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1 hour ago, mre29 said:

Also, I'd kinda like to know the ratings for Thursday -- the night after the Town Hell.

Fell right back to their normal 3rd place levels. Gained zero momentum from the town hall.

Welp, congrats on killing your advantage of low barrier of entry.

This week, Chris Licht will show his programming genius by running the town hall every night in Primetime with Kaitlyn Collins and Anderson Cooper is a box in the corner shaking their heads at anyone who doesn't like it!

Also, new CNN slogan: "Get Lichted"

Wonder if the fact Trump walked all over her in the Town Hall will give anyone second thoughts. 
 

Then again, she got her start at the Daily Caller, so maybe she had no intention of putting up much of a fight. 

46 minutes ago, mrschimpf said:

A little less important thing here is with the 'Columbia' part of the 'Columbia-Warner Network' out of the equation (at least station-wise), do we see a rebrand coming for the network itself like The NX, NexTV, or SookNet (I'm not serious on the last one)?

A rebrand from the CW, IMO, is a matter of when, not if. 

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“We look forward to reimagining these stations as independents while leveraging the considerable value of their prime-time real estate in each of the markets,” said Wendy McMahon, President and Co-Head, CBS News and Stations. “It’s an exciting time to look at new opportunities to add local programming, including live sports, and shows from across the Paramount Global brands. We are also grateful to have been part of The CW for 17 memorable years and wish our partners at Nexstar continued success.”

Clearly positioning for potential local sports opportunities as RSNs fail, and also I wonder if we could see some simulcasts of CBS Sports HQ or CBS News Streaming?

Even better question - are there options for the CW in those markets?

The 69.2 Weather Channel even got a refresh. Looks good.
 

As I said in the Lemon thread, Bill Shine is shaking the NewsNation couch cushions to find change to pair up Tucker and Don for Hannity and Colmes 2.0.

Someone mentioned replacing Don and my thought is: why? Let CNN This Morning roll with the two anchors they have and see if something’s there. It’s not like you’re putting ratings at risk with that show at the moment. 

Bill Shine is shaking the NewsNation couch cushions for change to pair up Tucker and Don and redo Hannity and Colmes.

Wonder if they got a C&D by this Weather Command:

https://www.weathercommand.com/

On 3/10/2023 at 10:50 PM, compubit said:

It sounds like KTVT is now CBS News Texas - but they've kept the CBS11 logo "in the box"...

 

If you had just the 11 in the box, that would be a pretty good interim news logo, IMO. The two eyes are overkill.

42 minutes ago, JCB4TV said:

The article is paywalled, yet, Astros, Rockets negotiating to take over AT&T SportsNet Southwest.

Try this:

https://12ft.io/proxy?&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.houstonchronicle.com%2Ftexas-sports-nation%2Fgeneral%2Farticle%2Fastros-rockets-att-sportsnet-southwest-purchase-17838568.php

That's a big ol' bug for WAFB.

22 hours ago, Myron Falwell said:

THE. CBS. 11. BOX. IS. GOING. AWAY. VERY. SOON. CHANNEL. NUMBERS. ARE. BEING. PHASED. OUT.

WE. GET. IT.

Geez, you’re getting annoying with this. 

The full-screen touchdown/Real Profile Pic of the players still looks out of place, though the execution is better than previous, IMO.
 

Overall, not bad for a refresh.

All comic book player illustrations replaced with pictures generated from AI in real time. 

I'm shocked it's taken this long to announce it - figured this would be something Nexstar would pursue for the CW, especially since it would likely be a time-buy.

So call letters are meaningless, except in this instance where they are the stronger brand, but then maybe they’ll eventually drop the stronger brand anyway because that makes sense.

Just saw a promo for "Weather Command" where one of the claims is they might even "debate the data". Oh boy, wonder what THAT could mean. /s

So, are we starting a new betting pool on when the schedule will change again?

They put up a SIGN too for this "win"?  From everyone's favorite site:

Just now, iron_lion said:

Shep is a really good and recognizable talent, and NBC will be dropping the ball if they don't find another spot for him.

I’m sure Shep wasn’t interested in sticking around after his show was cancelled, especially when CNN has a prime time slot that would be perfect for a known name. They might even be able to get him at a lower price since the only other major outlet who might be interested would be CBS.

Hmm, maybe an Anderson Cooper like deal where he could be a correspondent on 60 Minutes?

34 minutes ago, CircleSeven said:

Well, I guess the deal is done.

 

Nexstar has announced the completion of The CW acquisition. 

 

Also announced that Nexstar board member Dennis Miller will take over as president of the network, replacing Pedowitz.

 

From the article:

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Now Pedowitz’s exit marks the begging of the end of the CW as we know it — a full-fledged broadcast network built on original scripted series — with observers expecting it to eventually resemble outlets like myNetworkTV or Pax. 

No shocker here - Nexstar gonna run it cheap. Probably already looking for sports willing to buy their airtime for weekend programming.

Did NFL Network just stealth debut a new logo?