I wouldn't mind if TNT got back to making Made for TV type movies. They made a lot of good ones. 'Rising Son' with Brian Dennehy and Matt Damon early in his career comes to mind as does 'Christmas Rush' with Dean Cain. 'Second String' was another good one. Maybe there is room for this type of programming as it doesn't require the commitment to a concept long term like a series does.
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Future of TNT/TBS?
- Thread starter zeebre12
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Those types of movies are mainly on Hallmark now.
And they really are horrible productions.
What would happen to Golf Channel if NBC lost the rights to the PGA?
NBC doesn't actually have an exclusive on the PGA. And there are other tournaments besides the PGA Tour.
They have a whole network called Golf Channel that would be worthless without the PGA.
If another company starts the PGA Channel it would not help Golf Channel.
Won't help, but it wouldn't put them out of business.
How golf channel already has a pretty dedicated audience and would probably be on many more tv providers markets at the beginning.
The situation that is shaping up is going to create all sorts of opportunity for content creators as
owners of the current content claw it back to program their own streaming services.
And yes, much of the resulting new content will be of substandard quality.
Some though may manage to catch lightning in a bottle, like the Sharknado movie series.
owners of the current content claw it back to program their own streaming services.
And yes, much of the resulting new content will be of substandard quality.
Some though may manage to catch lightning in a bottle, like the Sharknado movie series.
I saw some speculation somewhere about them turning the Golf Channel into NBC Sports Network 2 if they lose the PGA. So they still could show any golf that remains, but then use it for Olympics or other live sporting event overflow like FS2, ESPN2, etc does.
That would work...they certainly have the context to fill another channel. I was surprised to see that NBCSN has 81 million homes while Golf Channel has 70 million.
The Golf Channel and to a another extent The Tennis Channel tend to be grouped in a "niche sports" tier on many cable systems (but not all) which in turn equals a higher cable bill if subscribed to.
It doesn't surprise me GOLF reach lesser homes especially in this growing cord cutting environment.
NBCSN fought hard to get on the same basic cable tier as ESPN when they rebranded Versus which spun from an even more niched outlet when it was Outdoor Life Network.
Plus, it helped NBC uses NBCSN for live Olympic coverage every 2 years.
Meanwhile the CBS Sports Channel only has 61 million homes, which leads me to believe when CBS & Viacom merge, you'll see them move to a Viacom channel.
There's really not a lot on CBS Sports Network other than talking heads like Jim Rome who has been irrelevant for a decade plus.
The one market where Jim Rome got his start (Los Angeles) hasn't heard whiff of him for over a decade+ OTA as you know.
The lower outlet numbers are completely understandable.
And what Viacom channel would get buried for an also ran like CBS Sports Network to get a leg up when it already has so little to offer other than replays of broadcasts from the CBS Mothership like The Masters, March Madness and select college football and basketball games?
Viacom has a lot of channels that are searching for content. The obvious ones are the Paramount Channel or VH-1. Paramount has 80 million, VH-1 has 90 million. Once CBS Sports gets into more homes, they'll find lots of things to put on it.
Such as what? Major football conferences, NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL all have deals elsewhere. Maybe CBS SN can snag a piece of the next deal for MLB and its aging, shrinking fan base, or NASCAR, which is spiraling into irrelevance after its brief run as a fad sport. Other networks already have gotten the jump on CBS for the current "next big thing," mixed martial arts, so there may not be any pie there for CBS to gain a slice of.
But then, who-cares-conference college games and past-their-prime talking heads beat the heck out of what FS2 is currently filling nearly 6 hours of prime afternoon/early evening time with: horse racing from New York. Considering that most of the racing fans that remain (myself included) are (a) over 55 and (b) interested in the sport as a vehicle for betting, for which there is a dedicated channel (TVG) and a host of online services that provide video and analysis in greater depth than FS2's crew is allowed to, one wonders just who all this coverage of insignificant horse races, including jaw-droppingly banal interviews with trainers and jockeys, is being watched by.
And those deals have a term limit on them and will be up for renewal and renegotiation. No one ever expected the NFL to allow Monday Night Football on ESPN, but they did. Offer enough money, and you'll get it.
Nbcsn is also on a lot of streaming services.
Another channel that needs more consistent programming and original content is LOGO Channel and POP most of their programming are replays of old shows like Will and Grace I mean literally the entire week on logo channel is replays except for two episodes of ru pauls drag race which said it was a new episode this week.
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