johnothy 43 Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 Heart Television's WCVB in Boston is adding newscasts at 4:30pm and 7:00pm in January. Ellen moves to 3pm with Inside Edition at 4pm. Meredith Vieira's talk show moves to 1:05am. No word on whether sister station WMUR (which has pretty much an identical program schedule) will add newscasts as well. Here's the link to the article: http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/89448/wcvb-adding-two-weeknight-newscasts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 1847 Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 Already mentioned in "Out and About" and also mentioned on my blog: [MEDIA=twitter]657675456737648640[/MEDIA] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkolsen 1678 Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 No word on whether sister station WMUR (which has pretty much an identical program schedule) will add newscasts as well. How high is the cable penetration rate in Boston? This could be a way of tacking on a newscasts while at the same time allowing the show to be seen to most viewers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bostonmediaguy 123 Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 How high is the cable penetration rate in Boston? This could be a way of tacking on a newscasts while at the same time allowing the show to be seen to most viewers. Which show? Cable penetration is quite high in the northeast. WMUR, however, is not heavily carried in Massachusetts other than on FiOS and satellite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkolsen 1678 Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 I was referring to Meredith being delegated to WCVB in the middle of the night, cable viewers could watch it normally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WXmanTim 88 Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 The ratings for Viera's show is not that spectacular, which is probably the reason for the downgrade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 1847 Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 The ratings for Viera's show is not that spectacular, which is probably the reason for the downgrade. In fact, NBCU executives are looking for a new show to replace hers and I can tell you this, I predict her final season is this year, just like how I think this will be the final season for The FAB Life, since that's shows ratings are a complete disaster. I only saw The FAB Life once... the series premiere. I haven't watched it since and I don't plan on doing so. Let them replace those shows with more local newscasts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvcg66b3r 97 Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 ...I think this will be the final season for The FAB Life, since that's shows ratings are a complete disaster. Have any stations downgraded The FABLife to overnights, or dropped the show altogether? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 1847 Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 Have any stations downgraded The FABLife to overnights, or dropped the show altogether? No, not yet, surprisingly. So far, its only been Meredith downgrading to overnights. According to this article... "The new ratings are beyond catastrophic' date='" said one inside after [i']FABLife[/i] debuted in September as the No. 1 new syndicated talk show with a 1.0 rating, but sank in subsequent weeks to a 0.7. It's now being beaten by a much less glamorous daytime competitor, Crime Watch Daily. "The show’s a ratings disaster," said another source, "specifically with [adults 25 to 54]. By comparison, Bethenny’s delivery of the [25 to 54 demographic] was 29 percent higher than FABLife at the time of its cancellation" last year. “ABC’s already looking for a replacement [for FABLife],” said a third source, who added that new producers are being hired to inject fabulousness. “It’s not going to survive with a 0.7 [rating].” The only positives, also according to the article, is that its doing well with women and has the youngest demo among syndicated shows and performing well in NYC (WABC 7) and Chicago (WLS 7). But ouch! Just like Meredith, The FAB Life won't stick around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WXmanTim 88 Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 I think TV has reached peak "panel discussion" format saturation. "The View," "The Talk," "The Chew," "The Real," "The FabLife" (which is really just a Tyra Banks-driven rehash of "The Revolution" from a couple seasons ago). There's only so many "hot topics" that can be discussed to death on a given day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToriElectra 291 Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 They really should look into carrying game shows again- they should look into some Reg Grundy shows, like Sale of the Century (the real thing, not the bastard stepchild Temptation from MyNetTV a few years back), Scrabble, even Hot Streak- hopefully they can get Bruce Forsyth back for that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 1847 Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 I think TV has reached peak "panel discussion" format saturation. "The View," "The Talk," "The Chew," "The Real," "The FabLife" (which is really just a Tyra Banks-driven rehash of "The Revolution" from a couple seasons ago). There's only so many "hot topics" that can be discussed to death on a given day. You can add Meredith to that lineup. Half of that show composes of a "panel discussion" format through its What's Hot NOW! segment. Meredith, Lilliana Vasquez, Lance Bass, Megan Colarossi and Yamaneika Saunders are the contributors and the segment is literary a half-hour long at the beginning of the show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkolsen 1678 Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 I wonder if WBAL plans on adding more as well. They have an opening for an anchor/reporter - however I haven't heard any responses of anyone leaving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius22 120 Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 Doesnt WHDH have this already for ratings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrschimpf 2061 Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 In fact, NBCU executives are looking for a new show to replace hers and I can tell you this, I predict her final season is this year, just like how I think this will be the final season for The FAB Life, since that's shows ratings are a complete disaster. I only saw The FAB Life once... the series premiere. I haven't watched it since and I don't plan on doing so. This isn't back in the past where Dr. Laura or Keith Ablow were pretty much ratings kryptonite and could be shoved quickly to late night. There are involved contracts and station groups now where a show must air in a certain timeslot for a period of time before it can be pulled (Dr Oz. is pretty much headed to CW/My stations after this contract run ends but still pulls late-night replays in several markets thanks to contract language); usually it's January but even last year, Queen Latifah remained on in the same slot in several markets until September, even though no new episodes were produced after February, because the choice there was either infomercials or a Byron Allen barter show to fill the slot. FABLife at least is guaranteed for a last-ditch retooling, but Meredith pretty much has known it's running out the string since last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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