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Top 30

landtuna

landtuna

Top 30 is a new, summer only, "headline news for Millennials" on Fox. It airs midday here in Phoenix which is weird because I would not think most Millennials are watching TV at that hour and the show probably doesn't appeal to any other age group.

The show is sort of like a very succinct Headline News but shorter headlines and less information. It does cover subjects that you wouldn't necessarily see on mainstream TV news, either local or national.

It has the news segments broken down into (approximately) 1 minute segments interspersed with commercials of either 1 minute or 30 seconds. And so the Millennials can stay glued during the stops there is a counter counting off the seconds until the next segment.

Three hosts take turns reading the stories - all 20-somethings if looks are an indication. They are adequate but you need to pay attention as they talk fast (at least the two females do).

In a 30-minute slot there is approximately 20 minutes of "news" and 8 of commercials. The remaining 2 minutes are the intro and exit.

Reading the web page for the show the comments are very negative. You may read them yourself here.

In Phoenix this show replaced Dish Nation which I thought was a complete waste of time but it still doesn't measure up to a real newscast. And, as I said before, the time of day is suspect.

Wondering what others think.
 
actually, it's syndication and this is one of those "test market" syndication deal where a select few markets gets to try out a show for the summer, if it's a rating success, then it goes full blown syndication. Fox has been known to do "test market" syndication and yes, this topic will be in the Syndication TV section.
 
Will_H_69_9 said:
actually, it's syndication and this is one of those "test market" syndication deal where a select few markets gets to try out a show for the summer, if it's a rating success, then it goes full blown syndication. Fox has been known to do "test market" syndication and yes, this topic will be in the Syndication TV section.
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I looked through the web site and saw nothing indicating it was a syndicated program. And I don't know if that matters anyway as the Syndication Forum seems to contain posts from/to people who are actually in the syndication business. This didn't seem to fit there. And judging by the comments probably won't be on long. At least it is a step up from Dish Nation (same producers).

But this raises another question. If millennials are abandoning TV as is continually suggested why would Fox try to target them? Fox' programming seems to be very juvenile anyway and this program is yet another indication. I don't understand the content (TV news snatches) or the broadcast hour (12:30 MST).
 
landtuna said:
The show is sort of like a very succinct Headline News but shorter headlines and less information. It does cover subjects that you wouldn't necessarily see on mainstream TV news, either local or national.
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Let me guess..the type of stories people share on Facebook or as my 74 year old aunt would say ..stupid s**t !! ?? Stuff like the little boy who goes into a neighbor's garage to steal a hug from a dog ( our local stations here in Denver made a big deal about this ). Ah yes there was that video of a rat eating Pizza Hut pizza on the streets of New York or that so called internet sensation..a 30 year old man from just outside of Charlotte, NC who has thousands of fans ( mostly gay men and young women ) from all over the world only because he..smokes cigars while shirtless in his car !! I work beside many millennials and they seem to think all of this is just so cool. Me...I agree with my aunt.
 
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I thought maybe Boss Radio was coming back.

Seriously, though - Top 30 is a bad name for internet searching - all sorts of garbage comes back. But I can't find any evidence the show is running on KTVU Fox 2 in the SF Bay Area, or on sister station "KTVU Plus" (KICU 36).
 
Not on in SF

It will air on Fox-owned stations in New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Phoenix, Tampa Bay and Minneapolis; on Media General stations in Austin, Buffalo, Dayton, Grand Rapids, Harrisburg, Hartford, Indianapolis, Mobile, Nashville, Providence and Spartanburg; and on Sinclair stations in West Palm Beach and Raleigh.
 
unclehonkey said:
Not on in SF

It will air on Fox-owned stations in New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Phoenix, Tampa Bay and Minneapolis; on Media General stations in Austin, Buffalo, Dayton, Grand Rapids, Harrisburg, Hartford, Indianapolis, Mobile, Nashville, Providence and Spartanburg; and on Sinclair stations in West Palm Beach and Raleigh.
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It's one of the largest "Fox Syndication School" tests ever.
 
Mercifully the 4 week experiment is done. Dish Nation is back in the 1:30 pm slot here in Minneapolis. (It's the encore presentation....new episodes at 12:05 am)
 
Fortunately or unfortunately, this is the new trend of daytime TV. Shows that cover major celebrity news, but even more importantly, transport social media on to a tv platform. This is what is working today, and will continue to infiltrate the daytime lineup, with more and more of similar shows. The social media outlets can "use" TV to advance what they are already doing on-line. The change is on, and it can't be turned back.
 
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seatownmedia said:
Fortunately or unfortunately, this is the new trend of daytime TV. Shows that cover major celebrity news, but even more importantly, transport social media on to a tv platform. This is what is working today, and will continue to infiltrate the daytime lineup, with more and more of similar shows. The social media outlets can "use" TV to advance what they are already doing on-line. The change is on, and it can't be turned back.
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Actually, this wasn't one of the things that bothered me about the show. It isn't a celebrity news gabfest and does cover actual hard news but not in great depth and with some millennial humor thrown in. In comparison with Nightly News for instance I don't see a great difference except that NN will go into greater coverage on select stories (and is equally shallow on others). It is obviously fast paced to attract the younger among us and I am guessing that pace would be a bit difficult for some seniors to follow.

Back in the 70's ABC came out with what was known as "happy news" on its nightly news programs. I see a great deal of similarity in Top 30.
 
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