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Get them chairs, dammit. They look ridiculous, side-by-side.

they were running promos for the 11 pm news with David this morning. People are allowed to be on vacation, or have medical issues without the need to publicize it all over social media. I think it is up to what viewers think, not people on this board. Just like Lester Holt now standing throughout his newscast, it allows better use of the video boards. it does not bother me. But my vote does not count. Only NBC management and their audience survey teams know how the bulk of their viewers feel. If the anchors really had an issue, I'm sure they would bring it up and see if something can be accommodated.

Basically, all we see are these things happening, and then the owner gets a huge fine, and that's the end of that. These things are rarely ever undone, and the change becomes status quo in the place it happened. Given broadcasting is how it is, with a reduced footprint (frequency-wise) and a rapidly dwindling ownership base, it's unlikely to ever change it back to the way it was before the act happened anywhere.

“This Week” has switched to the new logo.

So out of curiosity how many Gray stations have yet to switch?? I know WILX in Lansing is still using the previous Gray package

Kind of like Casper, Wyoming. Gray was basically running a news monopoly there because KTWO was a laughingstock, even before KYUR's owners bought it.

It’s even dumber than having co-anchors at 6 and a solo anchor at 5.

How can they think that looks presentable at all? Jfc

The bottom line is: The KTVA intellectual property sale should have never been allowed to happen and cannot be undone. Something needs to be done about the intellectual property license kabuki that Gray and Sinclair play in order to skirt duopoly rules. If the FCC can't do anything about it, one would think the DOJ would be able to under antitrust rules.

Returning to looks of the 80s and 90s is considered the trend right now. See: Miller Lite, Bud Light, Subway, Burger King, and probably countless others.

Oof...hopes second time is the charm for her...

What's your source for saying this companies aren't commanding that much? That information isn't public knowledge. Of course Sinclair is including the RSNs, that's what the dispute is about. Take those out of the ex m equation, since they cost distributors more than local stations. Is what Sinclair is asking for the locals in line with what other companies are charging? No one knows. This is all public posturing. Again, without any context we don't know if "nearly a billion dollars" (whatever that means) is easy too much to ask, including the RSNs, or not. That's my point.

How do you know that's "clearly way too much?" It's impossible to make that determination without any context. How long of a time period? How does it compare to similar deals Sinclair has with other distributors? All of these quotes are just public posturing to get the public to pick a side. For all we know, "nearly a billion in fees" may be what other distributors are paying Sinclair. If they are, then it's clearly NOT way too much.

This is why they're beginning to consolidate their affiliations onto one channel and are all-in on ATSC 3.0; they're beginning to get way too greedy for their own good. And I will never subscribe to Dish, but tying Bally and the Tennis Channel to CW and MyNet affiliates is a losing proposition for SBG.

And despite Lori being a really nice and genuine broadcaster, Sade is much more polished in her presenting style. I don’t remember Lori being as woeful reading the news at channel 7 as she is at 5. It must be something in the air at Fox.