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Linda Cohn is retiring:

Big news out of Canada. With the new national Canadian tv deal set to take effect next season CBC has announced that Rogers will no longer sublicense Hockey Night in Canada to them, and so for the first time in its history CBC will not air the NHL: https://www.cbc.ca/sports/cbc-nhl-hockey-night-in-canada-ends-9.7236977 In its place will be various other sports (with a Canadian focus), as unlike the previous deal they get to keep whatever ad money comes their way: https://mediacentre.cbc.ca/announcement/5709/cbc-radio-canada-ramps-up-commitment-to-sports-coverage-and-canada-s-athletes-including-new-weekend-programming/

Bill went on GMA to talk about his diagnosis:

The announcement was cut off on the stream. Here it is in it's entirety:

The Fubo-NBC dispute is over. It should be noted that the new deal includes the current NBCSN and doesn't include the Versant networks: https://ir.fubo.tv/news/news-details/2026/Fubo-Announces-Distribution-Agreement-With-NBCUniversal/default.aspx

Sounds like it. Liberte made her debut today:

Didn't see this yet as according to the comments Liberte Chan, formerly of KTLA, will be making weather appearances soon: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DY3Bnc8PfTQ/?igsh=cnB1dm5ldDlqNDcx

Speaking of former Action News sports talent, Jamie Apody will do sports for at least tonight: https://www.instagram.com/p/DZVEVQ1pkRo/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=4add935e-37e3-4011-a74b-0712262f4bf3

Scott Pelley talks to the New York Times about what happened. It ain't pretty (gift link): https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/07/magazine/scott-pelley-interview.html?unlocked_article_code=1.oVA.7cWl.-R4RPWwUkbeP&smid=url-share

I was about to post about that. It's as heated as you'd expect:

Early Today anchor Frances Rivera announced she's leaving NBC (and tv news) on June 18th: https://www.instagram.com/francesrivera/reel/DY1f9ZjSaf7/?hl=en

Colbert spent his first day post-CBS doing a public access show in Monrroe, Michigan: If you recall, he did the same public access show prior to the start of his Late Show tenure:

As previously stated, WRC and KNSD don't have to worry about replacing Access because of existing newscasts and the Jeopardy/Wheel hour respectively.

Saw on reddit that WBBM made the switch to ABC today.

They did not.

Speaking of Detroit, WMYD is the new home of the Pistons starting in the fall: https://www.wxyz.com/news/tv20-detroit-will-be-new-tv-home-for-the-detroit-pistons-starting-this-fall

The CW has extended their deal to air ACC football and basketball through 2030-31: https://espnpressroom.com/us/press-releases/2026/05/237997/

Here's your answer: https://www.instagram.com/p/DYChmSGKq6e/ She had emergency surgery and had to spend weeks recovering. She'll be back next week.

Among the many tributes to Ted Turner yesterday include inside the NBA: And AEW, with a surprise guest::

John Sterling, best known for his 30+ years as the radio voice of the Yankees, has died at 87:

The Ohio AG says an agreement with Nexstar was made so WKYC and WBNS would maintain independent newsrooms: https://www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov/Media/News-Releases/April-2026/Yost-Reaches-Agreement-with-Nexstar-to-Preserve-Lo#:~:text=(COLUMBUS%2C Ohio) — Ohio,our democracy%2C” Yost said.

Starting this summer the ESPN Unlimited app will be the streaming home of CW Sports: https://espnpressroom.com/us/press-releases/2026/04/the-cw-network-and-espn-team-up-to-stream-more-than-800-hours-of-live-events-from-cw-sports-on-the-espn-app/

Here's something interesting. All of CW Sports will be available live on the ESPN Unlimited app: https://espnpressroom.com/us/press-releases/2026/04/the-cw-network-and-espn-team-up-to-stream-more-than-800-hours-of-live-events-from-cw-sports-on-the-espn-app/

Gonna put this under here. The CW is the new home for special events from WWE's NXT: https://www.wwe.com/article/the-cw-network-acquires-exclusive-broadcast-rights-to-wwe-nxt-premium-live-events Peacock was the home to them until their contract to carry the WWE Network expired last month. The CW already airs NXT's weekly show on Tuesday nights.

Here's his farewell: https://www.wbaltv.com/article/gerry-sandusky-retires-wbal-tv-baltimore/71039149