It was not a good Friday for Scripps.

Scripps News went off the air and was playing reruns.

A source tells FTVLive that the Scripps IT staff apparently started installing updates that have killed access to critical systems in the middle of the broadcast day.

“Producers can't get shows on the air.  IT has no answers. This is amateur hour at a supposedly serious broadcasting company,” said the source.

Messages went out to Scripps employees that were wondering what was happening?