TV Upfront 2011 :NBC

 By Skyler of Mychiller    NBC 

 

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      NBC announced today their slot for 2011-12 Season. As the 4th place network tries to fix itself and this time with Comcast at the head.
 

Opinion: A story about CBS Evening News with Katie Couric

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   Yesterday , CBS announced that "60 minutes" correspondent, Scott Pelley will take over for Katie Couric on the "CBS Evening News" this summer.
 Katie Couric took over with fanfare in Fall of 2006 , she was labeled the first woman solo permanent anchor of a US network's evening newscast on a weeknight.  She was changing from NBC'S Today show to the big evening news on CBS.
CBS Evening News has been in third place for years and years. It is hard to bring a show from 3rd to 1st. CBS was in problems after Dan Rather was forced down by the network.

 Ms.Couric had things working against her from the start. First of, she was going to a 3rd place newscast with high expectations. NBC was stable at the time and still is at number 1, ABC was going through the post Jennings era and the bad hand of what happened to Bob Woodruff. ABC acted calm throughout their ordeal and found Gibson to be a fit.

Today Show : Meredith is leaving

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   NBC's Today show is changing again after about 5 years of Meredith Vierira  is leaving the co-host slot.  She joined after Katie Couric  left to go to CBS evening News, where she is leaving.  Vieria is also host of "Who Wants to be millionaire" not sure about that show if she's leaving or not. Speculation of her leaving came earlier this month.  Her replacement will be Ann Curry ,. who joined the show in 1997 as the newsreader replacing Matt Lauer. She was pass over for the job as co-anchor in 2006, when Vieira joined.  Natalie Morales  to take over as news-reader.  Though now  Matt Lauer's future is still unknown.

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Opinion: Tv Sucks now

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    By Robert O. for Joshuaonline
   ABC canceled 'One Life to Live' and 'All my children' this week. TV you suck now , though TV has gone done for the past few years and it's just not been getting better. Now everyone is getting a talk show or a "reality" show.  Soaps were a great genre for a serial television wasn't news it had heart.  Stupid Real Houseviews and idiots who make New Jersey look stupid. Nothing good on TV anymore even children's programming has worsened. Now all the kids are singers , actors ,dancers and have web shows. What the heck TV have you lost your marbles?

Abc ending One life to live and All My Children

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       ABC annouced today they ending long running Soaps.  'All my Children' is ending this September and 'One life to end is ending in January 2012.   They will be replaced with 2 new shows called  with two new shows, 'The Chew' and 'The Revolution.'  After this in the world of soaps only 4 will remain. CBS's 'Young and the Restless' and 'Bold and the Beautiful' ABC's 'General Hospital' and NBC's 'Days of our lives'.  Disney annouced last year they will be closing Soap Net in 2012 this is another trend of the Soap Opera dying.  

Have The Evening newscasts has lost their purpose?

      Opinion By Skyler of mychiller
 The news that Katie Couric leaving the 'CBS Evening News' after her contract expires in June , makes us think about the future of the national network newscasts.   Those 6:30/5:30c newscasts that only live in those 2 timezones have been losing an audience for the past few years. They are mostly the name just different graphics ,reporters, anchors and studios.  Why watch the evening news , when  your local news and cable news can do at more convenient times and live.   Though the appeal of the evening news has also faced an audience shift  the people who started watching it a long time ago , still are. It's hard to catch a new audience with younger people and with more people not on the east and central time zone part of our nation who wants. FOX, CW, and other local affiliated and independent stations have started local newscasts at the same time as the network newscasts.

TV this week's headlines : Let's play who's leaving?

  by Skyler of mychiller 

     Let's see  CBS NEWS's Katie Couric is leaving the CBS Evening news she announced about 5 years to the day she announced she was going to the CBS Evening News. The 3rd place newscast didn't raise past it. She may go to daytime TV.  She as you may remember replaced Dan Rather.  We don't know yet who will replace her on the newscast.
    Meanwhile the person who replace Ms.Couric  on the 'Today Show' ,Meredith Vieira  may be leaving this year the speculation came around the same time NBC announced she's leaving ABC'S the View to join them.

     Matt Lauer also may leave the Today Show when his contract is up in 2012 as that speculation came out.  Meredith and Matt's stories are both speculation and not confirmed or denied.