No word on 'GN, but this Deadline piece from Wednesday suggested the Nexstar acquisition (75%, with Paramount and WBD splitting the remainder) is "nearing the finish line"... *"The strategic plan moving forward will be to run the CW as a fully sustainable broadcast network, rather than optimizing it for streaming"...*
https://deadline.com/2022/06/nexstar-deal-to-acquire-control-of-the-cw-nears-finish-line-1235054433/ (link) B Mark Jeffries, to moi, Jan 6th: > If NextStar buys the C-Dub, that will probably mean that WGN in Chicago > will once again become an affiliate. About four years ago, WGN while still > owned by Tribune dropped the affiliation under the view that they'd be > carried in prime time by the live sports schedule, including the Cubs, > White Sox, Bulls and Blackhawks. Almost immediately half of the OTA end of > the Cubs contract went to ABC's WLS (even though they could only preempt > prime time once a week and daytime games meant no "Jeopardy!" at 3:30 p.m.) > and then right before the pandemic all of that OTA went to cable (NBC > SportsNet Chicago except for the Cubs, who started with Sinclair the > Marquee channel) and what was left for WGN was the Fire MLS team and > sitcom reruns in prime time ("black-ish," "Young Sheldon," "Last Man > Standing," "The Goldbergs"). Chicago's Very Own will be glad to have The > CW back. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/ba9232e3-9b8f-45d2-aa09-72f8d629dc37n%40googlegroups.com.
