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Missed this post from September 13. Kim Gusby gave a little walkthrough of the new studio. It appears mostly finished, but it still hasn’t made its debut on air two weeks later. As expected, it looks awfully a lot like WCBD. Perhaps the most unique part of it is the engraved “On Your Side” slogan. 

4 hours ago, 24994J said:

CBS [Market] MORNINGS' (KCNC and WBBM are two that come to mind) surely gets the job done, in a more concise manner.

KTVU has “Mornings on 2”, and KGO used “ABC7 Mornings” for a while. Probably didn’t want to muddle the market with the “Mornings” name

53 minutes ago, DJonNews said:

Even international news outlets far beyond America and the UK were covering the death endlessly after initially focusing on a wide breadth of news stories earlier in the day, like Seven Network in Australia, Newshub in New Zealand, and CBC News in Canada.

To be fair, she was officially the queen of those countries as they’re part of the commonwealth, so it makes sense they would prioritize coverage. Still, your point stands. France 24 and Germany’s DW had live coverage all day.
 

Anyway, back to NN. Covering major events raises a news organization’s credibility. It means viewers will instinctively turn to them whenever something breaks. If they continue to miss news that break between 10am-5pm, like this or the July 4 shooting, people will be conditioned to not tune into NN for breaking stories in the future. I had faith in NN, but going from “the most impartial unbiased news you’ve ever seen” to less rabid political shows and indifference to major stories just isn’t it.

Dispatch from Savannah:

WSAV: Other than the mid-season changes they made in April, Rachael Ray moves from their CW subchannel to replace the Good Dish at 2pm.

WSAV CW: Apart from CW Plus changes, Pictionary replaces Rachael Ray at 1pm

WTOC: They're dropping Drew Barrymore in favor of a local talk show called "Afternoon Break" at 3pm, which is a continuation of their "Morning Break" franchise at 9am. This brings their weekday output to 8½ hours (trust me, there isn't that much that happens here).  Entertainment Tonight is now their only syndicated show at 7:30p

WJCL: Sherri Shepherd replaces Wendy at 10a, Dr. Phil moves to 3pm to replace Ellen, and Jennifer Hudson is at 4pm 

WTGS: iCrime runs at 6:30am and 11:30pm. Apparently only half of Barrymore runs at 9:30am, with an infomercial at 9a. Looks like the other half is not going to air here. Judge Mathis replaces The Real at 3pm, while also keeping its longstanding timeslot of 12pm.

An article from a tabloid site owned by the same geniuses that ran the National Enquirer? Can you find one from a slightly more reputable source?

As many quotes in the article make clear, they aren’t dancing on TikTok to bring in ratings, they’re doing it so they can have a life and so people can see they have a personality outside of being a stone-faced reporter. Any ratings increases are side effects more than anything.
 

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It’s so important to show everyone that you can be more than just what your career is

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I want people to see the real me, that I’m a mom, not just this face on TV that’s glammed up 24/7. ... They want to see the real you, because then they’ll trust you even more because they know what kind of person you are

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I think it’s just very important for these people to be seen as being human and having a lot of fun

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At a point, you kind of stop caring and realize you’re making those videos because you like it. This is part of my personality, and if I show it off, who cares?

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You’ve built yourself up in a professional manner. You deserve to have fun too

One’s personal hobbies shouldn’t center around increasing your company’s revenue, they should be something that you’re passionate about and makes you happy. If that’s dancing on the internet, great. Sure, there are some types of posts that are unethical, like taking selfies at an active crime scene or shilling a product. But just because something doesn’t explicitly advance your company’s bottom line, doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t do it.

Do traditional community outreach events, like toy drives or hosting picnics or volunteering, really bring in huge ratings? If ratings are the only barometer we’re supposed to look at, then all of those would be failures and they should stop them, right? But they don’t because those events have a different purpose, just like there’s a different purpose for them dancing on TikTok.

To answer the streaming question, all NBC and CBS broadcasts will be simulcast on their respective streamers:

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Every CBS Big Ten football and basketball broadcast will also be streamed on Paramount+ … Each Big Ten game on NBC broadcast will also be simul-streamed on Peacock, NBCUniversal's direct-to-consumer streaming service

No word on any Fox streaming simulcast, which I guess makes sense because they don’t really have a paid service. Wonder if that’ll change soon

Nexstar's New Set Express™ has arrived in Savannah. Expect the duratran to be replaced with the window look, as usual.  https://www.instagram.com/p/ChSNW8auyY9/?igshid=YTgzYjQ4ZTY%3D

15 minutes ago, T.L. Hughes said:

KOLN/KGIN, KSNB and KNOP have all debuted new graphics. In the cases of KSNB and KNOP, both have switched to different flat variants of the “honeycomb” package.

Took them long enough to make a flat package. Maybe there is hope for Gray’s graphics hub

4 hours ago, nycnewsjunkie said:

That’s true…until you realize that you’ll have to pay for both Paramount+ and Peacock, in addition to the existing streaming services you pay for to watch non-sports programming (Amazon, Disney+, Netflix, etc.) In many cases, it will add up to $60 a month anyway.

 

Price is becoming less of a factor when it comes to streaming services; saying that these streaming services are “affordable” is somewhat true compared to most cable services, but that’s a bit of a stretch for a lot of people. The real advantage with streaming services is that you aren’t tied down to a contract like cable/satellite, so you can cancel when the season’s over without extra fees.

Peacock Premium and Paramount+ combined are $10 a month ($8.75 with Paramount’s student discount). In fact, all five services you mentioned in your post come out to around $45, still far less than the average cable subscription of over $100. People tend to be mindful of their money and choose to not overspend on entertainment. So for many, including myself, that amount is even lower.

The point is moving a game online isn’t a “banishment,” it’s putting it where an increasing number of viewers are. Not to mention the broadcasters future proofing themselves as cable continues to decrease, and keeping the entire subscription fee instead of sharing with the cable companies. Plus getting free marketing for the rest of the shows on the services. Come for the football, stay for The Office or the iCarly revival or something.

On 8/4/2022 at 11:34 PM, TheRob said:

but university students were surprisingly loyal soap viewers, at least when I was in school. People would gather in the common areas of dorms to watch every day. That was also a time before cell phones, of course.

In the age of cell phones and instant gratification, I didn’t know anybody who watched soap operas on TV at my university. In fact, many off-campus apartments are dropping cable TV service in favor of faster internet. And unfortunately, DOOL can’t compete with TikTok and Netflix etc.

8 hours ago, nomadcowatbk said:

which games get banished to Peacock and Paramount+?

“Banished” is an interesting word, implying that putting a game on streaming is negative. On college game days last year, people at my university would clamor to find someone whose parents pay for cable, just so they can use their credentials to stream it. By putting it on a more affordable service, it’ll be accessible to a wider audience who can’t afford a $60 monthly bill. And in turn, gives the broadcasters some extra revenue 

1 hour ago, Kenneth Kissel said:

The message NBC is sending with this move is that MSNBC is now a Political Network (Like FOX News Channel) and not a news network anymore

Fair point, but I think MSNBC has spent the past decade and a half communicating that they’re a political network. I mean, they literally called themselves “the place for politics,” so I don’t know if an extra network newscast is the thing that signals that. Plus, I was mostly confused about what an earlier comment said, about signaling to Chris Jansing that they don’t care about her show

6 hours ago, NowBergen said:

Or for those of us that have DOOL at noon like in NYC, it sends a message to Andrea Mitchell.

I seriously don’t understand what message this is supposedly sending to the people at their cable channel. Can’t the network and MSNBC coexist? Also, wouldn’t this mean they were “sending a message” when they expanded Today years ago?

According to TVNewser’s write up, Daily will be simulcasting on News Now, and stations apparently have the option of replacing it with local newscasts. I wonder how many would actually do so 
 

And FWIW, the press release says a “large percentage” of viewers already watch DOOL online, so this probably wasn’t a short sighted decision

46 minutes ago, Kenneth Kissel said:

If they were that concerned about Chris Jansing, he would be part

*she

57 minutes ago, mrschimpf said:

MSNBC. You already have a news channel. You're basically telling Chris Jansing you don't care about her 1 p.m. show

I mean they also have two other national news channels, News Now and LX (which the O&Os run). Just because one of them gets an hour on the network doesn’t mean they don’t care about their other properties. MSNBC caters to a different audience than the network anyway, so I don’t see much of a conflict

According to the article, it'll be anchored by some of NBC News Now's anchors, Aaron Gilchrist, Vicky Nguyen, and Morgan Radford (plus Kate Snow), so they're probably trying to align it with that, instead of Today. I believe the 1pm hour of News Now is a repeat of the live 12pm hour anyway, so I wonder if they'll simulcast Daily.

2 hours ago, TheRolyPoly said:

Verizon FiOS will soon become the first pay TV provider to carry FOX Weather.

Actually YouTube TV is their first pay TV provider. Verizon would be their first cable provider.

1 hour ago, Spring Rubber said:

I wonder what that will mean for the future of their web/mobile stream. I wonder if it will always stay free or if they will get to the point where they charge for the stream.

Considering FOX Weather is streaming first, I don't think they'll lock it down anytime soon, or else they'll lose most of their user base. Also, look at Newsmax. Their stream is completely free despite being on many cable providers.

Sounds like they're trying to replicate Sinclair's News Central. Hmm... maybe News Central was two decades ahead of its time, now that a major network is copying them

8 hours ago, LexTVandRadio said:

Is this their first non-morris station that they are on? 

Gray's WBKO in Bowling Green, KY airs Lee and Hayley on their Fox 13.2 subchannel at 11am.

Not a fan of the graphics. The sound effect for the “forecast first” is annoying, the clutter underneath the lower thirds is unnecessary, and a lot of elements give me $34 VideoHive vibes. I’m mostly fine with the other Nexstar packages, but this one just isn’t great IMO. 

(Feel free to move if this isn’t the right thread) Live PD is coming back, this time as “On Patrol Live” on Hubbard’s Reelz. Dan Abrams will return to host, but it looks like he’ll still be with NN. I wonder why Nexstar wouldn’t bite and let the show go to another broadcaster. It could’ve been a shot in the arm for NN or (probably soon to be acquired) CW. 
 

https://deadline.com/2022/06/live-pd-return-on-patrol-live-reelz-dan-abrams-1235040651/amp/

https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/live-pd-return-reelz-dan-abrams-1235288210/amp/

Since when does CBS daytime have anything to do with “Nexstar buying The CW”? Seems like that discussion should take place anywhere else. 
 

As for rebranding, if they decide to change their target audience to “middle America,” as some articles speculate, then I could see a name change. But then again, name recognition is one of the hardest things to earn. Maybe they would consider “WGN America.” It has some recognition and the name was recently vacated by their new corporate owners… /s

20 minutes ago, Nelson R. said:

I also have noticed (slightly off topic) that NBC has quietly started a late night show called “Top Story With Tom Llamas”. When did that premeire? 

Top Story is a show on NBC News Now which airs at 7pm. It premiered September 20, 2021. According to Tom Llamas Wikipedia page (feel free to take with a grain of salt), the overnight repeat started March 28.

I don’t even understand the point of MyNet anymore. Two stale NBC shows a night that any station can get from the syndication market? If it were an all day schedule, like ion, then it would make more sense to me. 

As for the CW, I don’t know anybody who watches their shows on the actual channel. My friends in their target audience just watch them on Netflix (meaning their previous Netflix funnel strategy worked). They have to adjust their target audience to survive. It’ll be interesting to see how Nexstar would attempt doing that.