Newsjunkie24
-
Posts
565 -
Joined
-
Last visited
-
Days Won
4
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Articles
Posts posted by Newsjunkie24
-
-
4 hours ago, Action Newsroom said:
Pete has to be one of the oldest employees still working for NBC News, so I'm not surprised about his retirement. I wonder who might replace him? Best of luck to him.
-
1
-
1
-
-
At least Whose Line is still on the schedule. I watch it on the CW app on my smart TV.
One of the things that I like about the app is that its free with mostly no TV Everywhere credentials required. With the way Nexstar's done things lately, I wonder if they will start putting shows behind a TV Everywhere wall?
-
29 minutes ago, nycnewsjunkie said:
It’s going to be an uphill battle on two fronts.
First, ratings. Many of us (myself included) wish CNN could transform into its 1990s self and just do the darn news instead of running whatever hyper-partisan narcissism they ran under Zucker. I’d also like to see long-form reporting/documentaries on “investigations or far flung human dramas.” However, straight news and in-depth reporting don’t make for high viewership on a rolling news channel, and documentaries are more expensive to produce than shows where pundits rant into a camera. There’s a harsh reason why every cable news channel (including the zombie that is NewsNation) ends up as some variation of Fox News instead of France 24: many Americans (regardless of party/belief) would rather be coddled to instead of seeing politicians questioned rigorously.
Second, reputation. Over the past decade or so, CNN has become known for catering to Northeastern middle/upper-class liberals. That image has become especially problematic under Zucker, and it won’t be easy to erase. CNN would have to completely overhaul opinion programming and clearly separate it from the news division before it even begins to shed Zucker’s influence.
Here’s hoping Licht & Co. pull it all off, but there is a long road ahead.
It makes me wonder what will happen to certain personalities who are opinionated like Jim Acosta or Don Lemon or Brian Stelter?
-
3 minutes ago, The Frog said:
XFL has announced a new TV deal with Disney.
Games will air across ABC, ESPN, and FX.
XFL ANNOUNCES EXCLUSIVE MULTI-YEAR BROADCAST AGREEMENT WITH THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY AND ESPN
Probably the first time FX has aired any sports in a number of years.
-
2
-
-
I'd actually like to see Wolf Blitzer's short lived CNN+ show in the 9pm. I never subscribed to CNN+ but heard really good things about it as it was more like a traditional newscast. Chris Licht seems to have wanted this over another opinion show.
-
Kind of nice to see it return. I'm not sure about BNC Go as I haven't checked it out yet.
-
6 minutes ago, KS-IL-IA said:
Seeing the WBNX schedule is like Christmas morning! Neither I nor Google have heard of "iCrime with Elizabeth Vargas" -- anyone know anything?
I know Elizabeth hosted the revival of AMW for a very short time last year, but that appears to have ended. Perhaps this new show is about computer crime?
-
I know many people dislike Chuck Todd. With the show being moved to 1:00 from 4:00, and now moving from cable to streaming, I have to wonder if this is another step that may Todd may eventually leave MTP and NBC News all together.
-
5
-
1
-
-
The article's behind a paywall. Can anyone summarize?
-
I feel like CNN needs new graphics as they've had the same ones since 2014. Kind of a long time for any TV show or channel. Maybe they could go back to a more darker theme like they did in the 2000's.
-
2
-
-
2 hours ago, Spring Rubber said:
Well that didn't take long. Mark Elliot made his debut as a freelancer at TWC a few moments ago. Glad to see he'll still be freelancing there in his spare time.
Does he still have the AT&T job?
-
I wonder if they're bringing back the smooth jazz permanently? So many great memories of old-school TWC. So much better than the generic music they've used for close to 10 years.
-
1
-
-
1 hour ago, Georgie56 said:
Jason Benetti will be the lead voice of Peacock's Sunday package. They'll borrow one analyst from each team weekly.
Not too surprised, considering he was the lead baseball announcer at the Summer Olympics last year.
-
14 hours ago, froyo49 said:
I commend them for trying to expand into the streaming world, but trying to charge people for what are essentially video podcasts was the wrong approach. They should've made the shows free with ads and maybe a paid ad-free option. Cord-cutters don't like extra paid subscriptions, so you have to meet them where they're at. For example, for people who like in-depth interviews, there are many podcasters and YouTubers who are good at them, and many of them are free to watch. Or for those who just want a fast-paced headlines show, CNN already produces five episodes a day of their "5 things" audio podcast for free, so why would someone pay for a video version? By putting everything behind a paywall, they hampered their own chances at success. Or, they just could've emulated the successful streaming news channels that CBS, ABC, and NBC have (which are all essentially based on CNN2/HLN's original format).
I think it's very embarrassing that after spending hundreds of millions and framing it as an integral part of CNN's future, it only lasted a month. However, I also feel bad for the employees who worked hard to launch it. To cut their losses, I hope a number of the shows will move to the cable channel or HBO Max/Discovery+. I doubt they'll show up on HLN though. I think they would rather rename it "Investigation Discovery 2" before trying to build out their news offerings again.
Very spot-on. They could've done so much better in how to run the service.
-
1
-
1
-
-
6 minutes ago, mightynine said:
TWC en Español could be a Local Now thing, or maybe the new deal on YTTV will include the service and they just haven’t announced yet.
On another front, I wonder if the quick shutoff of CNN+ impacts the plan for TWC+ - wasn’t it supposed to have launched by now?
It was supposed to launch sometime in 2021, but I haven't heard anything new in months. Maybe Byron thinks it might not work after all?
-
It looks like Chris Wallace's interview show may move to the linear CNN feed. It's not known if it will still be daily or a weekly show. It'd be great having an interview show on CNN again since Larry King was popular for years on the network. This is according to Bloomberg.
They also report that the move CNN+ programming to the linear channel or the network's website.
They would've been off moving this to a FAST channel like most other news channels have been doing for streaming.
-
5
-
-
In all honesty, CNN+ should've launched as a hub on HBO Max, instead of launching a service that was only going to serve a small niche.
Chris Wallace will likely become a regular on the linear CNN, maybe host the 9 P.M. hard newcast that might launch. Kasie Hunt might host an hour of CNN Newsroom, and Rex Chapman will probably go back to posting viral videos on Twitter and launch his ill-fated show on a different platform. I bet Anthony Bourdain and all the library programming move back over to HBO Max.
-
4
-
-
42 minutes ago, mrschimpf said:
I wouldn't mind a suite of channels like Peacock and Pluto already have, so you'd have a channel of "Parts Unknown" next to ones with "Larry King Live", "Style with Elsa Klench" and "Pinnacle" episodes, or "On This Day" rolling news from a moment in history. And of course, "Forensic Files" and old CourtTV content, since Ion Mystery now draws less from that archive. There was so much potential with this service that was wasted from day one for more shows about current politics, media criticism and 'other news' content which should just be on regular CNN.
So more similar to how services like Pluto and Peacock have? Maybe if Warner Brothers Discovery launches a FAST service, they could put channels like the ones you suggested. Both Warner and Discovery lacked a FAST service pre-merger. With the merger and new staff, maybe it's time for them to try one. FAST services have really grown over the past three years or so.
-
1 hour ago, CLETVFan said:
Surprised that WJW picked up the show. I thought WUAB would carry it. Then again, with Dr. Oz/Good Dish, The Real and DailyMailTV all gone, they to find something that isn't another hour of news to fill it with.
Does WUAB carry Maury?
-
2 minutes ago, Georgie56 said:
TBS is airing reruns of old ABC WB sitcoms Family Matters and George Lopez every morning.
TNT is airing older episodes of Supernatural and the aforementioned Charmed in the mornings, as well.
Thanks. I knew TBS stopped airing Seinfeld reruns some time ago. It seemed like it was on there forever.
-
12 minutes ago, mrschimpf said:
I can't compare this to Quibi; this was more like the old guard throwing a temper tantrum they were getting new management and trying to throw them a headache right at the start which was dealt with when Zucker was terminated but his minions remained. You definitely get the feeling that Chris Licht took one look at this and said 'that's done' when he gets into the office.
It's more comparable to Seeso, NBC's comedy app which always seemed to be a niche plaything and was never going to do much for NBCU's streaming ambitions, along with NBC Sports Gold and its 10 esoteric sports plans where you had to pay for access to soccer, cycling, rugby and/or NBC Sports Philly debate shows, each separately.
It's also still the first month, so however customer service has to deal with it will likely be with pricing credits, which I feel like what will happen with HBO Max involving Discovery+'s yearly subscribers (or a refund for those who authenticate HBO Max with their pay-TV provider). There just isn't much of a base to involve much complication.
As for Discovery+, HBO Max has just had major updates which use the native players for Apple/Google/Fire TV and Roku so at least there it'll just be a matter of adding the titles and appropriate D+ verticals, along with updating the Turner cable apps under Discovery's "GO" cable app brand. Compared to two years ago HBOMax is a joy to use now.
And another minor thing, Discovery is likely to FINALLY kill Turner's Stretch-o-Vision for what little SD content remains on TNT and TBS.
I wonder how HBO Max and Discovery+ subscribers will react when the services are merged. We subscribe to Discovery+ as we like so many of Discovery's, HGTV, Food Network etc.'s programming as well as the cheaper price. HBO Max subscribers don't want to pay for more reality/lifestyle programming, and I'm sure Discovery+'s subscribers feel the same way. Some fans are saying "Don't raise HBO Max's price".
How much SD content is left on TBS and TNT? Older movies and Charmed reruns?
-
1
-
-
Probably the shortest lived streaming service in happens if it does get merged. Probably the next Quibi.
I'm not that surprised that it hasn't been successful when it launched.
-
2 hours ago, Action Newsroom said:
And now Jeopardy! too has a new executive producer replacing Mike Richards -- Michael Davies, former EP of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.
Glad that he's now permanent as the executive producer. He's done a lot of good things with the show in the short time he's been there.
-
4
-
-
23 minutes ago, Nelson R. said:
I remember when WJZY aired TMZ Sports
FS1 airs it in the graveyard slot.
-
1
-
CBS Evening News
in Network News
Posted
Sounds about right to me.