# Hot switch

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In [broadcast programming](/source/broadcast_programming), a '''hot switch''' or '''hotswitching''' is where the ending of one [television show](/source/television_show) leads directly into the start of the show in the next time slot without a [television commercial](/source/television_commercial) break.<ref>{{cite news |title=PBS Plans Promotional Breaks Within Programs |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/31/business/media/31adco.html?hp |newspaper=[New York Times](/source/New_York_Times) |date=May 30, 2011 |access-date=2011-05-31 }}</ref> The concept is used to reduce the chances that people will switch to another [TV network](/source/TV_network) during the commercial break and allow the [cold open](/source/cold_open) of the new show to attract viewers; sometimes however, this will cause a commercial break right after the [opening credits](/source/opening_credits). It can also be called "seamless" broadcasting and is frequently used during [television marathons](/source/Marathon_(television)) and back-to-back airings of episodes of the same series. The technique is also used by many local network affiliates in the [United States](/source/United_States) to seamlessly transition from a local newscast to a network newscast.

==Examples==
In December 1992, for the premiere of ''[The Jackie Thomas Show](/source/The_Jackie_Thomas_Show)'', a hot switch was used where the end of an episode of ''[Roseanne](/source/Roseanne)'' had the Connor family watching the new show on television, and then the new show began. To see if this worked, [ABC](/source/American_Broadcasting_Company) paid [ACNielsen](/source/ACNielsen) for a minute by minute ratings report, and found that most viewers stayed with the new show for the entire [pilot episode](/source/television_pilot).<ref>Carter, Bill. "ABC's Extra Careful Look At 'Jackie Thomas Show'." New York Times, 1992-12-07, p. D8.</ref>

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