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4 hours ago, Rusty Muck said:

This FCC will simply let it happen thanks to kickbacks and bribes to Brendan Carr and Olivia Trusty.

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.

16 hours ago, mer764KCTV5 said:

 

Then air it on cable... oh right... Cable is dying as we speak.

 

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/

6 hours ago, nathannah said:

Meanwhile, another slap on the wrist for the latest group of closed captioning, license renewal and children's program reporting violations (they should really fix that; you're not seeing that with Gray, Scripps or even Nexstar); $500,000, which compared to the 2020 $48 million fine is chump change.

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.

10 hours ago, mer764KCTV5 said:

Also, doesn't the FCC (Not now, of course) make sure that not only the top 4 stations in a certain area can't be co-owned, but also trying to (semi) clamp down on ... for example, a NBC affiliate on 9.1 having a ABC-affiliated subchannel on 9.2?

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.  

5 hours ago, tyrannical bastard said:

Regarding the satellite services, Glendive appears to be the ONLY DMA to have never started local feeds on DirecTV.  Does DirecTV still offer the NY/LA stations for remote areas of the country like 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.)

1 hour ago, tyrannical bastard said:

Glendive doesn't even appear have a cable company

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.

19 hours ago, mre29 said:

Re-railing back to the original topic of this thread, Latenighter has an article about the deal that brought Allen and Comics Unleashed back for a second round.

 

 

 

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

2 hours ago, nomadcowatbk said:

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

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

34 minutes ago, mre29 said:

 

Actually, I can see affiliates demanding that CBS put something in the time slot rather than just let them have it back.

 

Considering the time slot and that all episodes will be at least eleven years old, CBS should give affiliates the option to opt-out of airing the show if they'd rather run something else.

 

 

 

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

4 hours ago, nomadcowatbk said:

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

Especially since Fox network programs are staying on Hulu.

19 minutes ago, tyrannical bastard said:

Isn't Hulu totally available through Disney+ as well?  Hulu content appears to be available through Disney+ but not the other way around.

Not to mention a large number of subscribers probably get or pay for the Disney Bundle, which includes Hulu, Disney+ and Espn+.

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+.

19 minutes ago, tyrannical bastard said:

I wonder if this will be a stand-alone option for non-cable subscribers, and can be authenticated for free with a cable/satellite subscription...

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.

Can't speak to the quality because I don't watch regularly/don't live there, but KLEW is the only news-producing station in the Moscow/Pullman/Lewiston/Clarkson region of eastern WA and northern ID (a region otherwise in the Spokane market). If you want local TV news about specifically about that region of the country, it's your only choice.

Gene Simmons dropped in on a weather segment Thursday:

https://deadline.com/2025/03/gene-simmons-weather-forecast-los-angeles-video-1236327349/

They finally determined what the channel was.

Nexstar insists that the network will become profitable in 2026, as affiliation deals covering "more than two-thirds of The CW’s subscriber base" expire this fall:

https://deadline.com/2025/02/the-cw-broadcast-tv-network-profit-2026-nexstar-sports-1236303664/

MCA Media (the Miracle Channel) is bringing what is described as "a version" (presumably including Canadian-produced shows) of the channel to Canada:

https://thedesk.net/2025/02/dr-phil-ending-cbs-syndication-merit-street/

Paramount and Google have reached a new carriage deal:

https://deadline.com/2025/02/paramount-youtube-tv-carriage-deal-cbs-1236288766/

Sony has just unilaterally claimed worldwide distribution rights to the series starting with the episodes scheduled to air next Monday (CBS is seeking an injuction):

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/sony-jeopardy-wheel-of-fortune-syndication-cbs-1236126022/

Update: CBS got their injunction, and will continue to distribute the programs as the legal process moves.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has asked the CEOs of NPR and PBS to testify at an upcoming House hearing on "news bias":

https://deadline.com/2025/02/pbs-npr-news-bias-house-hearing-1236277262/

30 minutes ago, ColtFromGulfcoast said:

This counts double due to the Cunningham ownership. 

Hell, does Newsmax or Real America's Voice or The Blaze show this stuff?

Remember, RAV shows convicted felon Steve Bannon.

1 hour ago, channel2 said:

And Graham Holdings is still headquartered in Washington.

Actually the suburb of Arlington, VA.