diff --git a/.zfproject.xml b/.zfproject.xml
index c9da28565..9767ec927 100644
--- a/.zfproject.xml
+++ b/.zfproject.xml
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
           <actionMethod actionName="editShow"/>
           <actionMethod actionName="addShow"/>
           <actionMethod actionName="cancelShow"/>
+          <actionMethod actionName="cancelCurrentShow"/>
         </controllerFile>
         <controllerFile controllerName="Api">
           <actionMethod actionName="index"/>
@@ -335,6 +336,9 @@
           <viewControllerScriptsDirectory forControllerName="Recorder">
             <viewScriptFile forActionName="getShowSchedule"/>
           </viewControllerScriptsDirectory>
+          <viewControllerScriptsDirectory forControllerName="Schedule">
+            <viewScriptFile forActionName="cancelCurrentShow"/>
+          </viewControllerScriptsDirectory>
         </viewScriptsDirectory>
         <viewHelpersDirectory/>
         <viewFiltersDirectory enabled="false"/>
diff --git a/application/controllers/ScheduleController.php b/application/controllers/ScheduleController.php
index e589f7fe9..b0924ebb6 100644
--- a/application/controllers/ScheduleController.php
+++ b/application/controllers/ScheduleController.php
@@ -153,6 +153,15 @@ class ScheduleController extends Zend_Controller_Action
     }
     $menu[] = array('action' => array('type' => 'ajax', 'url' => '/Schedule/show-content-dialog'.$params, 'callback' => 'window["buildContentDialog"]'), 
 							'title' => 'Show Content');
+                            
+        if (strtotime($show->getShowStart()) <= strtotime($today_timestamp) &&
+                strtotime($today_timestamp) < strtotime($show->getShowEnd())) {
+            $menu[] = array('action' => array('type' => 'fn',
+                                              //'url' => '/Schedule/cancel-current-show'.$params,
+                                              'callback' => "window['confirmCancelShow']($id)"), 
+                            'title' => 'Cancel Current Show');            
+        }
+                            
 		if (strtotime($today_timestamp) < strtotime($show->getShowStart())) {
             if ($user->isAdmin()) {
                 $menu[] = array('action' => array('type' => 'ajax', 'url' => '/Schedule/delete-show'.$params, 'callback' => 'window["scheduleRefetchEvents"]'), 'title' => 'Delete This Instance');
@@ -392,6 +401,19 @@ class ScheduleController extends Zend_Controller_Action
             $show->cancelShow($showInstance->getShowStart());
         }   
     }
+
+    public function cancelCurrentShowAction()
+    {
+        $userInfo = Zend_Auth::getInstance()->getStorage()->read();
+        $user = new User($userInfo->id);
+		
+        if($user->isAdmin()) {
+            $showInstanceId = $this->_getParam('id');
+            $show = new ShowInstance($showInstanceId);
+            $show->clearShow();
+            $show->deleteShow();
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 
diff --git a/application/views/scripts/schedule/cancel-current-show.phtml b/application/views/scripts/schedule/cancel-current-show.phtml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..837c66731
--- /dev/null
+++ b/application/views/scripts/schedule/cancel-current-show.phtml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<br /><br /><center>View script for controller <b>Schedule</b> and script/action name <b>cancelCurrentShow</b></center>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/public/js/airtime/schedule/schedule.js b/public/js/airtime/schedule/schedule.js
index 48b256a10..79c364e4c 100644
--- a/public/js/airtime/schedule/schedule.js
+++ b/public/js/airtime/schedule/schedule.js
@@ -155,6 +155,16 @@ function makeScheduleDialog(dialog, json) {
 	setScheduleDialogEvents(dialog);
 }
 
+function confirmCancelShow(show_instance_id){
+    if(confirm('Erase current show and stop playback?')){
+        var url = "/Schedule/cancel-current-show/id/"+show_instance_id;
+        $.ajax({
+          url: url,
+          success: function(data){scheduleRefetchEvents();}
+        });
+    }
+}
+
 function buildContentDialog(json){
 	var dialog = $(json.dialog);