Tomorrow night, NBC-owned WMAQ will pre-empt the network's Friday night lineup of a new episode of the game show "The Wall," which hasn't been in production for well over a year, and "Dateline" for a simulcast with the cable channel NBC Sports Chicago of a Bulls game, the first Bulls telecast on OTA television outside of ABC network games since 2019, when WGN's contracts with the Cubs, White Sox, Bulls and Blackhawks all ran out together--WMAQ will also simulcast a Bulls game on Nov. 17 and two Blackhawks games on two Fridays in December:
https://www.nexttv.com/news/wmaq-tv-to-simulcast-four-bulls-and-blackhawks-games Outside of appealing to cord cutters that have sent the audiences for regional sports channels like NBC Sports Chicago plummeting in recent years, it is a statement of how weak NBC's Friday night lineup is in that they are deciding to pre-empt it for the only somewhat-guaranteed audience-getter for linear TV (doesn't always work--ask Fox about their World Series ratings)--the prime time lineup will air at 1:35 a.m. where reruns of Kelly and "Access Live" usually air. -- 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/d692b8ea-227b-469b-b5ab-0b2d32461de6n%40googlegroups.com.
