes. Once I found the show on an old satellite station, (it mainly focused on soap operas like One Tree Hill and Days of Our Lives, although I would not, in a long shot, consider Flashpoint a soap opera) I set out to watch all of the episodes. I quickly noticed however, that they were sometimes out of order, or would skip whole sections of the season. In one episode, the two team members who had some chemistry had just decided to go on a date, and two days later they were engaged to be married. *Spoiler alert*, am I right.

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2009/12/tube_tied.html

So according to this article, it's done for the sake of economics. Popular episodes are played more frequently, and unpopular episodes are skipped, regardless of the chronology of the series.

Great for true lovers of the series, terrible for people who actually want to watch the series.