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CBS owned CW affiliates to drop CW affiliation and go independent

Interesting! I guess they move CW to Comet or Charge 4.2 or 4.3 and air that programming from 8-10 (plus weekend E/I and sports), while keeping the subchannel network the rest of the time.
 
They won't need to fill syndicated shows. Comet or Charge would provide the rest of the programming and KOMO would preempt their programs on the subchannel for CW primetime, weekend E/I and sports.
 
crainbebo said:
They won't need to fill syndicated shows. Comet or Charge would provide the rest of the programming and KOMO would preempt their programs on the subchannel for CW primetime, weekend E/I and sports.
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They won’t HAVE to but I think Comet/Charge will eventually move to .4 and .2 will become full time CW as Sinclair adds newscasts and picks up enough program inventory to fill out a whole day.
 
I'm curious why did Gray didn't enter the Seattle or Sacramento market. They have a 24 percent of US households with UHF Discount. I know CW changed 3 times in San Diego and soon all 5 commercial stations with get networks.
 
NYCsporty said:
If this does well for the CW, I wouldn't be shocked if down the road, whenever the affiliation contract with KASW (Phoenix) expires, CW & Gray make a deal to have Indy KTVK, similar to WPCH, a duopoly to CBS in KPHO, as the new CW affiliate.
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I'd be absolutely shocked if Gray were to even think about it. Right now, in prime time, KTVK has Wheel of Fortune at 7, Jeopardy at 7:30, and then news from 8-11 PM. Add to that, come October, 3TV will be the home of the Phoenix Suns, which will already preempt the previously-mentioned programming quite a few times between then and April.

I don't see any reason why Gray would cut their own financial throat by taking on the #5 "network" (and I use that term loosely). I haven't heard anything about WoF and Jeopardy moving to another station. It would be the only way that could happen, along with dropping the 8 PM newscast.
 
Yes indeed! Only Penn and Teller are watchable. Everything else sucks.
 
KeithE4 said:
I'd be absolutely shocked if Gray were to even think about it. Right now, in prime time, KTVK has Wheel of Fortune at 7, Jeopardy at 7:30, and then news from 8-11 PM. Add to that, come October, 3TV will be the home of the Phoenix Suns, which will already preempt the previously-mentioned programming quite a few times between then and April.

I don't see any reason why Gray would cut their own financial throat by taking on the #5 "network" (and I use that term loosely). I haven't heard anything about WoF and Jeopardy moving to another station. It would be the only way that could happen, along with dropping the 8 PM newscast.
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Oh, and by the way, KTVK now airs hour-long news at 3pm, meaning its news from 3-6:30, ET at 6:30, WOF/J! at 7pm, news from 8-10:35, and their daily sports program The Extra Point from 10:35-11pm.
 
only1moore said:
Looks like Comcast and Spectrum will have to make upgrades for KOMO’s sub channel, as well as KOMO increasing their promotion for their CW lineup.
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Does Comcast move the low-channel novelty that is Discovery Channel from channel 8 to fit KOMO's CW subchannel?
 
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