New York Local News Mistakenly Airs ‘Knicks Advance’ Graphic After Game 7 Loss

Dan Gartland | May 20, 2024

NBC New York

Anyone in the Tri-State area who was watching the 6 p.m. local news for updates on the New York Knicks rather than actually watching the game would have been briefly confused when the local NBC affiliate came back from commercial with a breaking news alert.

“We’re back with some breaking news,” anchor Gus Rosendale said. “And, unfortunately, we can now confirm the Knicks’ playoff run is over.”

But that’s not what the graphic behind Rosendale said. Someone in the control room apparently hit the wrong button and the text behind Rosendale read triumphantly “KNICKS ADVANCE.”

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Sports anchor John Chandler made sure to clarify that the Knicks had, in fact, lost.

“The Knicks not advancing here as Game 7 is final and so is the Knicks’ season,” Chandler said.

Mistakes like that are easy to make and ultimately harmless. But you have to feel bad for the two or three people in the New York area who cared about the result of the game, didn’t watch it for whatever reason, had the Channel 4 evening news playing on mute instead and were momentarily convinced the Knicks were going to the conference finals.