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Comcast should have pushed harder for some of those zombies to be dropped, especially the ones that only show music videos. We have YouTube for that. But, then, someone at Comcast seems to think MusicChoice is worth keeping around, so...

Good to see. That said, I was hoping Hearst would take the opportunity to reveal a new site design, but I guess they're keeping the current look for now.

Linear includes both broadcast and cable. Also, how does FAST compare to a single-serving site?

Sooooooo..... day 2?

My mistake. I really should have written "linear channel" instead of "cable channel".

The fact that it's launching as a cable channel says a lot about who the target audience is: older people who are more likely to still have cable TV.

Any word on the Montana stations?

Lifestyle shows? Home renovation shows? Travel shows? I'm sure NBCU has some of those available in its back catalog.

The article's paywalled. Could you provide a link to non-paywalled coverage? Thanks.

That happened in 1996? Assuming Smith was never arrested again, I would think it'd be a non-issue 27 years later.

So you're saying that he's so bad that people and companies we consider to be terrible owners would be better than him?

Ion and the CW airing live sports. Whodathunkit? What's next, candlepin bowling on MyNet?

Yup, another good reason to drop cable TV.

WSBK isn't.

Not true! There's infomercials. On the bright side, it looks like Blue Bloods is limited to weekends.

I would-- *vanishes in a cloud of topic re-railing* [Update: Continuing the Hearst discussion here.]

I'm surprised CBS didn't opt to run repeats of procedurals like they did back in 2014-15 when they were last between hosts for either late-night slot, or, even better, just keep the Late Late reruns going indefinitely.

I would imagine Scripps is the obvious buyer of KXGN as they already own the rest of the MTN stations. They could also buy KYUS and just maintain the time brokerage deal with Cowles. Or Cowles could just buy the station itself.

As an aside, I'm surprised CBS hasn't put more of their back catalogue on Pluto TV, particularly The Pat Sajak Show and the post-2014 late-night shows. Older episodes of 60 Minutes could also be worth putting up, too.

I was wondering when the inevitable culling of the cable channels would begin. Could this be the opening salvo? It's surprisingly hard to find any mention on CBN's website of ways to watch the 700 Club on cable and broadcast TV channels; the site really only pushes CBN's own streaming service and its accompanying app. This has me thinking that only a small percentage of the show's viewing audience watches via Freeform. (Fun fact: Doing a Google search on "Ways to watch the 700 club" produces a link to a page on what has to be an old version of CBN's website -- or, rather, the development version of an old version of the site, which is still pulling in the latest content. I think their robots.txt file needs to have a "come to Jesus" moment...)

Including WFXT. I don't remember a time when any of the major Boston stations (or WMUR) were blacked out on our system, whether or not we had Harron, Adelphia, or Comcast/Xfinity.

There's a pretty good op-ed piece that came out last week from Next TV's Alan Wolk about how Thompson's work should start with CNN.com. As someone who visits the website multiple times a day, I'm paying attention here. YES YES A THOUSAND TIMES YES! Outbrain and its ilk need to go far, far away from all serious news sites.

I wonder if they'll keep the mid-2000s Fox News color scheme the site has had for many years.

Having the new CEO be the guy who used to lead both the New York Times and the BBC actually sounds like one of the best moves yet.

Former Fox Broadcasting president Jamie Kellner is also calling for a hearing. Fox, meanwhile, has an endorsement letter.