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The new media deals are being reported. - ESPN gets rights to out-of-market games for all 30 teams and six teams in-market (Guardians, Padres, Twins, Diamondbacks, Rockies, Mariners). They will also take over MLB.TV and keep it at the $150 price point (T-Mobile will continue to offer it for free). - NBC returns full-time to MLB for the first time since 2000, taking over Sunday Night Baseball from ESPN. SNB will move to Peacock when Sunday Night Football starts on NBC and when it conflicts with Sunday Night Basketball. MLB Sunday Leadoff will return to Peacock. They’ll also split the Wild Card Series between the network and Peacock (8-12 games). - Netflix gets the primetime Opening Day game, the Home Run Derby, and the Field of Dreams game (moving from Fox).

WBBM is the new TV partner for the Chicago Thanksgiving Parade.

Scripps responds:

According to the Wall Street Journal, Sinclair has brought a stake in Scripps and wants to buy the company.

MS NOW will start with The Weekend on Saturday.

MS NOW and CNBC will use AccuWeather for weather coverage.

Instead, the 11am newscast is simulcast on both 2 and 9 and runs for a full hour on the latter.

Weekend morning anchor Evan Anderson is out at KXAS, as his position has been eliminated.

KCBS and KPIX both replaced it with LMAD.

Despite both Mornings and the EN’s ratings struggles, there’s too much money at stake for the network to cede 7-9am and 6:30/5:30p to the stations.

KTVT evening co-anchor Nicole Baker and longtime WBZ political analyst Jon Keller among those caught in the layoffs.

Gayle will leave CBS Mornings, but is expected to stay at CBS News.

WTMJ has rolled out the new look.

Another bombshell: Circle City Broadcasting (owner of WISH) is picking up WRTV from Scripps for $83 million.

As for Inside the NBA, as promised, nothing has changed about the show except for ESPN logos replacing the TNT logos.

Have to say, having NBC back in the fold has made the NBA more engaging to watch; they’re clearly using the SNF/NFL playbook for their coverage. Their coverage tonight has outclassed anything ESPN/ABC did in the last two decades. The league needed this in the worst way. It’s a shame Disney paid enough to keep the Finals exclusively on ABC. I was hoping to see them and NBC alternate them yearly. But at least we’ll finally have Inside the NBA at the Finals, something NBA fans have been wanting for years now.

WPLG will show 12 Miami Heat games and 12 Sioux Falls Skyforce (Heat G-League team) games this season.

The network, O&Os and affiliates have historically featured the rings on their news and programming bugs a few months before the next Games begin. We’re a few months away from the Milan-Cortina Winter Games.

WXIX has poached Stephanie Roberts from WWSB to be their new chief meteorologist.

The NBA on NBC is back.

Bonneville will exit the Bay Area. They have sold that cluster to Connoisseur.

Hearst NBCs use the default Today ticker.

CNN Max is shutting down next month.

Longtime KDFW morning meteorologist Evan Andrews is retiring on October 10th.