US Television

NBC’s Olympics coverage including every event live will be available a part of a standard subscription to Peacock with no Pay TV subscription required. A substantial change from the Tokyo and previous Olympics when a Pay TV log-in was required.

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The CW is up for sale, and it’s been revealed the network has never turned a profit in its 15 year history.

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Why would anyone buy a network that has always operated at a loss?

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Nexstar owns many of the affiliates, so that makes the most sense, could possibly make a profit if they kept costs down, but I can see them going down more of a MyNetworkTV route of airing reruns and chasing a different audience.

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I find that the network has never made any profit surprising. I wonder what costs the owners are taking out of The CW before profit.

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I imagine many of the shows the CW airs make a lot of money in international distribution and streaming, so it may be a sustainable loss leader.

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Apparently it was until they stopped selling their shows to Netflix. Now they go to HBO Max for the most part

ViacomCBS has put the rebranding plan on hold, partly due to COVID pandemic.


UPDATE: Dylan McDermott, who most recently starred in Law & Order: Organized Crime, will replace Julian McMahon as series lead.

Great actor, never watched Law & Order franchise, so can’t comment on his appearance on that franchise. But he definitely was great as Bobby in The Practice.

They got a really good get with Dylan.

anyone seen any news of the potential air date for hbo max michael mann series ‘tokyo vice’?

they said it would air early 2022, so i would have thought there would be some news by now on the actual premiere date

I’m beginning to suspect there’s an Australian on the Jeopardy! clue writing team. Clues relating to Australia often pop up. Although this is the January 25 edition, it went to air in the US earlier today Australian time, appropriately.

First clue:

Today’s Final Jeopardy clue:

Amy Schneider now holds the record for the second longest winning streak in the show’s history. Current host Ken Jennings set the record with 74 consecutive wins in 2004.

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Amy’s winning streak has ended at 40.

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