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Well that didn't last long. Warner Bros. Discovery is expected to shut down CNN+, according to Variety.

18 minutes ago, Mrknowitall526 said:

What a ridiculous day for Matt!!!!

Adam Joseph is doing the weather from home.  Maybe a covid outbreak?

I could believe that. Just seems like an extremely unusual amount of absences this week.

Another causality: Nick Cannon’s talk show has been cancelled after only one season. Last new episodes airing in May.

https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/nick-cannons-talk-show-cancelled-ending-1235200702/

With Cuomo fired and Michael Smerconish hosting the 9PM hour this week, that block is simply referred to as "CNN Tonight", according to TV Passport and the CNN schedule on their website.

Wouldn't be surprised. I'll bet CBS would do anything to boost ratings for CBSEN at this point.

Brian Williams will NOT be renewing his contract with MSNBC; he will be leaving the network at the end of the year.

https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/brian-williams-leaving-msnbc-nbc-news-1235108664/

1 hour ago, Glimmer said:

Warner Bros shopping new talk show with Jennifer Hudson for next fall

 

I could actually see some of the larger Ellen groups (NBC O&Os, Hearst, etc) going for this 

With Kelly Clarkson moving into the 3PM slot at the NBC O&Os next season this show could be the replacement in the 2PM slot.

1 hour ago, PhillyWatch said:

Holy cow, is the building on fire? This level of turnover is… pretty remarkable.

In this case, she said on her Twitter that she is leaving the news industry altogether.

Screencap of WCAU 4PM intro. I believe this is the first time they’ve had the Philly skyline featured in their intro since 2014 (which is when they switched to the standard Look F graphics). They’re also using the older cut of LA Groove in the intro that they used from 2014-2016.

Two big pieces of NewsNation programming updates revealed today:

• Adrienne Bankert will anchor the new morning block, "Morning in America", from 7-10 AM EST starting September 27.
• ABC News Chief Legal Analyst and A&E host Dan Abrams will anchor a new program, "Dan Abrams Live", from 8-9 PM EST starting September 27. Ultimately, this will reduce NewsNation Prime to just 1 hour, from 9-10 PM EST. Abrams will continue to serve as Chief Legal Analyst for ABC News.

Both anchors are now sitting at the desk as of 4PM today.

3 minutes ago, MorningNews said:

Are there any ABC O&O stations going back to their pre-covid set ups and if not, has Disney indicated what standards they’re following? The CDC has removed even the social distancing guidelines for vaccinated groups and the split screens, wide distance between everyone on set, etc. was never been visually appealing. Seems arbitrary to still be doing it at this point.

WPVI in Philly has almost all of their on-air people back in-studio and the anchors are sitting closer together (not pre-COVID closeness). 

I was checking the listings for this weekend and I noticed that World News Tonight is being pre-empted on Saturdays in favor of an hour-long 6:00PM newscast (at least this and next Saturday). This was listed on both TV Passport and On TV Tonight. I'll have to watch for myself to see if this is true.

4 minutes ago, PhillyWatch said:

What were they airing up until now? And do we know whereabouts that shot of Jan is from? That backdrop is very reminiscent of the CBSN Local sets...

They were airing infomercials in the 8AM hour on Sundays.

This is the temporary set that is being used for their newscasts while the new set is being worked on. But I could eventually see this be reworked into a set for CBSN Philly...

WFMZ is having technical difficulties preventing them from airing their 10 PM newscast. They are showing their 5 PM newscast in its place at the moment.

4 minutes ago, chance said:

Goodbye, Good Day Philadelphia, hello Youse Up Yet?...

I like the new name, but I can't tell if they're being serious or if it's just an elaborate April Fool's joke...

A peak of the current set-up for Eyewitness News. (Peak at possible new set?)

https://www.instagram.com/p/CMvl7xWLDZm/

Erin and Brian anchoring at 10 tonight.

Ana Cabera will be anchoring from 1-2 PM ET starting in April.

The new weekday lineup starting in April will likely be as follows (times in ET):

5-6 AM: Early Start

6-9 AM: New Day w/ John Berman + Brianna Keilar

9-11 AM: Poppy Harlow + Jim Sciutto

11-Noon: Kate Bolduan

12-1 PM: Inside Politics

1-2 PM: Ana Cabera

2-4 PM: Victor Blackwell + Alisyn Camerota

4-6 PM: The Lead

6-7 PM: The Situation Room

7-8 PM: Erin Burnett Outfront

8-9 PM: Anderson Cooper 360

9-10 PM: Cuomo Prime Time

10-Midnight: CNN Tonight

 Here's the article from Hollywood Reporter.

Brooke Baldwin To Depart CNN

51 minutes ago, TVNewsLover said:

Oddly, Rick was on at 4pm with Sarah yesterday, and not Walter who anchored with her at noon. I wonder who anchored at noon today?

Sarah did noon solo today.

9 hours ago, ThunderJay27 said:

Looking at the 10pm show tonight, is it me, or does it look like the 2 anchors are back at regular spacing and not the 6ft spacing?

They're still spaced apart, but they're closer than before.

Best of luck to both of them.

The Deadline article also mentions that:

• Linsey Davis will continue to anchor ABC News Live Prime Monday-Thursday; Fridays will have rotating anchors.
• Whit Johnson will continue to co-anchor GMA Weekend (similar to how Lester Holt did both Weekend Today and Weekend Nightly News).

Elizabeth Flores Named Vice President of News for NBC10 and Telemundo62

Flores is coming from WABC-TV, where she has served as Assistant News Director since 2018. Before that, she spent 17 years at WTVJ/WSCV (NBC6/Telemundo 51) in South Florida in various management positions. Her first day in Philly will be on January 11, 2021.

25 minutes ago, tyrannical bastard said:

Well, since it is 2020, could Comcast/Xfinity have a retransmission consent issue with (gasp) itself?!?!?!??!?!?

Looking at the list, Weigel and others are up in October and Hearst, Cox, Capitol/WRAL, Hubbard and NBC/Comcast are up in December.

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Then there are the local NBC channels. WMAQ in Chicago, WRAL in Raleigh, and WTVJ in Miami are just a few of the NBC stations on the list of channels up for contract renewals, along with NBCUniversal-owned cable channels including Bravo, E!, and Syfy.

I didn't think it was possible for a cable provider to lose their own channels.