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Fans tuning in for The Masked Singer tonight will be in for an unexpected detour — one that has nothing to do with unmasking the winner.
During the highly anticipated two-hour Season 14 finale, the broadcast will be interrupted so Fox can air a scheduled address by President Donald Trump.
If it starts at the scheduled time, the 9 pm speech will cut into the episode at about its halfway point.
And fans are understandably concerned about what will happen when this primetime entertainment event clashes with what could be a historical political moment.
Network officials have already confirmed the plan, noting that regular programming will pause once the address begins.
That means viewers waiting for the final performances — and the crowning of the newest winner beneath the mask — will have to sit tight until the speech concludes and the show returns.
But it seems that the wait won’t be a very long one.
Per Deadline, networks have been informed that the speech will only last about 20 minutes.
Thus, the Singer broadcast will be paused so that Fox can air the presidential address.
Then the finale will resume and finish around 10:20 pm.
Survivor and Chicago P.D. will also undergo 20-minute pauses tonight, but all will air in their entirety eventually.
Of course, Trump has been known to go a little long, so this is not a night to rely on your DVR.
The scheduling conflicts probably won’t earn Trump any new fans, but he probably won’t lose any supporters either.
We think he was onto something when he said he could shoot someone in the middle of Fifth Avenue and not lose any supporters.
