nomadcowatbk

so Shari Redstone is the second coming of Larry Tisch?

14 hours ago, nathannah said:

If they made new episodes, that's one thing. But after last night's chintzy American Music Awards (which didn't even give out half the awards because their producer was too cheap to pay for a third hour) and just how cheap they are now and how much Shari and everyone else just want to get the deal done so they can get their money and leave?

Do we even see CBS try to fight to keep the NFL after 2029? Keeping an hour of late night just for repeats is a great way of flipping the bird at your affiliate base and making it easier for them to justify ending affiliations. At this point, their strategy seems to be spending as little as possible to justify remaining in the Big Three.

who would be interested in the AFC package if CBS wasn't? CW, Youtube?

will ESPN offer at least 1080P (if not limited 4k) and 5.1 audio on their streaming service? they currently only offer 720P and 2.0 audio on watchESPN

I'm sure many of the left will not subscribe if they have to pay for Fox News if they want everything else,

1 hour ago, TVLurker said:

I blame all the companies who focused on profit instead of trying to make broadcast TV last.

they never mention antennas when they have carriage disputes,  just other providers, local news and sports will eventually be paywalled, maybe the NFL will give free streams to the primary markets of teams, I'm starting to see commercials for "as seen on TV" products during the local breaks of smaller market stations instead of local business like car dealers

I guess ESPN will see massive subscriber drops during the slower times for sports like the summer, but massive increases when football begins again in the fall

Will CBS lose the NFL or try to lowball it like they did in 93? Would NBC, ABC/ESPN, or even CW want the AFC package?

how do the news heavy indies do in prime time?

1 hour ago, TVLurker said:

 

 

The sports is the only thing keeping FOX afloat IMO.

isn't sports the only thing keeping linear TV in general afloat? 

In STL, would ABC be happier on a subchannel of KSDK, KTVI, KPLR, or KMOV instead of a station with no news dept? But maybe Sinclair has more leverage than Scripps 

which markets get the most regional games? which markets get nothing beyond the national games? Is really that much demand for the preseason in AL and HI? Do stations just pick up whatever teams are available to them and want to pay for?  What are the geographic restrictions if any? How much of a following do the Broncos or Packers have in South Dakota? Could station in Lubbock pick up the Chiefs where KKCL is part of the Chiefs Radio Network?

Chiefs will be on KSHB on Saturday but the final preseason game will be on KMCI again due to KSHB carrying NBC's coverage of Kamala's coronation

9 hours ago, HSV cheesehead said:

Unlikely, as long as football exists there will be people celebrating. Besides, from what I understand the incident last week in Kansas City was born out an argument gone to far.

some have suggested they should end since something bad will happen with a million people in unsecured areas like a Boston police commissioner and some pundits

no more victory parades?

they could stream the annual 700 Club begathon, but I'm sure many of it's viewers are as techphobic as they are homophobic

wouldn't be surprised if the 700 Club got the most viewers on Freeform, and they probably aren't even the target audience

so how are Spectrum customers supposed to watch the annual 700 Club begathon now without Freeform? or did they stop watching after Pat Robertson retired?

17 hours ago, Georgie56 said:

Nickelodeon will produce an alternate broadcast of Super Bowl LVIII.

will the same commercials?

On 7/23/2023 at 6:19 AM, MD TV said:

For DC, yeah, Northern Virginia is very sprawling and people will travel that far for work (even if remote work is very prominent in the area). NBC and Fox both start at 4AM.

commuting from Exburn West Virginia

can't people sleep in a little longer with remote work?

23 hours ago, WCAUTVNBC10 said:

I don't think this service is replacing the linear cable/satellite service, just running along side it. That makes more sense if the goal is to capture the cord cutters that ran away.

will they ever add 5.1 audio to ESPN+? 

8 hours ago, WCAUTVNBC10 said:

We're getting closer to a DTC service for ESPN:

 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/media/2023/05/18/espn-plans-to-launch-subscription-streaming-service/70233888007/

not in the near future, maybe within the next decade, but how much would they have to charge to make up for the cable subscribers who they get the $ from that never watch? 

On 5/2/2023 at 8:08 PM, TVLurker said:

is Gutfeld gonna make all the late night shows obsolete by taking advantage of that? lord forbid.

don't think the viewers of the Colbert or Fallon are interested in Gutfeld or anything else on FNC

7 hours ago, JTT said:

Will NBC consider airing content from their movie and TV studio to fill the gap at 10PM?  A few years ago, NBC had the slogan, if you hadn't seen it, it's new to you.  Why not air classic shows on certain nights of the week with old shows and movies that they have?  They should do this on Friday and Saturday nights.  Then put more recent shows that have been off the air, put them at 10pm if needed.

NBC should make all the films and TV shows that are part of their studios available on peacocktv.

old(er) shows mean old(er) viewers

13 hours ago, ColtFromGulfcoast said:

This is likely some speculatron stuff but I could see Fox being uncomfortable with Nexstar owning the majority of the CW for some reason. Especially if Nexstar actually believed that it could land major sports rights, which I'm not at all saying they will. 

 

I'm certainly not speaking for the other networks though. 

what sports would be available except maybe local high school and small colleges?

they plan breaks during what they expect are slow news periods

16 hours ago, danderson500 said:

The Clemson-ND game gave me a taste of that XFL game in 01 (cant remember the teams, just remember how it delayed SNL).  Lorne is going have to get used to it with CFB.

he's near retirement

HBCU football might be available 

https://deadline.com/2022/08/hbcu-go-cbs-duopoly-stations-football-deal-1235095032/#comments