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April Fools???? -- matt

Why hasn't the station try to create a local sports show on weekend afternoons regularly? For example, most sports programming from the network ends at 3pm local time. The station usually have infomercials right after sports programming. Instead of that, why not just air sports related programming locally between 3-4pm. Then have their regular programming afterwards. Or they should start their afternoon / evening news early then.

On this day -- April 1, 2025 -- Live aired its final edition from its studio of over 40 years at 67th & Columbus in the Upper West Side.

Disappointed Tegna NBC affiliate WCNC Charlotte has cancelled their Sunday morning political program Flashpoint. It was an informative program with newsmakers and political leaders that aired after Meet the Press, as sort of a local version. Good program, sorry to see it go. Victim of cutbacks, I suppose. They are now airing infomercials in its place. WSOC still airs its Political Beat program on Sundays on the Cox ABC affiliate in Charlotte, and the Hearst NBC affiliate WYFF in Greenville-Spartanburg still has their Sunday news and public affairs program.

WABC also uses Eyewitness News This Morning… CBS’s national show used to be called CBS This Morning.

The Seattle Storm now has an OTA TV home with KOMO and KUNS. Out of 47 games in total, 33 of them are on KUNS, 13 are on KOMO, and there's only one national game this season, but also on KOMO. https://tvnewscheck.com/programming/article/seattle-storm-sets-komo-kuns-as-exclusive-broadcast-tv-partners/

Chicago Sun-Times reports.

They more or less tried that early in the digital subchannel era, it was called "News Raw", on channel 4.4; it lasted for at least a year or two before KNBC eventually did away with it. Now with the NBC 4 Los Angeles News streaming channel, they don't necessarily need to create a new subchannel for news & locally-produced shows, although it could be a better replacement than the redundant American Crimes channel. They could try to expand The Challenge to be a year-round show, and have it air weekend afternoons after network sports coverage. However, at the same time, there's really no time to air such a show (consistently), certainly on Sunday afternoons during NFL season without bumping whatever syndicated show they have at 3pm and Nightly News at 3:30; often times, NBC would run a live sports event as a direct lead-in to Football Night in America. It'll be even moreso once the NBA returns back to the network next season, where they will be Sunday night games weekly after the NFL season. There is also still an outside possibility that NBC could go after ESPN's Sunday Night MLB package, although ESPN can still renew.

Steve Kornacki will leave MSNBC and move over to NBC News and NBC Sports in a new deal post-SpinCo. https://deadline.com/2025/04/steve-kornacki-nbc-news-msnbc-1236355857/

Antonia Hylton and Elise Jordan will be joining Ayman Mohyeldin and Catherine Rampell as host of The Weekend's new primetime extension. It premieres in May. https://deadline.com/2025/04/msnbc-antonia-hylton-elise-jordan-the-weekend-1236355725/

KMSP will be airing select twins games this season… given how the twins session is starting, not sure if the station regrets the move yet. Edit: Gray will also be broadcasting the games region-wide. Remember Gray does not have a station themselves in the MSP market. https://www.fox9.com/sports/mn-twins-games-fox-9-2025?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1eA2zlyEKDMBDYW2GTmqWDogIqF_2bR_nu6otq-TQZnuTtdpfVfK8LydQ_aem__CmSu6glaIU_kg-PeeyVPQ

This looks like a similar size and shape as KNSD's studio.

I remember those days as well since I grew up in the 80s & 90s watching Star Search WXMI FOX17 on Sun at 4PM and some syndication sitcoms I was into as well. And not many put on movies like they once did in the 80s to early 2000s other than maybe one movie a week WXSP Sat afternoon 1PM to 3PM & the same movie repeated on sister station WOTV on Late SAT/Early SUN. That is wrong that some TV stations just air paid programming in blocks during the weekdays I get maybe an hour at most it shouldn't be 2+ hours of paid programming. Or split it up like the new CW does M-F 6AM to 7AM, 12PM to 1PM, & 3AM to 4AM that I have no problem with. Not surprised that WPLG is going with a lot of news since Miami is a pretty big market to do the all news for most of the day and as many stations across the country say news on your time, meaning that you shouldn't be watching all the newscast which will be rehashed and maybe an update every so often.

A meteorologist shouldn't be calling the hub to tell them to get on or off the air at all. If there's severe weather their focus needs to be on the weather. A producer, manager, or director should be the ones calling the hub (and frankly there should be a producer in the booth during extended severe weather coverage anyway). However, given how poorly staffed and inexperienced many newsrooms are nowadays I wouldn't be surprised if some mets in some markets have had to take up that responsibility as well.

All good. And yes, the lack of public availability of ratings is unfortunate.

** it's hard to find data from 2024 or 2025, the latest I can find is from 2022. If this gives any idea of recent market standing... WSVN was at last check no longer market leader, and they're already in competition with WPLG. Based on the latest numbers from Nexttv (if we trust them) WPLG tops the English language stations in overall households in several time slots, with WSVN coming in second but competing for the demo. The Spanish language stations however appear to be averaging at #1 & 2 overall in the ratings in multiple slots. WFOR is in better standing than I thought they were, coming out as # 1 in english 11 PM. I have a family member that lives in So Flo who didn't even know there was a Channel 4 if that's any indication of their market standing. They separated WTVJ's numbers so it's difficult to ascertain their average standing. I would like to see something more recent, but 2022 is the latest I can find. https://www.nexttv.com/news/local-news-close-up-south-florida-holds-the-keys-to-successful-local-news (2022 Ratings)

Airing it in primetime wouldn't be unprecedented, they do that here in Phoenix (KTVK). It feels kinda awkward when it airs at the same time ABC airs a special episode for the network at the same time.

I hope they use the 7 to 11 AM block to do a lighter morning show (like Good Day Orlando), instead of all hard news. It's surprising that in a place as active and vibrant as South Florida, there was no light morning newscast in the overlapping Miami or West Palm Beach markets, until WPEC added ARC Florida recently. WOFL 35 in Orlando is a great example of a station using creative formatting to fill heavy news output.

So to break this all down, the new newscasts will be... Weekdays: - 7-9am (a return from when they did WSFL) - 10-11am - 6:30-7pm - 9-10pm (a return in the market since WFOR had to drop it for WBFS once they got The CW) The 10pm will be moved over from WSFL. Weekends: - 8-9am - 10:30-11am - 5:30-6pm - 6:30-7pm - 9-10pm (News + Sports) I'm surprised they're getting rid of the weekend 10pm. I mean, what will they do with that? Other than that, WSVN must be a bit nervous but ready to compete in what will be a WSVN vs. WPLG market.

It wasn’t a Pannoni channel but I cannot remember it for the life of me. All of a sudden I had a bunch of gray boxes on my YT favorites on my TV. I’ll find it and edit this.

I would buy Nexstar and take over The CW but you know... I don't have money. I don't know if anybody else has money either... *shrug*.

I'd add Drew Carey and Wayne Brady to the list... CBS still leads in daytime, correct?

Say goodbye to "Sportscenter...from Los Angeles". L.A. based editions of SC will shutter by May with All SC editions fully based in Bristol again: https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2025/03/26/espn-shutters-la-based-sportscenter-and-soccer-programming-relocates-to-bristol/

This is really the year CBS is being starved; we're getting yet another Yellowstone spin-off too and they already cut 2/3rds of the FBI's to allow another one to start up. But this is on Paramount for instead of contracting with someone you know will stay in Hollywood for several seasons, hiring a comedian at the height of her career who makes much more in touring host the show. I can't blame her for walking away when it seems like the format and limitations of broadcast TV just never worked for a show that started on cable, a very hands-on management trying to file every edge of their network down to satisfy the FCC to get the Skydance merger closed, and a certain heiress that needs to have her nose in everything who just needs to be given FU money and told to go away already. I already sense that Taylor and the writing team was getting network-noted to death to not comment about current political events (which they sadly won't do for Colbert, who I've just stopped watching because it's NOTHING but that) and just had no further appetite for the show. As for the timeslot and local stations, it'll either be sitcoms, tabloid news shows, CBS's cheapo syndicated game shows, or infomercials. Nothing new or creative is going there.

No big loss. It seemed like a placeholder program that was on the level of the Byron Allen repeats that filled the time before it right after The Late Late Show ended. I doubt that CBS News would try and rebroadcast their Evening News during that time, or that affiliates would use it to rebroadcast their 11/10pm shows. NBC getting the 1:37/12:27 slot for that seems ideal after Later ended.

France Jacques Legros is leaving TF1 after 27 years as one of the presenters (mainly a fill-in) of their midday news program, Le 13h (13 Hours; 1:00pm). His final edition is May 9th. Isabelle Ithurburu will replace him as the new fill-in while Marie-Sophie Lacarrau remains the main presenter on the main weekday edition. https://www.ozap.com/actu/13-heures-jacques-legros-quitte-tf1-isabelle-ithurburu-devient-la-nouvelle-joker-de-marie-sophie-lacarrau/649257

Starting a blanket thread since there has been so much change in college football especially on television. The major changes are CBS losing the SEC package to ABC and ESPN as well as the Big Ten's new deal, not to mention all the realignment and NIL, transfer portal stuff..... So (try to) enjoy the games and share your thoughts here!

Honestly wasn't sure where to put this. CBS is now using the football scorebug on college basketball.

Last year we had ESPN graphics on The CW, and this year it’s NBC. The network aired its first NASCAR Xfinity Series race this past weekend and this season’s races are entirely an NBC production before NASCAR and The CW take over producing the races and hiring talent for 2025 and beyond. (not sure if we want all CW stuff here or in a separate thread).

CBSSN has the updated scorebug!

Umm... it looks like the PAC-12 could be coming back from the dead. For those wondering about the logos, that's Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, and San Diego State. (via a report shared by Yahoo Sports on FB)

CBS's "updated" graphics looks like it belongs on a random NFL game in Week 2

ESPN is serious enough about the SEC on ABC that even the BottomLine has an SEC on ABC logo instead of an ABC one. Something else I noticed was that the separate ESPN on ABC bug is gone on college football now, with that logo replacing the usual ESPN CFB insignia on replays instead. Also CBS's mistake of a scoreboard refresh: you thought that team name font looked bad enough with abbreviations? Meanwhile the temporary ESPN graphics for college football on The CW are gone. Replaced with what is now basically the old CBS one with a different font. For some reason I was expecting them to take the Pac-12 Network graphics and shove a CW logo into them (given that its staff is producing the Pac-2 games) or use some version of the third variant of the ACC basketball graphics. I wonder if they gave them to Raycom for the ACC games too.

Seems like they’re not giving Raycom much say in the talent anymore like they did year #1. Tom Werme and James Bates were great together for years, that’s a shame.

CW Sets Broadcast Crews, Adds Live Studio Show For ACC & PAC-12 Football

Yeah, I agree should just buy NBC Sports Chi and rebrand it Chi Sports Network in my opinion. I wonder if Stadium will air some of the White Sox, Bulls, & Blackhawks come Oct.

What is the deal between cw and acc? Did NBC try to get a deal with this conference? I would assume they would attempt to because they're trying to build peacock as a destination for sports programming or at least put the games on USA network. Also, how did the cw get the bowl game? Did NBC make a bid on it to try to put it on peacock or usa?

The graphics have been tweaked.

It’s important to note that the bottom-third ESPN graphic known as the ESPN BottomLine, which you’ll see a picture of here… actually mentioned The CW when a football (now basketball, found that out while watching College Gameday this morning) game was gonna be broadcast on the channel. So probably not what you’re thinking.

Courtside Saturday on The CW has officially “tipped off” today with Notre Dame vs #8 Miami and #7 Duke vs Georgia Tech. No pictures yet, but I can tell it ain’t the ESPN College Basketball graphics they’re using.

It's no secret Nexstar is likely running tight budget with The CW since they are trying to make the network profitable again. So it makes sense they wouldn't want to go over budget just to create a full graphics package for their College Football telecasts in a month and a half. They'll eventually do their own graphics package when they get to year 2 of the ACC telecasts. They just need more time to create a full graphics package. You can't rush perfection, unless you're willing to pay a lot for it.

My 2¢… i like the graphics and theme. It’s not Enforcer, but is unifying across Local, National, and Streaming. (Though the L3’s did give me a Tegna vibe the first time I watched a clip). The KPIX in the box by itself does look a little weird to me, but it serves 2 purposes: differentiates between local and national news (one gripe I have had with CTV in Canada, though it may be better now…), and reminds people that know, that it’s still the same station (at least here - no comment about the KCAL/KCBS situation) I will miss the station branding of “Channel 5/KPIX 5/CBS 5” (I do like numbers), but the 5 is just an abstraction of an identifier from an earlier time in TV (shouldn’t it now technically be KPIX 29…). If you use the 5, shouldn’t you also use 805 Comcast HD channel number, as well as the 3350 “Channel number” on Pluto TV? As long as the station is doing something to bring eyeballs to the news, then it keeps going. If eyes aren’t watching, we’ll end up with 18 hours of Jerry Springer repeats between ever-shrinking network programming blocks. Jim

The way I see it, Briella isn't wrong, but neither is nycnewsjunkie, and neither are you. It's the old adage of "perception is reality"... or more accurately, perception can become a person's reality.

Thank for saying this in a much more polite, eloquent way than I wanted to. The "NEW GOOD, OLD BAD" attitude of said poster in this and another thread has rubbed me the wrong way, for some reason, but painting this community with such a belittlingly broad brush struck a nerve.

Reporter Gene Kang says he too was laid off from NBC.

The bios are under the “contact us” tab. But yeah, really hard to find and poorly organized. The NBC O and Os were doing so great the last few years. Valerie Stabb and co investing heavily in facilities and investigative units etc. Its what led to their growing dominance and rebirth in many markets.. passing CBS O and Os and giving ABC O and Os a run for their money. Now they seem to be destroying that??? In Boston for example, they are down 2 investigative reporters and a main anchor. Any NBC insiders understand this think process?

In Fort Collins. Colorado Gannett owns the Coloradoan which falls under the same market as KUSA.

Looks great! Better than a lot of the newer websites being developed. (not sarcasm)

Wow. Comparing this to the current sites azcentral.com (Arizona Republic + KPNX) would have a very hard time switching to this layout. It's Gannett's only newspaper-TV duopoly IIRC.

So they can look exactly like the USA Today and Gannett's local newspaper websites. Great! *sarcasm*