Not because they kept losing the satellite feed, or anything comic like that.

The satellite feed typically had roughly 34 minutes of commercials per hour.

Guests were also often interviewed one on one, or by satellite feed, where questions are more geared toward that particular guest's life and views.

They would actually sit in the booth and call something live if they needed to for the satellite feed.

Using satellite feeds, they can say precisely when the rain will come, how much there will be and where on the track it will land.