When I was beginning my career in TV, affiliates were transitioning from dictating to the networks to being dictated to by the networks. And as broadcast TV is twilighting (if that is a gerund), the affiliates who are unsatisfied with ad revenues are starting to dictate to networks again.
I’ve been binge-watching “The Morning Show” on Apple the last couple weeks, and although much of the show is frankly a fairy tale, it does feature a genuine dialogue about the pending collapse of broadcast media. On Fri, Nov 3, 2023 at 10:43 AM Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > The big story seems to be NBC letting WMAQ preempt network programming. > Local stations carried live sports in prime time until the networks cut it > out and sent the teams to regional sports channels. > > It’s unfair to compare local teams’ games to the World Series for ratings. > Local teams draw well. The World Series was broadcast to a national > audience. > > On Thu, Nov 2, 2023 at 5:45 PM Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> 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 >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/d692b8ea-227b-469b-b5ab-0b2d32461de6n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > 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/CAJE-FiHzYTJYGALSSVs8JqE-Hu%2BCcA90gf56CD0qFAV6pZjcHg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiHzYTJYGALSSVs8JqE-Hu%2BCcA90gf56CD0qFAV6pZjcHg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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/CAKgmY4D3QCWaVSe50YwR4XGq8xBBMf0px1dEVT-4SRbkzyMy5w%40mail.gmail.com.
