GB News announcing it would host live coverage of the Twelfth always seemed like a blatant attempt to poke the BBC in the eye.
The upstart TV channel was positioning itself as riding to the rescue after horrible old auntie Beeb axed the live portion of its annual broadcasts.
With former DUP leader turned GB News host Dame Arlene Foster fronting coverage from an Orange parade in Armagh, what could possibly go wrong?