(1) damaging retaliation for any attempt at preemption(2) the commission had the right of preemption(3) Maybe some of the blame for the programme's poor ratings can be blamed on preemptions , and episodes airing out of order - but then why not put them in the proper order them for the DVD release?(4) For the first quarter, we are estimating that the events resulted in approximately $2.2 million in advertiser cancellations and preemptions , many coming from the automotive sector.