Fox stations group wants WB to put four series back-to-back-to-back-to-back

[Bob Jersey]

Not necessarily in order, "The Real," the two "TMZ" shows, and "Extra (Extra)," in much the same way Paramount/CBS used to put "Entertainment Tonight" and "The Insider" together back when they were still a couple.

https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/fox-tv-stations-warner-bros-extra-tmz-format-seamless-1203392093/ (link)

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[Mark Jeffries]

Despite Abernethy's statements, the only "seamless" I see on Chicago's Fox-owned stations WFLD and WPWR (MyTV again, since the CW affiliation went to WCIU back in September), is at 5 p.m. weekdays going from "25 Words or Less" (which is now syndicated, along with "Divorce Court" and "Dish Nation," by New Fox-owned Fox First Run, not Disney-owned 20th Television) to four episodes of "Family Feud" back-to-back and whenever WFLD runs "Divorce Court" in the afternoon with a double-run (with only the "Made in Georgia" tax credit logo full-screen, presumably contractually).  They are not seamless on either station to prime time (although WPWR's airing of the MyTV rerun block starts at 8 p.m. CT, after "Chicago PD" repeats).  I assume that all of this talk is for next year.  All I know is that it makes the credits difficult on read on an SD set (but maybe easier on a 50-inch HD set).

Mark Jeffries
Saints Spotlight Editor
spotl...@gmail.com

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[stannc]

WJZY in Charlotte has judge shows and news in between, but Fox is in the middle of selling it to Nexstar.

-Stan