Channel 2 continued to preempt network programming as an NBC affiliate. "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" was not carried by WMAR-TV for several years in the mid-1980s as the station chose to air "Thicke of the Night", and later syndicated sitcom reruns following the 11:00 p.m. newscast. Some of the network's daytime programming was preempted as well. Both "Tonight" and preempted daytime programs were aired on then-independent stations WBFF and WNUV, though Baltimore viewers could also watch the entire NBC lineup on network-owned WRC-TV in Washington, along with affiliate WGAL-TV from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, whose signal was viewable in areas north of Baltimore County.