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Yeah not sure I understand all the bemoaning. Was there confusion on what a station group mandate was? 

3 hours ago, JTT said:

Since Comcast is a cable company, why wouldn't they want to put some NBA games on USA network along with the show Inside the NBA, if they do get part of the deal? 

If Ernie and Chuck aren't both joining then they should just move on with a new studio show. Ernie has already said he isn’t moving. Nothing in sports comes close to how great Inside the NBA is.

6 hours ago, GraphicsMan said:

He's a network talent I don't know why they won't give him a network job. He be good at it he appears on CBS Sunday Morning almost several time a month, he's a frequent fill-in on the Evening News. I don't know why they won't give him an opportunity. 

Where exactly would he go at the network? It’s not like they have an obvious open vacancy and he’s likely just fine in his current role.

3 hours ago, JTT said:

Since the show is successful,  I don't think NBC or AMAZON will let it end.  One of them will probably pick up the show.  If NBC gets it, they'll probably put it on CNBC / USA Network or Peacock.  

Well two of the show’s arguably most critical personalities have already said they aren’t continuing on any other network but TNT. Ernie and Charles have said they’re out if NBA leaves TNT. The Tuesday crew is equivalent to the boring ESPN studio show too so not much they can do as replacement options on a new network either.

Goodness. This is unbelievable.

Was just thinking about what becomes of “Inside the NBA” if Turner loses rights. I don’t see it being the same great show it is on NBC or ESPN (where they’d easily work them to death as Chuck has joked). 

I think the strength of the Super Bowl, SNF, MNF on ESPN/ABC, NBA playoffs, etc. will help maintain a sizable portion of live sports broadcasting on linear for at least the foreseeable future. 

I’ve always viewed as more ownership based than affiliate based. For instance, KHOU and WFAA are sister stations in Texas despite one being a CBS affiliate and the other being ABC.

When was the last time Sam Champion was on EWN This Morning? He’s been on GMA as a 6th host since early March with Brittany and Dani handling 4:30-7am. Not sure if he’s been on 10am but when I’ve tuned in it’s typically Dani.

9 hours ago, MediaZone4K said:

Overall CBS 2 News is a clean cut solid news product. I definitely watch them more than I do Fox 5 or PIX 11. But again their presentation feels stiff minus a few personalities like Lonnie, Marcia and John Elliott. 

This, their newscast has a corporate feel with no real personality. You can take WCBS and drop it in any other CBS O&O market without missing a beat. 

Yeah I was surprised that he wasn’t strongly considered for CBS Sunday Morning after the final Early Show relaunch. 
 

He was easily the strongest of the network’s bench and was heavily utilized on Evening News, Face the Nation too.

April Fools joke?

They had a 4:30am show that was cancelled over a year ago.

KTRK bucking the trend and launching a 4am newscast on 4/1.

https://x.com/abc13houston/status/1767178737487933540?s=46

1 hour ago, TheNewsTV said:

 

Maybe Pedro Rivera or Michelle. It's just strange that Sandra isn't there at 11pm, the other times she was there with David Navarro.

When is this referring to? Sandra has been there with Bill most nights at 11pm while Sade has been on medical leave. The most likely reason she wasn’t at 11 yesterday is because she’s anchoring Sunday night’s newscasts with Joe for Oscars coverage.

Sade had been anchoring solo at 11pm on Fridays since last year, she’s out right now. Mike is also largely viewed as Bill Ritter’s eventual successor and they’re not subtle about how they’ve positioned him for that.

I really miss Sade. Hope she’s recovering well from her knee surgery.

23 hours ago, Geoffrey said:

It has a lot to do with lead-ins. WCBS had Judge Judy at 4 and the 5:00 was doing well. Then they lost Judge Judy and immediately fell. They picked up the show again and shot back up to #2.

 

WABC had Oprah at 4 and those viewers made them #1 at 5. The winning allowed the station to remain stable in terms of talent and presentation. When Oprah ended her show and WABC replaced it with a newscast, viewers were already so accustomed to Eyewitness News that they largely stayed with them.

 

Syndicated and network lead-ins are huge, along with stability (which is often a chicken-or-the-egg-type thing with winning).

This. Houston is a great example where the CBS affiliate historically struggled behind ABC and NBC stations until Oprah bolstered them into a competitive and then (although brief) a market leader. WFAA's lead in Dallas started to slip when Oprah ended her show.

Outside of that, it was always puzzling to me why CBS News and CBS stations generally performed so badly despite having the dominating entertainment division.

Talent opens for the weekend morning shows debuted this morning featuring Michelle, Pedro and Dani.

The only ones I’ve not seen at this point are the weekday morning opens.

I would doubt it. Hasn’t the JKL hour been fairly successful for ABC? Seems like they’d want to find a suitable replacement than abandoning it.

6 hours ago, Vlad said:

 

I just hope under this change, the O&O stations continue to keep their individuality and local news branding instead of making them all look alike. There is a charm to that indivualistic aspect of a news station versus them all looking alike and sounding the same. 

I’m all about a mandate if it prevents stations from the on-air presentation WABC had in place for a long time. 

Yeah the new ABC O&O mandate has an element like this for bugs. I actually like it, it’s pretty utilitarian.

Been a steady and successful career for her since her GMA days. 

According to Houston blogger Mike McGuff a desk will be featured on all newscasts but 6 and 10pm.

Yeah pretty damn bad. No desk?