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* Averted in the [[Nero Wolfe]] novel ''The Golden Spiders''; when Wolfe turns on the radio for the twelve-o'clock news, we are treated to a couple of paragraphs about the world situation (circa 1953) before the radio announcer mentions (in a couple of sentences) that {{spoiler|Wolfe's latest client has just been murdered}} and then continues on with the news.
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* ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' [[Lampshaded]] this Trope during one invention exchange, with a special radio that only used channels from old movies and TV shows, including the "Incredibly Plot Specific News Station": "The Harlem Globetrotters have been missing at sea and are thought to have washed up on some [[Gilligan's Island|uncharted desert isle.]]"
** They also lampshaded it whenever it was used in a movie, usually with some comment like, "this has been plot convenience playhouse" or "thank you for listening to K-PLOT radio"
* Subverted in ''[[The Pretender]]'' episode "Meltdown", which ultimately reveals that the television in question has been rigged as part of a sting operation to receive specially tailored fake news broadcasts originating from the next room.
* The same ploy was used in ''[[Mission: Impossible (TV series)
* Subverted in ''[[Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested Development]]'', when the prosecuting attorney turns on the news to show Michael that his brother has been arrested in Iraq... and they have to wait through about twenty minutes of unrelated stories. When the story has finally aired, the attorney remarks, "And imagine how much more dramatic it would have been had it come on right when I turned on the TV!".
* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'':
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'''Old Lady:''' How did he do that?
'''Newsreader:''' It was an inspired guess. And now... }}
* Done at least once in ''[[The X-Files]]''.{{context|reason=Don't leave us hanging, tell us when and how.}}
* Averted on ''[[Fringe]]'' in the episode "August", where the title character has to wait a few minutes for the right news to come on. Then played straight when Olivia and Peter hear the same news on the radio, though they were already listening.
* Played with on ''[[FlashForward]]'' in "A561984" where the redemption scene is playing over the final scene in the airport, with Demetri and Mark {{spoiler|who has just been fired from the FBI}}. Could also be a case of [[Crystal Ball Scheduling]], but Mark visibly turns to look at the broadcast before his line.
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* In the pilot of ''[[Sliders]]'', the protagonists find out what happened to Rembrandt by accidentally stumbling upon his minutes-long televised trial while idly channel surfing.
* Subverted on ''[[Community]]'' when [[Genre Savvy|Abed]] is telling a horror story on Halloween. The characters in his story have to wait through several minutes of boring news on the radio before hearing about the escaped serial killer in their neighborhood, because it would be implausible for the report to be playing at the exact time they turned on the radio.
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