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  1. Just saw Shep’s interview on CNBC previewing the show. He said that there’s not going to be any opinion from him, just the news. Good to hear, we need less opinion in prime time, not more. Also I miss his wit, so I’m glad he’s back. I think this is different from Megyn. She disrupted Today's Take which was a show that worked. Shep isn’t disrupting much, just an hour of Shark Tank which already airs all night. I don’t think they’ll be going conservative for all of prime time. That field is already dominated by FNC, and their entertainment shows are doing relatively well.
    4 points
  2. 'The News with Shepard Smith" ... Remind you of something? "The News with Brian Williams" ... and that started on CNBC as well if my memory serves me right. Always loved that theme the show had. If they were smart, they would keep the theme for Shepard and update the look. Good pick CNBC. -- Matt
    2 points
  3. No matter your politics, imagine seeing one subject dominate a 24/7 News Network day in and day out. Are there not hundreds of countries in the world from which we can gather interesting stories to air on a Non-Stop News Network ( this goes for Fox and MSNBC as well). Its sad how far modern tv news has spiraled.
    2 points
  4. Most of the O&O's are doing it, along with some affiliates (since at least late 2018); it works better with a one-numeral channel number for some reason than it does two (or here, eye-straining tiny calls). WDJT in Milwaukee tried to do so for a few weeks, but eventually dropped it because the '58' had to be much smaller and wasn't point-size perfect with the Eyemark. For some reason, the Eyemark is all over the place with its positioning in that bottom right-hand corner depending on news/sports/live/primetime presentations, unlike NBC, Fox, and ABC where news and primetime DOGs are pretty steady and the network affiliate can get their bug lined up perfectly with the network DOG. CBS has about four-five different positions for the Eyemark in a broadcast day.
    2 points
  5. CNBC is such a different audience than the Today Show. He'll be fine. They probably learned from mistakes made with Megyn and Greta and realized that it would be safer to put him somewhere like CNBC than to thrust him onto MSNBC or the network.
    2 points
  6. Also, while Fox News performs well in the ratings with right-wing pundits, it's increasingly becoming less profitable to run conservative commentary shows because of the toxicity tied to their content. Once Fox News decided to go down the rabbit hole of using racism as a propaganda and fear tactic, they've been losing sponsors left and right for their prime time shows. The only reason why they haven't changed course is because of the audience they're able to pull. For some reason though, Fox is not valuing revenue and trying to balance it with the audience: instead of being seen as necessary equals, audience trumps revenue for them. When any other network realizes its programming is unprofitable, they would dump the content that's not working in favor of something else. OANN likely is being passed by major advertisers for the same reason as well as for the bad reputation it gets for commentary that is absent logic and reason, to put it nicely. For CNBC to go down that route would end up resulting in the network not being able to, as one of its slogans says, "Profit from It" down the line.
    2 points
  7. One has to wonder if NBC is thinking ahead once again, could Shepard Smith be the next heir to the throne after Lester Holt? If things get normal again after this year (when pigs fly), maybe journalism could be making a comeback. It worked for CBS when Katie Couric left and they went to the "original reporting" era with Scott Pelley. But the "ol' Boys Club" being unraveled (finally) put that back into turmoil again.
    1 point
  8. Here’s his interview from this morning previewing the new show. (The interview took place right as today’s Supreme Court decisions came down, which is what the cut in the middle is and why he’s talking about it so much. In a way he’s already filling his role as breaking news anchor.)
    1 point
  9. Joy Reid is taking over the 7pm timeslot.
    1 point
  10. If Greta was placed on CNBC and not MSNBC I bet she would still be there today. I get the feeling CNBC will morph more in primetime to opinion but keep the popular shows as the profit, Americans greed shark tank etc to 10pm and weekends.
    1 point
  11. I would hope not (him appearing on NBC, MSNBC, etc..). It’s best for him to be the ‘face of news coverage’ [ like Lester (NBC), Brian (MSNBC), Jose (Telemundo) Shep (CNBC) ] initially. Maybe down the line have a broader role to play, but there’s plenty for him to do at CNBC. This could easily turn into another disastrous hire for NBC News if not handled right.
    1 point
  12. could not believe when I was watching scene in yesterday and the news anchor called Trump a dictator what a joke that's why I hate seeing and anymore all I do is talk crap about Trump I am not a trump supporter I just can't stand seeing and being so one-sided they are the joke
    1 point
  13. 1. That post you responded to was from 4 months ago. 2. Jovana has only one N. The correct spelling was right there in the quoted tweet. 3. Brandi Hitt replaced him alongside Leslie, unless something's changed, which should be cited in your post, if so.
    1 point
  14. It seems from those shots that CNN is as bad as Fox News!
    1 point
  15. CNN is still on television, color me shocked! First time tuning to their channel in the past little while, and it's so refreshing to see such objective, non-biased reporting in their chyrons. (rolls eyes) Doesn't matter what your politics are, if you care anything about this business, you should realize how bad this looks towards the profession. Report without bias first, ask questions later, and share opinions late at night.
    1 point
  16. Why toss 24 years of brand equity when Microsoft isn't asking NBCU to change it?
    1 point
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