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Global Unveils Fall TV Slate
It seems like forever since we've seen any reference to broadcast TV's fall slate of programs. (In fact, I don't think I've ever seen a less interesting over-the-air summer, which has basically ceded the race for viewers to streaming this season.)
But now Global has reminded viewers that the new shows are just around the corner, with a list of its September programming plans. There are a host of new programs it's acquired from the U.S., along with some old favourites.
Perhaps the most interesting to me is stripping "Abbott Elementary" at 7 PM four nights a week, as well as the addition of a Sunday night movie, an old TV staple most networks abandoned years ago. You can see the network's plans here.
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I saw this and wondered why they left out Saturday. At first I thought it was because they lost Saturday Night Live, but that wouldn’t effect their prime time programming. Maybe they’re going to start taking Saturday evenings off…!
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I hope that Global and Corus survives. A few on here seem to be making the companies problems some sort of death watch. Almost reveling in every cutback or change. I think Corus is doing a great job with what is going out on air on Global and their many specialty channels.
And I don't really get all the hand wringing and exaggerations about the newscasts. Do viewers really notice any difference in Global's Toronto and national newscasts? My understanding is that Global news normally is the dominate outlet for news in many large western markets and has been for years. Global Toronto news is well done, professional and I never see technical problems that seem to plague CTV Toronto and CP24.
With radio I have no idea how they are making out. Locally I don't listen much to the Corus stations Dave, The Beat, Magic, CJOY etc. I know they are all missing on air talent and never had much or any news in the first place, other than CJOY which has news updates in the morning and afternoon, along with traffic reports.
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Shorty Wave wrote:
I saw this and wondered why they left out Saturday. At first I thought it was because they lost Saturday Night Live, but that wouldn’t effect their prime time programming. Maybe they’re going to start taking Saturday evenings off…!
Saturday primetime, once the home of what critics called the greatest night of TV ever (CBS' killer line-up of "All In The Family," "M*A*S*H," "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," "The Bob Newhart Show," and Carol Burnett) is now a shadow of its former self.
The networks concluded some years ago that people were either going out that evening or watching cable/streaming, and so there is almost no new programming on that day, one of the worst HUTs (Homes Using Television) nights of the week. So they just stopped putting on anything but reruns and it remains that way in the U.S. and Canada to this day.
Which is why it's no surprise you're not seeing anything but reruns on Global Saturday. They're essentially taking the night off, as the U.S. networks have for many years. The fact they didn't even bother to list it in their chart speaks volumes.
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In the fall the U.S. nets fill their Saturday Prime Time Schedules with NCAA Football.
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The networks concluded some years ago that people were either going out that evening or watching cable/streaming, and so there is almost no new programming on that day, one of the worst HUTs (Homes Using Television) nights of the week. So they just stopped putting on anything but reruns and it remains that way in the U.S. and Canada to this day.
Which is why it's no surprise you're not seeing anything but reruns on Global Saturday. They're essentially taking the night off, as the U.S. networks have for many years. The fact they didn't even bother to list it in their chart speaks volumes.
A Sunday night movie?? I was expecting that to be the replacement for Saturday night live.
What are they doing? airing the same movie twice? Or what??
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I hope that Global and Corus survives. A few on here seem to be making the companies problems some sort of death watch. Almost reveling in every cutback or change. I think Corus is doing a great job with what is going out on air on Global and their many specialty channels.
The death watch is logical, and it has nothing to do with the quality of any of the products.
The company is drowning in unserviceable debt, and the plan to cut that debt in half in exchange for the lenders having 99% control of the company is a clear plan to piece off the assets to recover as much of their money as possible.
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I hope that Global and Corus survives. A few on here seem to be making the companies problems some sort of death watch. Almost reveling in every cutback or change. I think Corus is doing a great job with what is going out on air on Global and their many specialty channels.
The death watch is logical, and it has nothing to do with the quality of any of the products.
The company is drowning in unserviceable debt, and the plan to cut that debt in half in exchange for the lenders having 99% control of the company is a clear plan to piece off the assets to recover as much of their money as possible.
That is my point. I don't think the public really perceives much difference in programming or service on TV at least. Hasn't Corus been trying to sell off the company for years now? Much better plan to sell it off in pieces, especially radio than an all or nothing.
I guess the death watch aspect would be natural for industry people, especially those that always hated the company anyway Just seems odd that for all of the smeary comments by a few, and exaggerations of how bad newscasts and general programming is, doesn't seem to match up with what is on the screen.
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I hope that Global and Corus survives. A few on here seem to be making the companies problems some sort of death watch. Almost reveling in every cutback or change. I think Corus is doing a great job with what is going out on air on Global and their many specialty channels.
The death watch is logical, and it has nothing to do with the quality of any of the products.
The company is drowning in unserviceable debt, and the plan to cut that debt in half in exchange for the lenders having 99% control of the company is a clear plan to piece off the assets to recover as much of their money as possible.
That is my point. I don't think the public really perceives much difference in programming or service on TV at least. Hasn't Corus been trying to sell off the company for years now? Much better plan to sell it off in pieces, especially radio than an all or nothing.
I guess the death watch aspect would be natural for industry people, especially those that always hated the company anyway Just seems odd that for all of the smeary comments by a few, and exaggerations of how bad newscasts and general programming is, doesn't seem to match up with what is on the screen.
I see your point now, and agree when it comes to TV.
Radio outside of Toronto and Vancouver is a whole other matter, with markets as big as Ottawa having no local announcers or technical problems going on for days.
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Corus radio in Toronto, and I’m not talking about brand recognition or legacy, simply listenership in the market, the stations are horrible. Corus has diminished Edge, Q, & 640 resulting in many lost jobs.
No doubt industry insiders might have a certain jadedness to them.