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Shit happens ... and when it happens live on TV, it's "Oh shit ..."

Below is a collection of golden moments in local television when the best laid plans of computer mouse and men suddenly go awry, leaving those poor on air folk with egg (and sometimes graphics) on their faces.

The date: November 2008. The story: a woman is attacked in a southeast subdivision of Edmonton.

Likely those responsible for the speling on the graphic didn't watch the clip the whole way through.

The date: October 2008. The story: those pesky picture-in-picture problems.

It was a bad month for Global Edmonton. With their local news now remote-controlled out of Calgary, bugs seemed to regularly plague the broadcasts.

Even the normally cool, calm and collected Edmonton Police Service spokesman seemed a little annoyed.

The date: September 2008. The story: the arrest of Joseph Laboucan in connection with the death of Ellie-May Meyer.

Glitches plagued Global Edmonton's coverage of Laboucan's arrest.

Problems related to the station's recent overhaul for digital and high definition broadcast left viewers looking at a low-tech snafu.

The date: April 2008. The story: the Alan Cumming homicide.

During its coverage of Cumming's murder, Global Edmonton assumed viewers were on a first name basis with members of the Edmonton Police Service homicide unit ...

... in this case, Det. Pat McCormack.

The date: April 2007. The story: camera cat and mouse.

Television anchors rely on a lot people: the line up editor, the floor director and that buzzing little voice in their earpiece. Sometimes it all goes a little sideways when the wrong camera comes up ...

... causing J'Lyn Nye to have to hunt for that lit-up tally light.

The date: January 2007. The story: when robo-cams go bad.

Coming out of a commercial break, CTV Edmonton's main camera suddenly decides to drop pedestal just as it was to go to air ...

... surprising viewers with a close-up of Courtney Mosentine's hands.
Quick hands in the control room switched to a better-behaved camera.

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