Editing Sunday (section)

==Common occurrences on Sunday==

===In government and business===
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In the United States and Canada, most government offices are closed on both Saturday and Sunday. The practice of offices closing on Sunday in government and in some rural areas of the United States stem from a system of [[blue law]]s.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-05-13 |title=America’s 'blue laws' once involved a lot more than just alcohol sales |url=https://www.khou.com/article/news/americas-blue-laws-once-involved-a-lot-more-than-just-alcohol-sales/285-7e2f11ca-18ee-4ebd-b6fc-0271287f0915 |access-date=2025-01-17 |website=khou.com |language=en-US}}</ref> Blue laws were established in the early puritan days, which forbade secular activities on Sunday and were rigidly enforced. Some public activities are still regulated by these blue laws in the 21st century.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/blue-law|title=Blue law {{!}} American history|work=Encyclopædia Britannica|access-date=2018-10-20|language=en}}</ref> In 1985, twenty-two states in which religious fundamentalism remained strong maintained general restrictions on Sunday behavior.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=BL014|title=Blue Laws {{!}} The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture|website=www.okhistory.org|language=en|access-date=2018-10-20}}</ref> In Oklahoma, for example, it is stated: "Oklahoma's statutes state that "acts deemed useless and serious interruptions of the repose and religious liberty of the community," such as trades, manufacturing, mechanical employment, horse racing, and gaming are forbidden. Public selling of commodities other than necessary foods and drinks, medicine, ice, and surgical and burial equipment, and other necessities can legally be prohibited on Sunday. In Oklahoma, a fine not to exceed twenty-five dollars may be imposed on individuals for each offense."<ref name=":0" /> Because of these blue laws, many private sector retail businesses open later and close earlier on Sunday or do not open at all.

Many countries, particularly in Europe such as Sweden, France, Germany and Belgium, but also in other countries such as [[Peru]], hold their national and local elections on a Sunday, either by law or by tradition.

===In media===
Many American and British daily newspapers publish a larger edition on Sundays, which often includes color comic strips, a magazine, and a coupon section. Others only publish on a Sunday, or have a "sister paper" with a different masthead that only publishes on a Sunday.

North American radio stations often play specialty radio shows such as [[Casey Kasem]]'s countdown or other nationally syndicated radio shows that may differ from their regular weekly music patterns on Sunday morning or Sunday evening. In the United Kingdom, there is a Sunday tradition of chart shows on [[BBC Radio 1]] and [[Independent Local Radio|commercial radio]]; this originates in the broadcast of chart shows and other populist material on Sundays by [[Radio Luxembourg (English)|Radio Luxembourg]] when the [[John Reith, 1st Baron Reith|Reithian]] [[BBC]]'s Sunday output consisted largely of solemn and religious programmes.  The first Sunday chart show was broadcast on the [[BBC Light Programme|Light Programme]] on 7 January 1962,<ref>[http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/b7556e5ed91d41a589b75dfe03b2c3f0 BBC Genome Project - Radio Times listings]</ref> which was considered a radical step at the time.  BBC Radio 1's chart show moved to Fridays in July 2015<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-32019327|title=Radio 1 chart show moving to Friday afternoons|first=Mark|last=Savage|work=BBC News |date=24 March 2015|access-date=30 December 2016}}</ref> but a chart update on Sundays was launched in July 2019.<ref>[http://www.musicweek.com/media/read/bbc-radio-1-to-launch-first-glance-sunday-chart-show-this-week/076743 Music Week website, 10 July 2019]</ref>

Period or older-skewing television dramas, such as ''[[Downton Abbey]]'', ''[[Call the Midwife]]'', ''[[Lark Rise to Candleford (TV series)|Lark Rise to Candleford]]'' and ''[[Heartbeat (UK TV series)|Heartbeat]]'' are commonly shown on Sunday evenings in the UK; the first of these was ''[[Dr Finlay's Casebook]]'' in the 1960s.<ref>''The Kaleidoscope British Independent Television Drama Research Guide 1955-2010'' and ''The Kaleidoscope BBC Television Drama Research Guide 1936-2011'', [[Kaleidoscope Publishing]]</ref>  Similarly, ''[[Antiques Roadshow]]'' has been shown on Sundays on [[BBC One|BBC1]] since 1979<ref>{{cite web|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/0/20?adv=0&q=Antiques%20Roadshow&media=all&yf=1923&yt=2009&mf=1&mt=12&tf=00:00&tt=00:00#search|title=Search Results - BBC Genome|access-date=30 December 2016}}</ref> and ''[[Last of the Summer Wine]]'' was shown on Sundays for many years until it ended in 2010.<ref>''The British Television Comedy Research Guide 1936-2011'', [[Kaleidoscope Publishing]], 2011</ref> On Sundays, [[BBC Radio 2]] plays music in styles which it once regularly played but which are now rarely heard on the station, with programmes such as ''[[Elaine Paige]] on Sunday''<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001550s BBC Radio 2 website - Elaine Paige show from 13 March 2022]</ref> and ''[[Sunday Night is Music Night]]''<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0015l39 BBC Radio 2 website - Sunday Night is Music Night for 27 March 2022]</ref> although more contemporary styles now make up a higher percentage of the station's Sunday output than previously; for example, [[Kendrick Lamar]] received a Sunday-night play on the station in March 2022.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0015c1g BBC Radio 2 website - My Life in a Mixtape, 20 March 2022]</ref> Even younger-skewing media outlets sometimes skew older on Sundays within the terms of their own audience; for example, [[BBC Radio 1Xtra]] introduced an "Old Skool Sunday" schedule in the autumn of 2019.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2019/1xtra-schedule BBC press release, 5 August 2019]</ref>

Many American, Australian and British television networks and stations also broadcast their [[Sunday morning talk shows|political interview shows]] on Sunday mornings.

===In sports===
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[[File:Eagles Howard and Thomas pointing.jpg|thumb|270px|In the United States, National Football League games are usually played on Sunday]]
[[Major League Baseball]] usually schedules all Sunday games in the daytime except for the nationally televised ''[[Sunday Night Baseball]]'' matchup. Certain historically religious cities such as [[Boston]] and [[Baltimore]] among others will schedule games no earlier than 1:35 PM to ensure time for people who go to religious service in the morning can get to the game in time.

In the United States, professional [[American football]] in the [[National Football League]] is usually played on Sunday, although Saturday (via ''[[Run to the Playoffs|Saturday Night Football]]''), Monday (via ''[[Monday Night Football]]''), and Thursday (via ''[[Run to the Playoffs|Thursday Night Football]]'' or [[Thanksgiving (United States)|Thanksgiving]]) see some professional games. [[College football]] usually occurs on Saturday, and [[high school football|high-school football]] tends to take place on Friday night or Saturday afternoon.

In the UK, some [[Club (organization)|club]] and [[Premier League]] football matches and tournaments usually take place on Sundays. [[Rugby football|Rugby]] matches and tournaments usually take place in club grounds or parks on Sunday mornings. It is not uncommon for church attendance to shift on days when a late morning or early afternoon game is anticipated by a local community.

The [[Indian Premier League]] schedules two games on Saturdays and Sundays instead of one, also called Double-headers.

One of the remains of [[pillarisation|religious segregation in the Netherlands]] is seen in [[Hoofdklasse|amateur football]]: The Saturday-clubs are by and large [[Protestantism in the Netherlands|Protestant Christian]] clubs, who were not allowed to play on Sunday. The Sunday-clubs were in general [[Catholicism in the Netherlands|Catholic]] and working class clubs, whose players had to work on Saturday and therefore could only play on Sunday.

In Ireland, [[Gaelic football]] and [[hurling]] matches are predominantly played on Sundays, with the first (previously second) and fourth (previously third) Sundays in September always playing host to the All-Ireland hurling and football championship finals, respectively.

Professional [[golf]] tournaments traditionally end on Sunday. Traditionally, those in the United Kingdom ended on Saturday, but this changed some time ago; for example, the [[Open Championship|Open]] ran from Wednesday to Saturday up to 1979<ref>[http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/d4d2f847153343079994435985ac03aa Radio Times listing - Wednesday 18 July 1979]</ref> but has run from Thursday to Sunday since 1980.<ref>[http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/af9a92015e214b3cb57a66869c49dd24 Radio Times listing - Sunday 20 July 1980]</ref>

In the United States and Canada, [[National Basketball Association]] and [[National Hockey League]] games, which are usually played at night during the week, are frequently played during daytime hours - often broadcast on national television.

Most [[NASCAR Cup Series]] and [[IndyCar Series|IndyCar]] events are held on Sundays. Most [[Formula One World Championship]] races are likewise held on Sundays regardless of time zone/country, while [[MotoGP]] holds most races on Sundays, with Middle Eastern races being the exception on Saturday. All Formula One events and MotoGP events with Sunday races involve qualifying taking place on Saturday.