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3 hours ago, TheRob said:

It sounds like they're going to take Amy and T.J. off the air until the distraction blows over. As I mentioned earlier, it is likely not a violation of company policy, just unwanted attention.

TMZ actually reported that today, and they also said that Amy & T.J. were made aware of that decision this morning.

The story I read even has quotes from ABC News President Kim Godwin on the subject (supposedly, these quotes were from an editorial meeting at ABC News this morning).

Unfortunately, I don’t have the link, but if you Google “TMZ Holmes Robach,” it should be one of the first stories that come up…..

2 hours ago, Myron Falwell said:

It's made more complicated by Investigation Discovery having a much better brand and name awareness despite a smaller nationwide cable footprint.

 

Plus—per Stelter—the simulcast of CNN This Morning is explicitly due to carriage contracts with cable companies that require HLN air a bare minimum of news programming. Stelter’s background working for CNN makes him very unlikely to simply make up an urban legend.

How long do contracts like these last (or specifically, contracts like the ones HLN has with cable companies), I’m curious?

I’m not one to speculate, but I’m guessing the future of HLN can’t be good once the contracts you mentioned expire….

Since Scripps owns the MTN (Montana Television Network) group of stations, I just thought I’d post it here….

Pretty disturbing story about their political reporter, Ashley Nerbovig (you may want to click on the affidavit in the story surrounding her arrest—it’s pretty bizarre!!): https://montanatalks.com/montana-tv-political-reporter-arrested-on-burglary-charge/

7 hours ago, TheRolyPoly said:

 

And the first to re-add the 7-9am portion on WWL-TV. They'd do so in a heartbeat.

Yes. Yes they would.

On 9/10/2022 at 10:27 PM, LinCruzChicagoNYLA said:

UPDATE: On WGN, Paternity Court has taken the 2p slot beginning Monday.

That’s weird; I thought the show went out of production not long ago (unless WGN had a deal with the syndicator for another show and that fell through and the syndicator decided to give them this instead)….

On a related note, being that WGN has Friends at 3p and the station serves as the Chicago home of Antenna TV and Rewind TV, I wonder why the station didn’t lease any sitcoms from those networks to fill the 2p slot. I’d have gone with either Three’s Company or the Jeffersons to pair with Friends on the WGN schedule. 

Granted, these sitcoms may not draw a lot of viewers, but still, WGN’s move with Paternity Court reruns at 2p is a head-scratcher, I think….

3 hours ago, Nelson R. said:

Something I just noticed for KIRO…apparently they are trying to be a Scripps station now…they are picking up “The  List” and “Afternoon Focus” at 3 and 3:30 to replace Judge Judy next week which is moving to KCPQ/KJZO. I don’t think any of us had that on our bingo card. The previous day’s ET replaced Right This Minute this week at 2:30 after the Bold and the Beautiful. And the 4pm news also premieres next week. 

Interesting news. I don’t think KIRO is trying to be a Scripps station; my guess is there are some people who used to work at KIRO that now work for Scripps or vice versa, and they had a hand in getting “Afternoon Focus” and “The List” on the station. Maybe I’m wrong…..

I mentioned Afternoon Focus in an earlier post. Here’s an article explaining it in detail (and the stations that’ll be carrying it): https://tvnewscheck.com/programming/article/scripps-local-media-and-scripps-networks-collaborate-to-launch-afternoon-focus/

[info courtesy of Zap2It]
 

For the Lafayette, LA market:

—KATC: 

    -Drew Barrymore remains at 9a (with both half-hours back-to-back; weird, I know)

    -Jeopardy! moves to 3p, with Inside Edition moving to 4:30p

    -The List airs at 3:30p (it had previously aired in the overnight hours)

    -A program called Afternoon Focus will air at 4p (this must be a Scripps-produced program, being that I saw in a previous post that WTMJ in Milwaukee is carrying it)

    -25 Words or Less airs at 12:35a

—KLFY:

      -no changes

—KADN:

      -Back-to-back episodes of Pictionary replace Maury at 3p

      -The Neighborhood (back-to-back eps) replace Daily Mail TV and Mike & Molly at 10p

      -American Housewife (back-to-back eps) at 1a

      -Modern Family moves to 11p, with Two & a Half Men at 12 midnight

—KLAF:

      -NBC News Daily replaces Days of Our Lives at 1p

      -a run of The People’s Court airs at 2p, replacing The Doctors (not sure if it’s a placeholder or if it’s permanent)

—MyAcadianaTV (KADN 15.3):

      -another ep of Family Feud replaces Right This Minute at 9a

      -Highway Through Hell (off-Weather Channel reruns) air at 1p

49 minutes ago, tjt24 said:

Wow. I can understand the two hours of New Day to fill the time because adding another hour of morning news would be overkill, IMO. But infomercials and two hours of Judge Judy? That's a bit much. I mean I know there's not many options in terms of syndicated programming, and I get that, but infomercials? Really?

I think the infomercials are placeholders at 1p on WJW until Karamo Brown’s show starts airing there the next week (as per the show’s website)…..

20 hours ago, EVVTV12 said:

WSMV is dropping all their syndication for more news. The midday news will run from 11-12, noon news from 12-1, NBC News Daily at 1, Today in Nashville will move from 11 to 2 and run for an hour, and add a 3pm newscast. This all starts Sept 5. Right now their syndication is Wendy Williams and Tamron Hall. Wendy is getting replaced by Sherri and she is going to Fox17(?). No word on where Tamron is going, yet. 

That makes WSMV the second (?) Gray station to go all news outside of network programming (I know WBTV in Charlotte does this as well)…

If it works in Nashville, as it apparently does in Charlotte, one wonders how many other Gray stations might try going all-news outside of network? I can see this working in maybe Louisville, St. Louis, or even Phoenix, probably. Of course, not sure about WGCL in Atlanta…..

23 minutes ago, Newsjunkie24 said:

 

Does WUAB carry Maury?

Yes (at 7am[!!], according to TVPassport).

10 minutes ago, TheSpeedKing said:

The end of Maury on WJZ? Never thought I'd see that day...

Wait: Isn’t Maury Povich calling it quits with his show at the end of this season?? That alone might be the reason why the show will soon be off WJZ’s airwaves…..

Just when you've thought you've seen it all, there's this.......https://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2022/2/25/this-war-is-brought-to-you-by-applebees

1 hour ago, ABC 7 Denver said:

 

It's all speculation. Let's just wait for the chits to fall where they may.

"Chits"??? These have to be smaller than CHIPS, I bet LOL..... 

1 hour ago, cbs4dallas said:

Why wasn’t KENS included in the deal? It is because of Cox owned radio stations already in San Antonio?

It’s possible, but there could be other reasons, too. Then again, to be fair, there are other Tegna stations in Texas that weren’t included in the deal, either (KCEN, KYTX, KIII, & KBMT, just to name a few)…….

On 2/15/2022 at 11:02 PM, tyrannical bastard said:

And now, let us bask in the former glory of Viacom logos.

 

My personal favorite was the "wikiwiki" version of the 90s, where VYE-a-com was spoken.

 

Was the company known as "VEE-a-com" before?  Some of the 80s variants seem to think so.

Thanks for reminding us on this board about the dreaded V of Doom! (Not sure how many on this board were/have been legitimately scared by the V of Doom before; it is probably the scariest closing logo in television history!)

Should one ever come across the V of Doom at the end of a show on, say, MeTV, they have been forewarned!!

1 hour ago, CLETVFan said:

How are the other networks going to react to the whole CW/Nexstar deal and would Nexstar have its stations in some markets switch to the CW or make it a subchannel?  (The ones that are not affiliated with the network)

I just started a thread in the Speculatron for predictions on the matter......

2 hours ago, CircleSeven said:

 

No one should be really surprised. For the last several years it seems that the network's goal is for the affiliate to air their daytime show on its recommended timeslot. Look at all of those stations that use to carry Y&R at 4pm prior to a few years ago (i.e. KMOV, WAFB).

I’m not sure the issue is with CBS; the ratings for Y&R have declined over the last several years (as has the entire soap genre itself), so maybe that is the reason why management at WNCN moved Y&R back to midday (and also why KMOV & WAFB moved the show back to midday, as well). Maybe I’m wrong…..

2 hours ago, Nelson R. said:

Yes they can be that shortsighted.

 

If they were going to do this, with Ellen leaving next year anyway they should’ve just moved her to 9 for the rest of the season and moved Y&R to 3 to keep it as a lead-in. Maybe it was a CBS mandate to air Y&R in pattern as David Salter on Discord suggested. But I doubt it.

I don’t think it was a CBS mandate; I think the decline in ratings nationally of Y&R (not to mention the decline of the entire soap genre itself to the point that there are only 4 on the air) probably gave management a reason to move Y&R to its in-pattern network time…..

It’s probably the same reason WAFB in Baton Rouge moved Y&R from afternoons back to its in-pattern time of 11a (Central Time) a couple of years ago; in their case, the show had aired in the afternoon since the late ‘80s!

39 minutes ago, TheSpeedKing said:

Cincinnati is not a Nexstar market (it's a 3-way race between Hearst, Sinclair and Scripps), so for them, why care?

You're forgetting Gray (they own WXIX), so it's actually a 4-way battle. I see your point about Cincinnati & Nexstar, though......

1 hour ago, compubit said:

WCBS air WoF when it first hit syndication, but quickly moved to WABC (I have an ad for it on WCBS from 83) - can’t speak for other markets, but KPRC had J! from the start, before it moved to KHOU, then KTRK…

 

J

KTRK has never aired Wheel; they do air Jeopardy!, though…..

KLFY is starting up a local lifestyle show of their own in the afternoon (at 3:30p, to be exact) starting on January 10th. It is called "Acadiana Live," and is hosted by Lidia Alcala. The promo for the show is here at this link: https://www.klfy.com/acadiana-live/acadiana-live-klfys-all-new-lifestyle-show-premieres-jan-10/#!/

As her KLFY bio states, she is fresh out of college, too (a UL Lafayette graduate): https://www.klfy.com/author/lidia-alcala/

Currently, a second run of "Judge Judy" is airing in the 3:30p timeslot.......

On 11/3/2021 at 11:26 PM, compubit said:

Is the “Good Morning, Acadiana” theme gone too? If so, Boo!

 

Jim

Yep!

1 hour ago, ABC 7 Denver said:

 

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

--sigh-- I guess you have a point......

8 hours ago, ABC 7 Denver said:

 

I'm exhausted by incompetence?