Re: [TV orNotTV] The CW welcomes its new majority overlord

2022-08-16 Thread M-D November
My brain hurts just reading all that. On Tuesday, August 16, 2022 at 11:04:45 AM UTC-4 Mark Jeffries wrote: > The question is if Nexstar wants to do more station buying to get CW > affils. I would be curious if in Chicago they would want to buy WCIU if > they can't void the affiliation

Re: [TV orNotTV] The CW welcomes its new majority overlord

2022-08-16 Thread Mark Jeffries
The question is if Nexstar wants to do more station buying to get CW affils. I would be curious if in Chicago they would want to buy WCIU if they can't void the affiliation agreement to get the network back on WGN, which might entail buying all of Weigel Broadcasting, meaning that after the

RE: [TV orNotTV] The CW welcomes its new majority overlord

2022-08-16 Thread Brad Beam
From: tvornottv@googlegroups.com [mailto:tvornottv@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of PGage >I was wondering that too, though with that non-prime lineup the YA schedule is >probably just lowering the overall mean age to 58 from 72. > >In any case, I imagine in 2-3 years the schedule will all be

Re: [TV orNotTV] The CW welcomes its new majority overlord

2022-08-15 Thread PGage
I was wondering that too, though with that non-prime lineup the YA schedule is probably just lowering the overall mean age to 58 from 72. In any case, I imagine in 2-3 years the schedule will all be cheap non scripted and syndicated reruns, built around the newscast and maybe a few news related

Re: [TV orNotTV] The CW welcomes its new majority overlord

2022-08-15 Thread Mark Jeffries
I would like to know if the average age they quoted is for the network programming they run from 8 to 10 every night or the affiliates that carry those programs. Looking at WCIU, the C-Dub affil in Chicago, the schedule around the network is a lot of court shows (including "Judge Judy" reruns),

Re: [TV orNotTV] The CW welcomes its new majority overlord

2022-08-15 Thread PGage
I’m not sure if I have watched a single show on the CW, but I have some interest in this. I notice first that while my perception that CW programs for teens and YAs is correct, the average CW viewer is 58. The article says this helps explain why they still operate in the Red, and that this is