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They might, but coughing up that much additional $$ might give them pause.

This is textbook fascism in action. Use every lever of power to force the media into submission. Punish dissent. Stifle journalistic freedom.

This seems a hard concept for many.

Are we supposed to take anything the Post says seriously? Even for them, this particular piece of unsourced tripe is so over-the-top that it doesn't even make for good satire.

Had.

It’s textbook. We’ve seen this play out over and over in countries throughout history and around the globe. It never, ever ends well.

Yeah….no. The shows are expensive. That is reason to give group management pause and warrants careful evaluation as contracts renew. But the bottom is what matters and if the business benefits from having the shows on those stations, they will stay. Big boys and girls understand business is business. Sometimes you get into a tiff in one area, but no one with an ounce of common sense would base a business decision involving millions of dollars just on spite.

Which they are literally going to do.

Good for the cast and crew, a nice steady paycheck for a while. Well…those cast members who aren’t killed off or what have you in soap land.

I may be the only soul who liked the format of What You Need to Know, sort of a throwback to the old days of GMA/Today, with a somewhat less sensational and fluffy approach than is currently employed on the mothership. So be it; budgets and numbers are what they are and if the decision is to change, they have the data that gives them the reason to change it. More power to ‘em if they are pivoting to a new approach. Or an old approach as the case may be.

One has nothing to do with the other. No viewer cares a whit that they prerecord shows. They don’t get remotely hung up on the name of a show. What does matter is it’s a stable, reliable performer that brings in the cash via the syndication arm of the Disney octopus. The idea you’d deprioritize something that has worked well on your owned stations over a production schedule change is illogical. Not going to happen in the near future. Not going to happen then either. The situation is not comparable to NBC and the path forward isn’t replicating that in the near term.

Did they stop the full intro at 6 previously? Huh. Didn’t realize that. I knew the 11 was long a super short version, but could have sworn that they did everyone’s name with the full intro at 6. 6:30 is a short one on the streaming side.

Because they wanted to? Maybe they feel Philadelphia has a stronger name ID. It’s entirely reasonable to reevaluate longtime practices and make changes in some cases, and stay stays quo in others. The visual in the open includes Philadelphia, so there’s some consistency there, along with other stations going with the city as a reference point.

I don't think it was with the spring intro a week or so ago. It noticed it on the 5 am news today, but didn't watch yesterday in the evening or night. The VO sounded ever so slightly different with the "Action News..." beginning - just a rerecording with the Philadelphia vs Delaware Valley. Eh, whatever.

NCIS: Albuquerque and FBI: Office Cleaning Crew look to have potential. But seriously, let’s stop with the “let’s do what they did decades ago” reactions. This ain’t then, and that ain’t happening.