By the 1990s, network preemptions were largely limited to select episodes of certain programs (such as "Full House", "America's Funniest Home Videos", "Dinosaurs" and "The Critic", the latter of which was replaced with syndicated reruns of "Murphy Brown"), primarily to air local programs; however the station declined to air the daytime talk show "Mike and Maty" (replaced by "Jerry Springer"), the children's comedy "Fudge", the sitcoms "All American Girl" and "Thunder Alley" as well as the first season of "The Drew Carey Show" (which was also replaced with "Murphy Brown" reruns). It also aired "Jerry Springer" in place of "The View" from its debut in September 1997 until its addition to the schedule in September 2000. It was one of several Sinclair-owned ABC affiliates that preempted a "Nightline" broadcast that paid tribute to soldiers killed in the 2003 invasion and occupation of Iraq (which aired instead on Fox affiliate WHNS (channel 21)) and a telecast of the film "Saving Private Ryan" in 2004; due to WLOS' commitment to airing the "Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon", WHNS aired ABC Sports' coverage of the final day of the PGA Tour's 2004 Deutsche Bank Championship (with ABC's consent; ironically, Bill Haas, who finished in third place in that event, is a Greenville resident).