So even though the shutdown is over - at least temporarily - it seems the State of the Union is still off, to be rescheduled at a later date. And it now appears the U.S. networks are responding by airing reruns of various shows that wouldn't normally run on Tuesday.

And for the most part, the Canadian outlets seem to be sticking with their original skeds, and not bothering to try and match their American counterparts. Which likely means you won't find much of anything to watch on over-the-air TV on Tuesday. But you will be able to see the U.S. feed if you turn in during primetime.

One interesting thing to watch - according to the listings I've looked at, Citytv is supposed to show "The Gifted" at the same time as Fox at 9 PM. But while both are reruns, they're supposedly two different episodes. How will sumsub deal with that dilemma? 

Just when you thought this couldn't get more confusing, Trump has accepted a Democratic invitation to hold his State Of The Union address on Tuesday, Feb. 5th, a week later than scheduled.

That means not only is this Tuesday a compete write-off for the U.S networks, but the next one is, too. And now Canadian stations that thought they would get new episodes in time for the first week of the February sweeps will have to scramble to fill two hours on that night.

I can't recall anything messing with two countries' TV skeds quite as much as this has.

You know networks are funny.  They have now had enough time to put things back to normal tonight.  I checked for our usual NCIS at 8 o'clock and it's been blown out.  Trump says he's now talking next Tuesday night.  NCIS gets blown out again.  I wish the networks could just get it together.