I remember at one point Ann Curry was once the Co-host of To Catch a Predator when it was part of Dateline NBC. But damn crazy to think that she herself ended up targeted by a predator within NBC as in Matt Lauer given what is revealed recently.
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Your 2018 general TV predictions (or guesses)
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https://www.npr.org/event/music/575...the-remix-with-in-living-color-inspired-video
"In Living Color" reboot rumors could return but this time the show would go as a Hulu original. Yes its the popularity of a Bruno Mars and Cardi B music video sparks the rumor of In Living Color in talks of a reboot nearly 30 years later.
"In Living Color" reboot rumors could return but this time the show would go as a Hulu original. Yes its the popularity of a Bruno Mars and Cardi B music video sparks the rumor of In Living Color in talks of a reboot nearly 30 years later.
Thought about this while watching CBS college basketball coverage a moment ago and thought I'd throw this one out. It's a sports-related move with TV effects:
--I will go on a limb and predict at least one of the "Power Five" NCAA Division 1 conferences (Big Ten, Big 12, SEC, Pac-12, ACC) will announce further expansion plans in 2018. And that one of the teams rumored for upgrade to a Power Five conference will be UCF (University of Central Florida)--in the aftermath of their undefeated football season yet still gets "snubbed" from the College Football Playoff. (UCF to ACC or even the Big 12 would be most likely scenario).
Plus more expansion/conference realignment talk/action in the smaller conferences (e.g., AAC, Mountain West, etc.).
--I will go on a limb and predict at least one of the "Power Five" NCAA Division 1 conferences (Big Ten, Big 12, SEC, Pac-12, ACC) will announce further expansion plans in 2018. And that one of the teams rumored for upgrade to a Power Five conference will be UCF (University of Central Florida)--in the aftermath of their undefeated football season yet still gets "snubbed" from the College Football Playoff. (UCF to ACC or even the Big 12 would be most likely scenario).
Plus more expansion/conference realignment talk/action in the smaller conferences (e.g., AAC, Mountain West, etc.).
I second UCF.
I think conference realignment is done for a while. I predict the big BCS schools spinning away from their conferences.
They might as well become part of the NFL.
The big BCS schools want to go it alone. They don't want the lesser schools in the conference taking away their money and spotlight. I predict within 10 years a mega conference of 15-20 schools that would compete for the national championship.
We've seen that for a long time with Notre Dame. I'm sure Alabama feels it could go it alone, although there are differences between state and private schools as to how that can be accomplished. The real question moving forward (and thus my previous post) is how all this retains its amateur and non-profit status, while at the same time generating so much money for the schools and the media.
It's just going to be a new conference like we have now. It will just be considered an all star football school conference. The only thing that will change is they will control the BCS themselves as a conference. Right now a committee ranks the schools and those top 4 play for the championship. I predict the powerhouse schools will decide they don't want that formula and will form a new conference with a huge mega TV deal and go it alone. The BCS is already not sanctioned by the NCAA the way basketball is. This will just take it to the next level.
The variable in all this is that the top schools now may not remain the top schools. Just a few years ago, Florida State was a powerhouse. Same with Texas. Not any more. Even Notre Dame doesn't have the consistency it once did. The only way to have an "all star conference" is to cycle the schools who are part of it. The other issue I see in what you propose is credibility. If the teams control the league rather than an outside agency (like the BCS), how credible are the rankings? You even have that now with the BCS. It would become even more questionable if the teams controlled the league.
Would they play a conference schedule or continue in their own, largely geographically defined, conferences in addition to this super conference? And will there be promotion to and relegation from the super conference or will a "super" team that goes 4-9 -- or even, though highly improbable, 0-13 -- remain there as some sort of divine right? Big name schools can have down years, you know. It even happened to Alabama not that long ago, and this year it happened to Florida State and Nebraska. And how will the "new" super teams be chosen? Another four-team playoff?
The mega concept works in professional sports because the teams in the lower leagues are either operated by their big league parent clubs and stocked with players not ready for the top flight (MLB, NFL, NHL) or are bush-league semipro outfits (minor pro football). There are far too many variables in college football for a closed, permanent mega league to work, IMO.
These teams would leave their current conference completely and only compete in their new conference. Sure they could be out of conference games but they would have their own playoff system and control the BCS outright. The other crappy 40 something bowls would remain the same.
The schools would decide on their own who is in the new conference. You know there would be as usual back room deals to make this work.
How would they handle basketball? Would they stay in their existing conferences for basketball the way Notre Dame does?
Football only conference. Since that is what controls college sports now anyways. It would allow the other conferences to realign back the way they were.
Florida and California get their own conferences.
When is March Madness® coming? And can I use March Madness® in the copy I''m writing for Sodden Carpet Sports Bar and Grill?
https://www.gerbenlaw.com/blog/ncaa-increasingly-protective-over-march-madness-trademarks/
Yes, I just happened onto this link above in a Google search. And no, I'm not sure if I believe the statement in the lead paragraph pf this article..." From its humble beginnings to its widely-known usage today, the NCAA’s March Madness® trademark represents a valuable asset that the NCAA fiercely protects. In fact, over 85% of the NCAA’s yearly budget comes from the advertising and marketing of its three-week basketball tournament. As a result, the NCAA has a well-established reputation for protecting its “March Madness” trademarks." There would be more money for everyone if there was a semblance of a legit major college football championship. I am not convinced that the power five conferences are the be-all and end-all of college football.
https://www.gerbenlaw.com/blog/ncaa-increasingly-protective-over-march-madness-trademarks/
Yes, I just happened onto this link above in a Google search. And no, I'm not sure if I believe the statement in the lead paragraph pf this article..." From its humble beginnings to its widely-known usage today, the NCAA’s March Madness® trademark represents a valuable asset that the NCAA fiercely protects. In fact, over 85% of the NCAA’s yearly budget comes from the advertising and marketing of its three-week basketball tournament. As a result, the NCAA has a well-established reputation for protecting its “March Madness” trademarks." There would be more money for everyone if there was a semblance of a legit major college football championship. I am not convinced that the power five conferences are the be-all and end-all of college football.
Charter are teaming up with Viacom/AMC to co-produce original content that will air exclusively on Charter for a time and then on Viacom networks/AMC. I wonder will these shows be exclusively on demand or will they provide a linear channel also like Directv has Audience for its customers. This way all Charter customers will have access to their original shows? https://www.google.ie/amp/www.stamf...-sets-sights-on-original-content-12501697.php
'creation and launch of a planned lineup of new shows available first on Charter-carried channels' does this imply a linear channel as well?
'creation and launch of a planned lineup of new shows available first on Charter-carried channels' does this imply a linear channel as well?
Same goes for Super Bowl. If a local auto dealership has gotten its hands on a couple of Super Bowl tickets and is running a contest to give them away, it can advertise the contest on your radio station, but the copy will have to call the game "the big game" or "the championship game" or some other generic description. Same goes for regular season tickets and the NFL team's name -- If the business isn't an official broadcast partner of, say, the New England Patriots, your ad copy can't say those tickets the business is giving away are for Sunday's "Patriots game" or "Patriots-Dolphins" game. I have a feeling that even "New England" is forbidden, because I keep hearing ads that mention "a pair of tickets for this weekend's big game" or even "tickets to see your hometown team this Sunday in Foxborough."
Next year for Championship Games CBS and Fox will take their Studio crews live. For Super Bowl this year Megacast on NBCSN Westwood One coverage,on MSNBC AFC Team,on CNBC NFC Team Radio coverage or even Pre-Season crew coverage,on like USA with Dungy and so on Film Room coverage same with NFL Network with NFL Network guys. CBS Sportsline,Fox Sports Shows live. 11pm Sportscenter done from Super Bowl every night same with Scott Van Pelt Show and so on.
Also for Stanley Cup,NBA Championship,World Series Megacast to.
Also for Stanley Cup,NBA Championship,World Series Megacast to.
There will be a shake-out in diginets, with some merging and/or going away.
Of the ones I suspect won't be with us next year:
- Stadium (a pale shadow of the former ASN with lame talk shows and little actual sports coverage)
- Retro TV (with lame Canadian cop shows and Mr. Peepers it was pretty much dead anyway)
- TBD (does it's Millenial target audience know it exists? If so they would feel insulted by it)
- Escape (just how many back-to-back episodes of Cold Case Files can one take?)
Of the ones I suspect won't be with us next year:
- Stadium (a pale shadow of the former ASN with lame talk shows and little actual sports coverage)
- Retro TV (with lame Canadian cop shows and Mr. Peepers it was pretty much dead anyway)
- TBD (does it's Millenial target audience know it exists? If so they would feel insulted by it)
- Escape (just how many back-to-back episodes of Cold Case Files can one take?)
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