ColtFromGulfcoast

Pick a name. Either call it Paramount+ or just call it Showtime Extended or something. To call the literal cable channel Paramount+ with Showtime. Imagine what BET will be rebranded to. Tyler Perry's Paramount+ with BET, CBS, whatever shows we would have sold to the CW, Showtime, KCAL News, CBS News New York and everywhere else, Nickelodeon, MTV, Gayle King, Star Trek, Moesha reruns, Yellowstone spin-offs and other Taylor Sheridan creations but not Yellowstone itself cause we let that go to Peacock, who may or may not merge with Hulu, and also we aint got Comedy Central cause we let that go to HB...Disco...whatever the heck they'll call it. Y'all know you're thinking it.

How about Comcast and Disney go 50% and merge ALL streaming services they have. That way, everyone is happy and everyone wins. All apps can also remain separate and then if they want them all together just use the Hulu app so that you don't have to keep switching between apps. Honestly, a streaming service that could give me not only the best of ESPN but the best of NBC Sports, would be appealing. Furthermore, Hulu's shows combined with both Peacock and Disney+ would result in a series of bangers that would be worth paying a Netflix style price per month for. To say nothing of the vast library content. Plus Hulu just renewed their deal with Fox Broadcasting Company so there's that. Disney would be smart to also buy a small part of Xumo too or even do a deal with Tubi, if not buying a small part of that. Then you would really have a threat to Pluto.

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AMEN!!!

Okay but a vast number of CBS stations and indeed a number of stations owned by Gray in general don't brand with the network. As long as Gray keeps paying those checks for reverse comp, WANF should be fine.

Yo, what exactly has Gray Television done that would provoke CBS to leave WANF?? Everyone keeps saying this. I don't get it. If CBS wanted to move to 69, they'd have done so back in 2006 or a long time ago. There is a reason why they sold 69 only to regain it coincidentally just after merging with Viacom. If things went South with the CW, they'll just either run an independent, do something else we don't expect them to do with 69 or sell 69 into a duopoly with one of the other stations and MAYBE get something back. But I don't even see any reason why they'd dump the CW as long as they still have that small ownership stake. Otherwise, they'd have dumped the full 100 in Nexstar's lap. To say nothing of just how badly Gray could screw CBS up if CBS really tried to pull its programming from 46. Remember, there are many more CBS stations owned by Gray. By this logic, WTTV should still be the CW affiliate and WBXI should be CBS.

Look who they're owned by.

In a minute, Imma need a satellite or sister station to back me up lol.

To be fair, when those Sherri listings dropped, it revealed this.

The woman is (or was) married to a err.....criminal (won't say what he did here...Google is your friend) and somehow, this is what broke the camel's back. Not saying that anyone in the media should be bringing their beliefs into local news but her stance would be a bit ironic. That's all I have to say about that.

Idk but I do have the feeling that at least one network is gonna have an issue and I really feel like Fox would be the one to not want to be tied to a network associated with a potential competitor.

Hence why I don't see Nexstar and Fox lasting much longer together.

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.

They didn't air very much of the News Daily and I watched the whole block. Maybe KTAL went way over on the local cut ins or something.

KTAL has apparently launched something similar to what the CBS O&Os are doing on their CW partners. It's some sort of 1pm Newscast. Idk if this is permanent or what. Brittany Defran is the anchor.

I watched it before and I never saw any CBS/KSLA shows on there during the time when it supposedly was. They were running the same infomercials.

I see Telemundo is now live here in Shreveport.

The channels on Pluto TV, which is FREE look better than channels they want you to pay 150 bucks for with the cable subscription. That in itself says a whole lot.....unless that was the goal in the first place.

KPXJ cannot carry everything at 2pm.

WHIZ is launching a Fox channel??? I saw that on the listings for Sherri.

I don't usually have details on any other markets other than the two I'm in the most but VUE got Tamron Hall in Austin apparently.

Has Tyler or Austin gotten Tamron Hall back yet?? She never had a Tyler station and then KEYE dropped her a while back.

Earlier, I said that KPXJ got both Sherri and Jennifer. Well, looks like KPXJ also got Karamo as well. Jennifer is airing at 2pm, Sherri of course is at 8am (Lord. ) Karamo is gonna be on 21 at 10am. So, a 3pm newscast in Shreveport (which I personally enjoy btw) is perfectly fine but you couldn't replace the Doctor(s) with a full 3 hour morning newscast and put Sherri in a more decent slot??

Just watch as KAZA takes all of their syndicated programming and that newscast.

I'm in Shreveport and just now noticing Gray bought KBXS as well.....I always thought Gray would try to get a station here to be an independent but now, I'm having 2nd thoughts. Ironically enough, Gray also has WBXH which years ago was also owned by L4.