Tag: ABC
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ABC Cancels The Rookie: Feds and The Good Doctor Spinoff Series
ABC has canceled The Rookie: Feds and The Good Lawyer, a spinoff series of The Good Doctor. The Rookie: Feds is ending after one season, whereas The Good Lawyer was canceled after releasing only a single trailer for its debut season. Feds premiered in 2022, a spinoff series of The Rookie with Nathan Fillion, which…
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NFL Football is Winning More Fans Thanks to Widening Broadcast TV and Streaming Reach
The combination of streaming and broadcast TV has resulted in more people watching NFL games. The football league’s viewership climbed 6% this season. The audience boost is likely due to Amazon Prime Video’s Thursday Night Football as well as ABC and ESPN networks, according to BNN. Amazon has exclusive rights to Thursday Night Football which…
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Blackouts of Local ABC, CBS, FOX, & NBC Affiliates Are Likely to Become More Common on Cable TV, According To DIRECTV
Recently, we have been seeing a lot of blackouts with local ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC affiliates. Over the summer, DIRECTV saw 200 stations go dark in 116 markets when it had a fight over fees with Nexstar. Now, DIRECTV’s Chief Content Officer Rob Thun is warning that more blackouts are likely coming soon. These…
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How to Watch the NBA Without Cable in 2023
Basketball fans will be happy to know that the best players in the world are returning to the court for the 2023-24 NBA regular season. Led by reigning NBA Finals MVP Nikola Jokic, the defending champion Denver Nuggets look to go back-to-back during their upcoming campaign. The Nuggets are scheduled for an Opening Night contest…
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ABC News and Good Morning America Are Leaving Times Square Studio
Good Morning America is leaving its home studio of the last twenty-four years in Times Square and heading to a new Walt Disney Studios headquarters in Lower Manhattan. The Hudson Square complex will be Disney’s new headquarters, which will house 1.2 million square feet of offices and production facilities in a twenty-two story tall building.…
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ABC Still For Sale? Nexstar and Allen Media Group Hope Disney Will Agree to Sell It
Byron Allen, who last month made a $10 billion bid to buy FX, National Geographic, ABC Network, and the Disney-owned affiliates, reiterated earlier this week that he’s ready and willing to make a deal with the media giant. “I think ABC’s a real possibility. They say they’re not ready,” Allen said at the UCLA Department of Neurosurgery’s…
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Cable TV May Get Even More Expensive As Local ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC Owners Sign More Lucrative Deals
You might soon be paying more for cable TV. Broadcasting company Scripps said on Wednesday that it locked down cable and satellite carriage agreements that account for 75% of the company’ subscriber households, and touted a bump in how much it’ll be able to get from cable TV providers. As a result of the deals,…
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Local ABC, CBS, FOX, & NBC Owners Say YouTube TV, Hulu, & Fubo Are Not Paying Enough For Locals & Want the FCC To Change The Rules
Back in September, Congress held its first hearing into the future of TV. At the hearing, representatives from the National Association of Broadcasters joined efforts by owners of local TV stations to make live TV streaming services like YouTube TV, Hulu, and Fubo into cable TV companies. To help do this, owners of local TV…
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How to Watch the Liberty vs. Aces in the 2023 WNBA Finals on Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV, & More
After a grueling regular season and an exciting playoff, the final two best women’s professional basketball teams will meet on the court for the 2023 WNBA Finals. The best-of-five series will feature No. 2 New York Liberty taking on defending champion No. 1 Las Vegas Aces. Heading into this year’s Finals, head coach Becky Hammon…
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How to Watch Oklahoma vs. Texas & 40+ College Football Games on ESPN, ESPN+ & More on October 7
The Red River Rivalry headlines a big weekend of football presented by ESPN’s family of networks and ESPN+. During Week 6, the network and its platforms will be home to over 45 games with No. 12 Oklahoma visiting No. 3 Texas for the 119th time in their historic rivalry. Heading into the game, Texas leads…