Please bring back the July 4th Boston Pops fireworks!
For the first time in more than two decades, the July 4th Boston Pops concert and fireworks didn’t air on national TV because CBS didn’t renew the contract. (I explained it all on my blog Tuesday....
View ArticleTime Warner could lose Showtime here Monday
Friday noon update: Now my Time Warner contact says all customers COULD lose Showtime Monday afternoon — and only Showtime – if CBS doesn’t reach a new retransmission agreement with Time Warner. Sorry...
View ArticleUpdates on CBS-Time Warner, Fox19-Dish talks
The latest this morning on the TV retransmission negotiations: CBS-Time Warner: No deal yet on an agreement which covers Showtime nationwide, and CBS programing in 7 cities. The deadline has been...
View ArticleDish pulls Fox 19 – get used to it!
If you’re a Dish Network customer, and want to watch Fox affiliate WXIX-TV (Channel 19) today, get an antenna… or a new TV provider. And if you’re not a Dish customer, be prepared for it to happen to...
View ArticleTime Warner loses Showtime, TMC, Flix in CBS dispute
Update at 2 p.m. Monday Aug. 5: Nothing new in the Time Warner-CBS/Showtime retransmission compensation dispute. CBS’ Showtime networks and Smithsonian Channel remain blacked out here since Friday on...
View ArticleFox 19 back on Dish Network, no good news on CBS-Showtime-Time Warner
Raycom, WXIX-TV’s owner, reached a new retransmission agreement with Dish Network last night. Fox 19 and about 35 other stations were restored to Dish about 10:30 p.m. last night. Here’s the Variety...
View ArticleCCM grad writing CBS show for Spielberg
CBS has ordered a sci-fi series for next summer called “Extant” written by CCM grad Mickey Fisher (BFA 1995). The Ironton native also will executive produce the drama with Steven Spielberg and others...
View ArticleShowtime back on Time Warner
Time Warner restored Showtime at 6 p.m. today here, after reaching a new retransmission agreement with CBS. Time Warner pulled Showtime and the Smithsonian Channel nationwide a month ago — on Aug. 2 —...
View ArticleEsiason, Wilcots doing Bengals-Bills Sunday
Two Bengals in the booth? When CBS’ studio analysts are sent out to help call games Sunday, Boomer Esiason will join Kevin Harlan and Solomon Wilcots doing the Bengals at Bills 1 p.m. Sunday (Channel...
View Article‘We Are Men’ canceled, Mike and Molly returns
A second one bites the dust…. CBS canceled the awful “We Are Men” Monday night comedy after two episodes, and will return “Mike & Molly” to Mondays for November sweeps. “2 Broke Girls” will move...
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