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To be more precise, Carr has already began the "delete, delete, delete" proceedings which could result in the removal of the 2 out of 4 and station cap rules, and he and Trusty have a working majority.

Merit Street is complaining that TBN didn't help it get on cable enough.

In Dr. Phil's filing, he claimed TBN agreed to give the must-carry rights on their O&O stations over to Merit Street (which would have been crazy to do) and then renenged, which they characterized as leaving the operation with "nowhere to send its broadcast signal and nowhere to air its programming". https://deadline.com/2025/07/dr-phil-merit-street-media-jv-bankruptcy-sues-trinity-1236448188/

The children's programming violations involved Hot Wheels ads airing during Team Hot Wheels on their defunct KidsClick block, so you're not likely to see something like that ever again, on any OTA station.

The Top 4 rule was written in an era before digital subchannels, and as such didn't contemplate that a station could put two major affiliations on separate subchannels. Such activity is still only owning one top 4 facility, even if having two affiliations widens the gap between given top 4 stations, and I don't believe the FCC under any partisan makeup has acted against this.

Not since Congress let the legislation authorizing such lapse in 2020. (The channels remain available to those who already had them at that time.)

To clarify things, Mid-Rivers Communications serves Glendive, but appears to have discontinued video service.

cbsatlanta dot com still redirects to atlantanewsfirst dot com at the moment.

I wonder if the affiliates will get any money...

Current NFL broadcasters NBC, ABC, and Fox/MyNetworkTV might want to expand their packages.

The ability for stations to preempt programming has always been maintained in affiliation contracts, even if they're much rarer now. There's nothing currently stopping any station from not airing tonight's After Midnight, much less this replacement.

Comics Unleashed returns to the timeslot 9/22, for the season: https://deadline.com/2025/05/comics-unleashed-with-byron-allen-cbs-late-night-2-1236411297

Especially since Fox network programs are staying on Hulu.

Hulu subscriptions that are bundled or on the same myDisney accounts as Disney+ subscriptions will result in most Hulu content being available on the Disney+ app/site. As you noted, the reverse doesn't apply for the Hulu app/site. This is also true for ESPN+. Fox's websites/apps already authenticate with cable/satellite/virtual subscriptions, and this app, which is not designed to replace those subscriptions and will not be promoted on the channels, will have exactly the same content.

I understand that Hulu will continue to carry Fox network content in addition to this.