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Microsoft dropped out of that partnership decades ago and the name still hasn't changed. But, then, who these days sees "MSNBC" and thinks Microsoft? (Besides us.)

I like this idea. They could also move Syfy's few remaining original series to USA, leave Syfy's mix of popular movies (only some of which are sci-fi or fantasy), and rebrand itas USA2 or even USA Movies.

So those last episodes will be ASMR?

Both CBS Sunday Morning and 60 Minutes can still be watched by cord-cutters subscribed to Paramount+. Maybe not live, but then, neither show focuses on breaking news anyway.

"Handful"? More like "way too many".... And, yet, FX still devotes way too much of their primetime schedule to endless repeats of popular genre movies from the last few decades, while multiple flavors of HBO keep chewing up cable companies' bandwidth.

I vaguely remember the trouble Aj Jazeera had getting cable companies to carry Al Jazeera America. Besides the obvious biases because Al Jazeera is based in a majority-Muslim Middle Eastern country, there were apparently a lot of cable companies that insisted that AJAM carry more US-centric news.

I'm not sure that really needs to change at all. For one thing, isn't Access Hollywood syndicated?

WordPress (the software) doesn't "control" local news websites. It's a content management system. And WordPress VIP, which I believe the CBS O&O sites run on, is a managed hosting service built on top of the WordPress software. Neither of them has any say in what content appears on any website that uses them. I'm sure the same goes for the other CMSses out there.

I haven't seen any distrust of NBC affiliates because of MSNBC. As for USA and Syfy, I think it's now even more likely that Syfy's remaining programming will be folded into USA and its channel space flipped into something else.

Science fiction and fantasy have always been joined at the hip -- both fall under the term "speculative fiction" -- so the fantasy-based programming has never bothered me. Reality programming is a problem shared by nearly all channels, be they broadcast, cable, or streaming. The real problem for Syfy at this point is more fundamental: Is it even needed anymore? When the channel launched in 1992, the broadcast networks were still king, there were fewer cable channels (and even fewer with original programming), and there were few ways for a sci-fi or fantasy show to be seen. The best option was broadcast syndication, which usually meant airing at odd hours because shows were either on network affiliates that had obligations or independent stations that had no interest in giving up time slots they used for second-run movies. But the television landscape has changed radically in the 32 years since then, and there are more possible homes for genre programming than ever. It's possible, maybe even likely, that Syfy's time has come and gone.

That reminds me of when Peter Jennings attempted to stay on-air for 24 hours to cover every timezone in the New Year changeover on 12/31/99--1/1/00. By 3:00am, I knew I wanted to see who'd drop first, him or me. By 4:00am, his suit jacket was gone and he was doing a lot of staring off into the distance between words. I can only assume he was either staying at a hotel nearby or had someone to drive him home.

I never even checked out Amazon's thing. I did a little channel-surfing early in the evening, but eventually stayed on MSNBC (which I had muted for a sizable chunk of the night) and websites.

Oh, I hadn't even looked at CNBC World's daytime schedule. But now that I am, there's no doubt the two channels should be merged.

I'm more annoyed by the aspect ratio being screwed up than by it not being in HD. And I'm pretty sure CNBC World isn't mostly after-hours trading.

Agreed. But CNBC should be merged with CNBC World. I mean, wouldn't CNBC's target audience prefer to follow coverage of international markets instead of repeats of years-old episodes of Shark Tank? At the very least, having the international coverage in the same feed as domestic would avoid silliness such as what happens to CNBC World's non-HD feed on Spectrum: Yup, it gets squished to 4:3 and pillarboxed. Bleh!

Meanwhile, I have a feeling Syfy may be going away in the next year. The channel's had a limited amount of new original shows for a while now, but it's currently down to just three shows, one of which has yet to premiere. Also, one recently-canceled show, Chucky, was simulcast on USA Network, while another show, Resident Alien, is moving to that channel altogether. Most of Syfy's schedule consists of sci-fi, fantasy, horror, thriller, and action movies. It could easily be merged into USA Network and its channel space sold off.

Isn't that where the concept of bureaus comes in? "Reporting now from our Fort Lauderdale bureau..."

I wonder how many people actually watch the networks' evening (6:30pm ET) news shows live and how many watch them later (via DVR, their cable companies' on-demand services, or Paramount+/Hulu/Peacock) after their kids are in bed or they've finished the other shows they want to watch or they get done with all the stuff they need to do at home or they get home from social gatherings.

Years? More like decades. In fact, I don't remember them ever having a single primary host; the regulars simply take turns introducing stories.

Shades of SiriusXM...

...which is channel 20. We see what you did, 9NEWS.

He's leaving?

Maybe they could put on... (beat) ...more cop shows. I mean, it already has the call letters for it...

I don't doubt its legitimacy, but you could have done some quick edits before posting. Just saying.

And should brand as such.