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Plus, if NBCNN were to be a subchannel, NBC News Daily would be simulcast on both the main NBC channel and NBCNN. Also, why not turn LX into a one-hour newscast on NBCNN for more younger viewers?

14 hours ago, Georgie56 said:

NBCLX is shutting down.

Not totally surprised. NBC News Now is the more successful network, and always wondered what the point of LX was other than being a younger leaning NBC News brand. Plus, NBCLX I don't believe was ever really promoted at all compared to the other NBC News brands.

1 hour ago, NBC 5 Chicago said:

 

Vivian has sadly never freelanced after her departure from TWC. I was quite sad when she left. She was a huge staple of when I watched in the 90s and 2000s. 

Same with me. She was great on TWC.

18 minutes ago, NBC 5 Chicago said:

 

Jennifer Lopez has been back on and off for awhile. She freelances at TWC just like Julie Martin, Jeff Morrow and a few others when the full time OCM's are either in the field or on vacation and they need extra help. 

I didn't know Jennifer and Jeff were still on there. I wonder if Vivian Brown freelances or not.

14 hours ago, hmaxhanson said:

I would assume that some of the people starving for Late Night comedy will turn to that. Back when the 1988 writers strike put the Tonight Show and Late Night into reruns, Fox's Late Show stayed on air, with freelance comics Jeff Joseph and Jordan Mulrooney writing:

Quick question, did the Joan Rivers and Arsenio Hall eras of the Late Show have WGA writers?

I see they mention Daniel Rosen in the article. He was one of the people who tried to replace Rod Roddy on TPIR, and wasn't well-received. Didn't know he also announced that version of Candid Camera as well. 

I was totally shocked by the news that Jerry has passed. No matter what you thought of his show, he was a legend for sure in Daytime TV.

He hosted TPIR Live in Toledo a few years back.  He was OK but you could tell he was there for the paycheck.

Can't believe all the TV legends that have passed since the start of this decade, Regis, Alex Trebek, Larry King, and now Jerry. Protect Maury, Bob Barker, Pat Sajak, Judge Judy, Dan Rather, and Tom Brokaw at all costs.

I agree that they should've kept Robin. Morning Express tended to do better in the ratings than any of CNN"s morning shows for at least a decade. Robin and her staff all had great chemistry together and Morning Express has always had a loyal following.

2 hours ago, mountainave said:

King Charles with Gayle King and Charles Barkley coming to CNN Wednesday nights this fall. 
 

 

Interesting duo, although of course this isn't the first time Gayle's been paired up with an ex-athlete with Nate Burleson as one of her CBS Mornings co-hosts, so it might work here as well.  

9 hours ago, AaronQ said:

Since the Stanley Cup Playoffs got started, there's some minor changes with the NHL on TNT/TBS' graphics

 

I couldn't tell the changes myself.

It looks like NewsMax is in another dispute, this time with Frontier. It apparently started earlier in the week.

13 hours ago, MediaZone4K said:

The scripted part is what kills Allen's court shows. Is there not a production company out there willing to do a real cases?

I suggested earlier on here that maybe Fox handle production of the People's Court as Harvey Levin has been involved since the current version debuted in 1997. Even though it's not OTA syndication, Amazon has been making progress with real live cases with Judy Justice and the upcoming Tribunal, with former Hot Bench Judges Tanya Acker and Patricia DiMango and Judge Judy's son, and the return of Bailiff Byrd. Other than that, no one seems to want to start a show with real people and cases with no script. And I think Byron started the trend of scripted court shows when America's Court with Judge Ross debuted back in 2011. I hope Mathis's and Millian's personalities are at least the same on the new shows. 

4 hours ago, Georgie56 said:

Marilyn Milian will also remain on TV thanks to Byron Allen. (Of note: Allen is offering both Mathis and Milian for local stations to use in their newscasts for legal analysis.)

 

 

Nice to see they're both getting new shows. I think it will be weirder to me not seeing Marilyn on the People's Court. I'll miss so much of the elements People's Court had, such as the music, the iconic logo, the typewriter and gavel sound effects, and Curt Chaplin's deadpan introductions. Now I'm waiting to see if Byron brings back judges Joe Brown, Alex Ferrer or Lynn Toler back to Daytime TV. I just feel Byron's new shows won't be the same compared to WB's longrunners.

Don's always struck me as a bit arrogant of times. I agree with his political opinions, but there was always something that rubbed me the wrong way. The fact they kept him and got rid of the likable and no baggage Robin Meade upset me in a way. Her ratings were always better than anything CNN's done with mornings over the past decade. If I was in Licht's shoes, I'd bring back Robin and the Morning Express crew, perhaps in a different place than Atlanta. CNN This Morning isn't bad, but the ratings won't increase until Don is fired or resigns at this point.

38 minutes ago, Georgie56 said:

90% clearance for Mathis Court.

My guess is WUPW picks it up. They've aired Mathis possibly since the original Judge Mathis aired in 1999. Wonder what this means as WB plans to carry the reruns of the original as well.

2 hours ago, Georgie56 said:

Brendan Burke is the new play-by-play voice of Peacock’s MLB Sunday Leadoff.

 

 

Love Brendan doing Isles or TNT NHL broadcasts. We'll see how well he does on MLB broadcasts, as he's also the heir apparent for John Sterling.

I thought Bennetti was a freelancer, kind of like how Kenny Albert is on multiple networks.

17 hours ago, Georgie56 said:

Rachael Ray is done.

 

 

Not that surprised. The show was just "There" for at least a few years now. It seems almost like a mutual decision on her part. The syndies keep dropping like flies.

15 hours ago, mrschimpf said:

I think what the PR doesn't say is (or the trades) is whether the show will remain in Chicago at NBC Tower or not, or moving shooting somewhere else like WCIU (Weigel's non-subfarm stations have carried him through his entire run and they probably pushed for Byron to get him in exchange for bulk renewals). If it is that, and they continue to pursue regular cases (the Judge Mathis case submission page is still live), then maybe Byron is giving the show a budget? Or at least letting Chicago TV actors do something besides slumming it in the One Chicagoverse?

I wonder if Judge Mathis the original is still taping and that is why the case submission page is still up?

21 minutes ago, kshow said:

 

Very Fake - Actors from LA. Unlike the traditional court shows, producers don't look through small claim cases in different cities. 

Sounds like a waste of Mathis's talents. He sounds great with the real cases.

I like Judge Mathis but not the biggest fan of Byron's shows. Are all they fake cases?

I'm surprised Byron hasn't tried getting Judge Joe Brown a court show yet.

2 hours ago, mrschimpf said:

It's possible as Ralph Edwards/Stu Billett Productions is still independent of any studio, so it could be done and easily be rescued by Fox First Run (and they'd be happy to move it to Georgia for tax purposes like DC is).

 

But all I keep thinking with all these syndication departures is the inevitably of K-LOVE moving into television the same way they did with commercial radio, or TCT/3ABN getting even more stations.

I'm sure moving The People's Court would be great for Marilyn as it's slightly closer to Miami.

As stated before, both Mathis and People's Court had other studios coproducing with Telepictures/WBTV. It's no different than one network or streaming service cancelling a show and another one picking it up.

While syndication has had so many shakeups over the past few years, I don't think it's done yet as talk shows have been renewed, the most popular game shows will be on for a few more years, and sitcoms and dramas are still airing in reruns. I expected those to go first as they're available for on-demand viewing on streaming.

If you read Media Matters, they often say that "News Side" personalities inject right wing opinion into their programs, like Bill Hemmer and John Roberts.

Does Fox Business air any actual business shows anymore?

I bet Mathis and Millian will both return as TV judges somewhere OTT., and possibly also appear as legal analysts on TV somewhere. They're too popular and too young to retire from broadcasting for too long.

Another thought I had is since Harvey Levin is part of the People's Court, could Harvey find a way to have FOX take over rights for the show from WB just like he did for everything related to TMZ?

4 minutes ago, tyrannical bastard said:

Judge Mathis will live on in canned lawyer commercials.  He used to do ones for Morris Bart.

 

Even Judge Joe Brown is part of an agency's rotation of celebrity endorsement of local law firms alongside William Shatner, Eric Pierpoint, and the late Robert Vaughn.

The same agency often uses "you mean business" and has a dramatization of a legal situation that ends in

"Who are the lawyers on this case"  

(insert law firm here)

(surprised reaction)

"Let's settle this one"

I think Judge Alex does some of those ads too.

20 hours ago, Glimmer said:

In something of a shocker, both The People’s Court and Judge Mathis are ending this season

This surprises me. Both shows are cheap to produce and have loyal audiences. I like Mathis's calmness and humor, and Judge Milian has always been great. Maybe Freevee can pick them up for new court shows. What's interesting is Judge Mathis and the People's Court have other production companies involved, which makes me wonder if they could find another partner to continue the shows.

I feel like my childhood is slowly dying TV wise with all the cancellations of syndicated shows these past few years.