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My Network TV on 17?

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Will channel 17 pick up Fox's new "My Network TV" this fall? Sounds like mostly reality shows and prime time soaps (English versions of what they show on the Spanish language networks). Will anybody watch do you think?

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. on Wednesday said it will introduce a new broadcast network on September 5 to air original shows on television stations left without a network after the creation of Time Warner Inc.'s and CBS Corp.'s CW channel.

The shutdown of those networks left about 10 stations owned by News Corp. without a network. "From our perspective it created a unique and wonderful opportunity," News Corp. president Peter Chernin said at a press conference.

My Network TV, which will be overseen by Fox television stations chairman Roger Ailes, will feature a combination of self-produced shows and shows by outside producers.

The network will carry about 12 hours of original programming during primetime hours from Monday through Saturday. New shows have been in development over the past four-to-five months in anticipation of the split from the UPN network," Jack Abernathy, chief executive of Fox television stations, said.

The roster include a combination of original reality series and scripted shows that are broadcast back-to-back during the week, rather than once each week, known in the industry as "strip programming."

Strip programming, which has had success globally, include "Desire," about two brothers running from the Mafia and who fight over the same woman.

Reality shows also include "Catwalk," which searches the country for the next top models, and "America's Brainiest," based on a hit British show that searches for the smartest person in the U.S.
 
> Will channel 17 pick up Fox's new "My Network TV" this fall?
> Sounds like mostly reality shows and prime time soaps
> (English versions of what they show on the Spanish language
> networks). Will anybody watch do you think?
>
> --------------------------
> NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. on
> Wednesday said it will introduce a new broadcast network on
> September 5 to air original shows on television stations
> left without a network after the creation of Time Warner
> Inc.'s and CBS Corp.'s CW channel.
>
> The shutdown of those networks left about 10 stations owned
> by News Corp. without a network. "From our perspective it
> created a unique and wonderful opportunity," News Corp.
> president Peter Chernin said at a press conference.
>
> My Network TV, which will be overseen by Fox television
> stations chairman Roger Ailes, will feature a combination of
> self-produced shows and shows by outside producers.
>
> The network will carry about 12 hours of original
> programming during primetime hours from Monday through
> Saturday. New shows have been in development over the past
> four-to-five months in anticipation of the split from the
> UPN network," Jack Abernathy, chief executive of Fox
> television stations, said.
>
> The roster include a combination of original reality series
> and scripted shows that are broadcast back-to-back during
> the week, rather than once each week, known in the industry
> as "strip programming."
>
> Strip programming, which has had success globally, include
> "Desire," about two brothers running from the Mafia and who
> fight over the same woman.
>
> Reality shows also include "Catwalk," which searches the
> country for the next top models, and "America's Brainiest,"
> based on a hit British show that searches for the smartest
> person in the U.S.
>

I see Tribune selling 17, either to Fox or NBC. Such would reduce Tribune's ownership cap and get Tribune out of a weak station, and the buyer[either Fox or NBC] would want the synergies of duopoly. Maybe, this would also be the case in Atlanta as well.

So the chances IMO are high. In order to make more buck for the station and make it salable to FOX, Tribune could pick up the affiliations for Philly, Atlanta and Seattle. It also works in favor knowing that Tribune has Fox affiliations in other markets (e.g. Seattle, Sacramento, Hartford, Indianapolis, Grand Rapids and Harrisburg).

The other option for Tribune is run sitcoms throughout the night, like TBS and WGN. Unfortunately for Tribune, Lifetime runs Will&Grace, TBS has Friends and SATC, and many of the reruns offered on 17 would just be the same thing. WGN doesn't even run movies in the primetime, anymore. It doesn't seem Tribune is involved in that either. Seems those B list movies are now for AMC(which is supposed to be classic movie network, but isn't).

If 17 doesn't want the net. (maybe they figure they can make more profit with reruns), Fox can run the programming on 29(during the daytime), or a digital subchannel, or offer it to WMCN-DT, the next closest indy to Philly, with cable coverage, which isn't religious oriented, or operated by religious broadcaster. WFMZ would likely be uninterested, knowing they run special local Monday programming and their intent to stay indy and preference of programming that is not salacious. WTVE is still too far from the center of the market, and remains sorta religious. WPPX(Pax/i) will likely still be tied up by Paxson's net.
 
> Will channel 17 pick up Fox's new "My Network TV" this fall?
> Sounds like mostly reality shows and prime time soaps
> (English versions of what they show on the Spanish language
> networks). Will anybody watch do you think?
>
Seems to me that the soaps for the initial launch were already being sold in daytime syndication for this fall. Assuming the soaps were sold to stations beyond the FOX station group, whoever already bought them would presumably be the "My Network" affiliate, whether they aired in primetime, daytime, or late night.

If 17 wants the soaps and wants to air them in primetime, I doubt FOX would object. Just means more viewers overall and CW gets more competition to hurt it. But if the CW station, 57, bought the shows previously, maybe they'd want to hold onto them and keep them in daytime and leave 17 without a network.

Benjamin
 
> For the right price WBPH may even sell (even though they're
> religious). Their digital channel (9, I'm not sure if
> they've fired it up yet or not) has a pretty southerly
> reach, no?
>
Could Fox offer channel 48 the right amount of money?
 
> For the right price WBPH may even sell (even though they're
> religious). Their digital channel (9, I'm not sure if
> they've fired it up yet or not) has a pretty southerly
> reach, no?
>

I can get WFMZ-DT, but not WBPH-DT, WTVE-DT or WLVT-DT in Southern NJ, 10 miles from Philly. They are all too weak. WBPH's broadcast tower is also farther than WMCN's tower[Waterford Works] is to Philadelphia.

WMCN-DT, covers a decent 25 miles east, west, north and south of Philadelphia, along with practically all of Southern NJ. It's only minus is that Dish Network and DirecTV dropped the station, although still receivable from both companies point of presence, and it doesn't have cable carriage in Allentown. However, the Allentown cable systems carry WWOR. DirecTV could always restore the station, if Fox, owner of both wanted to do that as well.

However, another viable contender is WTVE 51 in Reading. Granted, it's a faraway rimshot, but they have almost entire cable carriage (except Camden and Burlington Counties) and both satellite TV providers carriage. One plus is even though they lose some viewers out east, they provide some natural signal into Harrisburg-Lancaster market, which could serve as the affiliate for both markets. WLYH will likely go with The CW.

Anyways, I'd see Fox preferring buying WPHL 17, over WTVE or WMCN. WPHL could also be sold together with WATL in Atlanta.

17 atleast has lower cable positioning, newspaper listings, and familiarity, along with syndication rights to Friends, Will & Grace, SATC, and few other desireable shows. With WTVE or WMCN, Fox would have to start them up from scratch, practically, and get all carriage agreements in place on the missing providers, and even then 17, a competitor would still exist.

WFMZ has some value as being an Allentown newschannel leader, but I doubt Maranatha would sell, and Fox would be able to effectively integrate WFMZ, while keeping it a local news station.
 
just an update: WMCN wants to continue on its infotainment track and has no plans to change formats, even for a small block of syndicated or network programming.
 
TBN bought WGTW-48 to get on Philadelphia-area cable systems via the "must-carry" rules. In fact, I believe most of TBN's cable carriage comes from systems carrying TBN-owned stations under must-carry.

Sell WGTW, and TBN programming vanishes from most Philly-area cable homes.

If Fox were to have acquired WGTW, they would have done so long before TBN would have had a chance to buy it.

Were "i" to cease running as a network over the next few months, Fox could offer to buy several "i" stations from current owner Pax in cities where Fox currently has an O&O but "My Network TV" has no affiliate yet.

A longshot possibility might be for CBS to sell a 50% share of WPSG-57 to Tribune, and Tribune selling-off WPHL-17......maybe even to Fox.
 
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