The BIZARRE BROADCASTING DRAMA Between ABC and MLB (1976 ALCS)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvwpYpmzD6A
In 1976, ABC was set to televise game three of the ALCS between the New York Yankees and the Kansas City Royals. However, they put in a request to Major League Baseball to not do that, and instead, try to delay the start time of the game so they could show an all-new episode of Happy Days. And MLB's reaction went about as well as you'd expect to this bizarre request.share