--- --- # Local TV Station Outrages World Cup Fans by Interrupting the Final Game With a Weather Report by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Jul 14, 2014 2:38 PM UTC by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Jul 14, 2014 2:38 PM UTC With six minutes to go in the final game of the World Cup, viewers in southern New York and parts of northern Pennsylvania got really angry. No, not because their team of choice missed a great opportunity to score or because their favorite player got hurt, but because a local TV station interrupted the game to provide a weather report. The weather coverage from ABC affiliated WENY lasted for the remaining minutes of the game, Deadspin [reports](http://deadspin.com/viewers-enraged-when-tv-station-cuts-away-from-final-fo-1604406398). Naturally, fans were, uh, less than pleased. Many took to Twitter to [express](https://twitter.com/schrockmr/statuses/488438087400574976) their [unhappiness](https://twitter.com/JakePeacock98/statuses/488436384881848320) and even sling [threats](https://twitter.com/mattymcswagswag/statuses/488435371253178368) at the station. ([h/t Deadspin](http://deadspin.com/viewers-enraged-when-tv-station-cuts-away-from-final-fo-1604406398)) World Cup Final: Local News Weather Interrupts Argentina Germany Game ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2981547/local-tv-station-outrages-world-cup-fans-by-interrupting-the-final-game-with-a-weather-report/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2981547/local-tv-station-outrages-world-cup-fans-by-interrupting-the-final-game-with-a-weather-report/"},"headline":"Local TV Station Outrages World Cup Fans by Interrupting the Final Game With a Weather Report","datePublished":"2014-07-14T14:38:17.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:11:38.759Z","description":"No one cares about thunderstorms right now, you dummies!","url":"https://time.com/2981547/local-tv-station-outrages-world-cup-fans-by-interrupting-the-final-game-with-a-weather-report/","keywords":["Newsfeed","weather","Sports topic","Internet","Soccer","World Cup"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2981547/local-tv-station-outrages-world-cup-fans-by-interrupting-the-final-game-with-a-weather-report/","name":"Local TV Station Outrages World Cup Fans by Interrupting the Final Game With a Weather Report"}}]}] ```