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...and that was a couple of decades ago. Irrelevant. Well viewership is a losing battle that they'll never win. It's a streaming world whether you like it or not, the networks need adapt so they don't get left behind. Well those Fox affiliates would have to figure something else or actually start a news division or "news central" it with their ownership group.

Did you also criticize David Muir when he wasn’t there the last time ABC used the old “World News” name and theme?

Main anchors not showing up for the final newscast of a graphics package being part of the downfall of a long-running network evening news program is certainly a new one.

One would be naive to think that station owners aren’t already greedy. Why do you think stations have news at 3pm now? Also, you’re focused on ratings when the driving factor (for the local affiliates, at least) is ad revenue. As many have pointed out many times now, local ad revenue is just as important to stations as ratings. I’m not saying that news expansion is a good thing from a creative/journalistic point of view (I hate it as much as the next person), but it makes sense from a business standpoint. And why the heck would NBC care what Fox thinks? Is there a rule that prevents NBC from upsetting Fox? If NBC can take away viewers from Fox stations at 10pm, all the more reason to do it.

A lot of people barely watch anything but 10pm evergreen content such as the L&Overse and Blue Bloods. The timeslot has been dying since it became the 'DVR catch-up' slot, and it's nothing now with streaming. Most nights it's just filled with Dateline episodes and obviously the Big Ten Saturday night slot and SNF aren't included by contractual force Funny that they're doing this now when WHDH had the right idea thirteen years ago to try to dump it for news.

I thought they learned their lesson with "The Jay Leno Show"?

It’s a Friday in Late August; Norah like David Muir is on…… you guessed it Vacation.

Heavy emphasis on arrows throughout the newscast, as well as more infographic changes (including the font being switched to TT Norms)

It’s a bit ironic that NBC is the first traditional “Big Three” network that is rumored to want to do this. Ed Ansin must be smiling from the Great Beyond and thinking, “I told you so.” This move would make sense for both sides. The networks see streaming as their most important commodity, while the affiliates view local news in the same regard due to the ad revenue. The networks can focus on their OTT platforms, while the local affiliates can focus on pumping out more local content.

Does that really matter?

This worked so well last time. Worse, many 10 pm shows are top rated shows. Chicago Wednesdays and Law & Order Thursdays would become half days? Bad idea.

Well, I don't. NBC does this, it's going to lose viewership and ratings at the 10pm/9pm slot.

And they're about to blow their chance. Their ratings could indeed improve... for one day. The staffers have every reason to complain and more. Remember how Cuomo was fired by CNN in December 2021 for everything he did (favoritism, sexual misconduct allegations, etc.)? No one wanted to touch that man with a ten-foot pole after this. No one but NewsNation execs, of course. Apparently, they've forgotten what "sexual misconduct" means, which is why they've been allowing Bill O'Reilly, who was fired by Fox News in 2017 for allegations of his own, to enter talks to join NewsNation as well. Yes, they're trying to get more viewers and more money, but the staffers believe Cuomo is the wrong person for that kind of job. Imagine the volume of complaints when Bill O'Reilly gets picked up! Every line in the sand has to be drawn at some point, and hiring someone who was accused of sexual misconduct to work for a news channel crosses it.

I don’t think there’s an affiliate in America that wouldn’t approve of this. I’m sure they’d all love to have an hour-long 10.

The cost-cutting is inevitable. If NBC drops an hour, everyone else will too. I doubt the scenario of shifting the late-night line-up 30-60 minutes is realistic.

No, actually the first year of Judge Judy aired at 12:30 on WTAE-TV after the noon news.

Since tonight and late night are both taped they should have an 11pm and 11:35 feed and let the stations choose. On CBS y&r has the 11am (12et) and 12:30pm feeds.

An article from a tabloid site owned by the same geniuses that ran the National Enquirer? Can you find one from a slightly more reputable source?

CBSEN will fail forever opposite the other two, they really should move the newscast earlier to 5:30 or even 4:30. They should also consider adopting a more tabloid "Inside Edition" format in contrast to the other traditional newscast. If it bleeds, it leads. Worked wonders on the local level with Miami's WSVN. If all that fails just make it a 10-15 minute insert that can be placed into the local news blocks whenever and call it a day.

No way will SNL move up an hour but I don't see why the tonight show wouldn't, and get a 35 minute jump on cbs and abc.

Totally, but I'm guessing they're trying to attract more subscribers for Disney. ABC has been on the same track with the lack of creativity; they recently had a spin-off for The Goldbergs that only lasted 2 seasons, they are about the launch one for The Rookie this fall and they are branching out with The Good Doctor with a backdoor pilot this coming season.

This is what happens when there is no innovation or creativity, you become a distant memory. This is the network that built Must See TV, now they are crumbling and shifting their efforts to Peacock. Currently, NBC has 6 hours of Dick Wolf, they air The Voice twice a year, and they have no comedy hits. The kids have gone to streaming or You-Tubing, leaving only the oldies watching broadcasting/cable. It's obvious that the next generation of viewers no longer sees broadcasting television as relevant. They're not the only ones doing lazy programming, ABC will be airing 4 hours of Bachelor in Paradise this fall and CBS has always relied on cookie-cutter acronym procedurals for the last couple decades.

On one hand it would be nice to have a pretty universal alternative to the FOX station doing news at 10/9. On the other hand, it may be a blow to the FOX stations that have been doing this since the beginning of time, and cause quite a problem when the NBC station is the one that is doing the FOX newscast, places like Pittsburgh and Raleigh.

ER was the number 1 show in the country three different years for NBC in that 10 PM slot with 30 million viewers a night

More than just the scorebug... the entire show is basically NBC Sunday Night Football on Thursday on Prime. Which is a really good thing for both football fans and the NFL—it uplevels the entire Thursday night game package into something that you'd want to watch week after week, instead of being an afterthought like it was in the Fox/NFL Network eras. The matchups were always crap in those days, and the production matched in quality. I'm sure the Fred Gaudelli/Al Michaels combo has a lot to do with the increase in overall quality, but also I thought Kirk Herbstreit was really great in his first true NFL role. Al makes it look easy, but he and Kirk already had great booth chemistry from the opening minutes of their first game. New music is awesome, too. The matchups still might stink, but at least the TV will be great.

Impressed by this 'beta test' of Prime's coverage; one of the things they wanted to impress involved streaming syncing and lag in live streaming, and running the game on my Apple TV, another smart TV in another room, and iPad did bear that out; there was no stuttering or sync issue and the video/audio did not vary/fall behind on any of them. I don't know how this will bear out with the local syndicated/DirecTV feed, but there, a success. And happy with the graphics too; they're not intending to reinvent the wheel with metaverses and AR (yet)...just broadcast a standard NFL game. A good B+ all around, though I do hope they merge in the English/Spanish feeds into one channel by their first game; they did it before with the Fox share and now...they don't?

They hired SNF's producer, and he clearly took the old NBC scorebug's aesthetic with him.

Hopefully they fix this before it goes to air

New CBS Evening News graphics will debut on Monday, August 29. The look will be in line with the new CBS deconstructed eye look that has been rolling out.

Ive never seen a story like this. Tonight it just took a weird-er turn https://twitter.com/CBCNews/status/1563345202567593989

David Muir has much better ratings then CBS so no.

What do you mean? She has to be there the last day the graphics are in use?

WXII for CW WCWG (Greensboro) (Hearst)

IIRC, ESPN will have flex scheduling (along with NBC) in the new rights deal, so they’ll be more than fine. Amazon needed Al Michaels (and Fred Gaudelli) more than ESPN because ESPN already has the draw of (reasonably) important games on a well-established platform. Amazon needed to establish credibility and get eyeballs on a platform NFL a viewers aren’t yet accustomed to; they couldn’t afford to experiment when it comes to the booth and game production. ESPN has Buck and Aikman, who aren’t my absolute favorites, but they don’t put me off to the point where I won’t watch the game at all. They’re established, and that’s all ESPN needed. Besides, I’ll take it over Jason Witten and the Booger-mobile (God help us).

They could’ve kept Dancing With the Stars on linear…

Leno was just an attempt to cheap out while keeping the timeslot. This sounds more like a scorched earth strategy, and one that's a million times more attractive to the affiliates.

(deadpan) Oh, wow. How surprising. I bet this has to be the talk of the town too... https://radaronline.com/p/newsnation-staff-angry-chris-cuomo-boycott/ Deadpan time over... I think this speaks for itself when even NewsNation's own staffers basically tell the higher-ups at the failing network they flubbed big time in hiring Cuomo.

David Oliver is returning to WIBW-TV to be the evening co-anchor, replacing the retiring Ralph Hipp. He's been out of the business for a while, but previously worked at WIBW-TV in the 1990s.

Here's the Amazon TNF scorebug.

Notice sent to affiliates via newspath earlier today.

For the station, the beauty of having local news instead of syndicated programs is the ability to control the costs and avoid being at the mercy of a syndicator who will raise the price of the show if it's a hit. But I also wonder if this news thing is getting out of hand when I see a station like WSMV running nothing but news (local and NBC) and local lifestyle shows from 4 AM-7 PM nonstop.

Just a polite reminder, we don't need to have a whole slew of posts documenting when Hudson's, or anyone's show is airing, anywhere. That's what the show's site is for.

I think the real problem facing KDKA the talent exodus it’s suffered over the last few years. The few times I had KD on, it’s looked like an intern’s demo tape.

As someone in the younger demographic who occasionally watches TikTok and has friends who frequently watch TikTok, perhaps I can offer some perspective, for whatever it’s worth. First, with all due respect, that was not a “great piece” at all; on the contrary, it was a puffy advertorial for KDKA, their news director, and some of their talent. A great piece on the news business’ use of social media would’ve also sought the opinions of journalists (young and old) who don’t agree with the notion of “I’ll dance until I die” when the entire industry is facing a credibility crisis. They also would’ve sought after the opinions of the viewers they’re supposedly catering to. Not to mention, Bob Pompeani going on TikTok might be the most “how do you do fellow kids” thing I’ve heard in a long time. Second, when I go on TikTok, I usually watch for funny short videos, food-related stuff, sports highlights, a new workout routine, and the occasional fun fact about NYC, where I live. My friends, who use it more frequently and are not news junkies, watch a lot of the same stuff and watch some dance videos as well. We all recognize it as mindless entertainment for when you need a break. The point is, NONE of us watch TikTok to get informed. I don’t know a single person who actually watches it to see Mary Ours or [Insert News Personality Here] do a dance routine. Even if we take journalism out of the picture, a news anchor dancing in the studio isn’t stuff that appeals to us. This is a 50+ year-old GM/news director’s IDEA of what appeals to us. That’s not to say that I think TV news shouldn’t have a social media presence; on the contrary, stations can easily use TikTok for short-form reporting and quick summaries of important stories. But that’s not what KDKA and other stations are using it for. They’re taking the potential they have with a popular platform like TikTok and using it exclusively for bull$h!t. Stations aren’t going to win our trust and attention by doing what other content creators do and throwing journalism out the window. They will only do so by meeting us where we are and adapting journalism to the platform while not sacrificing it whole. Having news anchors do what Addison Rae already does will not yield either viewership or credibility. That’s my humble $0.02 (adjusted for inflation; it isn’t really worth that much tbh).

And it's shocking that Y&R is still #1 because any current viewer of the show knows that nothing happens: the writing is stale, uneventful, and dry comapred to the other dramas on the air. But the soap has retained alot of veteran actors and hasn't fully sent their older cast to the backburner which may have helped them keep the #1 spot.

Keep in mind too that when the set was built originally, they were doing SportsCenter literally from 9am Eastern until 2am Eastern, now it's totally different.

Pete has to be one of the oldest employees still working for NBC News, so I'm not surprised about his retirement. I wonder who might replace him? Best of luck to him.