Mark Jeffries, to moi, Monday (8): > > And Salon is hinting that what Sinclair really wants besides the > additional stations is WGN America, which would allow them to convert the > seemingly-comatose channel that has dropped out of expensive original > scripted programming into a right-wing news network to compete with > Fox--because in this cord-cutting atmosphere right now, converting a > channel which is already established on most systems is more advantageous > than starting a new channel from scratch. And if they can get Billo and/or > Hannity, along with enough Stepford bimbette graduates from Hillsdale, > Regency or Liberty University to replace the Fox bimbettes and not complain > when Billo comes after them... > > Variety <http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/wgn-america-underground-sinclair-tribune-media-1202418701/> (link) noted the "speculation" (their word), but suggested WGNA's plans are somewhere in-between... there's still one original show whose pilot they'll check out, but the debt they're taking on would be piled on with a newschannel's startup costs...
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