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In American television in 2023, notable events included television show debuts, finales, and cancellations; channel launches, closures, and re-brandings; stations changing or adding their network affiliations; information on controversies, business transactions, and carriage disputes; and deaths of those who made various contributions to the medium.
Notable events edit
January edit
| Date | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | During the first quarter of that night's Monday Night Football game against the Cincinnati Bengals at Paycor Stadium, Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin went into cardiac arrest and collapsed midfield after tackling Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins. Hamlin received treatment (including CPR and automated external defibrillation) on-field by stadium medical personnel, who were able to restore his heartbeat, and was subsequently taken to University of Cincinnati Medical Center in critical condition. (Hamlin came out of his induced coma on January 5, with his neurological functions determined to be intact; he was released from UCMC on January 9 and returned to Buffalo, where he underwent two additional days of evaluation at Buffalo General Medical Center before being released there.) After being suspended for roughly 45 minutes with 5:58 remaining in the quarter, the game—which was simulcast on ABC, in addition to its regular broadcasts on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Deportes and ESPN+—was postponed. On January 6, the NFL announced that the game would not be completed; playoff seeding that was to be determined by the Bills–Bengals game was instead decided by winning percentage (factoring this, the Bengals would clinch the AFC North championship title), and matchups were determined through Wild Card games (involving the Miami Dolphins against the Bills, and the Baltimore Ravens against the Bengals) scheduled for January 14 and 15, respectively. The Bills and Bengals would each advance to the Divisional Playoffs, which saw the Bengals qualify for the AFC Championship, 27–10, in a January 22 rematch against the Bills. | [1][2] [3][4] [5][6] |
| 3 | For The View's first episode of the year, current and former hosts (including original panelists Star Jones, Debbie Matenopoulos and Meredith Vieira, the latter appearing via phone call due to illness) reunite to honor Barbara Walters. Walters, who died on December 30, 2022, at age 93, created and produced the ABC daytime talk show, and was among its panelists from its August 1997 debut until her retirement in May 2014. | [7] |
| 5 | CBS West Coast flagship KCBS-TV and independent KCAL-TV, both in Los Angeles and owned by the network, jointly rebrand their news department as KCAL News. The change takes effect with the launch of a six-hour local morning newscast on KCAL-TV, with a one-hour simulcast on KCBS-TV (which begins carrying CBS Mornings live at 4 a.m. PT along with the West Coast feed at 7 a.m. PT). Local and network management agreed to the KCAL News rebrand as a way to leverage KCAL-TV's stronger identity in the market, having been the first station to launch a three-hour primetime newscast in 1990. | [8][9] |
| 6 | Dish Network removes 32 stations collectively owned by Mission Broadcasting (including WPIX/New York City, WXXA/Albany, WYOU/Scranton–Wilkes Barre, KWBQ–KASY/Albuquerque–Santa Fe, WNAC/Providence, KAMC/Lubbock, and KLRT–KASN/Little Rock) and White Knight Broadcasting (owner of WVLA/Baton Rouge and KFXK/Longview), after the satellite provider and the two Nexstar Media Group affiliate companies fail to renew a carriage agreement that expired that day. The blackout effectively leaves the affected Mission and White Knight stations without satellite distribution as both groups have been involved in separate carriage disputes with DirecTV (and co-owned DirecTV Stream and U-verse TV) that began in October 2022. | [10][11] [12][13] |
| 10 | The 80th Golden Globe Awards air on NBC and stream on Peacock from The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, with Jerrod Carmichael hosting. It follows a one-year absence from the network after NBC declined to air the previous year's ceremony in support of boycotts by various media companies, actors, and other creative individuals in the entertainment industry over the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's lack of action to increase the diversity of the organization's board membership. Among television awards, Abbott Elementary was the top winner with three awards each ("Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy", "Best Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy" for Quinta Brunson, and "Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series – Musical-Comedy or Drama" for Tyler James Williams), tying with top film winner The Banshees of Inisherin (which won for "Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy", "Best Screenplay", and "Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy" for Colin Farrell) for the most wins overall among the ceremony's awards. | [14][15] [16] |
| 12 | Nexstar Media Group ceases live streams of local programming (including newscasts) produced by its stations on their websites and mobile apps, instituting a two-hour delayed feed of each station's local programs in its place. The change is an apparent effort to obtain leverage in contractual negotiations with linear pay TV providers, amid Nexstar's carriage disputes with providers such as DirecTV, Dish Network and Verizon FiOS (see January 6 entry as an example). Three of the group's major-market stations (WGN/Chicago, KTLA/Los Angeles and KRON/San Francisco), and live breaking news and severe weather events covered by the affected stations are exempt from the change, which deviates from the now-standard practice of offering live newscasts online for the convenience of viewers who are unable to view them at home or who live outside of the station's home market. | [17] |
| 15 | The 28th Critics' Choice Awards airs on The CW from the Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel in Century City, with Chelsea Handler as host. Among television nominees, Better Call Saul had the most wins with three awards ("Best Drama Series", "Best Actor in a Drama Series" for Bob Odenkirk, and "Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series" for Giancarlo Esposito), while Abbott Elementary won two awards ("Best Comedy Series", and "Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series" for Sheryl Lee Ralph). Everything Everywhere All at Once won five awards (including "Best Picture", and "Best Supporting Actor" for Ke Huy Quan) to become the ceremony's top winner overall and among film nominees. Special honors went to Jeff Bridges (Lifetime Achievement Award) and Janelle Monáe (#SeeHer Award). | [18][19] [20][21] |
| 17 | The Daily Show begins its post-Trevor Noah era, returning from a five-week hiatus with Leslie Jones beginning a week-long stint as guest host. Jones is the first in a series of guests who will anchor the Comedy Central nightly program while the network determines a permanent successor for Noah, who ended a seven-year run as host in December 2022. | [22][23] |
| 19 | LIV Golf signs a multi-year deal with The CW to broadcast and stream its events beginning with the 14-tournament 2023 season (the first event being the LIV Golf Mayakoba tournament at the El Camaleón Mayakoba Golf Course in Solidaridad, Quintana Roo from February 24 to 26). The deal is the golf organization's first U.S. broadcast deal—its inaugural year in 2022 was available only through YouTube—and the CW's entry into live sports telecasts. This deal was criticized by the National Press Club as an attempt by Saudi Arabia's monarchy (which finances LIV through a sovereign wealth fund) to sportwash its unflattering reputation after their alleged involvement in the October 2018 assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. As CW stations are only contractually obligated to air the network's prime time schedule, 14 affiliates (eight owned by CBS, five owned by Tegna, and Weigel-owned WCIU/Chicago) declined to air the LIV telecasts; CW majority owner Nexstar leased airtime on other stations in those markets. | [24][25] [26][27] [28] |
| 23 | CBS News Detroit, a localized extension of CBS News's streaming service, formally launches in Detroit. CBS-owned WWJ-TV simulcasts the 6 and 11 p.m. newscasts, with additional newscasts debuting on both platforms in the coming weeks. This marks a return to local news on WWJ-TV since a partially-outsourced morning drive newscast was cancelled in 2012. (An 11 p.m. newscast, produced by co-owned WKBD-TV, ran from 2001 to 2002, when the entire news service was shuttered.) The launch of CBS News Detroit was delayed throughout much of 2022 due to pandemic and supply chain-related delays. WKBD-TV's 10 p.m. news, originally produced remotely from KTVT/KTXA in Dallas–Fort Worth, had already been relaunched as Detroit Now News, a hybrid national-local newscast featuring CBS News Detroit reports and content. | [29][30] [31][32] [33] |
| The Association of Pickleball Professionals signs multiplatform deals with CBS Sports and ESPN to broadcast and stream its tournaments beginning with the league's 2023 season. In addition to coverage on APP's standalone outlet, APP TV, the agreements encompass eleven of the 22 APP Tour events scheduled for the 2023 season, covering streaming coverage of eight events on ESPN+ (beginning with the Daytona Beach, Florida event held from February 8–12) and accompanying hour-long recap shows airing on ESPN2, and linear broadcasts of three additional events and recap programs on CBS Sports Network. | [34][35] [36] | |
| 24 | In the wake of felony charges of domestic abuse against him being made public following a court hearing on January 12, Adult Swim announces that it has severed ties with Rick and Morty co-creator Justin Roiland. The single-count charges of domestic battery and false imprisonment, to which Roiland pled not guilty in October 2020, were related to a complaint involving an alleged incident that occurred ten months prior with an unidentified woman. Following Roiland's exit, production of the animated series will continue with co-creator Dan Harmon remaining as its lone showrunner, while the title characters, which had been voiced by Roiland, will be recast. Hulu would follow suit the next day, dropping him from Solar Opposites (the lead character of which he also voiced, in addition to handling showrunning duties) and the just-premiered Koala Man. | [37][38] [39] |
| The FCC issues a fine of $504,000 against Fox for "willfully violating" regulations prohibiting the sounding of Emergency Alert System tones or the simulation of an EAS alert during television programming in the absence of an emergency for a November 2021 promotional segment that aired during Fox NFL Sunday for a game telecast involving the New York Giants and Philadelphia Eagles that followed the pre-game show. (The Giants won that game, 13–7.) The promo mimicking an emergency broadcast, described by Fox as a "short comedic advertisement", began with a three-second excerpt of the 853 Hz and 960 Hz tones used to precede EAS alert transmissions, which the network admitted had been downloaded or recorded from a YouTube video. | [40][41] | |
| 25 | DirecTV removes Newsmax TV from the namesake satellite provider, and sister services DirecTV Stream and U-verse TV, after the company and network parent Newsmax Media fail to agree on a new contract. Although DirecTV cites aggressive carriage fee demands for the removal (while noting the wide availability of the network's content on its website and free streaming platforms), Newsmax accused the company of "deplatforming" it and fellow archconservative news and commentary channel One America News Network (which DirecTV removed in April 2022)—inferring an ideological motive for the decision, even though DirecTV continues to carry their main conservative rival Fox News—and dishonesty about the network's fee increase offers. A group of 41 Republican congressmen led by Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-TX) sent a letter to the CEOs of DirecTV and shareholders AT&T and TPG Capital the week before, warning them of possible House committee hearings over the impasse should the provider drop the network. Newsmax TV, as with OAN, has challenged the 2020 presidential election, earning support from former president Donald Trump (who is a personal friend of Newsmax CEO Christopher Ruddy) amid his criticism of Fox News for being the first television news outlet to call Arizona for Democratic challenger Joe Biden in that election. DirecTV reached an agreement to resume carriage of Newsmax on March 22. | [42][43] [44][45] |
| As part of a multi-year agreement that also extends their carriage contract for Court TV, the E. W. Scripps Company and YouTube TV announce that the vMVPD service will add Ion and digital multicast networks Bounce TV and Scripps News to its lineup, effective on this date. Under the terms of the deal, YouTube TV has the option of adding fellow Scripps-owned multicast networks Grit, Ion Mystery and Laff at a later date. | [46] | |
| 27 | ABC News officially cuts ties with Amy Robach and T. J. Holmes. The two hosts of GMA3: What You Need to Know, who had respectively been with the network since 2012 and 2014, had been off the air since December 5, 2022, after a Daily Mail exposé revealed they had been in a romantic relationship (and had left their respective spouses), an affair ABC described then as "an internal and external disruption" but not a violation of company policy (although an internal investigation would commence). On May 11, the news division named Good Morning America weekend co-anchor Eva Pilgrim and correspondent Demarco Morgan to co-host GMA3, while transportation correspondent Gio Benitez (who was among those acting as substitute hosts on the program following Holmes and Robach's departure) will take over Pilgrim's GMA weekend anchor slot. | [47][48] |
| Deadline reports that CNBC will discontinue producing original entertainment content for its prime time block, emphasizing instead on reruns of reality and documentary shows (e.g. Shark Tank, American Greed). The business news-oriented network's prime time had been home to first-run unscripted content that focused on wealth and lifestyle, including Jay Leno's Garage (whose cancellation had been announced earlier in the week) and the Kevin O'Leary-hosted Money Court. | [49] | |
| 30 | Paramount Global announces plans to fully integrate its Showtime network with the premium tier of the Paramount+ streaming service, beginning on a future date yet to be announced. The combined service will be branded as Paramount+ with Showtime, replacing a bundle of the same name that launched in mid-2022. | [50] |
| FuboTV loses access to CBS stations in 160 markets after their respective owners (including Nexstar Media Group, Sinclair Broadcast Group, the E. W. Scripps Company, Hearst Television, Cox Media Group and Tegna) declined to accept the terms of a renewed master affiliate carriage agreement negotiated between network parent Paramount Global and the vMVPD. A national CBS feed, offering most of the network's base schedule (excluding some live sports events) and news content from the CBS News Streaming Network, was provided to substitute the affected affiliates. (CBS's owned-and-operated stations were not affected by the impasse as they were carried on a different carriage agreement.) Three weeks after the affiliate board approved a revised carriage deal, the affected stations began returning to Fubo on March 31. | [51][52] | |
| Longtime KSAT-TV/San Antonio sports director Greg Simmons resigns after 42 years, a decision made after his being charged for DWI. Weekend sports anchor Larry Ramirez would serve as KSAT's interim sports director. | [53][54] | |
| 31 | YouTube TV drops MLB Network from its channel lineup after failing to reach a contract renewal agreement. Subscribers will be able to continue watching select national Major League Baseball games on Fox, ESPN and TBS. | [55] |
February edit
| Date | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | For the first time since 2015, Paul Shaffer reunites The World's Most Dangerous Band (the house band for David Letterman's Late Night and Late Show) to fill in for The Tonight Show's regular house band The Roots, who were in Los Angeles preparing for a performance at the Grammys. | [56] |
| 5 | The 65th Annual Grammy Awards airs on CBS from the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. Trevor Noah serves as host of a ceremony that sees notable winners including Lizzo, whose "About Damn Time" wins Record of the Year; Harry Styles, whose Harry's House wins Album of the Year; and Beyoncé, whose four wins on the night (including Renaissance as Best Dance/Electronic Album) push her career Grammy mark to 32, making her the most-lauded artist in Grammy history. | [57] |
| 7 | NFL Network removes analyst and former player Michael Irvin from its coverage of Super Bowl LVII following allegations of sexual misconduct toward a woman at a hotel he was staying at in the Phoenix area, where the game will be held. Though surveillance video showed him interacting with the woman, Irvin told Dallas–Fort Worth radio station KRLD-FM and The Dallas Morning News that he had no recollection of any incident because he had been inebriated, and denied any wrongdoing. Irvin would file a $100 million defamation suit against the anonymous accuser and the hotel on February 9. | [58][59] |
| 8 | The Wall Street Journal reports Warner Bros. Discovery will continue to operate Discovery+ as a standalone streaming service, a pivot from the company's initial plans to shutter it entirely following the May 13 launch of its combination service Max, which will feature most of Discovery+'s existing content library in addition to the full HBO Max library. WBD cites concerns about Discovery+ subscribers opting out of moving to the pricier offering for the decision. (WBD has indicated that the combined service's ad-supported and ad-free tiers will be set at a higher price point than those of HBO Max and Discovery+.) | [60][61] |
| NewsNation correspondent Evan Lambert is arrested on disorderly conduct and criminal trespassing complaints for allegedly disrupting a news conference by Ohio Governor Mike DeWine on the February 3 derailment of a Norfolk Southern freight train containing hazardous chemicals that prompted residential evacuations in East Palestine. The D.C.-based correspondent was conducting a live report for the Nexstar-owned cable news channel's Rush Hour program when police officers inside the gym of the village's elementary school, where the news conference was held, told him to conclude the report while DeWine was speaking, and subsequently pushed Lambert to the ground and handcuffed him after acceding to their request. DeWine later condemned the officers' actions, clarifying he did not authorize Lambert's arrest. Lambert was released from the Columbiana County Jail later that evening on an $850 bond; he is scheduled to be arraigned on February 23. | [62][63] | |
| 12 | The Kansas City Chiefs defeat the Philadelphia Eagles, 38–35, in Super Bowl LVII at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, which was broadcast on Fox (in English) and Fox Deportes (in Spanish), and streamed on the Fox Sports app and NFL+. It was the first Super Bowl assignment for play-by-play announcer Kevin Burkhardt and color analyst Greg Olsen, who succeeded Joe Buck and Troy Aikman as Fox's NFL broadcast team in 2020 after they were hired by ABC/ESPN to call its Monday Night Football and NFL playoff telecasts. The Fox telecast averaged 115.1 million viewers according to Nielsen data, becoming the most-watched program in American television history (just ahead of Super Bowl XLIX), with viewership reaching 118.7 million during the halftime show (headlined by Rihanna, who revealed her second pregnancy with the performance); the Fox Deportes telecast was watched by 951,000 viewers, becoming both the most-watched Super Bowl broadcast and the most watched non-soccer sports telecast in Spanish-language cable history. | [64][65] [66][67] [68][69] [70][71] [72] [note 1] |
| 15 | Gray Television sells Fox affiliate KNIN in Boise, Idaho (operated by the E. W. Scripps Company) to Marquee Broadcasting in exchange for MeTV affiliate WPGA in Macon, Georgia. When completed, the deal will result in Gray owning at least one full-power station in nine of Georgia's eleven television markets. The deal was completed on May 1. | [74][75] |
| 16 | Ryan Seacrest announces he will step down as co-host and executive producer of Live with Kelly and Ryan, which he has hosted alongside Kelly Ripa since 2017, to concentrate full-time on other projects (including his hosting duties on American Idol and his syndicated radio program). Ripa's husband, Mark Consuelos, who has frequently served as guest host since she became co-host of the Disney/ABC-produced syndicated morning talk show in 2001, will succeed Seacrest on April 17 as permanent co-host of the renamed Live with Kelly and Mark. Seacrest—who will return occasionally to guest co-host—will continue hosting Live through April 14, at which time he will relocate to Los Angeles to host Idol's live performance shows. | [76][77] [78][79] |
| 22 | Spectrum News 13 reporter Dylan Lyons is killed, and colleague and photojournalist Jesse Walden critically injured, in a shooting incident in the Orlando suburb of Pine Hills, Florida that also claimed the life of a nine-year-old girl and critically injured her mother. Lyons and Walden were at the scene of a homicide that claimed the life of a woman earlier that day. A teenager was taken into custody as a suspect in both incidents. | [80][81] |
| 23 | Ellen Pompeo makes her last appearance as a cast regular on Grey's Anatomy as her character, Meredith Grey, leaves Seattle and Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital for Boston in the episode "I'll Follow the Sun." Pompeo has been with the ABC medical drama since its 2005 premiere, and remains attached as an executive producer and narrator, in addition to making occasional on-screen guest appearances, the next of which will be the current 19th season's finale in May. | [82] |
| Dish Network is hit by a cyberattack that resulted in data being extracted from its IT networks; and the company's internal servers, customer support systems and company websites being knocked offline, with service disruptions affecting its co-owned vMVPD service Sling TV and wireless provider Boost Mobile. Dish and Sling subscribers also experienced difficulties accessing streaming apps (such as its Dish Anywhere service, OTT services purchased through Dish and TV Everywhere apps of various networks carried by the Dish satellite service and Sling) using their provider logins. Some employees continued to be paid during the outage despite it preventing them from performing their jobs. Although Dish restored "many of the systems," including its websites, customer service operations and self-service applications within weeks of the attack, service disruptions and technical issues lingered into March as customers continued to report call center backlogs (some lasting up to 14 hours) and problems processing payments. Several Dish investors filed a class action lawsuit over the breach on March 30, accusing the company of negligence in failing to properly secure customer data. | [83][84] [85][86] [87] | |
| 24 | Warner Bros. Discovery informs the teams whose games air on its AT&T SportsNet channels based in Denver, Houston, and Pittsburgh that the company will exit the regional sports network business, and that its AT&T Sports Networks unit will file for Chapter 7 liquidation bankruptcy unless the channels are sold or the teams take back their broadcast rights by March 31. Teams that air on Seattle-based Root Sports Northwest are not part of the proceedings as WBD only holds a minority stake in that network. | [88][89] |
| Warner Bros. Discovery files a breach of contract lawsuit with the New York Supreme Court, accusing Paramount Global of violating a 2019 agreement that gave HBO Max rights to stream the first 23 seasons of South Park as well as three subsequent seasons that had yet to air at the time on Paramount-owned Comedy Central. The suit alleges Paramount diverted most of the animated series' post-2019 episodes to Paramount+ under a separate $900-million deal between ViacomCBS Domestic Media Networks (now Paramount Media Networks) and series creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone reached in August 2021, despite WBD holding streaming exclusivity over the series under their $596.7-million (or $1.7 million per episode) deal, and only produced 14 of the 30 additional episodes promised to fill out the WBD–Paramount contract. Paramount countersued WBD on April 19, alleging the contract did not define a specified episode commitment for future seasons or required it to license made-for-streaming South Park movies to HBO Max. WBD and Paramount both claim they are owed $52 million in unpaid license fees. | [90][91] | |
| 26 | The 29th Screen Actors Guild Awards are presented at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Century City, California, with notable winners including the motion picture Everything Everywhere All At Once (four awards) and TV series Abbott Elementary and The White Lotus (wins for comedy and drama ensembles, respectively). The ceremony airs live on Netflix's YouTube channel, a one-year arrangement between SAG and Netflix before the streamer, once its live-streaming capabilities are worked out, carries the ceremony exclusively beginning in 2024. (The SAG Awards' former broadcast homes, TNT and TBS, announced in 2022 that they would no longer broadcast the ceremony.) | [92][93] [94] |
March edit
| Date | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | The 2023 Kids' Choice Awards airs on Nickelodeon and was simulcast on six Paramount-owned sister networks (including the Nick Jr. Channel, Nicktoons, TeenNick, TV Land and MTV2) from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, with Nate Burleson and Charli D'Amelio (who won "Favorite Female Creator") as hosts. Harry Styles won the most awards among all nominees with three each: for "Favorite Male Artist", "Favorite Global Music Star", and "Favorite Song" (for "As It Was"). High School Musical: The Musical: The Series (with Olivia Rodrigo and Joshua Bassett winning both "Favorite Kids TV Star" categories) and Wednesday (which won "Favorite Family TV Show" and "Favorite Female Family TV Star" for Jenna Ortega) were the top winners among TV nominees with two each. Other major winners include Sonic the Hedgehog 2 ("Favorite Movie"), SpongeBob SquarePants ("Favorite Animated Series"), and Adam Sandler ("King of Comedy Award"). Also on this day, Nickelodeon receives its first major rebrand in almost six years. | [95][96] [97][98] |
| 8 | Fremantle, the production company behind The Price Is Right, announces that the CBS game show will relocate from Los Angeles' Television City to Haven Studios, a Fremantle-co-owned facility in nearby Glendale, California, when its 52nd season begins taping in the summer. The game show has originated from Studio 33 at Television City (renamed in 1998 as the Bob Barker Studio, in honor of the former longtime host) since premiering in 1972; its move, and the pending relocations of several other shows from the facility (among them The Young and The Restless and Real Time with Bill Maher), comes before the start of a $1.25 billion renovation of the property, which Hackman Capital Partners bought from CBS in 2018. | [99] |
| Hulu removes 34 ABC stations operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group from its vMVPD service in 32 markets, after the streaming service reportedly declined Sinclair's offer to add Tennis Channel as part of a renewed agreement for the stations. Unlike the earlier FuboTV master agreement dispute between CBS and several of its affiliate operators (see January 30 entry), Hulu—which is majority owned by ABC parent Disney—did not substitute the affected Sinclair stations with a linear ABC national feed. (A feed was provided to the affected markets exclusively for the network's telecast of the 95th Academy Awards four days later.) The dispute lasted until April 21, when Hulu and Sinclair agreed to reinstate the affected stations through a new contract. | [100][101] [102] | |
| WLBT/Jackson removes longtime morning anchor and chief meteorologist Barbie Bassett (who is white), after she quoted the Snoop Dogg-coined slang, "Fo shizzle, my nizzle" ("nizzle" referring to the Black term of endearment vernacular for "nigger"), when a collaboration with another WLBT reporter was jokingly raised during the Gray-owned NBC affiliate's 11:00 a.m. newscast, after a report on the introduction of a new wine to the rapper's Cali Wine Collection line. Although WLBT—which infamously had its license revoked by the FCC in 1969 from original owner Lamar Life Insurance, due to the station's advocacy of racial segregation and omission of civil rights movement coverage during NBC News broadcasts—has not formally disclosed Bassett's status, her biography was removed from its website. Bassett previously apologized for a similar incident in October 2022, in which she suggested reporter Carmen Poe (who is Black) ask her grandmother—whom Bassett referred to as "grandmammy"—for a pie recipe to get a scoop on a then-upcoming ESPN College Gameday telecast from Jackson State University. | [103][104] | |
| 12 | The 95th Academy Awards airs on ABC from the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, with Jimmy Kimmel as host. Everything Everywhere All at Once was the top winner with seven awards, including Best Picture, Best Actress (Michelle Yeoh, who became the first Asian woman to win the honor), Best Supporting Actor (Ke Huy Quan), and Best Supporting Actress (Jamie Lee Curtis). Other major winners included All Quiet on the Western Front with four awards (including Best International Feature Film) and The Whale with two (including Brendan Fraser for Best Actor). The telecast was seen by an estimated 18.7 million viewers, up 12% from the previous year. | [105][106] [107][108] [109][110] [111] [112] |
| 13 | As part of a multi-year agreement that also extends their existing carriage contracts for the group's 40 CBS stations and NewsNation, Nexstar Media Group and YouTube TV announce that the vMVPD service will add 59 Nexstar-operated stations serving 56 markets (consisting of 29 CW, 26 MyNetworkTV and four independent stations, including WPIX/New York City, KTLA/Los Angeles, WGN-TV/Chicago, KRON/San Francisco, WPHL/Philadelphia, and WDVM–WDCW/Washington, D.C.) to its lineup. The deal fills a major affiliate coverage gap for The CW on YouTube TV, as Nexstar was the largest group without a carriage deal for its CW stations (CBS and Sinclair Broadcast Group were the largest CW station operators to offer their affiliates on the service); it also expands local MyNetworkTV carriage on YTTV (beyond affiliates operated by Fox and Sinclair) for the first time. | [113][114] |
| 14 | Diamond Sports Group files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas. The operator of the Bally Sports group of regional sports networks, which carry local broadcasts for nearly half of the teams in the NBA, NHL and MLB (42 teams in total across 19 channels), had been struggling to reduce around $8 billion in debt acquired through its 2019 purchase of the former Fox Sports Networks from The Walt Disney Company. Diamond's financial health, which was impacted by cord-cutting as well as carriage disputes earlier in the decade that significantly reduced Bally Sports' vMVPD distribution, became an issue after announcements that it had missed a $140 million payment to its lenders in February, and a scheduled rights payment to MLB's Arizona Diamondbacks on March 10. Diamond will separate from majority parent Sinclair Broadcast Group as part of the reorganization, and plans to continue to produce and air games. Diamond president Steve Rosenberg subsequently stepped down on March 20, succeeded by CFO David DeVoe. | [115][116] [117][118] [note 2] |
| DirecTV files a lawsuit against Nexstar Media Group, Mission Broadcasting and White Knight Broadcasting with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, accusing the groups of price fixing through an "illegal conspiracy" to collectively bargain in retransmission fee negotiations using "sidecar" arrangements between Nexstar and the latter two companies meant to skirt FCC regulations (including its local station ownership caps). The suit is in relation to a broader carriage dispute involving 23 Mission and two White Knight stations that were removed from DirecTV, DirecTV Stream and U-verse TV during separate negotiations in October 2022. District Judge P. Kevin Castel dismissed the antitrust lawsuit on standing grounds on March 20, 2024. | [124][125] [12][126][13] [note 3] | |
| 15 | Sports Business Journal reports that Greg Gumbel has signed a contract extension with CBS Sports that will allow the veteran sportscaster to remain studio host for its NCAA basketball coverage while stepping away from his role as play-by-play announcer for its NFL broadcasts. Outside of the period when the network did not have the NFL (1994–97), Gumbel has been with CBS since 1990 and is the first African-American to handle play-by-play for the Super Bowl. | [127] |
| 17 | Tyra Banks discloses in an interview with TMZ that she will step down as co-host of Dancing with the Stars after three seasons to focus on her business and television production projects. Banks succeeded Tom Bergeron (who had hosted DWTS since its 2005 debut on ABC) and Erin Andrews as sole host of the reality competition series in 2020. On March 20, Julianne Hough—who served as a pro dancer from 2007 to 2009 and as a judge from 2014 to 2017—was named to succeed Banks, alongside returning co-host Alfonso Ribiero, who joined the series in 2022 (coinciding with its move to Disney+). | [128][129] [130] |
| NBC and the post-production editing staff of Saturday Night Live announce a tentative labor agreement that averts a strike against the variety series that was set for April 1. The staff of 12–20 editors and film managers, who edit pre-taped sketches for SNL, unionized in October 2022, sent contract proposals to NBCUniversal that December, and approved a strike authorization with the Motion Picture Editors Guild on January 23. The deal, whose ratification was announced on March 23, gives the team pay boosts, healthcare benefits, employer-paid meals, and accommodations for those who work long shifts with short turnarounds. | [131][132] [133][134] | |
| 18 | KCBS–KCAL/Los Angeles weekend morning meteorologist Alissa Carlson Schwartz faints on-air just prior to presenting a weather segment during the CBS-owned duopoly's Saturday morning newscast. The rest of the broadcast was preempted following the incident, with both stations (which simulcast portions of the newscast) airing pre-recorded and paid programming in its place. Carlson—who, while employed at NBC affiliate KGET/Bakersfield, was diagnosed with a heart valve leak after vomiting on-set during a weather report in 2014—was treated for a head injury, and later revealed in a March 21 interview with CBS Mornings that the fainting spell was induced by vasovagal syncope likely triggered by dehydration. | [135][136] [137][138] |
| 24 | Sinclair Broadcast Group lays off 30+ news department employees and cancels certain local newscasts produced by NBC affiliates WPMI/Mobile (operated under an SSA with Deerfield Media) and WEYI/Saginaw–Flint (operated under an SSA with Howard Stirk Holdings), Fox affiliate WACH/Columbia, and Fox/ABC affiliate WGXA/Macon, and shuts down the news department of ABC affiliate KAEF/Arcata–Eureka, California. WPMI cut more than 20 members of its approximately 30-person news staff, and discontinued its weekday morning and noon newscasts as well as the lifestyle program Gulf Coast Today; WEYI cut six production staffers, and cancels its weekday morning and weekend evening newscasts; WACH cancels its four-hour morning newscast; and WGXA cut nine production staffers, reduces its hour-long weeknight 5:00 p.m. newscast to a half-hour and cancels its Sunday–Thursday 10:00 p.m. newscast. On April 3, most of the affected stations replaced some or all of the affected newscasts with Sinclair's syndicated national newscast, The National Desk (with WACH replacing the first hour of its morning newscast with a repeat of its 10:00 p.m. newscast, and WPMI replacing its local midday programs with additional runs of Family Feud), while KAEF began simulcasting newscasts from Redding parent station KRCR (retaining two Eureka-based reporters to file reports for those broadcasts). | [139][140] [141][142] [note 4] |
| 26 | The United States Army pauses its recently launched advertising campaign featuring on-screen narrator Jonathan Majors, which revives its classic "Be All You Can Be" ad slogan, one day after the actor's arrest on misdemeanor domestic violence charges in connection to a March 24 domestic dispute, in which Majors allegedly physically assaulted a woman he was dating, resulting in her sustaining minor head and neck injuries. New ads in the campaign, which do not feature Majors, would be rolled out the following weekend. | [143][144] |
| 27 | Chanel West Coast announces her departure from MTV's Ridiculousness after signing a deal to develop, produce, and star in unscripted projects for MTV parent Paramount Media Networks and its MTV Entertainment Group subsidiary. Chanel had co-presented the comedic clip show, alongside Steelo Brim and lead host Rob Dyrdek, since its launch in 2011. | [145] |
| 28 | One day after The Bachelor's 27th season concludes, Mike Fleiss announces his departure from the Bachelor franchise he created and had produced since the first Bachelor season on ABC in 2002. Claire Freeland, Jason Ehrlich, and Bennett Graebner are immediately tapped to oversee the dating game show franchise, which also includes The Bachelorette and Bachelor in Paradise. Though Fleiss, ABC, and Warner Bros. Television Studios (the franchise's producer) were tight-lipped as to the reason for his departure, a Variety report later indicated that Fleiss was the subject of an investigation, conducted by an outside party, into allegations of bullying and racially discriminatory behaviors. | [146][147] |
April edit
| Date | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | The LSU Tigers defeat the Iowa Hawkeyes to win the championship of the 2023 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament. Simulcasts of the game on ABC and ESPN2 drew a combined 9.9 million viewers, the largest ever television audience for a women's college basketball game. | [148] |
| The 2023 CMT Music Awards airs on CBS from the Moody Center in Austin, Texas, with Kane Brown and Kelsea Ballerini as hosts. In addition to co-hosting, Kane Brown won the Video of the Year award for his collaboration with wife Katelyn Brown, "Thank God". Jelly Roll was the top winner of the night, with three awards (all for his single "Son of a Sinner"). | [149][150] | |
| 3 | The UConn Huskies top the San Diego State Aztecs in the title game of the 2023 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. The CBS broadcast attracted 14.693 million viewers, a record low for the championship event. The broadcast is also Jim Nantz's last college basketball assignment for CBS; though he remains the network's lead play-by-play announcer for NFL and PGA golf events, Nantz steps back from college basketball after calling 32 consecutive tournaments for CBS and Turner Sports. Ian Eagle will succeed Nantz as CBS' lead college basketball announcer in the 2023–24 season. This also marks the first Men's Final Four to be overseen by Charlie Baker, who was appointed president of the NCAA in December 2022 to succeed Mark Emmert (who announced his retirement in April of that year). | [151][152][18][17] |
| Frontier Communications removes three networks—Newsmax Media-owned Newsmax TV, and Fuse Media-owned Fuse and FM—from its systems, after declining to negotiate new agreements with their respective parent companies. The dispute involving Newsmax comes two weeks after DirecTV ended a two-month dispute with the conservative news and commentary channel, and 4+1⁄2 months after Frontier dropped its archconservative competitor One America News Network in a similar dispute. | [153] | |
| American Idol season 21 contestant Sara Beth Liebe abruptly quits during the Hollywood Week round, citing the need to be with her children. Liebe called out Katy Perry on social media two weeks prior for a controversial "mom-shaming" joke that the singer made during her initial audition, in which she remarked that Liebe, after revealing she was a mother of three at age 25, had been "laying on the table too much." | [154] | |
| 5 | Hearst Television announces it will purchase NBC affiliate WBBH/Fort Myers from Waterman Broadcasting for $220.54 million, pending FCC approval. The purchase—which includes the LMA rights to Montclair Communications-owned ABC sister WZVN—marks the family-owned Waterman's exit from broadcasting (the group, originally founded in 1956 as a radio station operator, had owned WBBH since 1978), and will give Hearst its fifth station in Florida, alongside its existing properties in Orlando (WESH/WKCF), West Palm Beach (WPBF) and Tampa (WMOR). The sale was completed on June 30. | [155][156] |
| 12 | As part of a multi-year agreement that also extends their existing carriage contracts for the group's 25 CBS and 16 MyNetworkTV stations as well as Comet, Sinclair Broadcast Group and YouTube TV announce that the vMVPD service will add Tennis Channel and its companion AVOD streaming channel T2, and digital multicast networks Charge! and TBD to its lineup, effective June 1. This would later be followed on July 19 by a similar deal between Sinclair and Hulu to add the three networks as well as Comet to the service's vMVPD offering in January 2024. | [157][158] |
| PBS and many of its member stations suspend activity on Twitter after the social messaging platform labeled the service's accounts as "government-funded media." The designation had earlier been given to NPR, which suspended posts the day prior amid a broader dispute that began on April 4, when Twitter first relabeled the counterpart radio service under the "state-affiliated media" classification previously given only to news agencies influenced or controlled by autocratic governments. PBS and NPR, which are editorially independent, consider both labels to be misleading and meant to undermine their credibility; both public broadcasters are funded primarily through donations from viewers as well as corporate and philanthropic donors, while government appropriations to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting account for >1% of their overall funding. (Other public broadcasters, including the BBC and CBC/Radio-Canada, have also criticized or paused activity on Twitter after being assigned the label.) | [159][160] [161][162] | |
| 13 | The studios of WWMT/Kalamazoo–Grand Rapids were evacuated around 2:30 p.m. ET, after a Greenville man with a history of mental illness threatened to kill himself with a bomb he claimed to have in his backpack. (Authorities later confirmed that they only found an iPhone charger and wiring in the backpack.) The suspect—who initially said he was submitting a news tip—forced his way through the front door of the Sinclair-owned CBS/CW affiliate's lobby when chief engineer George Markle moved to barricade the suspect between both lobby doors, and helped evacuate station staff from the building. After two hours, the suspect surrendered to police and was taken to the Kalamazoo County Jail. | [163][164] [165] |
| 16 | Due to a 90-minute delay over what is later revealed to be an overlooked technical bug, Netflix aborts plans to live-stream the Season 4 reunion special of dating series Love is Blind. The special would have been the streamer's second-ever live event (after Chris Rock: Selective Outrage, which ran without error on March 4). The reunion is recorded and released on a tape delay the following day. | [166][167] [168] |
| 18 | Avoiding a trial in Delaware Superior Court that already had a jury empaneled and sworn in, Dominion Voting Systems and Fox News announce a $787.5 million settlement agreement in the former company's defamation lawsuit over the latter's airing of baseless claims that Dominion's voting machines switched votes cast for Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election to Joe Biden, one of several conspiracy theories spread by Trump, his supporters and many conservative media outlets to explain his defeat by Biden. Dominion had been seeking $1.6 billion in damages. Though the settlement does not require them to apologize on-air, Fox News does acknowledge in a statement that "the Court's rulings [found] certain claims about Dominion to be false." | [169] |
| 19 | The news-gathering helicopters of Griffin Media's two Oklahoma CBS affiliates sustain damage from a supercell thunderstorm that spawned at least nine tornadoes across the central section of the state. While covering an EF3 tornado that caused extensive damage in Cole, three-inch hailstones knocked out the windshield of a Bell 407 operated by Oklahoma City flagship KWTV; pilot Jim Gardner and photographer Rich Kriegel, who were both on board, were not injured. An EF2 tornado which struck Shawnee later that evening damaged the tail rotor and roof of a Bell 206 B3 JetRanger operated by Tulsa sister KOTV (which was being housed in a hangar for maintenance and required inspection) at the city's airport. | [170][171] |
| 20 | The WNBA announces a multi-year deal with the E. W. Scripps Company that will see Ion Television air regular season doubleheaders, along with regional telecasts (airing in early- or late-evening broadcast windows) carried on selected Ion O&Os, on Friday nights starting with the 2023 season. Ion's initial slate of 44 WNBA-produced games will air over 15 weeks from May 26 to September 8. The deal gives Ion its first national sports telecasts since a three-event UFC preliminary fight deal in 2010–11, and marks the first rights deal ever signed by Scripps Sports, which was formed in December 2022 to acquire sports events for Ion and Scripps's local television stations. | [172][173] [174][175] |
| Fox News announces it has parted ways with conservative commentator Dan Bongino, who hosted the Saturday prime time show Unfiltered for the network as well as the Fox Nation program Canceled in the USA. According to Bongino, the move was due to a breakdown in contract negotiations and not related to Fox's settlement with Dominion Voting Systems. | [176][177] | |
| 21 | Paramount Global agrees to a $167.5 million settlement of a case stemming from the 2019 merger of CBS Corporation and Viacom filed by former CBS shareholders against some of the company's former officers and directors (including vice-chairperson Shari Redstone and acting CEO Joseph Ianniello) over alleged breaches of fiduciary duties related to the merger negotiation and approval. | [178] |
| 23 | NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell departs the company following a third-party investigation into a complaint relating to an inappropriate relationship that Shell had with a female employee. Comcast president Michael J. Cavanagh will assume management responsibilities for the division until a successor is appointed. CNBC anchor and senior international correspondent Hadley Gamble—who lodged the complaint alleging sexual harassment by Shell, and allegations of bullying and discrimination by members of CNBC World's management team in March that led to investigations into both matters—would subsequently reach an agreement with NBCUniversal to depart the network on May 9. | [179][180] |
| 24 | Fox News parts ways with Tucker Carlson, permanently ending Tucker Carlson Tonight with the April 21 broadcast (which ended with the expectation that it would be back the following Monday). The dismissals of Carlson and senior executive producer Justin Wells—reportedly directed by Fox Corporation executive chairman/CEO Lachlan Murdoch and Fox News Media CEO Suzanne Scott to Fox chairman Rupert Murdoch—are tied to a discrimination lawsuit by producer Abby Grossberg (who was fired in March, and would go on to settle the litigation for $12 million on June 30), alleging she was subjected to bullying and antisemitic comments while working on the program, and was coerced by company lawyers to provide misleading testimonial answers in the Dominion Voting Systems defamation lawsuit settled six days prior. Private text messages that Carlson sent to colleagues (expressing skepticism of election fraud claims made by former president Donald Trump's attorneys, criticizing the network for "jeopardizing" its credibility by amplifying the claims, and revealing that he hated Trump "passionately") were among the internal messages made public through the Dominion lawsuit that were widely seen as exposing Fox to greater legal liability. Carlson's former 8:00 p.m. ET slot was temporarily filled by Fox News Tonight, which was hosted by a rotation of network personalities; Jesse Watters Primetime took over the hour on July 17, as part of a broader prime time realignment that also saw timeslot changes for The Ingraham Angle and Gutfeld! (with Ingraham being moved to Watters' former 7:00 p.m. ET slot). Carlson would debut a conservative commentary video series on Twitter on June 6, prompting a cease and desist notice issued by Fox News one week later, citing a non-compete clause in his former contract that runs until early 2025. | [181][182] [183][184] [185][186] [187][188] [189] |
| CNN parts ways with anchor Don Lemon, following a series of controversies over his on-air remarks and treatment of network colleagues, and an April 5 Variety report that outlined allegations of mistreatment toward several former female colleagues—including Nancy Grace, Kyra Phillips and Soledad O'Brien—and instances of "diva-like behavior" during his 17-year career at CNN. Lemon was earlier criticized for remarks about Nikki Haley, which were widely perceived as sexist, on the February 16 edition of CNN This Morning, suggesting the former United Nations ambassador and South Carolina governor (who turned 51 the month prior) was not a viable presidential candidate because she "isn't in her prime"—referencing a comment Haley made during her declaratory speech the day prior that implied President Joe Biden and her rival for the 2024 Republican nomination, Donald Trump (then 80 and 76, respectively), were too old to hold office. | [190][191] [192][193] [note 5] | |
| The Walt Disney Company conducts a second round of layoffs affecting hundreds of employees, including ABC Current Programming SVP Stacey Adams, Freeform programming development SVP Julie Jarmon, and Disney Branded Television unscripted programming VP Marc Buhaj, and 20th Television SVP and Current Programming co-chief Dana Sharpless; FiveThirtyEight founder/CEO Nate Silver will also depart at the end of his contract later this year as part of cuts to the ABC News unit. The company will also combine the current programming and development teams of Disney Television Animation, and dissolve digital content division 20th Digital Studio, Disney Media Distribution's first-run syndication unit and Disney Television Studios's marketing division (marketing responsibilities for programs produced by its studio units will be handled by the company's television and streaming properties). | [194][195] [196][197] | |
| Concluding an expansion that began on April 1 (when it replaced overnight drama series and infomercials with repeats of its evening talk and analysis shows), NewsNation permanently switches to a 24-hour all-news schedule on weekdays: the Nexstar-owned network debuts a four-hour rolling afternoon news block, NewsNation Now (replacing crime dramas in that slot), and an hour-long political news show, The Hill (a broadcast extension of the co-owned publication, replacing an hour of NewsNation Rush Hour). The expansion coincides with the unveiling of a new studio at its New York bureau in the Daily News Building (where co-operated CW affiliate WPIX also christened a separate studio on that date). Syndicated scripted series acquired before the former WGN America began its gradual format shift from entertainment to news in February 2021 (such as Blue Bloods and Last Man Standing) and time-brokered programs will continue to air on weekends outside of prime time until late 2024, when NewsNation plans to switch to all-news programming full-time. | [198][199] [200] | |
| 25 | A man carrying an electric guitar and a handwritten sign—reading "Free Billie Eilish", and referencing a dark web conspiracy theory regarding the CIA's infamous MKUltra experimentation program and ex-Illuminati "insider" Donald Marshall—climbed onto a digital billboard on KTLA/Los Angeles's landmark auxiliary transmission tower outside its Sunset Bronson Studios facility. (The Nexstar-owned CW affiliate's promotional billboard was subsequently turned off temporarily for safety reasons.) The man descended from the tower after about three hours, as firefighters and LAPD crisis negotiators sought to get him down an adjacent ladder. He was arrested on a suspicion of trespassing complaint. | [201][202] |
| 26 | Facebook Watch announces the cancellation of Red Table Talk, the streaming service's last remaining original program, with its producers seeking a new service for future episodes of the talk show. The move comes amid ongoing layoffs at Facebook Watch parent Meta Platforms (which included that of Mina Lefevre, Facebook Watch's head of development and programming) and a shift in emphasis by Meta toward content for its Horizon Worlds virtual reality service. | [203] |
| ESPN cut ties with baseball reporter Marly Rivera for calling fellow reporter Ivón Gaete a "fucking cunt" in a heated caught-on-tape exchange on April 18, after Rivera alleged Gaete tried to interview Aaron Judge, despite the former having had been scheduled to interview the New York Yankees outfielder. | [204][205] | |
| Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt vetoes H.B. 2820, a bill that would extend authorization for the Oklahoma Educational Television Authority, the state's PBS member network, through July 1, 2026. Although Stitt later alleged the veto was over objections to LGBTQ+ content on certain PBS programs that he claims "indoctrinat[es]" and "overly sexualizes" children (harkening rhetoric of a broader ongoing culture war over LGBTQ+ rights), the bill is one of over 20 measures (some passed unanimously by the state's House and Senate) that he elected to veto in a broader impasse with Senate leaders over his education and tax proposals—which, in addition to increasing education funding and teacher salaries, would also create a voucher-like tax credit program. The veto of H.B. 2820—which, had it not received the required two-thirds support of both legislative chambers to override it, would have resulted in OETA's agency authorization expiring on July 1 and the member network ceasing operations when its existing funding appropriations lapsed in July 2024—was overridden by the legislature on May 25 (the penultimate day of its 2023 session), passing the House, 73–23, and the Senate, 38–6. | [206][207] [208][209] [note 6] | |
| A red-tailed hawk fatally collided with a Bell 206 JetRanger operated by WPLG/Miami as the helicopter flew over Pembroke Pines en route to cover a story during the BH Media-owned ABC affiliate's noon newscast. Pilot Mark Lewis and photographer Joe Brennan were not injured, and the helicopter—which sustained damage to its cockpit window—landed safely. | [211][212] | |
| 27 | Just shy of a year after announcing his departure, James Corden hosts The Late Late Show for the 1,193rd and final time. Will Ferrell and Harry Styles are the guests on the finale, which also featured a pre-recorded farewell message from President Joe Biden and a dream sequence sketch that included appearances by fellow current and former late night hosts Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers, David Letterman and Trevor Noah. The last episode of Corden's 81⁄2-year run as host—which was preceded earlier that night by the show's final prime time Carpool Karaoke special—also served as the series finale of the CBS late night talk franchise, which debuted in January 1995 with Tom Snyder as its original host. After airing reruns of The Late Late Show for the remainder of spring and summer, the timeslot was filled by reruns of Comics Unleashed starting in September until mid-January of the next year. | [213][214] [215][216] [217] |
| Sinclair Broadcast Group announces it will cancel full-length newscasts and lay off all news department staff at CBS affiliate KTVL/Medford, Oregon, and CBS/Fox affiliate KPTH/Sioux City, and discontinue partially outsourced newscasts on NBC affiliate WNWO/Toledo (co-produced by CBS sister WSBT/South Bend since March 2017), CBS affiliate WGFL/Gainesville, Florida (co-produced by CBS sister WPEC/West Palm Beach since October 2019), and Fox affiliate KPTM/Omaha (co-produced by Fox sister KMPH/Fresno since 2013), effective May 12. The National Desk will replace newscasts on all five stations starting May 15. The cuts, as well as reductions in news production at five other stations (see March 24 entry), are believed to be related to the recent bankruptcy of Sinclair-controlled Bally Sports parent Diamond Sports Group. | [218][219] [220][221] [222][142] [note 7] | |
| 28 | Phoenix's professional basketball teams, the NBA's Suns and the WNBA's Mercury, reach agreements with Gray Television to air their regionally televised games on independents KTVK and KPHE-LD, and with interactive video provider Kiswe to livestream their games on team-specific subscription streaming services. The deal—which was slated to begin with a Mercury-Minnesota Lynx preseason game on May 25 and last five years for the Suns and two for the Mercury—would see the Gray stations maintain exclusivity over certain Suns and Mercury games, feature team-related programs on KTVK and KPHE, and have the content distributed throughout Arizona across KTVK's translator network and Gray-owned KPHE repeaters in Tucson (KOLD-DT5) and Yuma–El Centro (soon-to-launch KAZS). The Suns and Mercury are the first major-league teams to end their television partnerships with Bally Sports since the March 14 bankruptcy of parent Diamond Sports Group, whose Bally Sports Arizona has carried Suns and Mercury games since 2003 and 2006, respectively. (The Suns were last on over-the-air local TV when the team ended its contract with MyNetworkTV O&O KUTP in 2011.) U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Christopher Lopez, who is overseeing Diamond's bankruptcy proceedings, would void the Gray deal on May 10, on the basis that the Suns and Mercury violated rules that froze Diamond's rights with the teams and gave them a right of first refusal to match the deal, while in bankruptcy. Diamond effectively reversed course on July 13, declining to submit an offer matching the Gray deal to retain the Suns/Mercury rights before that day's deadline. | [223][224] [225][226] [227][228] [229][230] [note 8] |
| 30 | During ABC's coverage of Game 1 in the Miami Heat–New York Knicks playoff series, a bumper shown during the telecast included stock footage with the original towers of the World Trade Center in the background. After complaints from viewers, ESPN said it "mistakenly used an old stock image and we apologize." | [231] |
May edit
| Date | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Two days after the conclusion of the 2023 NFL draft, Xfinity drops NFL Network from its systems after failing to reach a contract renewal agreement prior to its expiration. The blackout ends the following day, reportedly resolved after a phone discussion between NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and Comcast CEO Brian Roberts conducted the previous afternoon. | [232][233] |
| As part of a multi-year agreement that also extends their existing carriage contracts for the company's 90 ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox stations and NewsNation, Nexstar Media Group and Hulu announce that the latter will begin carrying additional Nexstar-run stations serving 32 markets (consisting of 26 MyNetworkTV and four independent stations, including WGN-TV/Chicago, KRON/San Francisco, WPHL/Philadelphia, WTTA/Tampa–St. Petersburg, KAUT/Oklahoma City and WDVM/Hagerstown–Washington, D.C.) to its vMVPD service's lineup. Although some of Nexstar's 29 CW affiliates were reportedly added to Hulu beginning in February, the terms of the deal do not specify whether carriage of other CW stations operated by Nexstar were included as part of the agreement. | [234][235] [236] | |
| 2 | The Writers Guild of America commences a strike against television and film studios, its first labor stoppage since 2007 and the largest production stoppage for the American entertainment industry since 2020, after the union and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers failed to agree on a new contract by the WGA's May 1 renewal deadline. The WGA sought increases in compensation and residuals, and greater protections for over-scale pay (citing a decline in pay despite the expansion of content with the rise of streaming services in recent years that effectively created a "gig economy" for unionized writers), staffing requirements for television shows to employ a certain number of writers for a specified period of time (regardless of need for specific episodes), curbs on mini-rooms (where groups of writers outline story breakdowns and write scripts), and restrictions on chatbot scriptwriting. The strike immediately halted production of late night talk and variety shows; and, just as how the Fall network schedules were impacted by the 1981 and 1988 strikes in addition to being compounded by the concurring SAG–AFTRA strike that would begin on July 14, halted or delayed development and production of scripted series for the 2023–24 network schedule (resulting in unscripted programs, and acquired foreign, cable and streaming series occupying much of the Fall schedule), along with cable and streaming programs that have uncompleted episodes. At the outset, prime time network schedules were not significantly disrupted at the strike's commencement (after production on most scripted network shows for the 2022–23 season had already concluded). As well, some shows that employed paerticipating WGA members continued production, either without pre-written material (including talk shows The View, The Kelly Clarkson Show and Gutfeld!) or using fi-core and non-union writers to continue ongoing and planned storylines (as soap operas had done during previous strikes). The WGA would declare the strike over effective at 12:01AM on September 27, three days after the Guild and AMPTP reached a tentative agreement that was approved by Guild leadership on September 26, and allowing its rank and file to return to work while they perform a ratification vote. | [237][238] [239][240] [note 9] |
| A man fires an automatic-style rifle into a glass door panel outside the front lobby of WHBQ/Memphis around 11:30 a.m. CT. The suspect—who had a history of mental illness, and was in the midst of a mental episode that family and friends reportedly intended to seek help for that day—had earlier informed an employee of the Imagicomm-owned Fox affiliate that he was carrying a gun while talking to them outside the studio's front gate. Employees were evacuated to a back parking lot for around 30 minutes as police secured the area; no one was injured. The suspect was arrested about two hours later at a nearby burger restaurant, where he was barricaded inside a bathroom and posted a Facebook Live video, in which he insisted on speaking with "news people" about alleged evidence into corruption in the Memphis Police Department. | [241][242] [243] [note 10] | |
| 4 | The NHL's Vegas Golden Knights sign a multi-year agreement with the E. W. Scripps Company's Scripps Sports division to air their regionally-televised games on Ion O&O KMCC/Laughlin–Las Vegas (which will become an independent station). The deal, effective with the 2023–24 season, replaces AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain as the Knights' television partner and expands the team's local relationship with Scripps (KMCC sister station KTNV has carried the Knights' preseason and ABC-televised regular season games since the team's inaugural 2017–18 season, concurrent with its AT&T SportsNet contract). Scripps will syndicate the Knights telecasts to stations across the team's broadcast territory, including the company's stations in Boise, Salt Lake City and Montana. The Knights are the first major-league team to cut ties with AT&T SportsNet since its parent, Warner Bros. Discovery, announced its intent to exit the RSN business. | [244][245] [246] |
| Gray Television fires South Dakota State Capitol reporter Austin Goss (who filed reports for KOTA–KEVN/Rapid City and KSFY–KDLT/Sioux Falls) following his arrest on charges of making "threatening, harassing or misleading contacts" tied to a January 23 prank call he made to former South Dakota State Senator and Republican Party chairman Dan Lederman by spoofing the personal cell phone number of Governor Kristi Noem, which a state investigation found that Goss may have obtained during "personal and professional" communications with her. | [247] | |
| 5 | NBC Sports California suspends veteran Oakland Athletics play-by-play announcer Glen Kuiper, after he appeared to refer to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum as the "nigger league museum" during the pre-game show for that night's away game against the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium. Kuiper apologized for the remarks—which he made while discussing a visit he and broadcast partner Dallas Braden made to the museum earlier that day—following a commercial break at the top of the sixth inning. The A's denounced Kuiper's remarks in a statement on Twitter, calling his use of the slur "unacceptable." Kuiper was fired by NBC Sports California on May 22. | [248][249] [250][251] [252][253] [254] |
| 6 | The coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla is televised on all major broadcast networks, cable news channels and BBC America. The ceremony was watched cumulatively by 10.9 million viewers according to Nielsen, with ABC's coverage leading all networks with 3.04 million viewers. | [255][256] |
| 7 | The 2023 MTV Movie & TV Awards are broadcast on MTV and its sister networks, with Scream VI (Best Movie) and The Last of Us (Best Show) among the notable winners. Originally planned as a live ceremony (from the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California), the event airs instead as a prerecorded presentation in the wake of several attendees, and previously announced emcee Drew Barrymore, withdrawing in solidarity with striking WGA members, as well as plans by the Guild to picket the event. (Barrymore, who still appeared on the broadcast in pre-recorded skits, has agreed to host the ceremony in 2024.) | [257][258] [259][260] |
| 8 | Nexstar Media Group announces it will acquire independent station KUSI/San Diego from McKinnon Broadcasting for $35 million. The deal would create a duopoly with Fox affiliate KSWB (the first such duopoly in the San Diego market), and marks the family-owned McKinnon's exit from broadcasting (McKinnon, which was founded in 1962, had launched KUSI in 1982 and the station was its last television property following the 2010 sale of KIII/Corpus Christi to London Broadcasting Company). Nexstar plans to turn KUSI into a CW affiliate once its contract with Tegna-owned KFMB-DT2 (which runs through September 2026) expires or is terminated early. | [261][262] [263][264] [note 11] |
| 9 | Paramount Media Networks announces it will shut down MTV News as part of broader layoffs and cost-cutting at the company, affecting 25% of the company's U.S.-based staff. Launched in 1987 but affected by downsizing in its later years, MTV's news and documentary division was noted for its coverage of music, politics, lifestyle, and pop culture that was geared toward the network's younger audiences. Paramount Global also announces the consolidation of Showtime Networks and MTV Entertainment Studios into a single "studio" unit, and the nine separate operations teams of the Paramount Media Networks cable channels into one portfolio group. | [265][266] |
| 10 | CNN's Kaitlan Collins moderated a town hall with Donald Trump at Saint Anselm College in Goffstown, New Hampshire, in front of an audience primarily made of likely Republican primary voters. The former president and 2024 Republican presidential candidate made numerous false claims (including repeating voter fraud allegations in his 2020 presidential election loss); reiterated his support of the 2021 U.S. Capitol attack; credited himself for appointing three of the six Supreme Court justices who overruled the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion ruling in the 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision; and sidestepped questions about whom he supported in the Russia–Ukraine war and if he supported a national abortion ban during the event. Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav and CNN Global CEO Chris Licht defended the decision to hold the town hall; however, media observers, CNN staffers, and Trump critics across the political spectrum denounced it for appearing to "normalize" his candidacy—despite Trump being the subject of multiple criminal and civil cases (including federal and state investigations into his attempts to overturn the 2020 election, and a New York civil trial that concluded the day prior, in which he was found liable of sexually abusing and defaming former Elle columnist E. Jean Carroll, remarks about whom Trump made during the event were amended into a separate defamation lawsuit against Trump, filed by Carroll in 2019, on May 22), and his tendency to make false claims and spread disinformation. In response to the event, legal commentator Tristan Snell said he would no longer appear on CNN under its current leadership. The town hall was watched by 3.1 million viewers according to Nielsen, lower than that of the network's July 2022 town hall with President Joe Biden (3.7 million). | [267][268] [269][270] [271] |
| 15 | WideOpenWest announces it will discontinue its in-house pay television services, Ultra TV (a traditional pay-TV service relying on QAM/IP-based set-top boxes that launched in 2011) and WOW tv+ (an IPTV service using Android TV infrastructure that launched in March 2020), and migrate its remaining video customers—totaling 117,100 subscribers as of Q1 2023, a 6.2% decline from Q4 2022—to YouTube TV, under a partnership that wil see the Alphabet-owned vMVPD provider be offered as part of WOW!'s Internet bundle, beginning that Summer. | [272][273] [274][275] [note 12] |
| Country singer Reba McEntire, who earlier served as an advisor in the Knockout rounds for the 23rd season of The Voice, was announced to succeed outgoing coach Blake Shelton—the last of the NBC music competition series' four original coaches, who earlier announced his departure prior to the Season 23 premiere—for the 24th season. The semifinals, which followed a real-time voting structure without an "Instant Save" feature for the first time since Season 5, saw both artists coached by Shelton, Grace West and NOVIAS, advancing to the following week's final round; both artists would go on to lose to eventual winner Gina Miles, who was coached by former One Direction member and debuting coach Niall Horan, making him the series' tenth overall winning coach and the third coach to win on their first attempt. | [276][277] [278][279] | |
| 17 | Mission Broadcasting announces it will acquire MyNetworkTV affiliate WADL/Mount Clemens, Michigan from Adell Broadcasting Corp. for $75 million. Clinton Township-based Adell, which signed on WADL in May 1989, will retain ownership of religious broadcaster The Word Network and radio station WFDF/Farmington Hills. Upon closure, Mission intends to contract with partner company Nexstar Media Group to provide operational services for WADL, which it planned to turn into Detroit's affiliate of The CW (a network majority owned by Nexstar); the station briefly affiliated with the network on September 1 (replacing WKBD), before moving to Scripps-owned WMYD due to a dispute between Adell and Mission/Nexstar over their affiliation contract. The sale was approved eleven months later on April 23, 2024; however because of issues concerning Nexstar's management of Mission-owned WPIX/New York City (which resulted in a $1.82-million fine, and a requirement for Mission to sell the station to Nexstar or an independent third-party to comply with FCC ownership rules that the LMA's structure had purportedly violated due to attributable interests in the latter's involvement with WPIX), the approval was conditioned on Nexstar not being involved in financing Mission's purchase of the station, Mission enforcing limits to performance bonuses and ad revenues provided to Nexstar under any LMA between the two groups, the station limiting carriage of Nexstar-provided programming to no more than 15% of the station's weekly programming time (a clause normally applied to local programming provided by a station operator under LMA rules that likely constrains WADL from carrying the full CW schedule as intended, particularly as Scripps plans to drop it from WMYD in September 2024 as part of a chain-wide disaffiliation from the network), and that any SSA cannot include an option for Nexstar to purchase WADL outright. | [280][281] [282][283] [284][285] |
| 19 | Citadel Communications announces that it will sell independent station WSNN-LD/Sarasota, Florida to Nexstar Media Group for $1 million. The transaction, which is expected to be completed by the end of the year, will combine the station with Nexstar's existing Tampa–St. Petersburg duopoly of WFLA (NBC) and WTTA (MyNetworkTV), and marks Citadel's exit from broadcasting; the company—which acquired WSNN in 2009—had owned nine major-network stations in the Midwest and New England (including current Nexstar properties WHBF/Rock Island–Davenport, KCAU/Sioux City and WIVT/Binghamton) at various points from its founding in 1982 until 2019. The sale was finalized on July 20. | [286][287] [288][289] |
| 22 | Fifteen months to the date after it was first announced, Tegna announces it has terminated its deal to be acquired by hedge fund Standard General. The $8.6-billion deal, which was originally slated to be completed in the second half of 2022, had faced regulatory hurdles (the FCC's Media Bureau had designated the deal for a hearing by an administrative law judge in February), scrutiny from lawmakers and labor unions concerned over job losses (in part because the deal did not address conflicts with stations operated by Cox Media Group—whose majority owner, Apollo Global Management, helped finance the deal—in four markets), and a deadline for Standard General to arrange financing for the deal on this date. As a result of the deal's termination, Tegna (which owns and operates 68 stations in 54 markets) announces a share repurchase plan and the collection of a $136 million termination fee from Standard General. | [290][291] [292] |
| 23 | Netflix begins cracking down on unauthorized password sharing between subscribers and non-paying customers in the U.S. by introducing an $8/month "extra member" option to permit access to users who do not live in the account holder's household, and intending to block devices attempting to access a user's Netflix account without paying over a certain timeframe. Netflix initially tested the "extra member" program—which resulted in account cancellations in countries where paid-sharing has been implemented—to primary account holders in Chile, Costa Rica and Peru in 2022, and formally commenced paid-sharing in Canada, New Zealand, Portugal and Spain In February 2023. | [293][294] [note 13] |
| 24 | Gray Television files a lawsuit in the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals that requests to vacate a $518,283 fine issued by the FCC in July 2021 (which was upheld on appeal in a 3–1 vote by the FCC Media Bureau in October 2022), pertaining to a July 2020 non-license asset deal between Gray and Denali Media Holdings that saw the former acquire and transfer the CBS affiliation rights for Anchorage from KTVA (now a Rewind TV affiliate) to Gray-owned KYES (now KAUU). Because Gray already owned NBC affiliate KTUU, the FCC considered the transaction as equivalent to purchasing a second top-four station in violation of FCC duopoly regulations. Gray—which acquired KAUU (then a lower-rated MyNetworkTV affiliate) in 2016—contends the FCC had no authority to regulate the affiliation purchase as it did not involve a license transfer, that its regulation of a "functional equivalent" to the agency's Top-4 Rule via the fine exceeds the agency's regulatory authority, and that the fine violates the First Amendment by penalizing Gray's programming decisions without furthering a "legitimate" government interest. | [295][296] [297] |
| 29 | Silver Chalice acquires majority control of Stadium from Sinclair Broadcast Group (which co-founded the broadcast/streaming sports network with the Chicago White Sox subsidiary in 2017, as a reconfiguration of Sinclair's American Sports Network syndication service). Sinclair cites that the decision to sell its controlling stake in Stadium was due to insufficient viewership to justify continued financing, refuting a report by Front Office Sports disclosing the purchase that it was tied to financial issues related to the recent bankruptcy of its Diamond Sports Group unit. Stadium will maintain its affiliation agreements with Sinclair-run stations, while Sinclair will continue to supply some programming for the network. | [298][299] |
| 30 | One week after failing to make a rights payment before the end of its fee grace period, Diamond Sports Group informs the San Diego Padres that it will no longer provide financing to Bally Sports San Diego that would enable the regional sports network to continue paying fees to the team. The Padres' local television rights consequently reverted to the team and Major League Baseball following that evening's game against Miami (the first of a three-game away series), marking the first instance since Diamond's March 14 bankruptcy filing that it returned the local MLB broadcast rights to a franchise. The league took over production of the Padres' regional telecasts starting with the May 31 Padres–Marlins game, and began carrying them on alternate channels on Cox, Spectrum, U-verse, DirecTV and Fubo within the team's home market, along with, for the first time ever, a blackout-free, direct-to-consumer option via MLB.tv. Game announcers Don Orsillo, Mark Grant and Bob Scanlan will remain on the broadcasts as they are directly employed by the Padres. | [300][301] [note 14] |
June edit
| Date | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Chuck Todd announces that he will stepping down as moderator of Meet the Press after nine years. Todd's tenure as moderator, which would end on September 10, saw the NBC program launch into other ventures (including the NBC News Now extension show Meet The Press Now, which Welker co-hosts and had originally debuted on MSNBC in 2015 as MTP Daily, weekly podcasts and a documentary film festival), and Todd himself facing criticism from some viewers and media critics for not pushing back against false statements made by guests (particularly those made by former president Donald Trump, his administration's officials, and his archconservative supporters in political leadership). Todd will be succeeded as MTP moderator on September 17 by NBC News White House correspondent Kristen Welker, who will move from the co-anchor chair at Saturday Today to become the political talk show's first female moderator (since co-creator Martha Rountree's 1947–53 tenure as its original host), as well as the first person of color to regularly serve as the program's moderator (Welker is of mixed Black–Caucasian heritage). | [302][303] [304] |
| 6 | The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead reports that Red River Broadcasting has exercised an option to terminate the sale of Fox affiliates KQDS/Duluth–Superior and KVRR/Fargo–Moorhead to Forum Communications. The $24-million deal, first announced in November 2021, was dependent on the FCC approving a waiver of ownership rules prohibiting the combination of two full-power "Big Four" outlets in the same market, in order to allow a duopoly between KVRR and Forum-owned ABC affiliate WDAY. The FCC, which has only once approved such a "Big Four" duopoly (in 2019), had not yet considered the Fargo waiver. (Forum, which also owns The Forum and News Tribune newspapers in the respective cities, would have had no such issues in Duluth as it has no existing television properties in that market.) | [305][306] [note 15] |
| 7 | Warner Bros. Discovery announces the departure of Chris Licht as CEO of its CNN Global division after just over one year. Licht had already ceded operational control of the network to WBD Chief Corporate Operating Officer David Leavy in the fallout from the Donald Trump town hall meeting, though the ouster came in the aftermath of the June 2 publication of a less-than-flattering Atlantic article documenting Licht's short but tumultuous tenure at CNN. | [307][308] [309] |
| Actor Jay Johnston is arrested by the FBI for his alleged involvement in the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. The comedian/actor (known for his roles in Mr. Show with Bob and David, The Sarah Silverman Program and Bob's Burgers) was charged by the U.S. Department of Justice on counts that include civil disorder, entering or remaining in a restricted building or grounds, disorderly or disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds, and impeding passage through Capitol property. | [310] | |
| 11 | The 76th Tony Awards air on CBS and Paramount+ from New York's United Palace, with Ariana DeBose as host. Notable winners included Kimberly Akimbo (Best Musical), Leopoldstadt (Best Play), and the first two non-binary performers to win acting awards (J. Harrison Ghee for Some Like It Hot and Alex Newell for Shucked). The ceremony and telecast were initially postponed on May 12 after organizers for the Tonys were denied a waiver request from the Writers Guild of America to use pre-written material during the Guild's strike against the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (both CBS and Paramount+ are AMPTP members). But by May 16, organizers agree to ceremony alterations—including refraining from using a script and placing an emphasis on live performances from Tony-nominated shows—thus allowing the event to proceed without a WGA waiver or picket line. | [311][312] [313] |
| 12 | The Denver Nuggets defeat the Miami Heat, 94–89, in Game 5 of the 2023 NBA Finals to win their first championship in franchise history; the Nuggets, in their first-ever Finals appearance, defeated the Heat in four of five games in the best-of-seven series; ABC carried the NBA Finals exclusively for the 21st consecutive year. This year's NBA playoffs, which began on April 15 (and were televised on TNT, ESPN, ABC and NBA TV—with each team's regional broadcaster also televising local coverage of First Round games, except for most weekend games that ABC televised nationally), saw ESPN/ABC carry the Western Conference Finals and TNT carry the Eastern Conference Finals, per the alternating exclusivity rotation under the NBA's contracts with ESPN Inc. and Warner Bros. Discovery Sports. | [314][315] [316] [note 16] |
| Pat Sajak announces on social media that he will retire as host of Wheel of Fortune at the conclusion of its 41st season in mid-2024; he will remain with the program thereafter as a consultant. Sajak has hosted the Sony/CBS-distributed game show since December 1981, when he succeeded Chuck Woolery on the now-defunct network version (Sajak would leave that version in January 1989, six months prior to its move from NBC to CBS, to host his own late-night talk show for the latter network), and began hosting the syndicated version when it debuted in September 1983. On June 27, it was announced that Ryan Seacrest will succeed Sajak as host for the 2024–25 season. | [317][318] | |
| 13 | The Vegas Golden Knights defeat the Florida Panthers, 9–3, in Game 5 of the 2023 Stanley Cup Finals to win their first championship in franchise history; the Golden Knights, which began play in the NHL six years prior, defeated the Panthers in four of five games in the best-of-seven series. TNT, TBS and TruTV simulcasted this year's Stanley Cup Finals, per the alternating rotation under the NHL's contracts with ESPN Inc. and Warner Bros. Discovery Sports. It marked both the first time that the three networks carried the championship series and the first time since 1994 (when it was carried nationally by ESPN and regionally by New York City-based MSG) that the Finals aired exclusively on cable in the U.S. This year's Stanley Cup playoffs began on April 17, and was televised on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, TBS and TNT, with each franchise's regional broadcaster also televising local coverage of First Round games (except for weekend games that ABC televised nationally). | [319][320] [note 17] |
| Sports analyst/commentator Shannon Sharpe announces he will be leaving the FS1 morning sports talk show Skip and Shannon: Undisputed, which he has co-hosted since its debut in September 2016, following that day's broadcast. It was then announced that the show would take a hiatus until August 28 due to Fox Sports failing to find a new debate partner with Skip Bayless. | [321][322] [323] | |
| 20 | The NBA's Utah Jazz signs a multi-year agreement with Sinclair Broadcast Group to broadcast their regionally televised games and other team-specific programs on the company's Salt Lake City duopoly of KUTV (CBS) and KJZZ (independent), effective with the league's 2023–24 season; the stations replace Warner Bros. Discovery-owned AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain and Root Sports Northwest as the Jazz's regional television partners. The deal also marks the team's return to KJZZ, which previously held over-the-air telecast rights to Jazz games from 1993 to 2009. Team owner Ryan Smith's holding company, Smith Entertainment Group, also starts a new in-house production division, SEG Media, to produce the telecasts, which will also be carried on a new subscription streaming service scheduled to launch in October. Game announcers Craig Bolerjack, Thurl Bailey and Holly Rowe will remain on the broadcasts as they are directly employed by the Jazz. | [324][325] [note 18] |
| 21 | Television presenter Geraldo Rivera announces he has quit the Fox News talk show The Five, which he has co-hosted since January 2022. On June 29, the same day his final episode was scheduled to air, Rivera announced that he would be leaving Fox News entirely after having quit the program; he later alleged in a July 13 appearance on The View that a "toxic [work] relationship" with an unnamed Five co-host led to his departure. | [326][327] [328] |
| 27 | Roku and CBS Sports announce a multi-year deal to become the exclusive American media partners for the Formula E electric motorsport series. The deal marks the first sports rights agreement for Roku and expands CBS's existing relationship with the promotion; Roku will stream 11 races per season on the Roku Channel and CBS will carry five races per season that will also be streamed on Paramount+, with all races carried by the two streaming services being accessible through Roku's live-streaming sports aggregation platform. | [329] |
| 28 | As part of a multi-year agreement that also extends their existing carriage contract for NFL Network and expands its distribution to co-owned DirecTV Stream and U-verse, NFL Media and DirecTV announce that the latter will add NFL RedZone to the lineups of its subscription television services. The addition of RedZone will allow DirecTV subscribers to continue to view regional NFL broadcasts not carried within their home market in some capacity, after the league's December 2022 deal with Google to distribute the package to YouTube TV and YouTube Primetime Channels customers resulted in DirecTV losing residential carriage rights to the NFL Sunday Ticket out-of-market sports package following the 2022 season. | [330] [note 19] |
| 29 | Nexstar Media Group fires news director Stanton Tang and assistant news director Amy Fox from NBC affiliate WOOD/Grand Rapids, following an internal investigation into a leaked memo urging reporters and producers to cover fewer stories on West Michigan-area Pride Month events because of criticism from conservative viewers over related stories aired earlier that month on its newscasts. Tang—who, in the memo, had asked reporters to only cover Pride events if considered newsworthy and to pursue viewpoints reflecting "both sides" of the story—had also been accused by station journalists of having his own right-leaning views influence editorial decisions (occasionally sending links to Twitter posts from conservative news outlets and commentators as story ideas in emails to reporters), and of fostering a hostile work environment within the news department (including pressuring and getting into intense arguments with journalists that caused some to take sick leave due to mental anguish, and discouraging them from voting in the 2022 Michigan gubernatorial and U.S. House primaries, only to later acknowledge he voted in that election, in possible violation of voter intimidation laws); prior complaints about Tang's workplace conduct allegedly went unaddressed when brought up to WOOD general manager Julie Brinks and to Nexstar management. News producers Luke Stier and Madeline Odle were also terminated for leaking information about the memo to local media and broadcast industry outlets. Veteran television executive Steven Ackermann was appointed as interim news director on June 30. | [333][334] |
| 30 | In what the network describes as a move meant to "identify additional cost savings," ESPN lays off about 20 on-air personalities. The notable names confirmed on this date to be exiting include NBA analysts Jalen Rose and Jeff Van Gundy; NFL studio analysts Matt Hasselbeck, Keyshawn Johnson, Rob Ninkovich, and Steve Young; NFL draft expert Todd McShay; boxing analyst and This Just In host Max Kellerman; college football analyst David Pollack; college basketball analyst LaPhonso Ellis; veteran reporter/host Suzy Kolber; and SportsCenter anchors Neil Everett and Ashley Brewer. It is the third round of layoffs this year at ESPN, following two waves affecting behind-the-scenes staffers earlier in the Spring. | [335][336] |
July edit
| Date | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hawaiian Telcom removes the Honolulu duopoly of Fox/CW affiliate KHON and MyNetworkTV affiliate KHII, and NewsNation from its systems across the state after failing to renew an agreement with Nexstar Media Group that expired on June 30. The provider filed an FCC complaint on July 6, asking for the commission to rule Nexstar's failure to continue the channels’ carriage as a violation of good-faith negotiation rules for each day since the previous contract lapsed. Hawaiian Telcom, which noted the Islands‘ volcanic and mountainous terrain prevents many residents from receiving KHON/KHII over-the-air and alleged that the group sought to increase fees to carry the channels by 80%, accused Nexstar of withholding consent by not responding to its request to extend negotiations by one week—forcing it to remove the channels—until immediately before the agreement expired. The parties reached a multi-year agreement to restore KHON/KHII (along with Rewind TV-affiliated KHON-DT4) and NewsNation to Hawaiian Telcom's lineup on July 20, although the provider stated it would not drop the Nexstar complaint (which it amended the day before to allege the group had unraveled an earlier version of the deal on July 17, demanding Hawaiian Telcom rescind the complaint and not file future FCC complaints against Nexstar). | [337][338] [339] [note 20] |
| 2 | DirecTV removes 159 stations owned by Nexstar Media Group after the two parties fail to reach a new carriage agreement. The impasse results in the complete loss of stations operated by Nexstar and its partner companies (Mission Broadcasting and White Knight Broadcasting) from the DirecTV satellite service, DirecTV Stream and U-verse, amid an existing contractual and legal dispute between DirecTV and Nexstar dating to October 2022, concerning alleged collective bargaining influence by the three station groups in retransmission fee negotiations that prompted the earlier removal of Mission and White Knight's respective stations from the company's television services (see March 14 entry). In a July 18 FCC letter, DirecTV accused CW majority owner Nexstar of forcing Sinclair Broadcast Group to remove 21 affiliates (all based in markets where both groups operate stations, and leaving subscribers of the vMVPD service in those areas unable to view CW programs) from DirecTV Stream on July 12; Nexstar countered that DirecTV Stream continued to carry Sinclair's CW stations without renewing a prior agreement that expired in November 2022. A gradual restoration of the Nexstar stations to DirecTV would begin on September 17, with the companies announcing a new multi-year carriage deal the next day. | [340][341] [342][343] |
| 10 | Charter Communications announces it will begin offering a reduced-cost tier of its Spectrum TV Select cable package that will exclude regional and many national sports networks featured in its standard basic tier (including its own Spectrum Sports channels in areas where Charter also operates an RSN). The Spectrum Select Signature tier—which will gradually launch across most of its footprint beginning in late Summer, alongside the renamed Spectrum Select Plus expanded tier—will be marketed primarily to non-sports fans, and is intended to limit cord-cutting among existing subscribers. The company also plans to launch a subscription streaming service for its Spectrum Sports channels, which will be available at no extra charge to Select Plus subscribers. Concurrently, Charter announces a new carriage agreement with DirecTV for Spectrum SportsNet and SportsNet LA, which lowers the required coverage rates for the two Los Angeles-based networks under terms similar to recent deals that saw the company reduce coverage mandates for owned or third-party regional sports networks carried on its systems (RSNs usually require carriage by at least 80% of a provider's regional subscribers); Charter intends to impose similar provisions for its Spectrum Sports RSNs in future negotiations with other providers, enabling them to reduce programming costs subsidized by their customers. | [344][345] [346] [note 21] |
| Saima Mohsin, who served as an international correspondent for the network from 2013 fo 2017, sues CNN for racial discrimination and wrongful termination. The journalist (who became a freelance presenter for Sky News in 2022) suffered severe tissue damage after a cameraman accompanying her on assignment accidentally drove over her foot while covering the Israel-Palestine conflict in 2014. Moshin—who is British Pakistani—alleges that the network refused to provide adequate accommodations for her injury, which left her unable to do more physically demanding reporting work, and denied her request to move to an anchor role (alleging an executive said she didn't "have the look we are looking for") and other on-air opportunities in favor of white American correspondents. | [347] | |
| 13 | The Atlantic Coast Conference announces a four-year deal with The CW, under which the network will broadcast a total of 50 ACC college football and basketball games (initially consisting of 13 football, 28 men's basketball and nine women's basketball games) each season through the 2026–27 academic year. Raycom Sports—which sublicenses the ACC television rights from ESPN, and terminated a preceding national broadcast deal with Bally Sports on June 15—will produce the telecasts. Starting with a September 9 non-conference football game between the Pittsburgh Panthers and Big 12 member Cincinnati Bearcats, The CW will air two ACC football games each Saturday during the Fall (in the afternoon and prime time), and Saturday afternoon men's basketball doubleheaders and Sunday afternoon women's basketball games from December to February. | [348][349] [350] [note 22] |
| 15 | SAG-AFTRA commenced a strike against television and film studios, after the union and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers failed to agree on a new contract after their previous agreement expired on June 30. This marks the first time that actors have initiated a labor dispute since the 1980 actors strike. With the concurrent Writers Guild of America strike, this was also the first time that actors and writers have walked out simultaneously since 1960. Similar to the WGA, SAG-AFTRA cited several issues, including economic fairness, residuals, regulating the use of artificial intelligence, and alleviating the burdens of the industry-wide shift to self-taping. In addition to impacting film and television productions, actors could not take part in promotional work, such as press junkets, film premieres, and other events such as the San Diego Comic-Con. Journalists and performers employed under the SAG-AFTRA National Code of Fair Practice for Network Television Broadcasting contract (a separate agreement negotiated between the union, major broadcast networks and other producers which currently runs through July 2024) were not affected, allowing news programs, most talk, variety, game and reality shows, soap operas, sports and promos to continue production with SAG-AFTRA members covered by that agreement. The strike ended on November 9 after a new agreement with the AMPTP was reached. | [351][352] [353][354] [355] |
| The New York Supreme Court rules in favor of DirecTV in a breach of contract lawsuit filed by the company in November 2021 against Nexstar Media Group, involving a 2015 carriage renewal agreement for WDVM/Hagerstown, Maryland (then-NBC affiliate WHAG). The suit alleged that Nexstar did not give DirecTV adequate notice that the station would become an independent once its affiliation contract with NBC expired in July 2016, resulting in the satellite provider overpaying to carry a station that would no longer be a Big Four affiliate. (As part of an effort at the time to reduce affiliate duplication in certain markets, NBC parent Comcast elected to disaffiliate from WHAG—a decision that was disclosed publicly by Nexstar in February 2016—due to perceived competition with nearby O&O WRC/Washington, D.C.) The court ruled that Nexstar overcharged DirecTV by basing its carriage fee rate for WDVM on its prior NBC affiliation, and ordered the broadcaster to repay “several million dollars” worth of excess fees that DirecTV paid during the contract term (plus interest). | [356][357] [358] [note 23] | |
| 17 | Four days after its release, CMT removes the music video for Jason Aldean’s single "Try That in a Small Town" from its rotation, amid controversy over the song's lyrics and the video's themes. The scrutiny pertained to the lyrics being interpreted by some listeners as evocative of vigilantism, lynchings and sundown towns (the former interpretation also drawing criticism as Aldean performed at the Route 91 Harvest music festival during the October 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting); the Maury County Courthouse in Columbia, Tennessee, where the video was filmed, being the site of several incidents of racial violence (including a 1927 lynching and the city's 1946 race riots); and the juxtaposition of the lyrics and excerpts of news footage from the 2020 race riots (including lootings and violent clashes between protesters and officers) interspersed in the video. Aldean responded to the criticism on Twitter, asserting the song was meant to represent “the feeling of a community that I had growing up, where we took care of our neighbors, regardless of differences of background or belief." | [359][360] [361][362] [363] [note 24] |
| 18 | Diamond Sports Group files separate lawsuits against majority owner Sinclair Broadcast Group and senior creditor JP Morgan that seek to receive compensation for Sinclair's preferred equity repayment to the investment firm. Sinclair compeleted its $1.025-billion worth of equity repayments to JP Morgan in February for its preferred interest in Diamond that it acquired as part of the group's 2019 purchase of the former Fox Sports Regional Networks from Disney. Diamond accuses Sinclair of manipulating the payment schedule so that JPMorgan was nearly made completely whole on its investment, even though it knew the former's bankruptcy would wipe out its equity in the subsidiary, | [365] |
| After Diamond Sports Group receives bankruptcy court approval of its motion (filed on June 22, with the intent of terminating the contract effective June 30) to surrender its contract with the team, the Arizona Diamondbacks and Major League Baseball assume the regional television rights to the former's games from Bally Sports Arizona, starting with that night's game against the Atlanta Braves. The telecasts will be carried on alternate channels on Cox, Spectrum, Xfinity, DirecTV, DirecTV Stream, Fubo and other providers within the team's regional territory, along with a blackout-free livestream on MLB.tv (with all games scheduled through July 23 available free to stream using MLB login credentials on the respective websites and apps of the MLB and the Diamondbacks). Due to the earlier departures of the NBA's Suns and WNBA's Mercury from the network (see April 28 entry), the loss of the Diamondbacks from the network leaves the NHL's Arizona Coyotes as the only major Phoenix-area sports franchise that maintains a broadcasting relationship with Bally Sports Arizona. Game announcers Steve Berthiaume and Bob Brenly will remain on the broadcasts as they are directly employed by the Diamondbacks. | [366][367] [368][369] [note 25] | |
| 23 | Preceding that day's ESPN+ broadcast of a friendly match between AC Milan and Real Madrid CF at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, ESPN soccer analyst Shaka Hislop fainted on-air while co-hosting the pre-match show with play-by-play analyst Dan Thomas. The retired professional soccer star later regained consciousness and was treated by stadium medical personnel, later describing the incident as "awkward" and was seeking medical opinion on the cause of his collapse. | [370][371] [372] |
| 28 | NASCAR announces a seven-year deal with The CW to broadcast Xfinity Series races exclusively on the network starting in 2025. The deal—which replaces NBC, USA Network and Fox Sports as the second-tier circuit's broadcast partners—will see The CW air 33 live races each year as well as weekend practice and qualifying events, with additional content being made available on The CW's streaming apps and digital platforms; NASCAR Productions, the stock car racing league's in-house production unit, will handle production responsibilities for the race telecasts and other ancillary content. The deal will mark the first time that all Xfinity Series races will be available exclusively on American broadcast television. | [373][374] [375] [note 26] |
August edit
| Date | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Jeffrey Goldberg is named moderator of Washington Week effective August 11, coinciding with The Atlantic (where Goldberg has served as editor-in-chief since 2016) joining Washington, D.C. PBS member station WETA and NewsHour Productions, LLC as an editorial partner of the PBS political affairs program, which will accordingly be retitled Washington Week with The Atlantic. Goldberg succeeds Yamiche Alcindor, who stepped down from the role on February 24, primarily to focus on her job as Washington correspondent for NBC News (various journalists have served as guest moderators since Alcindor's departure). | [376][377] |
| 4 | Days of Our Lives producer Corday Productions announces the departure of the Peacock soap opera's longtime co-executive producer/director Albert Alarr, with senior producer Janet Spellman-Drucker replacing him as co-EP and the company announcing it will be "implementing additional HR protocols." Alarr's departure comes in the aftermath of an investigation conducted by Days distributor Sony Pictures Television (outlined in a July 25 Deadline Hollywood report) that revealed Alarr had allegedly fostered a toxic work environment on the program, and had been verbally and physically abusive toward staffers (namely female staffers, who allege incidents of inappropriate comments and physical contact by Alarr). Though Corday Productions reportedly gave a written warning to Alarr (who denied the allegations against him) and ordered him to undergo training, his continued presence on Days led to on-set tensions among those aware of the investigation, with cast members petitioning for Alarr's ouster. | [378][379] [380] |
| 9 | Big Brother season 25 contestant Luke Valentine is removed from the CBS/Paramount+ reality show one day after uttering the N-word in a conversation, a violation of the show's code of conduct. | [381] |
| 10 | The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and Fox formally announce that the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards will be pushed back from its original planned date of September 18 until January 15, 2024. The rescheduling, due to the ongoing Writers Guild and SAG-AFTRA strikes, mark the first postponement of a Primetime Emmy ceremony since 2001, when the September 11 attacks and ensuing start of the war in Afghanistan pushed the 53rd Primetime Emmys from September to November. (The related Creative Arts Emmys will also move from September to the weekend of January 6–7, 2024.) | [382] |
| 15 | Sage Steele announces that she has left ESPN after settling her lawsuit against the network and its parent, The Walt Disney Company. Steele, who had been with ESPN since 2007 and had anchored SportsCenter and NBA Countdown, had sued ESPN and Disney in 2022, alleging the network had "sidelined" her after she criticized the network's COVID-19 vaccination policy and questioned the ethnicity of former U.S. President Barack Obama. | [383] |
| Nielsen Media Research reports that for the first time since it started its monthly gauge in 2021, the combined share of broadcast and cable network viewing during July was less than half of all total TV usage (49.6%). | [384] | |
| 20 | Spain defeats England, 1–0, in the final of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. The tournament, which began on July 20, was televised by Fox Sports and Telemundo respectively in English (on Fox and FS1) and Spanish (on Telemundo and Universo), with all games streamed on the Fox Sports app and Peacock. The networks and streaming platforms carried a primarily late night and early morning schedule of games—with only five matches being held during prime time—due to the tournament being played across nine cities in Australia and New Zealand (12–16 hours ahead of Eastern Daylight Time, depending on each game's corresponding host venue). | [385][386] [387][388] |
| 23 | Fox News hosts the first of the 2024 Republican Party presidential debates at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, which will also host the GOP's nominating convention. Eight candidates appear on the stage—Doug Burgum, Chris Christie, Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, Asa Hutchinson, Mike Pence, Vivek Ramaswamy, and Tim Scott—the lowest number of candidates for the first Republican debate stage since 2012. The relatively low number was due to strict RNC requirements that any participants have at least 40,000 individual donors and poll above 1% in either three national polls or two national polls and one state poll. (By comparison, high candidate numbers caused both the 2016 GOP and 2020 Democratic debates to be spread out over two nights.) Thanks to not meeting polling requirements or refusing to sign a loyalty pledge to back the eventual nominee, Ryan Binkley, Larry Elder, Will Hurd, Perry Johnson, Francis Suarez, and former president Donald Trump did not attend; Trump, the polling frontrunner, instead appears in a pre-taped interview with Tucker Carlson that aired as counterprogramming to the debate on X (formerly Twitter). | [389][390] [391][392] |
| 30 | Two months after the ouster of Chris Licht (see June 7 entry), Warner Bros. Discovery announces the hire of Mark Thompson as CNN's new chief executive officer; Thompson is previously known for his tenures as director general of the BBC and CEO of The New York Times. | [393] |
| 31 | The cable networks and TV stations owned by The Walt Disney Company (including Disney Channel, Freeform, National Geographic, the FX and ESPN networks, and ABC O&O stations), are dropped from Charter Communications' Spectrum cable systems due to an unresolved carriage dispute. The two companies would announce a new agreement on September 11, one that allows customers who subscribe to certain Spectrum packages access to the Disney+ and ESPN+ streaming services (and, when it launches, ESPN's direct-to-consumer service), but also allows Charter to drop carriage of Freeform, FXX, FXM, and smaller Disney- and Nat Geo-branded channels. | [394][395] |
September edit
| Date | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Producers of Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta announce that cast member Erica Mena will not return to the VH1 reality show for its next season, its 12th, after a Season 11 episode (which originally aired on August 29) captured Mena directing a slur at castmate Spice during an argument (and table-flipping incident) between the two women. | [396] |
| 5 | Citing a desire to focus on his "health, family, and faith," Chris Mortensen announces on social media he retired from his NFL reporting role at ESPN after the network's coverage of the league's player draft in April. Mortensen had been a mainstay of ESPN's pro football coverage since joining the network in 1991, and appeared in his "insider" role on draft broadcasts, Sunday NFL Countdown, and SportsCenter. | [397] |
| 8 | Stations owned and operated by Hearst Television (37 stations covering 27 markets) are dropped from Dish Network due to an impasse in retransmission negotiations between the two sides. | [398] |
| Fox News fires senior executive John Finley following an investigation into a violation of the company's conduct standards. Finley's 20-year tenure at Fox included serving as executive producer of Hannity and helping to develop other Fox News signature shows (including Outnumbered and The Five) as well as the Fox Nation streaming service. | [399] | |
| 9 | With Kristen Welker moving to host Meet the Press (see June 4 entry), NBC News justice correspondent Laura Jarrett becomes the new co-anchor of the Saturday edition of Today alongside Peter Alexander. | [400] |
| 12 | The 2023 MTV Video Music Awards airs on MTV and its related digital and linear platforms from Newark's Prudential Center. Nicki Minaj serves as host, with notable winners including Shakira (Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award), Diddy (Global Icon Award), Minaj herself (Best Hip-Hop Video for "Super Freaky Girl"), and Taylor Swift (a night-leading 9 awards, including her 2nd consecutive Video of the Year, and record-extending 4th overall, for "Anti-Hero"). | [401] |
| 14 | Morgan Murphy Media announces it will acquire three TV stations in Michigan from The Marks Group: WBKP/Calumet and WBUP/Ishpeming (affiliated with The CW and ABC respectively and simulcasting each network on both stations across the market over subchannels), and WBKB-TV/Alpena (CBS/NBC/ABC/Fox). The $12 million deal, which also includes radio properties in the western Upper Peninsula, is expected to close at the end of the year pending regulatory approval. | [402] |
| 18 | Amid the 2023 Hollywood labor disputes, ABC announces that it will simulcast ESPN's Monday Night Football during each week of the 2023 NFL season. This marks the first time a full season of Monday Night Football has aired on ABC since 2005. | [403] |
| 21 | WWE announces that its Friday night showcase SmackDown will leave Fox for USA Network in October 2024 as part of a new deal with USA owner NBCUniversal that also includes a series of WWE prime time specials airing on NBC beginning in the 2024–2025 TV season. SmackDown previously aired between 2016 and 2019 on USA, which currently also carries Monday Night Raw and NXT telecasts under separate deals that end in September 2024. | [404] |
| Rupert Murdoch announces he will step down as chairman of Fox Corporation and sister company News Corp in November. Murdoch's son, Lachlan Murdoch, will become sole chairman of both companies at that time, while the elder Murdoch, who founded the Fox television network in 1986 and Fox News in 1996, will retain a "chairman emeritus" role. | [405] | |
| 26 | Sean McManus announces he will retire from the chairman role at CBS Sports in April 2024, with David Berson replacing him. McManus, who has been with CBS since 1996 and has been its sports division's chairman since 2011, is noted for securing several sports rights deals for the network (most notably the 1998 return of the NFL after a four year hiatus); he also concurrently served as president of both CBS Sports and CBS News from 2005 to 2011. | [406] |
| 27 | The second 2024 Republican Party presidential debate takes place at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California. The event is conducted by and aired on Fox News and Univision. | [407][408] |
| 28 | The inaugural edition of the People's Choice Country Awards, the country music-focused offshoot of the People's Choice Awards, airs on NBC and Peacock from Nashville's Grand Ole Opry House. Little Big Town serves as hosts of a ceremony that includes notable winners Morgan Wallen (The People's Artist), Jelly Roll (four awards, including Male Artist and New Artist) and Lainey Wilson (three awards, including Female Artist). | [409] |
October edit
| Date | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | Roy Wood Jr. announces he will not return to The Daily Show when it returns from the WGA strike on October 16. Wood had been a correspondent on the Comedy Central program since 2015 and had been regarded as a candidate for the permanent host role (Wood, in an interview with NPR, indicated he would still consider such a role if the network extended it to him). | [410] |
| The NHL's Arizona Coyotes announce they have agreed to end their relationship with Bally Sports Arizona, and that the team has reached a multi-year deal with Scripps Sports to carry Coyote games on Scripps-owned KNXV-DT2 in Phoenix as well as KGUN-DT2/Tucson and KUPX-TV and KSTU-DT2/Salt Lake City. The Coyotes were the last remaining Arizona pro sports team with a contract with Bally Sports Arizona, after the network ceded Arizona Diamondbacks rights back to Major League Baseball (see 7/18/2023 entry) and the NBA's Phoenix Suns and WNBA's Mercury signed new deals with Gray Television (see 4/28/2023 entry). | [411] | |
| 10 | Barry Melrose announces he is stepping down from his hockey analyst role at ESPN due to his being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. A former player and coach (most notably coach of the Los Angeles Kings), Melrose had been a popular part of ESPN's NHL and collegiate hockey coverage since 1994. | [412] |
| 17 | Paramount Global announces that it will shutter Showtime's sports division at the end of the year, with all sports content within the company, and any content that may air on Showtime, expected to be produced by CBS Sports beginning in 2024. Showtime Sports launched in 1986 and has been known for its coverage of boxing (primarily under the Showtime Championship Boxing and ShoBox: The New Generation banners) and mixed martial arts (namely the Bellator MMA promotion) on both the Showtime network and pay-per-view. | [413] |
November edit
| Date | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Walt Disney Company announces it will acquire the remaining 33% in the streaming service Hulu that it does not already own from NBCUniversal. The $8.61 billion deal is expected to close in 2024. | [414] |
| Stephen Colbert reveals that Taylor Tomlinson will host After Midnight, a new program that will follow his Late Show on CBS' late night schedule beginning in early 2024. | [415] | |
| 7 | WWE announces that its Tuesday night program NXT will move from USA Network to The CW, as part of a five year deal that starts in October 2024. | [416] |
| 8 | The 57th Annual Country Music Association Awards airs on ABC from Nashville's Bridgestone Arena, with Luke Bryan and Peyton Manning as hosts. | [417] |
| NBC News airs the third 2024 Republican Party presidential debate from Miami. | [418][419] | |
| 9 | The National Women's Soccer League announces four-year media deals with incumbent CBS Sports as well as ESPN, Prime Video, and Scripps Sports. The deals, which will bring $60 million in rights fees to the league per year (40 times what the previous deal with CBS had brought in), will include matches on CBS's and ESPN's respective on-air and streaming platforms, Friday night games on Prime Video, and Saturday night doubleheaders on Scripps-owned Ion Television. | [420] |
| 15 | Giving no initial reason for doing so, Univision news anchor León Krauze announces his departure from the Spanish-language network. Krauze had co-anchored the network's late-night newscast, Noticiero Univision Edición Nocturna, since January 2022, and had spent the prior 10 years as news anchor for Univision's Los Angeles O&O, KMEX-DT. | [421] |
| 23 | The 97th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade broadcast attracts a record TV audience for NBC, with 28.5 million total viewers watching the event on NBC or Peacock (22.3 million for the live morning broadcast alone). | [422] |
| 26 | The live broadcast of the NFL RedZone channel is interrupted by a fire alarm inside the NFL Network studio in Inglewood, California; the alarm, which turns out to be a false one, forces host Scott Hanson and the channel's production crew to temporarily evacuate the studio (viewers would see coverage of the Buffalo Bills/Philadelphia Eagles game in the interim). | [423] |
| 29 | NASCAR announces seven-year deals for its top-tier Cup Series, beginning in 2025, with Fox Sports, NBC Sports, Prime Video, and TNT Sports. The deals will see incumbents Fox and NBC carry an equal number of 14 races each season, but also see new partners Prime Video and TNT not only split a mid-season package of 10 races but also exclusively carry practice and qualifying sessions for every Cup Series race. | [424] |
| 30 | Bailey Cable TV, a TV/internet provider serving small towns in southwestern Mississippi and eastern Louisiana, closes operations and disconnects service to customers without advance warning. | [425] |
| After the two sides fail to reach a retransmission agreement before a 5PM (Pacific Time) deadline, 66 stations (in 52 markets) owned by Tegna Inc. are removed from the DirecTV satellite service. The signals would be restored on January 13, 2024 after Tegna and DirecTV reach a new agreement. | [426][427] | |
| In what the network bills as “The Great Red vs. Blue State Debate,” Sean Hannity moderates a debate on Fox News between two state governors with confirmed or rumored presidential aspirations, Florida Republican Ron DeSantis (who was seeking the GOP nomination for president in 2024) and California Democrat Gavin Newsom (who's been regarded as possibly contending for his party's nomination in 2028). | [428] |
December edit
| Date | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Six months after the company terminated a proposed sale of the stations to Forum Communications (see June 6 entry), Red River Broadcasting enters into an agreement to sell Fox affiliates KVRR/Fargo–Moorhead and KQDS/Duluth–Superior to Coastal Television Broadcasting Company; the stations are Red River's last remaining TV properties, and the transaction, which is subject to FCC approval, is later priced at $18.1 million. | [429][430] |
| 6 | The five major commercial broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, The CW, Fox, and NBC) begin their prime-time schedules by simulcasting an "in memoriam" tribute card to the legendary producer Norman Lear, who died the previous day. | [431] |
| The fourth 2024 Republican Party presidential debate is held in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, airing on NewsNation and simulcast on The CW. It's the first national news program for the latter network since its 2022 purchase by Nexstar Media Group, and it becomes the last of the five major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States to offer news programming. | [432][433] | |
| 7 | Amazon Prime Video announces it has reached an agreement to carry Premier Boxing Champions events beginning in 2024, both pay-per-view events available to purchase on streaming, cable, and satellite, as well as additional bouts and ancillary programming available to Prime Video subscribers only. The deal, which is projected to feature 12-14 events in its first year, replaces PBC's relationship with Showtime in the wake of that cable network's exit from sports productions (see October 17 entry). | [434] |
| 15 | Mayim Bialik announced that she was fired from Jeopardy! Bialik had shared hosting duties on the syndicated game show with Ken Jennings, who has been the show's sole host since May (after Bialik stepped back in support of the show's striking writers) and will go forward in that same capacity. | [435][436] |
| The 50th Daytime Emmy Awards, the first major showbiz award event since the resolution of the 2023 Hollywood labor disputes (it had been rescheduled from June 16 due to the WGA strike), air on CBS from Los Angeles' Westin Bonaventure Hotel. Kevin Frazier and Nischelle Turner host the ceremony that sees such notable winners as General Hospital (Outstanding Drama Series), The Kelly Clarkson Show (Outstanding Talk Series), and Susan Lucci and Maury Povich (Lifetime Achievement Awards). | [437][438] [439] | |
| 19 | A helicopter operated by ABC O&O WPVI-TV/Philadelphia crashes in a wooded area in Washington Township, Burlington County, New Jersey, killing pilot Monroe Smith and camera operator Christopher Dougherty. | [440] |
| 26 | Stating the need remains to continue ensuring competition and diversity of viewpoint, the FCC announces in its quadrennial ownership review that it will uphold restrictions that forbid common ownership of two of the four major TV networks, and strengthen rules that forbid one entity from owning every TV station in a single market (with case-specific requests for ownership of more than one of a market's top-four stations still considered). Broadcasters had lobbied for the loosening of station ownership rules, citing loss of audience share to streaming services. | [441] |
| 28 | Altice USA announces it has sold Cheddar, the millennial-targeting business news channel, to the media company Archetype; the financial terms are undisclosed. | [442] |
| 29 | Paramount-owned over-the-air network Dabl receives a major rebrand. The network also transitions into broadcasting Black sitcoms, after four years of airing lifestyle-oriented programs. |
Television shows edit
Shows debuting in 2023 edit
Shows changing networks edit
| Show | Moved from | Moved to | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta | VH1 | MTV | [443] |
| RuPaul's Drag Race | [444] | ||
| All Star Shore | Paramount+ | [445] | |
| FBI True | CBS | [446] | |
| Inside the NFL | The CW | [447] | |
| Miss USA | FYI | [448] | |
| FBOY Island | HBO Max | [449] | |
| Summer Camp Island | Cartoon Network | [450] | |
| Minx | Starz | [451] | |
| Miss Universe | Fox | The Roku Channel | [452] |
| Kevin Hart's Muscle Car Crew | Motor Trend | [453] | |
| The Nevers | HBO | Tubi | [454] |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards | TNT/TBS | YouTube[note 27] | [93] |
| Warrior | Cinemax | Max | [455] |
| Joe Pickett | Spectrum Originals | Paramount+ | [456] |
| Superstar Racing Experience | CBS | ESPN | [457] |
| Dancing with the Stars | Disney+ | ABC/Disney+[note 28] | [458] |
| Below Deck Down Under | Peacock | Bravo | [459] |
| The Real Housewives of Miami | [460] | ||
| NFL Sunday Ticket | DirecTV | YouTube TV[note 19] | [461][462] |
Milestone episodes and anniversaries edit
| Show | Network | Episode # | Episode title | Episode airdate | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family Guy | Fox | 400th episode | "Love Story Guy"[note 29] | January 8 | [463] |
| Jimmy Kimmel Live! | ABC | 20th anniversary | "George Clooney, Snoop Dogg, Coldplay" | January 26 | [464] |
| Bob's Burgers | Fox | 250th episode | "Oh Row You Didn't" | February 19 | [463][465] |
| Chicago P.D. | NBC | 200th episode | "Trapped" | February 22 | [466][467] |
| RuPaul's Drag Race | MTV | "The Crystal Ball: Episode 200" | February 24 | [468] | |
| NCIS | CBS | 450th episode | "Unusual Suspects" | February 27 | [469] |
| The Lead with Jake Tapper | CNN | 10th anniversary | "March 17, 2023" | March 17 | [470] |
| The Blacklist | NBC | 200th episode | "The Hyena" | March 19 | [471][472] |
| The Young and the Restless | CBS | 50th anniversary | "3/22/2023" | March 22 | [473][474] |
| All In with Chris Hayes | MSNBC | 10th anniversary | March 31, 2023 | March 31 | [citation needed] |
| General Hospital | ABC | 60th anniversary | Multiple | March 31 April 3–7 | [475] |
| The Neighborhood | CBS | 100th episode | "Welcome to the Milestone" | April 10 | [476][477] |
| The Bold and the Beautiful | 9,000th episode | "4/18/2023" | April 18 | [478] | |
| Power Rangers | Netflix | 30th anniversary | "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always" | April 19 | [479] |
| American Dad! | TBS | 350th episode | "Better on Paper" | May 8 | |
| The Simpsons | Fox | 750th episode | "Homer's Adventures Through the Windshield Glass" | May 21 | [480] |
| FBI | CBS | 100th episode | "God Complex" | May 23 | [481][482] |
| On Patrol: Live | Reelz | "072923" | July 29 | [483] | |
| AEW Dynamite | TBS | 200th episode | "Dynamite 200" | August 2 | [484] |
| When Calls the Heart | Hallmark Channel | 100th episode | "Life Is But a Dream" | August 27 | [485] |
| Anderson Cooper 360° | CNN | 20th anniversary | "September 8, 2023" | September 8 | [486] |
| The Rachel Maddow Show | MSNBC | 15th anniversary | "September 11, 2023" | September 11 | [487] |
Shows returning in 2023 edit
| Show | Last aired | Type of return | Previous channel | Returning channel | Return date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lingo | 2011 | Revival | Game Show Network | CBS | January 11 | [488][489] |
| Night Court | 1992 | NBC | same | January 17 | [490][491] | |
| Are You the One? | 2019 | New season | MTV | Paramount+ | January 18 | [492] |
| Kitten Bowl (as Great American Rescue Bowl) | 2021 | Revival | Hallmark Channel | Great American Family | February 12 | [493] |
| XFL | 2020 | New season | ESPN/ABC/Fox/FS1 | ESPN/ABC/FX | February 18 | [494] |
| Magnum P.I. | 2022 | CBS | NBC | February 19 | [495][491] | |
| Party Down | 2010 | Revival | Starz | same | February 24 | [496][497] |
| Farmer Wants a Wife | 2008 | Reboot | The CW | Fox | March 8 | [498] |
| Split Second | 1987 | Revival | First-run syndication | Game Show Network | April 17 | [499][500] |
| Clone High | 2003 | MTV | Max | May 23 | [501][502][503][504] | |
| Warrior | 2020 | New season | Cinemax | June 29 | [455][505] | |
| Project Greenlight (as Project Greenlight: A New Generation) | 2015 | Revival | HBO | July 13 | [506] | |
| Justified (as Justified: City Primeval) | FX | same | July 18 | [507][508] | ||
| Futurama | 2013 | New season | Comedy Central | Hulu | July 24 | [509][510][511] |
| Big Ten on CBS (as The Home Depot Big Ten on CBS) | 1986 | Revival | CBS | same | September 2 | [512][513] |
| Kitchen Nightmares | 2014 | New season | Fox | September 25 | [514] | |
| Wild Kingdom (as Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom Protecting the Wild) | 2018 | Revival | YouTube | NBC | October 7 | [515] |
| Frasier | 2004 | NBC | Paramount+ | October 12 | [516][517] | |
| Hollywood Squares (as Celebrity Squares) | 2019 | VH1 | same | October 17 | [518] | |
| Aqua Teen Hunger Force | 2015 | Adult Swim | November 26 | [519][520] |
Shows ending in 2023 edit
Entering syndication in 2023 edit
A list of programs (current or canceled) that have accumulated enough episodes (between 65 and 100) or seasons (three or more) to be eligible for off-network syndication and/or basic cable runs.
Networks and services edit
Launches edit
| Network | Type | Launch date | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CBS News Detroit | OTT streaming | January 23 | On December 14, 2021, CBS News and Stations announced that it would launch CBS News Detroit, a hybrid news department utilizing resources from their Detroit duopoly of CBS O&O WWJ-TV and CW O&O WKBD-TV, which relaunched in-house news operations for the first time since their previous effort was discontinued in December 2002; the news department and streaming channel was originally planned to launch in the second or third quarter of 2022, but was delayed until January due to pandemic-related broadcast equipment supply issues. CBS News Detroit launched with the news operation on January 23 (see that date's entry in the "Events" section), initially offering supplemental national content from the CBS News streaming service for much of its schedule, outside of simulcasts of WWJ's initial two weeknight newscasts and a half-hour streaming-exclusive extension of its early evening edition. Collectively, CBS News Detroit is expected to eventually produce 137 hours per week of live news programming (40 hours of which consists of WWJ/WKBD news simulcasts), along with national CBS News streaming content. | [29][712] [32][33] |
| The Cowgirl Channel | Cable/satellite and OTT streaming | February 5 | A spinoff of The Cowboy Channel, the Rural Media Group-owned network focuses on content dedicated to women in western sports. Programming includes live professional rodeo and other western sporting events (including barrel racing, breakaway roping and women's ranch rodeo events), and western-themed lifestyle content (such as fashion and home design programs). The Cowgirl Channel was initially available on Dish Network and Sling TV, along with live streaming and VOD content being made available on its sister network's dedicated OTT streaming service, Cowboy Channel+. | [713][714] |
| CBS Sports Golazo Network | OTT streaming | April 11 | A soccer-focused OTT network from CBS Sports, the network (which is based out of Stamford, Connecticut) features a new weekday morning snow called Morning Footy, live studio programming for the UEFA Champions League and NWSL, breaking news programming and select live matches from CBS's soccer properties. | [715][716] [note 30] |
| Spectrum News+ | OTT streaming | April 17 | A national cable/streaming news channel operated by Charter Communications-owned Spectrum Networks, the network features reports from Spectrum News' 30+ regional cable news channels (such as New York 1, Bay News 9, Spectrum News 13 and the Spectrum News 1 networks), as well as national and international headlines, weather coverage, special reports and selected original programming from various Spectrum News regional channels. The network—which initially offered a 24-hour rolling news schedule on weekdays, with plans to expand its weekend programming to a 24-hour schedule as well by Summer—was available at launch to Spectrum residential cable customers, the Spectrum News mobile app, and connected TV apps for Roku and Apple TV devices. | [717][718] |
| Court TV Legendary Trials | OTT streaming | July 17 | The E. W. Scripps Company's Scripps Networks unit launched two ad-supported streaming channels—initially available on Amazon Freevee, Fubo, Plex and Xumo Play—serving as extension services of namesake digital multicast networks Court TV and Laff. Court TV Legendary Trials features four-hour blocks of archival, high-profile court cases from the network's library (dating to its initial 1991–2005 existence as a cable channel), featuring commentary and analysis from current Court TV anchors, while Laff More features classic sitcoms and unscripted comedy programs from the 1950s to the 1990s (including many series shown on the linear Laff network) as well as comedy films. | [719] |
| Laff More | ||||
| CNN Max | OTT streaming | September 27 | On August 24, Warner Bros. Discovery announced that it would incorporate live news into company's streaming service Max. | [720] |
| Crunchyroll Channel | OTT streaming | October 11 | On October 4, Sony announced it would launch the Crunchyroll Channel as a free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) network under a partnership between Crunchyroll and its sister channel, Game Show Network. The linear service launched on October 11 for The Roku Channel, LG Channels, and Vizio WatchFree+ platforms. The channel later became available on Amazon Freevee on October 17, and on Pluto TV on February 5, 2024. The initial programming lineup featured Japanese and English versions of anime titles such as Horimiya, Ranking of Kings, Moriarty the Patriot, Psycho-Pass, Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest, Sugar Apple Fairy Tale, To Your Eternity, and Code Geass. | [721][722] [723][724] |
| The Nest | OTA multicast | October 30 | Five months after selling controlling interest in the sports-oriented Stadium to Silver Chalice (see May 29 entry), Sinclair Broadcast Group converts Stadium's OTA channel space into a network of "comfort food programming" (Sinclair's term) that features reruns of home improvement, true crime, reality and celebrity-driven shows. | [725][726] |
| NBCUniversal AVOD networks (27 channels) | OTT streaming | TBD | On June 29, NBCUniversal announced it would launch 27 thematic ad-supported streaming channels—initially available on Xumo Play (owned by corporate parent Comcast) and Amazon Freevee—consisting of content from the company's programming library, and programs sourced from its linear broadcast and cable channels. The networks consist of eight generalized programming services (reality-focused Bravo Vault; true crime networks Oxygen True Crime Archives and American Crimes; entertainment news and reviews channel Rotten Tomatoes; TNBC, featuring sitcoms originated on the 1992–2002 NBC Saturday morning block and other family-oriented comedies; and themed entertainment channels Universal Action, Universal Crime, Universal Monsters and Universal Westerns), two sports channels (sports news and talk service NBC Sports; and GolfPass, an extension of Golf Channel featuring news and features programs, and the linear network's original magazine and instructional programs), four Telemundo-based Spanish-language channels (romance-focused entertainment network Historias de Amor; Lo Mejor de Telemundo, featuring selected original reality series, dramas and telenovelas from the network; 24-hour streaming news service Noticias Telemundo Ahora; and entertainment and sports news service Telemundo al Día), and 13 series-specific channels (devoted to the Keeping Up with the Kardashians, Real Housewives, Top Chef, Million Dollar Listing, Bad Girls Club and Saved by the Bell franchises, Saturday Night Live, Little House on the Prairie, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Lassie, The Lone Ranger, Made in Chelsea and Murder, She Wrote). | [727] |
| Now TV | vMVPD streaming | On May 23, Comcast announced that it would launch an American version of Now, the vMVPD streaming service operated by its Sky Group division in the United Kingdom and Europe, which will be available to Xfinity Internet customers through the Xfinity Stream app on supported devices (including Xfinity Flex, Fire TV, iOS and Android devices), and via casting through AirPlay and Google Chromecast. The discount service will initially feature a lineup of around 40 channels from companies that include A&E Networks; AMC Networks; Allen Media Group; Crown Media Holdings; Great American Media; Sony Pictures Television and Warner Bros. Discovery (including A&E, Discovery Channel, History, AMC, Lifetime, Great American Family, Hallmark Channel, Game Show Network, The Weather Channel and Food Network), and over 20 free ad-supported television (FAST) channels operated by NBC, Sky and Xumo Play (such as NBC News Now and Sky News), as well as complimentary access to the ad-supported version of Peacock's premium tier (which Comcast will cease offering separately at no additional charge to subscribers of Xfinity's Internet tiers on June 26). | [728][729] |
Conversions and rebrandings edit
| Old network name | New network name | Type | Conversion date | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newsy | Scripps News | OTA multicast and OTT streaming | January 1 | The E. W. Scripps Company announced on September 29, 2022, that it would rebrand Newsy as Scripps News, a rebranding that is part of a broader corporate reorganization of Scripps' national news services—including its Washington, D.C. bureau and the Scripps Local Media unit's Denver-based national desk—into a singular division under the same name. The move comes 1+1⁄2 years after a previous rebrand that saw Newsy expand its weekday live news and original news/interview programming, coinciding with the network's transition from a cable to an OTA multicast distribution model. (Scripps-owned Court TV—which offers a weekday block of trial coverage and crime-related news programming—remains under the oversight of the company's president of network news, Kate O'Brian, who is executive vice president of the new division.) At the start of June, Scripps's traditional broadcast stations began to carry a daily hour of Scripps news programming, replacing the hour formerly held by the internally-produced The List and The Upside. | [730] |
| Epix | MGM+ | OTT streaming and cable/satellite | January 15 | On September 28, 2022, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer announced that it would rebrand Epix and its companion OTT streaming service Epix Now as MGM+ on January 15, 2023, as part of a broader effort to realign the service with the MGM brand and as a streaming-first platform with accompanying linear channel offerings. The rebranded service's three linear multiplex channels were renamed accordingly: Epix 2 as MGM+ Hits, Epix Hits as MGM+ Marquee and Epix Drive-In as MGM+ Drive-In. | [731] |
| Decades | Catchy Comedy | OTA multicast and vMVPD streaming | March 27 | On February 13, Weigel Broadcasting announced that it would rebrand Decades as Catchy Comedy on March 27, as part of the classic television network's broader shift from a general entertainment format towards classic sitcoms. The rebranded network's schedule features an thematic block format on weekdays (featuring family-oriented sitcoms in the morning, female-driven sitcoms in daytime, comedies from the Norman Lear library in prime time, and "smart" comedies in late night), while the weekend "Decades Binge" block was rebranded as "The Catchy Binge," focusing on binge-style marathons of various classic comedies. | [732] |
| Classic Reruns TV | NOST | OTA multicast and OTT streaming | April 3 | On April 3, Classic Broadcasting rebranded Classic Reruns TV as NOST: The Nostalgia Network, shifting the network's format from classic television series to older licensed and public domain movies from the 1940s through the early 1980s. The rebranded network's schedule incorporates thematic film blocks, including westerns on midday weekdays, a nightly "Primetime Spotlight" presentation, weekly "matinee" films on Saturday mornings, and the science fiction and horror movie showcase Lord Blood-Rah's Nerve Wrackin' Theatre on Saturday nights. | [733] |
| HBO Max | Max | OTT streaming | May 23 | On April 12, Warner Bros. Discovery announced it would relaunch HBO Max as Max, featuring content from HBO Max's and much of Discovery+'s libraries (including original content as well as content from various WBD brands such as Warner Bros., New Line Cinema, CNN, Discovery Channel, HGTV, Food Network, Cartoon Network and Warner Bros. Animation). Originally announced on August 4, 2022, the combined service was originally planned to operate on Discovery+'s existing app infrastructure and utilize that service's technical operations (as HBO Max ran on the infrastructure originally designed to support the smaller content selection and less intensive technical demands of the predecessor HBO Go and HBO Now services); however, WBD abandoned plans to fully integrate the services on February 23, choosing to maintain Discovery+ as a standalone platform due to the higher price point for Max, while incorporating much of the service's content library into Max. In addition to maintaining HBO Max's ad-free and ad-supported tiers at their existing price points (with user profiles, watch histories and other settings being ported to the relaunched service), Max included a tertiary "Ultimate" ad-free tier that features an expanded catalog of 4K UHD content (previously available to lower-tier subscribers) and Dolby Atmos surround sound. | [734][735] [736][737] [738] |
| LX News | NBC LX Home | OTA multicast and OTT streaming | August | Approximately 40 staffers at LX News were told on May 3 that NBCUniversal would be "winding down" the service, with a closure date expected in mid-2023 and employees being considered for other positions within the NBCU portfolio. LX News featured news/lifestyle features and longform content geared toward Gen Z and millennial audiences. Following the rebrand, NBC LX Home now airs LXTV produced lifestyle programs. | [739][740] |
| NBC Sports Washington | Monumental Sports Network | Regional sports network | September 12 | In August 2022, Monumental Sports & Entertainment purchased NBC Sports Washington from NBCUniversal. Monumental owns the Washington Wizards, Washington Capitals and Washington Mystics, all of which have television rights agreements with the network. In June 2023, Monumental announced plans to rebrand the network in September 2023. | [741][742] |
| AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh | SportsNet Pittsburgh | October 2 | On August 31, 2023, the Pittsburgh Penguins announced its intent to purchase AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh and rebrand it as SportsNet Pittsburgh on October 2. NESN, which is owned by Penguins owner Fenway Sports Group, operates the network. The purchase comes after AT&T SportsNet owner Warner Bros. Discovery announced in February they were leaving the regional sports network business. | [743] | |
| AT&T SportsNet Southwest | Space City Home Network | October 3 | On September 16, 2023, the Houston Chronicle reported that the Houston Astros and Houston Rockets planned to purchase AT&T SportsNet Southwest and rebrand it as Space City Home Network prior to the start of the 2023–24 Houston Rockets season. | [744][745] | |
| Dabl | same | OTA multicast | December 29 | On December 21, Paramount Global announced that it would rebrand the lifestyle network Dabl into a black-oriented network, focusing on sitcoms that features a predominantly black cast from the 1990s to the 2000s. As part of the rebrand, its OTT streaming network on Pluto TV was discontinued. |
Closures edit
| Network | Type | End date | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DirecTV Red Zone Channel | Satellite | January 8 | In December 2022, with the announcement that rights to NFL Sunday Ticket moved from DirecTV exclusively to YouTube (though it continues to carry the service for commercial and hospitality establishments under a subcontract), it was confirmed that the service would not produce its own equivalent, and would simply distribute the NFL Network-produced RedZone. | [746] |
| PeopleTV | OTT streaming | January 31 | On January 24, Dotdash Meredith began notifying carriers of the streaming entertainment news and lifestyle channel (which include vMVPD providers Philo and FuboTV, and AVOD streaming services Tubi, Local Now, DistroTV, Stirr and Xumo Play) that it would shut down PeopleTV, an spin-off of the entertainment magazine, effective January 31. | [747] |
| TrueReal | OTA multicast | March 27 | On March 10, the E. W. Scripps Company announced that it would discontinue TrueReal, effective March 27, and fold selected programming from its lineup (such as Storage Wars and Parking Wars) into the schedule of sister multicast network Defy TV; both networks had featured reruns of unscripted programming from the A&E Networks library, and had targeted different audiences in the 25-54 age group (TrueReal for women, Defy towards men), since jointly launching in July 2021. Scripps leased TrueReal's transponder space to Jewelry Television, which filled the network's subchannel placements on Scripps- and Inyo Broadcast Holdings-owned stations. | [748] |
| VRV | OTT streaming | May 8 | On April 3, Crunchyroll, LLC announced that the anime, speculative fiction and gaming-centered streaming service would cease operating as a standalone service and integrate much of its content with the parent company's namesake service, effective May 3; existing VRV subscriptions (including watch histories and queues) migrated to the Crunchyroll Premium service. The dissolution of VRV—launched in November 2016 as a joint venture between AT&T and the Chernin Group, and consisting of content from Crunchyroll and Mondo Media in addition to the premium tier VRV Select—is part of a broader consolidation of Crunchyroll, LLC's international anime streaming platforms (including Funimation and Wakanim) into the existing Crunchyroll platform, which Sony Pictures and Aniplex acquired from WarnerMedia in August 2021. | [749] |
| Bally Sports Arizona | Regional sports network | October 21 | On October 13, Bally Sports Arizona announced on Twitter that it was shutting down. The network had lost the rights to its three professional sports teams due to its parent company's ongoing bankruptcy. | [750] |
| SportsNet Rocky Mountain | December 31 | On September 5, The Denver Post reported that AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain had notified its employees that the network would shut down at the end of the year. October 6 was the last day of work for full-time employees. | [751] | |
| Stadium College Sports | Cable network | With Sinclair's sale of their stake in Stadium in full to Silver Chalice and the Stadium network being replaced over-the-air with The Nest, Stadium College Sports was quietly and ultimately shut down on December 31, 2023. | [752] | |
| Circle | OTA multicast | On November 10, Gray Television announced that it would discontinue broadcast operations of Circle Network after December 31, with programming transitioning to streaming and other digital distribution platforms. | [753] | |
| Twist | In a video uploaded to Vimeo on November 15, Tegna announced that it would discontinue Twist. The network, which launched on April 5, 2021, featured reruns of reality programming aimed at women in the 25–34 age group, sourced from the NBCUniversal library. | [754][755] |
Television stations edit
Station launches edit
| Date | Market | Station | Channel | Affiliation | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 9 | Fargo-Grand Forks, North Dakota | KNGF | 27.1 | BEK Sports | Channel 27 in Grand Forks was formerly occupied by KCPM, whose license was canceled on March 9, 2020, for failure to transmit from authorized facilities for the past 12 months. The frequency was put up for auction on June 7, 2022, along with 26 other full-power TV licenses. BEK Sports Network, Inc. was awarded channel 27 with a $6,411,000 winning bid. BEK was formally granted a construction permit for the new station on July 25, 2022. KNGF filed for a license to cover on February 9, 2023, which usually indicates that a station has signed on the air. Prior to KNGF's launch, BEK programming was seen on KRDK-TV (channel 4) during the afternoon and evening hours. | [756][757] [758][759] [760] |
| 27.2 | BEK Sports Plus East | |||||
| 27.3 | BEK Sports Plus West | |||||
| 27.4 | NewsNet | |||||
| September 26 | Flagstaff, Arizona | KAZF | 32.1 | Independent | In 2022, Gray Television participated in an FCC auction of new TV stations and paid $4.648 million for channel 32 in Flagstaff and $1.345 million for channel 11 in Yuma. The FCC approved a request from Gray Television to change the Yuma allotment from VHF channel 11 to UHF channel 27 in February 2023. KAZS, the Yuma station, began broadcasting by September 26, 2023, when KAZF in Flagstaff debuted. | [761][762] [763][764] |
| Yuma, Arizona-El Centro, California | KAZS | 27.1 |
Subchannel launches edit
| Date | Market | Station | Channel | Affiliation | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 13 | El Paso, Texas | KVIA-TV | 7.4 | QVC Over the Air | On October 21, 2022, Innovate Corp, the company that owned Azteca America, announced that the network would cease operations on December 31, 2022. Prior to the announcement, TV Azteca had entered into a content and co-production agreement with competitor Estrella TV that will see its news and entertainment programming blended onto that network's schedule.[765] TV Stations were notified of the closure and had switched affiliations to other networks such as Estrella TV and Vision Latina.[766] | [767] |
| January 18 | Caguas-San Juan, Puerto Rico | WLII-DT | 11.3 | Vision Latina | [citation needed] | |
| January 30 | Panama City, Florida | W20DX-D | 20.2 | Jewelry Television | [768] | |
| February 1 | Decatur-Champaign-Springfield, Illinois | WBUI | 23.4 | Rewind TV | [769] | |
| February 28 | Baton Rouge, Louisiana | WVLA-TV | 33.4 | Antenna TV | On February 28, 2023, WVLA added Antenna TV (owned by station parent Nexstar Media Group) to a new subchannel on 33.4, approximately one month after original affiliate WLFT-CD disaffiliated from the network and switched to the religious Sonlife Broadcasting Network upon being purchased by Family Worship Center.[770] | [771] |
| March 28 | Bryan, Texas | KRHD-CD | 15.4 | Jewelry Television | E. W. Scripps Company announced on March 10 that programming from TrueReal would be folded into the schedule of sister multicast network Defy TV (see Closures above). The Scripps spectrum space TrueReal leaves behind will be leased by Scripps to the shopping channel Jewelry Television. | [citation needed] |
| 15.5 | HSN | |||||
| April 14 | Grand Junction, Colorado | KLML | 20.6 | Rewind TV | On April 14, 2023, KLML switched its DT6 subchannel to Rewind TV, two weeks after the demise of TrueReal. | [citation needed] |
| July 1 | Miami, Florida | WFOR-TV | 4.5 | Catchy Comedy | [citation needed] | |
| New York City | WJLP | 33.2 | Comet | |||
| October 2 | Charlotte, North Carolina | WSOC-TV | 9.4 | |||
| October 9 | Twin Falls, Idaho | KSAW-LD | 6.6 | Laff | Changes made to allow Vegas Golden Knights games to air on the newly independent subchannels | [772] |
Stations changing network affiliations edit
| Date | Market | Station | Channel | Prior affiliation | New affiliation | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1 | Albuquerque, New Mexico | KQDF-LD | 25.1 | Azteca America | Vision Latina | On October 21, 2022, Innovate Corp, the company that owned Azteca America, announced that the network would cease operations on December 31, 2022. Prior to the announcement, TV Azteca had entered into a content and co-production agreement with competitor Estrella TV that will see its news and entertainment programming blended onto that network's schedule.[765] Many stations owned by Innovate switched to other networks such as Estrella TV and Vision Latina.[766] | [citation needed] |
| Atlanta, Georgia | WUVM-LD | 4.1 | Estrella TV | [citation needed] | |||
| Baltimore, Maryland– Washington, D.C. | WQAW-LD | 69.1 | Novelisima | [citation needed] | |||
| Baton Rouge, Louisiana | K29LR-D | 47.1 | Estrella TV | [citation needed] | |||
| Boise, Idaho | KFLL-LD | 25.1 | Infomercials | [773] | |||
| Chicago, Illinois | WPVN-CD | 24.1 | Vision Latina | [citation needed] | |||
| Columbus, Georgia | W29FD-D | 43.1 | Defy TV | [774] | |||
| Columbus, Ohio | WDEM-CD | 17.1 | Estrella TV | [citation needed] | |||
| Corpus Christi, Texas | KCCX-LD | 24.1 | Timeless TV | [citation needed] | |||
| Des Moines, Iowa | KRPG-LD | 43.1 | Vision Latina | [citation needed] | |||
| Fort Wayne, Indiana | WCUH-LD | 16.1 | [citation needed] | ||||
| Hartford, Connecticut | WRNT-LD | 32.1 | Timeless TV | [775] | |||
| WTXX-LD | 34.1 | [776] | |||||
| Las Vegas, Nevada | KHDF-CD | 19.1 | Vision Latina | [citation needed] | |||
| Madison, Wisconsin | W23BW-D | 23.1 | Timeless TV | [citation needed] | |||
| Midland–Flint, Michigan | WFFC-LD | 17.1 | Infomercials | [777] | |||
| Milwaukee, Wisconsin | WTSJ-LD | 38.1 | Timeless TV | [citation needed] | |||
| Mobile, Alabama | WWBH-LD | 28.1 | [citation needed] | ||||
| Monterey, California | KBIT-LD | 43.1 | Telemax | [778] | |||
| New Orleans, Louisiana | WTNO-CD | 22.1 | Estrella TV | [citation needed] | |||
| New York City | WKOB-LD | 42.1 | Vision Latina | [779] | |||
| Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | KOHC-CD | 45.1 | Novelisima | [citation needed] | |||
| Orlando, Florida | WFEF-LD | 50.1 | Infomercials | [citation needed] | |||
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | WPSJ-CD | 8.1 | Vision Latina | [citation needed] | |||
| Raleigh, North Carolina | WIRP-LD | 27.1 | Estrella TV | [citation needed] | |||
| Sacramento, California | KSAO-LD | 49.1 | NewsNet | [780] | |||
| St. Louis, Missouri | K25NG-D | 25.1 | Estrella TV | [citation needed] | |||
| Salisbury, Maryland | WGDV-LD | 32.1 | MeTV | [781] | |||
| San Juan, Puerto Rico | WOST | 14.2 | Timeless TV | [citation needed] | |||
| San Luis Obispo, California | KSBO-CD | 42.1 | Estrella TV | [citation needed] | |||
| Seattle, Washington | KUSE-LD | 46.1 | Vision Latina | [780] | |||
| Stuart–West Palm Beach, Florida | WWHB-CD | 48.1 | TBD | [citation needed] | |||
| Tampa, Florida | WXAX-CD | 26.1 | beIN Sports Xtra | [citation needed] | |||
| WTAM-LD | 30.1 | Estrella TV | [citation needed] | ||||
| Tucson, Arizona | KUDF-LP | 14.1 | [782] | ||||
| Tyler, Texas | KDKJ-LD | 27.1 | Timeless TV | [citation needed] | |||
| Westgate–Miami, Florida | W16CC-D | 16.1 | Infomercials | [citation needed] | |||
| Wilmington, North Carolina | WQDH-LD | 49.1 | Shop LC | [783] | |||
| February 1 | Santa Maria–San Luis Obispo, California | KCOY-TV | 12.1 | Dabl | Telemundo | [784] | |
| March 1 | Phoenix, Arizona | KPHE-LD | 44.1 | LATV | Independent | On March 11, 2022, Gray Television (owner of CBS affiliate KPHO-TV and independent station KTVK) acquired KPHE-LD from Lotus Communications for $1.75 million; the sale was completed on May 4. Ten months later on January 25, Gray announced that it would convert KPHE into an independent station (branded as the "Arizona's Family Sports and Entertainment Network," the first part referencing KTVK/ KPHO's shared slogan that originated on the former in 2003) on March 1; the station airs simulcasts of most of KTVK/KPHO's newscasts, sporting events (such as Phoenix Rising FC soccer matches, selected games of which will be simulcast on either KTVK or KPHO during the USL regular season, and Arizona Interscholastic Association high school state championship games), and PowerNation-distributed sports and automotive programming. With KTVK, KPHE also serves as the television home of the Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA as of May, and the NBA's Phoenix Suns, beginning in October. | [785][786] [787] |
| July 27 | Cincinnati, Ohio | WBQC-LD | 25.1 | Cozi TV | Telemundo | [citation needed] | |
| August 28 | Laughlin–Las Vegas, Nevada | KMCC | 34.1 | Ion Television | Independent | On May 4, as part of the announcement a deal that would bring the games of the National Hockey League's defending champion Vegas Golden Knights to the station starting that Fall (see that entry above), the E. W. Scripps Company announced that KMCC would convert into an independent station later in the year, offering syndicated entertainment programming, news (including local newscasts produced by ABC-affiliated sister KTNV as well as Scripps-distributed news programs), and local sports events. Ion programming moved to the second digital subchannel of KMCC. | [245][246] [244][788] |
| September 1 | Salt Lake City, Utah | KUPX-TV | 16.1 | [789] | |||
| Atlanta, Georgia | WUPA | 69.1 | The CW | Independent | On May 5, CBS News and Stations announced that the company would convert its eight CW-affiliated stations into independents on September 1, intending to fill prime time slots with locally produced programs (including news and live sports, with CBSNS likely to pursue rights to professional sports teams currently held by Bally Sports networks in those markets) and programming from other properties owned by parent company Paramount Global, which sold most of its 50% stake in The CW (as did original co-parent Warner Bros. Discovery, both of which retained 12.5% shares in the network) to Nexstar Media Group in October 2022. CW programming will move to other stations in the affected markets (four of which, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Sacramento and Tampa, are home to stations operated by Nexstar—WPHL, KRON, KTXL and WFLA/WTTA, respectively), while Nexstar partner company Mission Broadcasting is in the process of acquiring WADL in the Detroit market (that station would confirm its switch to The CW—replacing WKBD—through a promotional video posted on its website in late August). On June 14, Nexstar announced that MyNetworkTV affiliates WPHL, KRON and WTTA would switch to The CW on September 1, with MyNetworkTV programming moving to their digital subchannels. CBS's stations in San Francisco and Pittsburgh will also change their callsigns in concert with the affiliation switch on September 1. On August 1, it was announced that KQCA would switch to the CW as part of a broader deal extending the network's affiliations with Hearst-owned stations in six other markets. During the week of August 28, Gray Television—under a deal extending the network's affiliations in eight other markets—announced that WPCH (which had been operating as an independent since its 1967 sign-on and was the originating feed of TBS from 1976 to 2007) would replace WUPA as the network's Atlanta affiliate, while Sinclair Broadcast Group—as part of a renewal deal involving 18 other CW affiliates—agreed to assume the CW affiliations in Seattle (ABC affiliate KOMO-TV, which will become the network's largest subchannel-only affiliate by market size) and Pittsburgh (MyNetworkTV affiliate WPNT), in exchange for letting Nexstar assume the CW affiliation rights in Oklahoma City (which will move from KOCB to KAUT-TV). | [790][791] [792][793] [794][795] [796][797] [798] | |
| WPCH-TV | 17.1 | Independent | The CW | ||||
| Detroit, Michigan | WADL | 38.1 | MyNetworkTV (retained as secondary affiliation) | The CW (primary affiliation) | |||
| WKBD-TV | 50.1 | The CW | Independent | ||||
| Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | KOCB | 34.1 | |||||
| KAUT-TV | 43.1 | Independent | The CW | ||||
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | WPHL-TV | 17.1 | MyNetworkTV | The CW | |||
| WPSG | 57.1 | The CW | Independent | ||||
| Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | WPCW→WPKD-TV | 19.1 | |||||
| WPNT | 22.1 | MyNetwork TV | The CW | ||||
| Sacramento–Stockton–Modesto, California | KMAX-TV | 31.1 | The CW | Independent | |||
| KQCA | 58.1 | MyNetworkTV | The CW | ||||
| San Francisco–Oakland–San Jose, California | KRON-TV | 4.1 | |||||
| KBCW→KPYX | 44.1 | The CW | Independent | ||||
| Seattle–Tacoma, Washington | KSTW | 11.1 | |||||
| Tampa–St. Petersburg, Florida | WTTA | 38.1 | MyNetworkTV | The CW | |||
| WSNN-LD | 39.1 | Independent | MyNetworkTV | ||||
| WTOG | 44.1 | The CW | Independent | ||||
| October 30 | Detroit, Michigan | WADL | 38.1 | The CW (primary affiliation) | MyNetworkTV (former secondary affiliation) | Two months after affiliating with The CW, WADL removed the network as part of a compensation dispute before the close of the Mission sale. Four days later, Nexstar announced that WMYD would take over the affiliation as of November 13. | [799][800] |
| November 13 | WMYD | 20.1 | Independent | The CW | |||
| November 20 | Phoenix, Arizona | KASW | 61.1 | The CW | Independent | A little over a month after sister station KNXV-DT2 acquired the rights to the Arizona Coyotes, the E. W. Scripps Company announced that KASW would become an independent to accommodate Scripps's local sports rights. KNXV-DT2 transitioned to carrying The CW on KASW's former pay-TV channel positions, with Antenna TV continuing to air at all other times. | [801] |
| December 18 | Bakersfield, California | KUVI-DT | 45.1 | Twist | Quest |
Subchannels changing network affiliations edit
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| Date | Market | Station | Channel | Prior affiliation | New affiliation | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1 | Fremont–San Francisco, California | KEMO-TV | 50.4 | Azteca América | Timeless TV | On October 21, 2022, Innovate Corp, the company that owned Azteca America, announced that the network would cease operations on December 31, 2022. Prior to the announcement, TV Azteca had entered into a content and co-production agreement with competitor Estrella TV that will see its news and entertainment programming blended onto that network's schedule.[765] TV Stations were notified on the closure and had switch affiliations to other networks.[766] WTXX-LD, which was also an Azteca America affiliate moved its Timeless TV affiliation to the main subchannel as part of the closure, and WQDH-LD which was also an Azteca America affiliate moved its Shop LC affiliation to the main channel as part of the closure. | [802] |
| Katy–Houston, Texas | KYAZ | 51.3 | MeTV+ | [803] | |||
| Lake Dallas–Dallas–Fort Worth, Texas | KAZD | 55.3 | [804] | ||||
| Los Angeles, California | KWHY-TV | 22.2 | Independent | [citation needed] | |||
| Lubbock, Texas | KNKC-LD | 29.2 | Infomercials | ||||
| Phoenix, Arizona | KMOH-TV | 6.2 | MeTV+ | ||||
| Springfield, Massachusetts– Hartford, Connecticut | WTXX-LD | 34.5 | Timeless TV | ShopHQ | |||
| Weslaco–Harlingen, Texas | KRGV-TV | 5.2 | Azteca América | Novelisima | [805] | ||
| Wilmington, North Carolina | WQDH-LD | 49.3 | Shop LC | Lx | [806] | ||
| February 1 | San Francisco, California | KRON-TV | 4.4 | Quest | Charge! | [807] | |
| March 1 | Greensboro–Winston-Salem–High Point, North Carolina | WGPX-TV | 16.6 | TrueReal | Scripps News | [citation needed] | |
| 16.7 | Scripps News | GetTV | |||||
| 16.8 | HSN | TrueReal | |||||
| WMYV | 48.2 | GetTV | Rewind TV | ||||
| Danville–Lexington, Kentucky | WDKY-TV | 56.4 | TBD | Comet | |||
| March 2 | Belmont–Charlotte, North Carolina | WJZY | 46.4 | Movies! | Grit | ||
| March 28 | Albany–Schenectady–Troy, New York | WXXA-TV | 23.3 | Laff | Grit | E. W. Scripps Company announced on March 10 that programming from TrueReal would be folded into the schedule of sister multicast network Defy TV (see Closures above). The Scripps spectrum space TrueReal leaves behind will be leased by Scripps to the shopping channel Jewelry Television. | [748] |
| WYPX-TV | 55.4 | Grit | Laff | ||||
| 55.6 | TrueReal | Scripps News | |||||
| 55.7 | Scripps News | Jewelry Television | |||||
| Appleton–Green Bay, Wisconsin | WACY-TV | 32.5 | TrueReal | ||||
| Arlington–Dallas–Fort Worth, Texas | KPXD-TV | 68.5 | Scripps News | ||||
| 68.6 | Scripps News | Jewelry Television | |||||
| Atlanta–Rome, Georgia | WPXA-TV | 14.6 | TrueReal | Scripps News | |||
| 14.7 | Scripps News | Jewelry Television | |||||
| Bellevue–Seattle, Washington | KWPX-TV | 33.6 | TrueReal | Scripps News | |||
| 33.7 | Scripps News | Jewelry Television | |||||
| Birmingham, Alabama | WIAT | 42.4 | TrueReal | Defy TV | |||
| Boston, Massachusetts | WBPX-TV | 68.6 | Jewelry Television | ||||
| Bradenton–Tampa, Florida | WXPX-TV | 66.6 | Scripps News | ||||
| 66.7 | Scripps News | Jewelry Television | |||||
| Bryan, Texas | KRHD-CD | 40.3 | TrueReal | Ion Television | |||
| Cedar Rapids, Iowa | KPXR-TV | 48.6 | Scripps News | ||||
| 48.7 | Scripps News | Jewelry Television | |||||
| Charleston–Huntington, West Virginia | WLPX-TV | 29.6 | TrueReal | Scripps News | |||
| 29.7 | Scripps News | Jewelry Television | |||||
| Chicago, Illinois | WCPX-TV | 38.6 | TrueReal | Scripps News | |||
| 38.7 | Scripps News | Jewelry Television | |||||
| Cleveland, Ohio | WEWS | 5.4 | TrueReal | Defy TV | |||
| Colorado Springs, Colorado | KZCS-LD | 18.4 | Jewelry Television | ||||
| Columbia, South Carolina | WZRB | 47.6 | Scripps News | ||||
| 47.7 | Scripps News | Jewelry Television | |||||
| Concord–Manchester, New Hampshire | WPXG-TV | 21.6 | TrueReal | Scripps News | |||
| 21.7 | Scripps News | Jewelry Television | |||||
| Conroe–Houston, Texas | KPXB-TV | 49.5 | TrueReal | Scripps News | |||
| 49.6 | Scripps News | Jewelry Television | |||||
| Des Moines–Newton, Iowa | KFPX-TV | 39.6 | TrueReal | Scripps News | |||
| 39.7 | Scripps News | Jewelry Television | |||||
| East St. Louis, Illinois– St. Louis, Missouri | WRBU | 46.6 | TrueReal | ||||
| Franklin–Nashville, Tennessee | WNPX-TV | 28.6 | |||||
| Grand Rapids, Michigan | WXMI | 17.4 | Defy TV | ||||
| Greensboro–Winston-Salem–High Point, North Carolina | WGPX-TV | 16.8 | Jewelry Television | ||||
| Greenville, North Carolina | WEPX-TV | 38.6 | Scripps News | ||||
| 38.7 | Scripps News | Jewelry Television | |||||
| WPXU-TV | 35.6 | TrueReal | Scripps News | ||||
| 35.7 | Scripps News | Jewelry Television | |||||
| Jellico–Knoxville, Tennessee | WPXK-TV | 54.5 | TrueReal | Scripps News | |||
| 54.6 | Scripps News | Jewelry Television | |||||
| Kenosha–Milwaukee, Wisconsin | WPXE-TV | 55.6 | TrueReal | Jewelry Television | |||
| Las Vegas–Laughlin, Nevada | KMCC | 34.6 | Grit | ||||
| 34.7 | Grit | Jewelry Television | |||||
| Lewiston–Portland, Maine | WIPL | 35.6 | TrueReal | Scripps News | |||
| 35.7 | Scripps News | Jewelry Television | |||||
| Los Angeles–San Bernardino, California | KPXN-TV | 30.4 | TrueReal | Laff | |||
| 30.5 | Laff | Scripps News | |||||
| 30.6 | Scripps News | Jewelry Television | |||||
| Melbourne–Orlando, Florida | WOPX-TV | 56.5 | TrueReal | Scripps News | |||
| 56.6 | Scripps News | Jewelry Television | |||||
| Miami, Florida | WSFL-TV | 39.4 | TrueReal | Defy TV | |||
| New Orleans, Louisiana | WPXL-TV | 49.6 | HSN | ||||
| New York City | WPXN-TV | 31.6 | Scripps News | ||||
| 31.7 | Scripps News | Jewelry Television | |||||
| Newport–Providence, Rhode Island | WPXQ-TV | 69.5 | TrueReal | ||||
| Norfolk, Virginia | WPXV-TV | 49.5 | Laff | ||||
| 49.6 | Laff | Jewelry Television | |||||
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania– Wilmington, Delaware | WPPX-TV | 61.5 | TrueReal | Scripps News | |||
| 61.6 | Scripps News | Jewelry Television | |||||
| Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | WINP-TV | 16.5 | TrueReal | Scripps News | |||
| 16.6 | Scripps News | Jewelry Television | |||||
| Portland–Salem, Oregon | KPXG-TV | 22.5 | TrueReal | Scripps News | |||
| 22.6 | Scripps News | Jewelry Television | |||||
| Provo–Salt Lake City, Utah | KUPX-TV | 16.6 | TrueReal | Scripps News | |||
| 16.7 | Scripps News | Jewelry Television | |||||
| Raleigh–Rocky Mount, North Carolina | WRPX-TV | 47.4 | TrueReal | Scripps News | |||
| 47.5 | Scripps News | True Crime Network | |||||
| 47.6 | True Crime Network | Jewelry Television | |||||
| Roanoke, Virginia | WPXR-TV | 38.6 | TrueReal | Scripps News | |||
| 38.7 | Scripps News | Jewelry Television | |||||
| Sacramento, California | KSPX-TV | 29.6 | TrueReal | Scripps News | |||
| 29.7 | Scripps News | Jewelry Television | |||||
| San Antonio–Uvalde, Texas | KPXL-TV | 26.6 | TrueReal | Scripps News | |||
| 26.7 | Scripps News | Jewelry Television | |||||
| San Francisco–San Jose, California | KKPX-TV | 65.6 | TrueReal | Scripps News | |||
| 65.7 | Scripps News | Jewelry Television | |||||
| Scranton, Pennsylvania | WQPX-TV | 64.6 | TrueReal | Scripps News | |||
| 64.7 | Scripps News | Jewelry Television | |||||
| Sierra Vista–Tucson, Arizona | KWBA-TV | 58.6 | TrueReal | ||||
| Syracuse, New York | WSPX-TV | 56.6 | TrueReal | Scripps News | |||
| 56.7 | Scripps News | Jewelry Television | |||||
| Tulsa, Oklahoma | KJRH-TV | 2.5 | TrueReal | Scripps News | |||
| April 1 | Greensboro–High Point–Winston-Salem, North Carolina | WGHP | 8.3 | Court TV | Grit | [citation needed] | |
| New York City | WPIX | 11.3 | |||||
| WPXN-TV | 31.3 | Ion Mystery | Court TV | ||||
| St. Louis, Missouri | KTVI | 2.3 | Grit | ||||
| April 4 | Charleston–Huntington, West Virginia | WOWK-TV | 13.3 | Laff | |||
| WLPX-TV | 29.4 | Grit | Laff | ||||
| April 14 | Grand Junction, Colorado | KLML | 20.13 | Twist | Antenna TV | ||
| Idaho Falls–Pocatello, Idaho | KVUI | 31.8 | Laff | Rewind TV | |||
| Twin Falls, Idaho | KBAX-LD | 27.11 | HSN | ||||
| May 1 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | WDPN-TV | 2.2 | Grit | Court TV | ||
| WPHL-TV | 17.3 | Court TV | Grit | ||||
| May 5 | Birmingham, Alabama | WIAT | 42.3 | True Crime Network | |||
| May 8 | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | KAUT-TV | 43.2 | Court TV | Rewind TV | ||
| May 22 | Mount Clemens–Detroit, Michigan | WADL | 38.4 | QVC | QVC2 | ||
| June 5 | New Orleans, Louisiana | WNOL-TV | 38.2 | Court TV | Grit | ||
| July 1 | New York City | WLNY-TV | 55.2 | Charge | Comet | ||
| August 28 | Las Vegas, Nevada | KMCC | 34.2 | Bounce | Ion | Changes made because 34.1 became an Independent after agreeing to a deal for the television rights to the Vegas Golden Knights National Hockey League franchise. | [788] |
| 34.6 | Grit | Bounce | |||||
| September 1 | Billings, Montana | KTVQ | 2.2 | The CW | Independent | [citation needed] | |
| KSVI | 6.2 | Ion Mystery | The CW | ||||
| 6.3 | Bounce TV | Ion Mystery | |||||
| Butte, Montana | KXLF-TV | 4.2 | The CW | Independent | |||
| Great Falls, Montana | KRTV | 3.2 | |||||
| Missoula, Montana | KPAX-TV | 8.2 | |||||
| Seattle, Washington | KOMO-TV | 4.2 | Comet (retained as primary affiliation) | The CW (secondary affiliation) | See September 1 entry in stations changing network affiliations | [798][808] | |
| September 11 | Phoenix, Arizona | KPHE-LD | 44.2 | FidoTV | Rewind TV | ||
| 44.3 | Infomercials | FidoTV | |||||
| October 2 | Charlotte, North Carolina | WCCB | 18.5 | Antenna TV | Heroes & Icons | ||
| WJZY | 46.5 | Heroes & Icons | TheGrio | ||||
| 46.7 | TheGrio | Antenna TV | |||||
| October 9 | Nampa–Boise, Idaho | KIVI-TV | 6.2 | Laff | Independent | Changes made to allow Vegas Golden Knights games to air on the newly independent subchannels | [772] |
| 6.5 | GetTV | Laff | |||||
| Twin Falls, Idaho | KSAW-LD | 6.2 | Laff | Independent | |||
| October 27 | Indianapolis, Indiana | WXIN | 59.3 | Court TV | Rewind TV | ||
| October 30 | Kansas City, Missouri | WDAF-TV | 4.3 | ||||
| November 8 | Wichita, Kansas | KAGW-CD | 26.2 | Carz & Trax | |||
| November 20 | Phoenix, Arizona | KNXV-TV | 15.2 | Antenna TV (retained as primary affiliation) | The CW (secondary affiliation) | See November 20 entry in stations changing network affiliations |
Deaths edit
January edit
| Date | Name | Age | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1 | Kelly Monteith | 80 | American comedian (several appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson), actor (guest appearances on Love, American Style and The Love Boat) and host (The Kelly Monteith Show, Hit Squad) | [809] |
| January 5 | Earl Boen | 81 | Character actor (Dennis Hubner on Making a Living, Reverend Lloyd Meechum on Mama's Family, voice of Chief Leonard Kanifky on Bonkers) | [810] |
| Mike Hill | 73 | American film editor (Cagney & Lacey, The First Time, Baby Sister, Obsessive Love, Combat Academy) | [811] | |
| January 6 | Lew Hunter | 87 | American screenwriter and producer (Fallen Angel, Desperate Lives, Otherworld) | [812] |
| Annette McCarthy | 64 | American film, television and stage actress (Happy Days, Magnum, P.I., The Fall Guy, St. Elsewhere, The Twilight Zone, Riptide, Ohara, Beauty and the Beast, Night Court, Twin Peaks, Baywatch) | [813] | |
| January 7 | Adam Rich | 54 | Actor (Nicholas Bradford on Eight Is Enough, voice of Presto the Magician on Dungeons & Dragons) | [814] |
| January 8 | Dorothy Tristan | 88 | American actress (Gunsmoke, Kojak, The Rookies, The Incredible Hulk, The Waltons) | [815] |
| Bernard Kalb | 100 | Journalist for NBC News and CBS News, founding anchor for CNN's Reliable Sources from 1993 to 1998 | [816] | |
| January 9 | Lynnette Hardaway | 51 | Conservative contributor for Fox News and co-host of Diamond and Silk Crystal Clear on Newsmax TV | [817] |
| January 11 | Carole Cook | 98 | Actress (The Lucy Show, Here's Lucy) | [818] |
| Charles Kimbrough | 86 | Actor best known as Jim Dial on Murphy Brown | [819] | |
| Ben Masters | 75 | Actor best known as Dr. Leo Rosetti on HeartBeat and Julian Crane on Passions | [820] | |
| January 13 | Robbie Knievel | 60 | American daredevil (made guest appearances on CHiPs and Hawaii Five-0). Son of Evel Knievel. | [821] |
| Yoshio Yoda | 88 | Japanese-American actor best known as Takeo Fujiwara on McHale's Navy, guest starred on Love, American Style | [822] | |
| January 14 | Wally Campo | 99 | American actor (The Lawless Years, Bat Masterson, Berrenger's, The Fall Guy, First Monday) | [823] |
| January 15 | Bruce Gowers | 82 | Director, most notably on American Idol and the video for Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" | [824] |
| C. J. Harris | 31 | Singer (contestant on American Idol season 13) | [825] | |
| January 16 | Gina Lollobrigida | 95 | Italian actress, notably played Francesca Gioberti the sister of villainess Angela Channing in five episodes of Falcon Crest | [826] |
| January 17 | Jay Briscoe | 38 | Ring of Honor professional wrestler | [827] |
| January 18 | David Crosby | 81 | Musician (The Byrds, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young), recurred on The John Larroquette Show, guest starred on The Simpsons, Roseanne, and Ellen | [828] |
| January 20 | Jerry Blavat | 82 | American radio disc jockey from Philadelphia (television appearances include The Mike Douglas Show, The Monkees, American Bandstand; appeared at numerous Philadelphia Thanksgiving Day parades) | [829] |
| January 23 | Lloyd Morrisett | 93 | American psychologist, founder of Children's Television Workshop, creator of Sesame Street | [830] |
| January 24 | Lance Kerwin | 62 | Actor best known as James Hunter on James at 15 and Mark Petrie on Salem's Lot | [831] |
| January 25 | Cindy Williams | 75 | Actress best known as Shirley Feeney on Happy Days and Laverne & Shirley | [832] |
| January 26 | Billy Packer | 82 | College basketball color analyst for CBS Sports and NBC Sports from 1974 to 2008 | [833] |
| January 28 | Lisa Loring | 64 | Actress best known as Wednesday Addams on The Addams Family | [834] |
| January 29 | Annie Wersching | 45 | Actress known for series regular roles on 24, Bosch, and Runaways. Recurring roles include The Vampire Diaries, The Rookie, and Star Trek: Picard. | [835] |
| January 30 | Jeff Vlaming | 63 | Television writer and producer (The X-Files, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, Xena: Warrior Princess, Northern Exposure and Hannibal) | [836] |
February edit
| Date | Name | Age | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2 | "Leaping" Lanny Poffo | 68 | Canadian-American professional wrestler (NWA, ICW, CWA, WWF); younger brother of "Macho Man" Randy Savage | [837] |
| February 3 | Jack Taylor | 94 | News anchor for WGN-TV/Chicago | [838] |
| February 7 | Tonya Knight | 56 | American bodybuilder; played Gold on American Gladiators | [839] |
| Eugene Lee | 83 | American production designer for Saturday Night Live and the first four years of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | [840] | |
| February 8 | Cody Longo | 34 | Actor best known as Nicholas Alamain on Days of Our Lives and Eddie Duran on Hollywood Heights | [841] |
| February 13 | Oliver Wood | 80 | British cinematographer best known for work on Miami Vice | [842] |
| February 14 | Jerry Jarrett | 80 | American professional wrestler (NWA); father of Jeff Jarrett | [843] |
| February 15 | David Oreck | 99 | Founder of Oreck Corporation (appeared in their many TV commercials and infomercials) | [844] |
| Raquel Welch | 82 | Actress best known as Dianna Brock on Central Park West | [845] | |
| February 16 | Tim McCarver | 81 | Hall of fame baseball player and broadcaster | [846] |
| February 17 | Gerald Fried | 95 | Composer (Gilligan's Island, Star Trek: The Original Series, Roots) | [847] |
| Kyle Jacobs | 49 | American country music songwriter, husband of Kellie Pickler and co-starred with her on I Love Kellie Pickler. | [848] | |
| February 18 | Barbara Bosson | 83 | Actress best known as Fay Furrillo on Hill Street Blues | [849] |
| February 19 | Richard Belzer | 78 | Actor best known as John Munch on Homicide: Life on the Street and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and other shows in the Law & Order franchise plus guest spots as the character on several other shows | [850] |
| Jansen Panettiere | 28 | Actor, best known for starring roles in the TV movies Tiger Cruise and The Last Day of Summer, guest appearances includes Casper on The Walking Dead and voice roles as Periwinkle on Blue's Clues and Truman X on The X's, brother of Hayden Panettiere. | [851] |
March edit
| Date | Name | Age | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 3 | Sara Lane | 73 | Actress best known as Elizabeth Grainger on The Virginian | [852] |
| Tom Sizemore | 61 | Actor best known as Lieutenant Sam Cole on Robbery Homicide Division | [853] | |
| March 7 | Lisa Janti | 89 | Actress best known for roles in The Public Defender, Cheyenne, and other TV Westerns | [854] |
| March 9 | Robert Blake | 89 | Actor best known as Anthony Vincenzo "Tony" Baretta on Baretta | [855] |
| March 15 | Jeff Gaylord | 64 | American professional wrestler (UWF, WCCW) and football player (Toronto Argonauts) | [856] |
| Norman Steinberg | 83 | Writer and producer (notable TV work including The Flip Wilson Show, Free to Be... You and Me, Doctor Doctor, and Cosby) | [857] | |
| March 16 | Sharon Acker | 87 | Canadian actress best known as Della Street on The New Perry Mason | [858] |
| March 17 | Lance Reddick | 60 | Actor best known as Cedric Daniels on The Wire, Phillip Broyles on Fringe, and Irvin Irving on Bosch | [859] |
| Hal Dresner | 85 | Screenwriter (The Harvey Korman Show, CBS Summer Playhouse, M*A*S*H) | [860] | |
| March 20 | Michael Reaves | 72 | Writer (Batman: The Animated Series, The Real Ghostbusters, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) | [861] |
| March 21 | Peter Werner | 76 | Television director (Ghost Whisperer, Medium, Law & Order: Criminal Intent) | [862] |
| March 23 | Rita Lakin | 93 | TV writer/producer (several shows including The Mod Squad, The Rookies, and Flamingo Road) | [863] |
| March 25 | Leo D. Sullivan | 82 | Animator (Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, The Transformers, BraveStarr, The Incredible Hulk, The New Adventures of Flash Gordon, opening sequence on Soul Train) | [864] |
| March 28 | Bill Saluga | 85 | Comedian best known for his character Raymond J. Johnson Jr. (regular appearances on The Redd Foxx Show and in a series of Natural Light beer commercials, in addition to numerous guest appearances) | [865] |
| March 30 | Mark Russell | 90 | Comedian and political satirist known for correspondent work on Real People and for his own series of comedy specials on PBS | [866] |
April edit
| Date | Name | Age | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2 | Bushwhacker Butch | 78 | WWE Hall of Fame professional wrestler | [867] |
| Judy Farrell | 84 | Actress best known as Nurse Able on M*A*S*H | [868] | |
| April 8 | Elizabeth Hubbard | 89 | Actress best known for playing Lucinda Walsh on As the World Turns | [869] |
| Michael Lerner | 81 | Actor best known as Sidney Greene on Glee | [870] | |
| April 18 | Charles Stanley | 90 | Pastor and televangelist (In Touch) | [871] |
| April 22 | Len Goodman | 78 | English professional ballroom dancer and judge on Dancing with the Stars | [872] |
| April 25 | Harry Belafonte | 96 | Calypso musician, made guest appearances on series like The Ed Sullivan Show, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, and The Muppet Show | [873] |
| April 27 | Jerry Springer | 79 | Former Cincinnati mayor, news anchor for WLWT/Cincinnati, and host of The Jerry Springer Show, America's Got Talent, and Judge Jerry | [874] |
| April 29 | Don Sebesky | 85 | Composer, arranger, and conductor (Allegra's Window, The Edge of Night, and Guiding Light) | [875] |
| April 30 | Ron Hazelton | 81 | Home improvement expert (host of Ron Hazelton's HouseCalls and several series for History Channel) | [876] |
May edit
| Date | Name | Age | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1 | Eileen Saki | 79 | Actress best known as Rosie on M*A*S*H | [877] |
| May 6 | Newton N. Minow | 97 | Federal Communications Commission chairman (noted for referring to commercial TV as a "vast wasteland" in a 1961 speech) | [878] |
| May 7 | John Roland | 81 | News presenter (WNYW, NBC News) | [879] |
| Larry Mahan | 79 | Rodeo cowboy, had a role in the TV movie The Good Old Boys as Blue Hannigan | [880] | |
| May 9 | Jacklyn Zeman | 70 | Actress best known as Bobbie Spencer on General Hospital | [881] |
| May 11 | Barry Newman | 92 | Actor (Petrocelli, Fatal Vision, Nightingales) | [882] |
| May 14 | Samantha Weinstein | 28 | Canadian actress best known for roles in TV films like The Winning Season and Maggie Hill, as well as roles in shows like Wild Card and Copper and voice work on Super Why!, The ZhuZhus, Let's Go Luna! and Dino Ranch | [883] |
| May 15 | Sharon Farrell | 82 | Actress best known as Florence Webster on The Young and the Restless | [884] |
| May 17 | Superstar Billy Graham | 79 | WWE Hall of Fame professional wrestler | [885] |
| Ray Austin | 90 | British stuntman and director best known for work on Zorro and Magnum, P.I. | [886] | |
| May 18 | Jim Brown | 87 | Football player (Cleveland Browns) and actor (I Spy, CHiPs, Knight Rider) | [887] |
| Marlene Clark | 85 | Actress best known as Janet Lawson on Sanford and Son | [888] | |
| Dick Nourse | 83 | News anchor (KSL-TV) | [889] | |
| May 21 | Ed Ames | 95 | Actor best known as Mingo on Daniel Boone | [890] |
| Ray Stevenson | 58 | Northern Irish actor best known for roles in Rome and Dexter, as well as voice work on The Super Hero Squad Show and Star Wars: The Clone Wars | [891] | |
| May 22 | Peggy Lee Leather | 64 | Professional wrestler (WWF, NWA) | [892] |
| May 24 | George Maharis | 94 | Actor best known as Buzz Murdock on Route 66 and Jonathon Croft on The Most Deadly Game | [893] |
| May 28 | Milt Larsen | 92 | Television writer (Truth or Consequences) | [894] |
| May 30 | John Beasley | 79 | Actor best known as Irv Harper on Everwood and Barton Ballentine on The Soul Man | [895] |
June edit
| Date | Name | Age | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1 | Anna Shay | 62 | Socialite, businesswoman, philanthropist, and television personality (Bling Empire) | [896] |
| June 6 | Pat Cooper | 93 | Actor and comedian (It's a Living, Charlie's Angels, Seinfeld) | [897] |
| Paul Eckstein | 59 | Writer and producer (Godfather of Harlem, Narcos, Law & Order: Criminal Intent) | [898] | |
| June 7 | The Iron Sheik | 81 | Iranian-born WWE Hall of Fame professional wrestler | [899] |
| Tom Jolls | 89 | Weather anchor (WBES-TV, WBEN-TV and WKBW-TV, all in Buffalo, New York) and children's host (Commander Tom Show) | [900] | |
| June 8 | Pat Robertson | 93 | Chairman and founder of the Christian Broadcasting Network and host of The 700 Club | [901] |
| June 12 | Carol Higgins Clark | 66 | Mystery author and actress (A Cry in the Night) | [902] |
| Treat Williams | 71 | Actor best known as Dr. Andrew 'Andy' Brown on Everwood and Mick O'Brien on Chesapeake Shores | [903] | |
| Burns Cameron | 85 | Winner of the 1966 Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions | [904] | |
| June 15 | Glenda Jackson | 87 | English actress and politician best known for appearances on The Muppet Show, American Playhouse, and Carol & Company | [905] |
| June 16 | Paxton Whitehead | 85 | English actor best known for guest appearances on major sitcoms of the 1990s like Frasier, Caroline in the City, 3rd Rock from the Sun, The Drew Carey Show, Mad About You, and Friends. | [906] |
| June 19 | Max Morath | 96 | Ragtime pianist, television presenter and author. Made guest appearances on series like Today and The Tonight Show. | [907] |
| June 21 | George Winterling | 91 | Television meteorologist (WJXT) | [908] |
| June 23 | Frederic Forrest | 86 | Actor (21 Jump Street, Lonesome Dove) | [909] |
| June 24 | Dean Smith | 91 | Track and field athlete, Olympic champion (1952), stuntman, and actor (Tales of Wells Fargo, Maverick, Gunsmoke, Lawman, Have Gun Will Travel, The Iron Horse and Walker, Texas Ranger) | [910] |
| June 25 | David Bohrman | 69 | Television executive (ABC News, CNN, Current TV) | [911] |
| June 26 | Nicolas Coster | 89 | British-American actor (known for work on the soap operas Another World, Santa Barbara, and All My Children, as well as on prime time series Lobo and guest roles on Wonder Woman, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, T. J. Hooker, The Facts of Life and Star Trek: The Next Generation) | [912][913] |
| June 28 | Sue Johanson | 93 | Canadian sex educator and host of Oxygen's Sunday Night Sex Show and Talk Sex with Sue Johanson. Made guest appearances on the Late Show with David Letterman, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and Late Night with Conan O'Brien. | [914] |
| June 29 | Alan Arkin | 89 | Actor (Sesame Street, St. Elsewhere, Chicago Hope) | [915] |
| Judi Farr | 84 | Australian actress (Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars, Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America, Camp) | [916][917] | |
| Don Kennedy | 93 | Radio broadcaster, television personality, and voice actor (Space Ghost Coast to Coast) | [918] | |
| Anita Wood | 85 | Singer and actress (The Andy Williams Show) | [919] | |
| June 30 | Droz | 54 | Former WWF professional wrestler | [920] |
July edit
| Date | Name | Age | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1 | Frank Field | 100 | Television meteorologist (WNBC, WCBS-TV, WWOR-TV) | [921] |
| Robert Lieberman | 75 | Television director (Thirtysomething, The X-Files, Brothers & Sisters) | [922] | |
| Lawrence Turman | 96 | Film producer (Get Christie Love!, The Morning After, Miracle on the Mountain: The Kincaid Family Story) | [923] | |
| July 6 | Jimmy Weldon | 99 | Actor and ventriloquist best known for the voice of Yakky Doodle on The Yogi Bear Show | [924] |
| July 8 | Jeffrey Carlson | 48 | Actor and singer best known for playing transgender character Zoe Luper on All My Children. | [925] |
| July 9 | Manny Coto | 62 | Cuban-born televi 2023, american, television, this, article, long, read, navigate, comfortably, consider, splitting, content, into, articles, condensing, adding, subheadings, please, discuss, this, issue, article, talk, page, july, 2023, american, television, 2023, notable, eve. This article may be too long to read and navigate comfortably Consider splitting content into sub articles condensing it or adding subheadings Please discuss this issue on the article s talk page July 2023 In American television in 2023 notable events included television show debuts finales and cancellations channel launches closures and re brandings stations changing or adding their network affiliations information on controversies business transactions and carriage disputes and deaths of those who made various contributions to the medium Contents 1 Notable events 1 1 January 1 2 February 1 3 March 1 4 April 1 5 May 1 6 June 1 7 July 1 8 August 1 9 September 1 10 October 1 11 November 1 12 December 2 Television shows 2 1 Shows debuting in 2023 2 2 Shows changing networks 2 3 Milestone episodes and anniversaries 2 4 Shows returning in 2023 2 5 Shows ending in 2023 2 6 Entering syndication in 2023 3 Networks and services 3 1 Launches 3 2 Conversions and rebrandings 3 3 Closures 4 Television stations 4 1 Station launches 4 2 Subchannel launches 4 3 Stations changing network affiliations 4 4 Subchannels changing network affiliations 5 Deaths 5 1 January 5 2 February 5 3 March 5 4 April 5 5 May 5 6 June 5 7 July 5 8 August 5 9 September 5 10 October 5 11 November 5 12 December 6 References 6 1 Notes 7 External linksNotable events editJanuary edit Date Event Source 2 During the first quarter of that night s Monday Night Football game against the Cincinnati Bengals at Paycor Stadium Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin went into cardiac arrest and collapsed midfield after tackling Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins Hamlin received treatment including CPR and automated external defibrillation on field by stadium medical personnel who were able to restore his heartbeat and was subsequently taken to University of Cincinnati Medical Center in critical condition Hamlin came out of his induced coma on January 5 with his neurological functions determined to be intact he was released from UCMC on January 9 and returned to Buffalo where he underwent two additional days of evaluation at Buffalo General Medical Center before being released there After being suspended for roughly 45 minutes with 5 58 remaining in the quarter the game which was simulcast on ABC in addition to its regular broadcasts on ESPN ESPN2 ESPN Deportes and ESPN was postponed On January 6 the NFL announced that the game would not be completed playoff seeding that was to be determined by the Bills Bengals game was instead decided by winning percentage factoring this the Bengals would clinch the AFC North championship title and matchups were determined through Wild Card games involving the Miami Dolphins against the Bills and the Baltimore Ravens against the Bengals scheduled for January 14 and 15 respectively The Bills and Bengals would each advance to the Divisional Playoffs which saw the Bengals qualify for the AFC Championship 27 10 in a January 22 rematch against the Bills 1 2 3 4 5 6 3 For The View s first episode of the year current and former hosts including original panelists Star Jones Debbie Matenopoulos and Meredith Vieira the latter appearing via phone call due to illness reunite to honor Barbara Walters Walters who died on December 30 2022 at age 93 created and produced the ABC daytime talk show and was among its panelists from its August 1997 debut until her retirement in May 2014 7 5 CBS West Coast flagship KCBS TV and independent KCAL TV both in Los Angeles and owned by the network jointly rebrand their news department as KCAL News The change takes effect with the launch of a six hour local morning newscast on KCAL TV with a one hour simulcast on KCBS TV which begins carrying CBS Mornings live at 4 a m PT along with the West Coast feed at 7 a m PT Local and network management agreed to the KCAL News rebrand as a way to leverage KCAL TV s stronger identity in the market having been the first station to launch a three hour primetime newscast in 1990 8 9 6 Dish Network removes 32 stations collectively owned by Mission Broadcasting including WPIX New York City WXXA Albany WYOU Scranton Wilkes Barre KWBQ KASY Albuquerque Santa Fe WNAC Providence KAMC Lubbock and KLRT KASN Little Rock and White Knight Broadcasting owner of WVLA Baton Rouge and KFXK Longview after the satellite provider and the two Nexstar Media Group affiliate companies fail to renew a carriage agreement that expired that day The blackout effectively leaves the affected Mission and White Knight stations without satellite distribution as both groups have been involved in separate carriage disputes with DirecTV and co owned DirecTV Stream and U verse TV that began in October 2022 10 11 12 13 10 The 80th Golden Globe Awards air on NBC and stream on Peacock from The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills with Jerrod Carmichael hosting It follows a one year absence from the network after NBC declined to air the previous year s ceremony in support of boycotts by various media companies actors and other creative individuals in the entertainment industry over the Hollywood Foreign Press Association s lack of action to increase the diversity of the organization s board membership Among television awards Abbott Elementary was the top winner with three awards each Best Television Series Musical or Comedy Best Actress in a Television Series Musical or Comedy for Quinta Brunson and Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series Musical Comedy or Drama for Tyler James Williams tying with top film winner The Banshees of Inisherin which won for Best Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Best Screenplay and Best Actor Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for Colin Farrell for the most wins overall among the ceremony s awards 14 15 16 12 Nexstar Media Group ceases live streams of local programming including newscasts produced by its stations on their websites and mobile apps instituting a two hour delayed feed of each station s local programs in its place The change is an apparent effort to obtain leverage in contractual negotiations with linear pay TV providers amid Nexstar s carriage disputes with providers such as DirecTV Dish Network and Verizon FiOS see January 6 entry as an example Three of the group s major market stations WGN Chicago KTLA Los Angeles and KRON San Francisco and live breaking news and severe weather events covered by the affected stations are exempt from the change which deviates from the now standard practice of offering live newscasts online for the convenience of viewers who are unable to view them at home or who live outside of the station s home market 17 15 The 28th Critics Choice Awards airs on The CW from the Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel in Century City with Chelsea Handler as host Among television nominees Better Call Saul had the most wins with three awards Best Drama Series Best Actor in a Drama Series for Bob Odenkirk and Critics Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for Giancarlo Esposito while Abbott Elementary won two awards Best Comedy Series and Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for Sheryl Lee Ralph Everything Everywhere All at Once won five awards including Best Picture and Best Supporting Actor for Ke Huy Quan to become the ceremony s top winner overall and among film nominees Special honors went to Jeff Bridges Lifetime Achievement Award and Janelle Monae SeeHer Award 18 19 20 21 17 The Daily Show begins its post Trevor Noah era returning from a five week hiatus with Leslie Jones beginning a week long stint as guest host Jones is the first in a series of guests who will anchor the Comedy Central nightly program while the network determines a permanent successor for Noah who ended a seven year run as host in December 2022 22 23 19 LIV Golf signs a multi year deal with The CW to broadcast and stream its events beginning with the 14 tournament 2023 season the first event being the LIV Golf Mayakoba tournament at the El Camaleon Mayakoba Golf Course in Solidaridad Quintana Roo from February 24 to 26 The deal is the golf organization s first U S broadcast deal its inaugural year in 2022 was available only through YouTube and the CW s entry into live sports telecasts This deal was criticized by the National Press Club as an attempt by Saudi Arabia s monarchy which finances LIV through a sovereign wealth fund to sportwash its unflattering reputation after their alleged involvement in the October 2018 assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi As CW stations are only contractually obligated to air the network s prime time schedule 14 affiliates eight owned by CBS five owned by Tegna and Weigel owned WCIU Chicago declined to air the LIV telecasts CW majority owner Nexstar leased airtime on other stations in those markets 24 25 26 27 28 23 CBS News Detroit a localized extension of CBS News s streaming service formally launches in Detroit CBS owned WWJ TV simulcasts the 6 and 11 p m newscasts with additional newscasts debuting on both platforms in the coming weeks This marks a return to local news on WWJ TV since a partially outsourced morning drive newscast was cancelled in 2012 An 11 p m newscast produced by co owned WKBD TV ran from 2001 to 2002 when the entire news service was shuttered The launch of CBS News Detroit was delayed throughout much of 2022 due to pandemic and supply chain related delays WKBD TV s 10 p m news originally produced remotely from KTVT KTXA in Dallas Fort Worth had already been relaunched as Detroit Now News a hybrid national local newscast featuring CBS News Detroit reports and content 29 30 31 32 33 The Association of Pickleball Professionals signs multiplatform deals with CBS Sports and ESPN to broadcast and stream its tournaments beginning with the league s 2023 season In addition to coverage on APP s standalone outlet APP TV the agreements encompass eleven of the 22 APP Tour events scheduled for the 2023 season covering streaming coverage of eight events on ESPN beginning with the Daytona Beach Florida event held from February 8 12 and accompanying hour long recap shows airing on ESPN2 and linear broadcasts of three additional events and recap programs on CBS Sports Network 34 35 36 24 In the wake of felony charges of domestic abuse against him being made public following a court hearing on January 12 Adult Swim announces that it has severed ties with Rick and Morty co creator Justin Roiland The single count charges of domestic battery and false imprisonment to which Roiland pled not guilty in October 2020 were related to a complaint involving an alleged incident that occurred ten months prior with an unidentified woman Following Roiland s exit production of the animated series will continue with co creator Dan Harmon remaining as its lone showrunner while the title characters which had been voiced by Roiland will be recast Hulu would follow suit the next day dropping him from Solar Opposites the lead character of which he also voiced in addition to handling showrunning duties and the just premiered Koala Man 37 38 39 The FCC issues a fine of 504 000 against Fox for willfully violating regulations prohibiting the sounding of Emergency Alert System tones or the simulation of an EAS alert during television programming in the absence of an emergency for a November 2021 promotional segment that aired during Fox NFL Sunday for a game telecast involving the New York Giants and Philadelphia Eagles that followed the pre game show The Giants won that game 13 7 The promo mimicking an emergency broadcast described by Fox as a short comedic advertisement began with a three second excerpt of the 853 Hz and 960 Hz tones used to precede EAS alert transmissions which the network admitted had been downloaded or recorded from a YouTube video 40 41 25 DirecTV removes Newsmax TV from the namesake satellite provider and sister services DirecTV Stream and U verse TV after the company and network parent Newsmax Media fail to agree on a new contract Although DirecTV cites aggressive carriage fee demands for the removal while noting the wide availability of the network s content on its website and free streaming platforms Newsmax accused the company of deplatforming it and fellow archconservative news and commentary channel One America News Network which DirecTV removed in April 2022 inferring an ideological motive for the decision even though DirecTV continues to carry their main conservative rival Fox News and dishonesty about the network s fee increase offers A group of 41 Republican congressmen led by Rep Wesley Hunt R TX sent a letter to the CEOs of DirecTV and shareholders AT amp T and TPG Capital the week before warning them of possible House committee hearings over the impasse should the provider drop the network Newsmax TV as with OAN has challenged the 2020 presidential election earning support from former president Donald Trump who is a personal friend of Newsmax CEO Christopher Ruddy amid his criticism of Fox News for being the first television news outlet to call Arizona for Democratic challenger Joe Biden in that election DirecTV reached an agreement to resume carriage of Newsmax on March 22 42 43 44 45 As part of a multi year agreement that also extends their carriage contract for Court TV the E W Scripps Company and YouTube TV announce that the vMVPD service will add Ion and digital multicast networks Bounce TV and Scripps News to its lineup effective on this date Under the terms of the deal YouTube TV has the option of adding fellow Scripps owned multicast networks Grit Ion Mystery and Laff at a later date 46 27 ABC News officially cuts ties with Amy Robach and T J Holmes The two hosts of GMA3 What You Need to Know who had respectively been with the network since 2012 and 2014 had been off the air since December 5 2022 after a Daily Mail expose revealed they had been in a romantic relationship and had left their respective spouses an affair ABC described then as an internal and external disruption but not a violation of company policy although an internal investigation would commence On May 11 the news division named Good Morning America weekend co anchor Eva Pilgrim and correspondent Demarco Morgan to co host GMA3 while transportation correspondent Gio Benitez who was among those acting as substitute hosts on the program following Holmes and Robach s departure will take over Pilgrim s GMA weekend anchor slot 47 48 Deadline reports that CNBC will discontinue producing original entertainment content for its prime time block emphasizing instead on reruns of reality and documentary shows e g Shark Tank American Greed The business news oriented network s prime time had been home to first run unscripted content that focused on wealth and lifestyle including Jay Leno s Garage whose cancellation had been announced earlier in the week and the Kevin O Leary hosted Money Court 49 30 Paramount Global announces plans to fully integrate its Showtime network with the premium tier of the Paramount streaming service beginning on a future date yet to be announced The combined service will be branded as Paramount with Showtime replacing a bundle of the same name that launched in mid 2022 50 FuboTV loses access to CBS stations in 160 markets after their respective owners including Nexstar Media Group Sinclair Broadcast Group the E W Scripps Company Hearst Television Cox Media Group and Tegna declined to accept the terms of a renewed master affiliate carriage agreement negotiated between network parent Paramount Global and the vMVPD A national CBS feed offering most of the network s base schedule excluding some live sports events and news content from the CBS News Streaming Network was provided to substitute the affected affiliates CBS s owned and operated stations were not affected by the impasse as they were carried on a different carriage agreement Three weeks after the affiliate board approved a revised carriage deal the affected stations began returning to Fubo on March 31 51 52 Longtime KSAT TV San Antonio sports director Greg Simmons resigns after 42 years a decision made after his being charged for DWI Weekend sports anchor Larry Ramirez would serve as KSAT s interim sports director 53 54 31 YouTube TV drops MLB Network from its channel lineup after failing to reach a contract renewal agreement Subscribers will be able to continue watching select national Major League Baseball games on Fox ESPN and TBS 55 February edit Date Event Source 3 For the first time since 2015 Paul Shaffer reunites The World s Most Dangerous Band the house band for David Letterman s Late Night and Late Show to fill in for The Tonight Show s regular house band The Roots who were in Los Angeles preparing for a performance at the Grammys 56 5 The 65th Annual Grammy Awards airs on CBS from the Crypto com Arena in Los Angeles Trevor Noah serves as host of a ceremony that sees notable winners including Lizzo whose About Damn Time wins Record of the Year Harry Styles whose Harry s House wins Album of the Year and Beyonce whose four wins on the night including Renaissance as Best Dance Electronic Album push her career Grammy mark to 32 making her the most lauded artist in Grammy history 57 7 NFL Network removes analyst and former player Michael Irvin from its coverage of Super Bowl LVII following allegations of sexual misconduct toward a woman at a hotel he was staying at in the Phoenix area where the game will be held Though surveillance video showed him interacting with the woman Irvin told Dallas Fort Worth radio station KRLD FM and The Dallas Morning News that he had no recollection of any incident because he had been inebriated and denied any wrongdoing Irvin would file a 100 million defamation suit against the anonymous accuser and the hotel on February 9 58 59 8 The Wall Street Journal reports Warner Bros Discovery will continue to operate Discovery as a standalone streaming service a pivot from the company s initial plans to shutter it entirely following the May 13 launch of its combination service Max which will feature most of Discovery s existing content library in addition to the full HBO Max library WBD cites concerns about Discovery subscribers opting out of moving to the pricier offering for the decision WBD has indicated that the combined service s ad supported and ad free tiers will be set at a higher price point than those of HBO Max and Discovery 60 61 NewsNation correspondent Evan Lambert is arrested on disorderly conduct and criminal trespassing complaints for allegedly disrupting a news conference by Ohio Governor Mike DeWine on the February 3 derailment of a Norfolk Southern freight train containing hazardous chemicals that prompted residential evacuations in East Palestine The D C based correspondent was conducting a live report for the Nexstar owned cable news channel s Rush Hour program when police officers inside the gym of the village s elementary school where the news conference was held told him to conclude the report while DeWine was speaking and subsequently pushed Lambert to the ground and handcuffed him after acceding to their request DeWine later condemned the officers actions clarifying he did not authorize Lambert s arrest Lambert was released from the Columbiana County Jail later that evening on an 850 bond he is scheduled to be arraigned on February 23 62 63 12 The Kansas City Chiefs defeat the Philadelphia Eagles 38 35 in Super Bowl LVII at State Farm Stadium in Glendale Arizona which was broadcast on Fox in English and Fox Deportes in Spanish and streamed on the Fox Sports app and NFL It was the first Super Bowl assignment for play by play announcer Kevin Burkhardt and color analyst Greg Olsen who succeeded Joe Buck and Troy Aikman as Fox s NFL broadcast team in 2020 after they were hired by ABC ESPN to call its Monday Night Football and NFL playoff telecasts The Fox telecast averaged 115 1 million viewers according to Nielsen data becoming the most watched program in American television history just ahead of Super Bowl XLIX with viewership reaching 118 7 million during the halftime show headlined by Rihanna who revealed her second pregnancy with the performance the Fox Deportes telecast was watched by 951 000 viewers becoming both the most watched Super Bowl broadcast and the most watched non soccer sports telecast in Spanish language cable history 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 note 1 15 Gray Television sells Fox affiliate KNIN in Boise Idaho operated by the E W Scripps Company to Marquee Broadcasting in exchange for MeTV affiliate WPGA in Macon Georgia When completed the deal will result in Gray owning at least one full power station in nine of Georgia s eleven television markets The deal was completed on May 1 74 75 16 Ryan Seacrest announces he will step down as co host and executive producer of Live with Kelly and Ryan which he has hosted alongside Kelly Ripa since 2017 to concentrate full time on other projects including his hosting duties on American Idol and his syndicated radio program Ripa s husband Mark Consuelos who has frequently served as guest host since she became co host of the Disney ABC produced syndicated morning talk show in 2001 will succeed Seacrest on April 17 as permanent co host of the renamed Live with Kelly and Mark Seacrest who will return occasionally to guest co host will continue hosting Live through April 14 at which time he will relocate to Los Angeles to host Idol s live performance shows 76 77 78 79 22 Spectrum News 13 reporter Dylan Lyons is killed and colleague and photojournalist Jesse Walden critically injured in a shooting incident in the Orlando suburb of Pine Hills Florida that also claimed the life of a nine year old girl and critically injured her mother Lyons and Walden were at the scene of a homicide that claimed the life of a woman earlier that day A teenager was taken into custody as a suspect in both incidents 80 81 23 Ellen Pompeo makes her last appearance as a cast regular on Grey s Anatomy as her character Meredith Grey leaves Seattle and Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital for Boston in the episode I ll Follow the Sun Pompeo has been with the ABC medical drama since its 2005 premiere and remains attached as an executive producer and narrator in addition to making occasional on screen guest appearances the next of which will be the current 19th season s finale in May 82 Dish Network is hit by a cyberattack that resulted in data being extracted from its IT networks and the company s internal servers customer support systems and company websites being knocked offline with service disruptions affecting its co owned vMVPD service Sling TV and wireless provider Boost Mobile Dish and Sling subscribers also experienced difficulties accessing streaming apps such as its Dish Anywhere service OTT services purchased through Dish and TV Everywhere apps of various networks carried by the Dish satellite service and Sling using their provider logins Some employees continued to be paid during the outage despite it preventing them from performing their jobs Although Dish restored many of the systems including its websites customer service operations and self service applications within weeks of the attack service disruptions and technical issues lingered into March as customers continued to report call center backlogs some lasting up to 14 hours and problems processing payments Several Dish investors filed a class action lawsuit over the breach on March 30 accusing the company of negligence in failing to properly secure customer data 83 84 85 86 87 24 Warner Bros Discovery informs the teams whose games air on its AT amp T SportsNet channels based in Denver Houston and Pittsburgh that the company will exit the regional sports network business and that its AT amp T Sports Networks unit will file for Chapter 7 liquidation bankruptcy unless the channels are sold or the teams take back their broadcast rights by March 31 Teams that air on Seattle based Root Sports Northwest are not part of the proceedings as WBD only holds a minority stake in that network 88 89 Warner Bros Discovery files a breach of contract lawsuit with the New York Supreme Court accusing Paramount Global of violating a 2019 agreement that gave HBO Max rights to stream the first 23 seasons of South Park as well as three subsequent seasons that had yet to air at the time on Paramount owned Comedy Central The suit alleges Paramount diverted most of the animated series post 2019 episodes to Paramount under a separate 900 million deal between ViacomCBS Domestic Media Networks now Paramount Media Networks and series creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone reached in August 2021 despite WBD holding streaming exclusivity over the series under their 596 7 million or 1 7 million per episode deal and only produced 14 of the 30 additional episodes promised to fill out the WBD Paramount contract Paramount countersued WBD on April 19 alleging the contract did not define a specified episode commitment for future seasons or required it to license made for streaming South Park movies to HBO Max WBD and Paramount both claim they are owed 52 million in unpaid license fees 90 91 26 The 29th Screen Actors Guild Awards are presented at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Century City California with notable winners including the motion picture Everything Everywhere All At Once four awards and TV series Abbott Elementary and The White Lotus wins for comedy and drama ensembles respectively The ceremony airs live on Netflix s YouTube channel a one year arrangement between SAG and Netflix before the streamer once its live streaming capabilities are worked out carries the ceremony exclusively beginning in 2024 The SAG Awards former broadcast homes TNT and TBS announced in 2022 that they would no longer broadcast the ceremony 92 93 94 March edit Date Event Source 4 The 2023 Kids Choice Awards airs on Nickelodeon and was simulcast on six Paramount owned sister networks including the Nick Jr Channel Nicktoons TeenNick TV Land and MTV2 from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles with Nate Burleson and Charli D Amelio who won Favorite Female Creator as hosts Harry Styles won the most awards among all nominees with three each for Favorite Male Artist Favorite Global Music Star and Favorite Song for As It Was High School Musical The Musical The Series with Olivia Rodrigo and Joshua Bassett winning both Favorite Kids TV Star categories and Wednesday which won Favorite Family TV Show and Favorite Female Family TV Star for Jenna Ortega were the top winners among TV nominees with two each Other major winners include Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Favorite Movie SpongeBob SquarePants Favorite Animated Series and Adam Sandler King of Comedy Award Also on this day Nickelodeon receives its first major rebrand in almost six years 95 96 97 98 8 Fremantle the production company behind The Price Is Right announces that the CBS game show will relocate from Los Angeles Television City to Haven Studios a Fremantle co owned facility in nearby Glendale California when its 52nd season begins taping in the summer The game show has originated from Studio 33 at Television City renamed in 1998 as the Bob Barker Studio in honor of the former longtime host since premiering in 1972 its move and the pending relocations of several other shows from the facility among them The Young and The Restless and Real Time with Bill Maher comes before the start of a 1 25 billion renovation of the property which Hackman Capital Partners bought from CBS in 2018 99 Hulu removes 34 ABC stations operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group from its vMVPD service in 32 markets after the streaming service reportedly declined Sinclair s offer to add Tennis Channel as part of a renewed agreement for the stations Unlike the earlier FuboTV master agreement dispute between CBS and several of its affiliate operators see January 30 entry Hulu which is majority owned by ABC parent Disney did not substitute the affected Sinclair stations with a linear ABC national feed A feed was provided to the affected markets exclusively for the network s telecast of the 95th Academy Awards four days later The dispute lasted until April 21 when Hulu and Sinclair agreed to reinstate the affected stations through a new contract 100 101 102 WLBT Jackson removes longtime morning anchor and chief meteorologist Barbie Bassett who is white after she quoted the Snoop Dogg coined slang Fo shizzle my nizzle nizzle referring to the Black term of endearment vernacular for nigger when a collaboration with another WLBT reporter was jokingly raised during the Gray owned NBC affiliate s 11 00 a m newscast after a report on the introduction of a new wine to the rapper s Cali Wine Collection line Although WLBT which infamously had its license revoked by the FCC in 1969 from original owner Lamar Life Insurance due to the station s advocacy of racial segregation and omission of civil rights movement coverage during NBC News broadcasts has not formally disclosed Bassett s status her biography was removed from its website Bassett previously apologized for a similar incident in October 2022 in which she suggested reporter Carmen Poe who is Black ask her grandmother whom Bassett referred to as grandmammy for a pie recipe to get a scoop on a then upcoming ESPN College Gameday telecast from Jackson State University 103 104 12 The 95th Academy Awards airs on ABC from the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood with Jimmy Kimmel as host Everything Everywhere All at Once was the top winner with seven awards including Best Picture Best Actress Michelle Yeoh who became the first Asian woman to win the honor Best Supporting Actor Ke Huy Quan and Best Supporting Actress Jamie Lee Curtis Other major winners included All Quiet on the Western Front with four awards including Best International Feature Film and The Whale with two including Brendan Fraser for Best Actor The telecast was seen by an estimated 18 7 million viewers up 12 from the previous year 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 13 As part of a multi year agreement that also extends their existing carriage contracts for the group s 40 CBS stations and NewsNation Nexstar Media Group and YouTube TV announce that the vMVPD service will add 59 Nexstar operated stations serving 56 markets consisting of 29 CW 26 MyNetworkTV and four independent stations including WPIX New York City KTLA Los Angeles WGN TV Chicago KRON San Francisco WPHL Philadelphia and WDVM WDCW Washington D C to its lineup The deal fills a major affiliate coverage gap for The CW on YouTube TV as Nexstar was the largest group without a carriage deal for its CW stations CBS and Sinclair Broadcast Group were the largest CW station operators to offer their affiliates on the service it also expands local MyNetworkTV carriage on YTTV beyond affiliates operated by Fox and Sinclair for the first time 113 114 14 Diamond Sports Group files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection with the U S Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas The operator of the Bally Sports group of regional sports networks which carry local broadcasts for nearly half of the teams in the NBA NHL and MLB 42 teams in total across 19 channels had been struggling to reduce around 8 billion in debt acquired through its 2019 purchase of the former Fox Sports Networks from The Walt Disney Company Diamond s financial health which was impacted by cord cutting as well as carriage disputes earlier in the decade that significantly reduced Bally Sports vMVPD distribution became an issue after announcements that it had missed a 140 million payment to its lenders in February and a scheduled rights payment to MLB s Arizona Diamondbacks on March 10 Diamond will separate from majority parent Sinclair Broadcast Group as part of the reorganization and plans to continue to produce and air games Diamond president Steve Rosenberg subsequently stepped down on March 20 succeeded by CFO David DeVoe 115 116 117 118 note 2 DirecTV files a lawsuit against Nexstar Media Group Mission Broadcasting and White Knight Broadcasting with the U S District Court for the Southern District of New York accusing the groups of price fixing through an illegal conspiracy to collectively bargain in retransmission fee negotiations using sidecar arrangements between Nexstar and the latter two companies meant to skirt FCC regulations including its local station ownership caps The suit is in relation to a broader carriage dispute involving 23 Mission and two White Knight stations that were removed from DirecTV DirecTV Stream and U verse TV during separate negotiations in October 2022 District Judge P Kevin Castel dismissed the antitrust lawsuit on standing grounds on March 20 2024 124 125 12 126 13 note 3 15 Sports Business Journal reports that Greg Gumbel has signed a contract extension with CBS Sports that will allow the veteran sportscaster to remain studio host for its NCAA basketball coverage while stepping away from his role as play by play announcer for its NFL broadcasts Outside of the period when the network did not have the NFL 1994 97 Gumbel has been with CBS since 1990 and is the first African American to handle play by play for the Super Bowl 127 17 Tyra Banks discloses in an interview with TMZ that she will step down as co host of Dancing with the Stars after three seasons to focus on her business and television production projects Banks succeeded Tom Bergeron who had hosted DWTS since its 2005 debut on ABC and Erin Andrews as sole host of the reality competition series in 2020 On March 20 Julianne Hough who served as a pro dancer from 2007 to 2009 and as a judge from 2014 to 2017 was named to succeed Banks alongside returning co host Alfonso Ribiero who joined the series in 2022 coinciding with its move to Disney 128 129 130 NBC and the post production editing staff of Saturday Night Live announce a tentative labor agreement that averts a strike against the variety series that was set for April 1 The staff of 12 20 editors and film managers who edit pre taped sketches for SNL unionized in October 2022 sent contract proposals to NBCUniversal that December and approved a strike authorization with the Motion Picture Editors Guild on January 23 The deal whose ratification was announced on March 23 gives the team pay boosts healthcare benefits employer paid meals and accommodations for those who work long shifts with short turnarounds 131 132 133 134 18 KCBS KCAL Los Angeles weekend morning meteorologist Alissa Carlson Schwartz faints on air just prior to presenting a weather segment during the CBS owned duopoly s Saturday morning newscast The rest of the broadcast was preempted following the incident with both stations which simulcast portions of the newscast airing pre recorded and paid programming in its place Carlson who while employed at NBC affiliate KGET Bakersfield was diagnosed with a heart valve leak after vomiting on set during a weather report in 2014 was treated for a head injury and later revealed in a March 21 interview with CBS Mornings that the fainting spell was induced by vasovagal syncope likely triggered by dehydration 135 136 137 138 24 Sinclair Broadcast Group lays off 30 news department employees and cancels certain local newscasts produced by NBC affiliates WPMI Mobile operated under an SSA with Deerfield Media and WEYI Saginaw Flint operated under an SSA with Howard Stirk Holdings Fox affiliate WACH Columbia and Fox ABC affiliate WGXA Macon and shuts down the news department of ABC affiliate KAEF Arcata Eureka California WPMI cut more than 20 members of its approximately 30 person news staff and discontinued its weekday morning and noon newscasts as well as the lifestyle program Gulf Coast Today WEYI cut six production staffers and cancels its weekday morning and weekend evening newscasts WACH cancels its four hour morning newscast and WGXA cut nine production staffers reduces its hour long weeknight 5 00 p m newscast to a half hour and cancels its Sunday Thursday 10 00 p m newscast On April 3 most of the affected stations replaced some or all of the affected newscasts with Sinclair s syndicated national newscast The National Desk with WACH replacing the first hour of its morning newscast with a repeat of its 10 00 p m newscast and WPMI replacing its local midday programs with additional runs of Family Feud while KAEF began simulcasting newscasts from Redding parent station KRCR retaining two Eureka based reporters to file reports for those broadcasts 139 140 141 142 note 4 26 The United States Army pauses its recently launched advertising campaign featuring on screen narrator Jonathan Majors which revives its classic Be All You Can Be ad slogan one day after the actor s arrest on misdemeanor domestic violence charges in connection to a March 24 domestic dispute in which Majors allegedly physically assaulted a woman he was dating resulting in her sustaining minor head and neck injuries New ads in the campaign which do not feature Majors would be rolled out the following weekend 143 144 27 Chanel West Coast announces her departure from MTV s Ridiculousness after signing a deal to develop produce and star in unscripted projects for MTV parent Paramount Media Networks and its MTV Entertainment Group subsidiary Chanel had co presented the comedic clip show alongside Steelo Brim and lead host Rob Dyrdek since its launch in 2011 145 28 One day after The Bachelor s 27th season concludes Mike Fleiss announces his departure from the Bachelor franchise he created and had produced since the first Bachelor season on ABC in 2002 Claire Freeland Jason Ehrlich and Bennett Graebner are immediately tapped to oversee the dating game show franchise which also includes The Bachelorette and Bachelor in Paradise Though Fleiss ABC and Warner Bros Television Studios the franchise s producer were tight lipped as to the reason for his departure a Variety report later indicated that Fleiss was the subject of an investigation conducted by an outside party into allegations of bullying and racially discriminatory behaviors 146 147 April edit Date Event Source 2 The LSU Tigers defeat the Iowa Hawkeyes to win the championship of the 2023 NCAA Division I women s basketball tournament Simulcasts of the game on ABC and ESPN2 drew a combined 9 9 million viewers the largest ever television audience for a women s college basketball game 148 The 2023 CMT Music Awards airs on CBS from the Moody Center in Austin Texas with Kane Brown and Kelsea Ballerini as hosts In addition to co hosting Kane Brown won the Video of the Year award for his collaboration with wife Katelyn Brown Thank God Jelly Roll was the top winner of the night with three awards all for his single Son of a Sinner 149 150 3 The UConn Huskies top the San Diego State Aztecs in the title game of the 2023 NCAA Division I men s basketball tournament The CBS broadcast attracted 14 693 million viewers a record low for the championship event The broadcast is also Jim Nantz s last college basketball assignment for CBS though he remains the network s lead play by play announcer for NFL and PGA golf events Nantz steps back from college basketball after calling 32 consecutive tournaments for CBS and Turner Sports Ian Eagle will succeed Nantz as CBS lead college basketball announcer in the 2023 24 season This also marks the first Men s Final Four to be overseen by Charlie Baker who was appointed president of the NCAA in December 2022 to succeed Mark Emmert who announced his retirement in April of that year 151 152 18 17 Frontier Communications removes three networks Newsmax Media owned Newsmax TV and Fuse Media owned Fuse and FM from its systems after declining to negotiate new agreements with their respective parent companies The dispute involving Newsmax comes two weeks after DirecTV ended a two month dispute with the conservative news and commentary channel and 4 1 2 months after Frontier dropped its archconservative competitor One America News Network in a similar dispute 153 American Idol season 21 contestant Sara Beth Liebe abruptly quits during the Hollywood Week round citing the need to be with her children Liebe called out Katy Perry on social media two weeks prior for a controversial mom shaming joke that the singer made during her initial audition in which she remarked that Liebe after revealing she was a mother of three at age 25 had been laying on the table too much 154 5 Hearst Television announces it will purchase NBC affiliate WBBH Fort Myers from Waterman Broadcasting for 220 54 million pending FCC approval The purchase which includes the LMA rights to Montclair Communications owned ABC sister WZVN marks the family owned Waterman s exit from broadcasting the group originally founded in 1956 as a radio station operator had owned WBBH since 1978 and will give Hearst its fifth station in Florida alongside its existing properties in Orlando WESH WKCF West Palm Beach WPBF and Tampa WMOR The sale was completed on June 30 155 156 12 As part of a multi year agreement that also extends their existing carriage contracts for the group s 25 CBS and 16 MyNetworkTV stations as well as Comet Sinclair Broadcast Group and YouTube TV announce that the vMVPD service will add Tennis Channel and its companion AVOD streaming channel T2 and digital multicast networks Charge and TBD to its lineup effective June 1 This would later be followed on July 19 by a similar deal between Sinclair and Hulu to add the three networks as well as Comet to the service s vMVPD offering in January 2024 157 158 PBS and many of its member stations suspend activity on Twitter after the social messaging platform labeled the service s accounts as government funded media The designation had earlier been given to NPR which suspended posts the day prior amid a broader dispute that began on April 4 when Twitter first relabeled the counterpart radio service under the state affiliated media classification previously given only to news agencies influenced or controlled by autocratic governments PBS and NPR which are editorially independent consider both labels to be misleading and meant to undermine their credibility both public broadcasters are funded primarily through donations from viewers as well as corporate and philanthropic donors while government appropriations to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting account for gt 1 of their overall funding Other public broadcasters including the BBC and CBC Radio Canada have also criticized or paused activity on Twitter after being assigned the label 159 160 161 162 13 The studios of WWMT Kalamazoo Grand Rapids were evacuated around 2 30 p m ET after a Greenville man with a history of mental illness threatened to kill himself with a bomb he claimed to have in his backpack Authorities later confirmed that they only found an iPhone charger and wiring in the backpack The suspect who initially said he was submitting a news tip forced his way through the front door of the Sinclair owned CBS CW affiliate s lobby when chief engineer George Markle moved to barricade the suspect between both lobby doors and helped evacuate station staff from the building After two hours the suspect surrendered to police and was taken to the Kalamazoo County Jail 163 164 165 16 Due to a 90 minute delay over what is later revealed to be an overlooked technical bug Netflix aborts plans to live stream the Season 4 reunion special of dating series Love is Blind The special would have been the streamer s second ever live event after Chris Rock Selective Outrage which ran without error on March 4 The reunion is recorded and released on a tape delay the following day 166 167 168 18 Avoiding a trial in Delaware Superior Court that already had a jury empaneled and sworn in Dominion Voting Systems and Fox News announce a 787 5 million settlement agreement in the former company s defamation lawsuit over the latter s airing of baseless claims that Dominion s voting machines switched votes cast for Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election to Joe Biden one of several conspiracy theories spread by Trump his supporters and many conservative media outlets to explain his defeat by Biden Dominion had been seeking 1 6 billion in damages Though the settlement does not require them to apologize on air Fox News does acknowledge in a statement that the Court s rulings found certain claims about Dominion to be false 169 19 The news gathering helicopters of Griffin Media s two Oklahoma CBS affiliates sustain damage from a supercell thunderstorm that spawned at least nine tornadoes across the central section of the state While covering an EF3 tornado that caused extensive damage in Cole three inch hailstones knocked out the windshield of a Bell 407 operated by Oklahoma City flagship KWTV pilot Jim Gardner and photographer Rich Kriegel who were both on board were not injured An EF2 tornado which struck Shawnee later that evening damaged the tail rotor and roof of a Bell 206 B3 JetRanger operated by Tulsa sister KOTV which was being housed in a hangar for maintenance and required inspection at the city s airport 170 171 20 The WNBA announces a multi year deal with the E W Scripps Company that will see Ion Television air regular season doubleheaders along with regional telecasts airing in early or late evening broadcast windows carried on selected Ion O amp Os on Friday nights starting with the 2023 season Ion s initial slate of 44 WNBA produced games will air over 15 weeks from May 26 to September 8 The deal gives Ion its first national sports telecasts since a three event UFC preliminary fight deal in 2010 11 and marks the first rights deal ever signed by Scripps Sports which was formed in December 2022 to acquire sports events for Ion and Scripps s local television stations 172 173 174 175 Fox News announces it has parted ways with conservative commentator Dan Bongino who hosted the Saturday prime time show Unfiltered for the network as well as the Fox Nation program Canceled in the USA According to Bongino the move was due to a breakdown in contract negotiations and not related to Fox s settlement with Dominion Voting Systems 176 177 21 Paramount Global agrees to a 167 5 million settlement of a case stemming from the 2019 merger of CBS Corporation and Viacom filed by former CBS shareholders against some of the company s former officers and directors including vice chairperson Shari Redstone and acting CEO Joseph Ianniello over alleged breaches of fiduciary duties related to the merger negotiation and approval 178 23 NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell departs the company following a third party investigation into a complaint relating to an inappropriate relationship that Shell had with a female employee Comcast president Michael J Cavanagh will assume management responsibilities for the division until a successor is appointed CNBC anchor and senior international correspondent Hadley Gamble who lodged the complaint alleging sexual harassment by Shell and allegations of bullying and discrimination by members of CNBC World s management team in March that led to investigations into both matters would subsequently reach an agreement with NBCUniversal to depart the network on May 9 179 180 24 Fox News parts ways with Tucker Carlson permanently ending Tucker Carlson Tonight with the April 21 broadcast which ended with the expectation that it would be back the following Monday The dismissals of Carlson and senior executive producer Justin Wells reportedly directed by Fox Corporation executive chairman CEO Lachlan Murdoch and Fox News Media CEO Suzanne Scott to Fox chairman Rupert Murdoch are tied to a discrimination lawsuit by producer Abby Grossberg who was fired in March and would go on to settle the litigation for 12 million on June 30 alleging she was subjected to bullying and antisemitic comments while working on the program and was coerced by company lawyers to provide misleading testimonial answers in the Dominion Voting Systems defamation lawsuit settled six days prior Private text messages that Carlson sent to colleagues expressing skepticism of election fraud claims made by former president Donald Trump s attorneys criticizing the network for jeopardizing its credibility by amplifying the claims and revealing that he hated Trump passionately were among the internal messages made public through the Dominion lawsuit that were widely seen as exposing Fox to greater legal liability Carlson s former 8 00 p m ET slot was temporarily filled by Fox News Tonight which was hosted by a rotation of network personalities Jesse Watters Primetime took over the hour on July 17 as part of a broader prime time realignment that also saw timeslot changes for The Ingraham Angle and Gutfeld with Ingraham being moved to Watters former 7 00 p m ET slot Carlson would debut a conservative commentary video series on Twitter on June 6 prompting a cease and desist notice issued by Fox News one week later citing a non compete clause in his former contract that runs until early 2025 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 CNN parts ways with anchor Don Lemon following a series of controversies over his on air remarks and treatment of network colleagues and an April 5 Variety report that outlined allegations of mistreatment toward several former female colleagues including Nancy Grace Kyra Phillips and Soledad O Brien and instances of diva like behavior during his 17 year career at CNN Lemon was earlier criticized for remarks about Nikki Haley which were widely perceived as sexist on the February 16 edition of CNN This Morning suggesting the former United Nations ambassador and South Carolina governor who turned 51 the month prior was not a viable presidential candidate because she isn t in her prime referencing a comment Haley made during her declaratory speech the day prior that implied President Joe Biden and her rival for the 2024 Republican nomination Donald Trump then 80 and 76 respectively were too old to hold office 190 191 192 193 note 5 The Walt Disney Company conducts a second round of layoffs affecting hundreds of employees including ABC Current Programming SVP Stacey Adams Freeform programming development SVP Julie Jarmon and Disney Branded Television unscripted programming VP Marc Buhaj and 20th Television SVP and Current Programming co chief Dana Sharpless FiveThirtyEight founder CEO Nate Silver will also depart at the end of his contract later this year as part of cuts to the ABC News unit The company will also combine the current programming and development teams of Disney Television Animation and dissolve digital content division 20th Digital Studio Disney Media Distribution s first run syndication unit and Disney Television Studios s marketing division marketing responsibilities for programs produced by its studio units will be handled by the company s television and streaming properties 194 195 196 197 Concluding an expansion that began on April 1 when it replaced overnight drama series and infomercials with repeats of its evening talk and analysis shows NewsNation permanently switches to a 24 hour all news schedule on weekdays the Nexstar owned network debuts a four hour rolling afternoon news block NewsNation Now replacing crime dramas in that slot and an hour long political news show The Hill a broadcast extension of the co owned publication replacing an hour of NewsNation Rush Hour The expansion coincides with the unveiling of a new studio at its New York bureau in the Daily News Building where co operated CW affiliate WPIX also christened a separate studio on that date Syndicated scripted series acquired before the former WGN America began its gradual format shift from entertainment to news in February 2021 such as Blue Bloods and Last Man Standing and time brokered programs will continue to air on weekends outside of prime time until late 2024 when NewsNation plans to switch to all news programming full time 198 199 200 25 A man carrying an electric guitar and a handwritten sign reading Free Billie Eilish and referencing a dark web conspiracy theory regarding the CIA s infamous MKUltra experimentation program and ex Illuminati insider Donald Marshall climbed onto a digital billboard on KTLA Los Angeles s landmark auxiliary transmission tower outside its Sunset Bronson Studios facility The Nexstar owned CW affiliate s promotional billboard was subsequently turned off temporarily for safety reasons The man descended from the tower after about three hours as firefighters and LAPD crisis negotiators sought to get him down an adjacent ladder He was arrested on a suspicion of trespassing complaint 201 202 26 Facebook Watch announces the cancellation of Red Table Talk the streaming service s last remaining original program with its producers seeking a new service for future episodes of the talk show The move comes amid ongoing layoffs at Facebook Watch parent Meta Platforms which included that of Mina Lefevre Facebook Watch s head of development and programming and a shift in emphasis by Meta toward content for its Horizon Worlds virtual reality service 203 ESPN cut ties with baseball reporter Marly Rivera for calling fellow reporter Ivon Gaete a fucking cunt in a heated caught on tape exchange on April 18 after Rivera alleged Gaete tried to interview Aaron Judge despite the former having had been scheduled to interview the New York Yankees outfielder 204 205 Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt vetoes H B 2820 a bill that would extend authorization for the Oklahoma Educational Television Authority the state s PBS member network through July 1 2026 Although Stitt later alleged the veto was over objections to LGBTQ content on certain PBS programs that he claims indoctrinat es and overly sexualizes children harkening rhetoric of a broader ongoing culture war over LGBTQ rights the bill is one of over 20 measures some passed unanimously by the state s House and Senate that he elected to veto in a broader impasse with Senate leaders over his education and tax proposals which in addition to increasing education funding and teacher salaries would also create a voucher like tax credit program The veto of H B 2820 which had it not received the required two thirds support of both legislative chambers to override it would have resulted in OETA s agency authorization expiring on July 1 and the member network ceasing operations when its existing funding appropriations lapsed in July 2024 was overridden by the legislature on May 25 the penultimate day of its 2023 session passing the House 73 23 and the Senate 38 6 206 207 208 209 note 6 A red tailed hawk fatally collided with a Bell 206 JetRanger operated by WPLG Miami as the helicopter flew over Pembroke Pines en route to cover a story during the BH Media owned ABC affiliate s noon newscast Pilot Mark Lewis and photographer Joe Brennan were not injured and the helicopter which sustained damage to its cockpit window landed safely 211 212 27 Just shy of a year after announcing his departure James Corden hosts The Late Late Show for the 1 193rd and final time Will Ferrell and Harry Styles are the guests on the finale which also featured a pre recorded farewell message from President Joe Biden and a dream sequence sketch that included appearances by fellow current and former late night hosts Stephen Colbert Jimmy Fallon Jimmy Kimmel Seth Meyers David Letterman and Trevor Noah The last episode of Corden s 81 2 year run as host which was preceded earlier that night by the show s final prime time Carpool Karaoke special also served as the series finale of the CBS late night talk franchise which debuted in January 1995 with Tom Snyder as its original host After airing reruns of The Late Late Show for the remainder of spring and summer the timeslot was filled by reruns of Comics Unleashed starting in September until mid January of the next year 213 214 215 216 217 Sinclair Broadcast Group announces it will cancel full length newscasts and lay off all news department staff at CBS affiliate KTVL Medford Oregon and CBS Fox affiliate KPTH Sioux City and discontinue partially outsourced newscasts on NBC affiliate WNWO Toledo co produced by CBS sister WSBT South Bend since March 2017 CBS affiliate WGFL Gainesville Florida co produced by CBS sister WPEC West Palm Beach since October 2019 and Fox affiliate KPTM Omaha co produced by Fox sister KMPH Fresno since 2013 effective May 12 The National Desk will replace newscasts on all five stations starting May 15 The cuts as well as reductions in news production at five other stations see March 24 entry are believed to be related to the recent bankruptcy of Sinclair controlled Bally Sports parent Diamond Sports Group 218 219 220 221 222 142 note 7 28 Phoenix s professional basketball teams the NBA s Suns and the WNBA s Mercury reach agreements with Gray Television to air their regionally televised games on independents KTVK and KPHE LD and with interactive video provider Kiswe to livestream their games on team specific subscription streaming services The deal which was slated to begin with a Mercury Minnesota Lynx preseason game on May 25 and last five years for the Suns and two for the Mercury would see the Gray stations maintain exclusivity over certain Suns and Mercury games feature team related programs on KTVK and KPHE and have the content distributed throughout Arizona across KTVK s translator network and Gray owned KPHE repeaters in Tucson KOLD DT5 and Yuma El Centro soon to launch KAZS The Suns and Mercury are the first major league teams to end their television partnerships with Bally Sports since the March 14 bankruptcy of parent Diamond Sports Group whose Bally Sports Arizona has carried Suns and Mercury games since 2003 and 2006 respectively The Suns were last on over the air local TV when the team ended its contract with MyNetworkTV O amp O KUTP in 2011 U S Bankruptcy Court Judge Christopher Lopez who is overseeing Diamond s bankruptcy proceedings would void the Gray deal on May 10 on the basis that the Suns and Mercury violated rules that froze Diamond s rights with the teams and gave them a right of first refusal to match the deal while in bankruptcy Diamond effectively reversed course on July 13 declining to submit an offer matching the Gray deal to retain the Suns Mercury rights before that day s deadline 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 note 8 30 During ABC s coverage of Game 1 in the Miami Heat New York Knicks playoff series a bumper shown during the telecast included stock footage with the original towers of the World Trade Center in the background After complaints from viewers ESPN said it mistakenly used an old stock image and we apologize 231 May edit Date Event Source 1 Two days after the conclusion of the 2023 NFL draft Xfinity drops NFL Network from its systems after failing to reach a contract renewal agreement prior to its expiration The blackout ends the following day reportedly resolved after a phone discussion between NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and Comcast CEO Brian Roberts conducted the previous afternoon 232 233 As part of a multi year agreement that also extends their existing carriage contracts for the company s 90 ABC NBC CBS and Fox stations and NewsNation Nexstar Media Group and Hulu announce that the latter will begin carrying additional Nexstar run stations serving 32 markets consisting of 26 MyNetworkTV and four independent stations including WGN TV Chicago KRON San Francisco WPHL Philadelphia WTTA Tampa St Petersburg KAUT Oklahoma City and WDVM Hagerstown Washington D C to its vMVPD service s lineup Although some of Nexstar s 29 CW affiliates were reportedly added to Hulu beginning in February the terms of the deal do not specify whether carriage of other CW stations operated by Nexstar were included as part of the agreement 234 235 236 2 The Writers Guild of America commences a strike against television and film studios its first labor stoppage since 2007 and the largest production stoppage for the American entertainment industry since 2020 after the union and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers failed to agree on a new contract by the WGA s May 1 renewal deadline The WGA sought increases in compensation and residuals and greater protections for over scale pay citing a decline in pay despite the expansion of content with the rise of streaming services in recent years that effectively created a gig economy for unionized writers staffing requirements for television shows to employ a certain number of writers for a specified period of time regardless of need for specific episodes curbs on mini rooms where groups of writers outline story breakdowns and write scripts and restrictions on chatbot scriptwriting The strike immediately halted production of late night talk and variety shows and just as how the Fall network schedules were impacted by the 1981 and 1988 strikes in addition to being compounded by the concurring SAG AFTRA strike that would begin on July 14 halted or delayed development and production of scripted series for the 2023 24 network schedule resulting in unscripted programs and acquired foreign cable and streaming series occupying much of the Fall schedule along with cable and streaming programs that have uncompleted episodes At the outset prime time network schedules were not significantly disrupted at the strike s commencement after production on most scripted network shows for the 2022 23 season had already concluded As well some shows that employed paerticipating WGA members continued production either without pre written material including talk shows The View The Kelly Clarkson Show and Gutfeld or using fi core and non union writers to continue ongoing and planned storylines as soap operas had done during previous strikes The WGA would declare the strike over effective at 12 01AM on September 27 three days after the Guild and AMPTP reached a tentative agreement that was approved by Guild leadership on September 26 and allowing its rank and file to return to work while they perform a ratification vote 237 238 239 240 note 9 A man fires an automatic style rifle into a glass door panel outside the front lobby of WHBQ Memphis around 11 30 a m CT The suspect who had a history of mental illness and was in the midst of a mental episode that family and friends reportedly intended to seek help for that day had earlier informed an employee of the Imagicomm owned Fox affiliate that he was carrying a gun while talking to them outside the studio s front gate Employees were evacuated to a back parking lot for around 30 minutes as police secured the area no one was injured The suspect was arrested about two hours later at a nearby burger restaurant where he was barricaded inside a bathroom and posted a Facebook Live video in which he insisted on speaking with news people about alleged evidence into corruption in the Memphis Police Department 241 242 243 note 10 4 The NHL s Vegas Golden Knights sign a multi year agreement with the E W Scripps Company s Scripps Sports division to air their regionally televised games on Ion O amp O KMCC Laughlin Las Vegas which will become an independent station The deal effective with the 2023 24 season replaces AT amp T SportsNet Rocky Mountain as the Knights television partner and expands the team s local relationship with Scripps KMCC sister station KTNV has carried the Knights preseason and ABC televised regular season games since the team s inaugural 2017 18 season concurrent with its AT amp T SportsNet contract Scripps will syndicate the Knights telecasts to stations across the team s broadcast territory including the company s stations in Boise Salt Lake City and Montana The Knights are the first major league team to cut ties with AT amp T SportsNet since its parent Warner Bros Discovery announced its intent to exit the RSN business 244 245 246 Gray Television fires South Dakota State Capitol reporter Austin Goss who filed reports for KOTA KEVN Rapid City and KSFY KDLT Sioux Falls following his arrest on charges of making threatening harassing or misleading contacts tied to a January 23 prank call he made to former South Dakota State Senator and Republican Party chairman Dan Lederman by spoofing the personal cell phone number of Governor Kristi Noem which a state investigation found that Goss may have obtained during personal and professional communications with her 247 5 NBC Sports California suspends veteran Oakland Athletics play by play announcer Glen Kuiper after he appeared to refer to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum as the nigger league museum during the pre game show for that night s away game against the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium Kuiper apologized for the remarks which he made while discussing a visit he and broadcast partner Dallas Braden made to the museum earlier that day following a commercial break at the top of the sixth inning The A s denounced Kuiper s remarks in a statement on Twitter calling his use of the slur unacceptable Kuiper was fired by NBC Sports California on May 22 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 6 The coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla is televised on all major broadcast networks cable news channels and BBC America The ceremony was watched cumulatively by 10 9 million viewers according to Nielsen with ABC s coverage leading all networks with 3 04 million viewers 255 256 7 The 2023 MTV Movie amp TV Awards are broadcast on MTV and its sister networks with Scream VI Best Movie and The Last of Us Best Show among the notable winners Originally planned as a live ceremony from the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica California the event airs instead as a prerecorded presentation in the wake of several attendees and previously announced emcee Drew Barrymore withdrawing in solidarity with striking WGA members as well as plans by the Guild to picket the event Barrymore who still appeared on the broadcast in pre recorded skits has agreed to host the ceremony in 2024 257 258 259 260 8 Nexstar Media Group announces it will acquire independent station KUSI San Diego from McKinnon Broadcasting for 35 million The deal would create a duopoly with Fox affiliate KSWB the first such duopoly in the San Diego market and marks the family owned McKinnon s exit from broadcasting McKinnon which was founded in 1962 had launched KUSI in 1982 and the station was its last television property following the 2010 sale of KIII Corpus Christi to London Broadcasting Company Nexstar plans to turn KUSI into a CW affiliate once its contract with Tegna owned KFMB DT2 which runs through September 2026 expires or is terminated early 261 262 263 264 note 11 9 Paramount Media Networks announces it will shut down MTV News as part of broader layoffs and cost cutting at the company affecting 25 of the company s U S based staff Launched in 1987 but affected by downsizing in its later years MTV s news and documentary division was noted for its coverage of music politics lifestyle and pop culture that was geared toward the network s younger audiences Paramount Global also announces the consolidation of Showtime Networks and MTV Entertainment Studios into a single studio unit and the nine separate operations teams of the Paramount Media Networks cable channels into one portfolio group 265 266 10 CNN s Kaitlan Collins moderated a town hall with Donald Trump at Saint Anselm College in Goffstown New Hampshire in front of an audience primarily made of likely Republican primary voters The former president and 2024 Republican presidential candidate made numerous false claims including repeating voter fraud allegations in his 2020 presidential election loss reiterated his support of the 2021 U S Capitol attack credited himself for appointing three of the six Supreme Court justices who overruled the landmark Roe v Wade abortion ruling in the 2022 Dobbs v Jackson Women s Health Organization decision and sidestepped questions about whom he supported in the Russia Ukraine war and if he supported a national abortion ban during the event Warner Bros Discovery CEO David Zaslav and CNN Global CEO Chris Licht defended the decision to hold the town hall however media observers CNN staffers and Trump critics across the political spectrum denounced it for appearing to normalize his candidacy despite Trump being the subject of multiple criminal and civil cases including federal and state investigations into his attempts to overturn the 2020 election and a New York civil trial that concluded the day prior in which he was found liable of sexually abusing and defaming former Elle columnist E Jean Carroll remarks about whom Trump made during the event were amended into a separate defamation lawsuit against Trump filed by Carroll in 2019 on May 22 and his tendency to make false claims and spread disinformation In response to the event legal commentator Tristan Snell said he would no longer appear on CNN under its current leadership The town hall was watched by 3 1 million viewers according to Nielsen lower than that of the network s July 2022 town hall with President Joe Biden 3 7 million 267 268 269 270 271 15 WideOpenWest announces it will discontinue its in house pay television services Ultra TV a traditional pay TV service relying on QAM IP based set top boxes that launched in 2011 and WOW tv an IPTV service using Android TV infrastructure that launched in March 2020 and migrate its remaining video customers totaling 117 100 subscribers as of Q1 2023 a 6 2 decline from Q4 2022 to YouTube TV under a partnership that wil see the Alphabet owned vMVPD provider be offered as part of WOW s Internet bundle beginning that Summer 272 273 274 275 note 12 Country singer Reba McEntire who earlier served as an advisor in the Knockout rounds for the 23rd season of The Voice was announced to succeed outgoing coach Blake Shelton the last of the NBC music competition series four original coaches who earlier announced his departure prior to the Season 23 premiere for the 24th season The semifinals which followed a real time voting structure without an Instant Save feature for the first time since Season 5 saw both artists coached by Shelton Grace West and NOVIAS advancing to the following week s final round both artists would go on to lose to eventual winner Gina Miles who was coached by former One Direction member and debuting coach Niall Horan making him the series tenth overall winning coach and the third coach to win on their first attempt 276 277 278 279 17 Mission Broadcasting announces it will acquire MyNetworkTV affiliate WADL Mount Clemens Michigan from Adell Broadcasting Corp for 75 million Clinton Township based Adell which signed on WADL in May 1989 will retain ownership of religious broadcaster The Word Network and radio station WFDF Farmington Hills Upon closure Mission intends to contract with partner company Nexstar Media Group to provide operational services for WADL which it planned to turn into Detroit s affiliate of The CW a network majority owned by Nexstar the station briefly affiliated with the network on September 1 replacing WKBD before moving to Scripps owned WMYD due to a dispute between Adell and Mission Nexstar over their affiliation contract The sale was approved eleven months later on April 23 2024 however because of issues concerning Nexstar s management of Mission owned WPIX New York City which resulted in a 1 82 million fine and a requirement for Mission to sell the station to Nexstar or an independent third party to comply with FCC ownership rules that the LMA s structure had purportedly violated due to attributable interests in the latter s involvement with WPIX the approval was conditioned on Nexstar not being involved in financing Mission s purchase of the station Mission enforcing limits to performance bonuses and ad revenues provided to Nexstar under any LMA between the two groups the station limiting carriage of Nexstar provided programming to no more than 15 of the station s weekly programming time a clause normally applied to local programming provided by a station operator under LMA rules that likely constrains WADL from carrying the full CW schedule as intended particularly as Scripps plans to drop it from WMYD in September 2024 as part of a chain wide disaffiliation from the network and that any SSA cannot include an option for Nexstar to purchase WADL outright 280 281 282 283 284 285 19 Citadel Communications announces that it will sell independent station WSNN LD Sarasota Florida to Nexstar Media Group for 1 million The transaction which is expected to be completed by the end of the year will combine the station with Nexstar s existing Tampa St Petersburg duopoly of WFLA NBC and WTTA MyNetworkTV and marks Citadel s exit from broadcasting the company which acquired WSNN in 2009 had owned nine major network stations in the Midwest and New England including current Nexstar properties WHBF Rock Island Davenport KCAU Sioux City and WIVT Binghamton at various points from its founding in 1982 until 2019 The sale was finalized on July 20 286 287 288 289 22 Fifteen months to the date after it was first announced Tegna announces it has terminated its deal to be acquired by hedge fund Standard General The 8 6 billion deal which was originally slated to be completed in the second half of 2022 had faced regulatory hurdles the FCC s Media Bureau had designated the deal for a hearing by an administrative law judge in February scrutiny from lawmakers and labor unions concerned over job losses in part because the deal did not address conflicts with stations operated by Cox Media Group whose majority owner Apollo Global Management helped finance the deal in four markets and a deadline for Standard General to arrange financing for the deal on this date As a result of the deal s termination Tegna which owns and operates 68 stations in 54 markets announces a share repurchase plan and the collection of a 136 million termination fee from Standard General 290 291 292 23 Netflix begins cracking down on unauthorized password sharing between subscribers and non paying customers in the U S by introducing an 8 month extra member option to permit access to users who do not live in the account holder s household and intending to block devices attempting to access a user s Netflix account without paying over a certain timeframe Netflix initially tested the extra member program which resulted in account cancellations in countries where paid sharing has been implemented to primary account holders in Chile Costa Rica and Peru in 2022 and formally commenced paid sharing in Canada New Zealand Portugal and Spain In February 2023 293 294 note 13 24 Gray Television files a lawsuit in the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals that requests to vacate a 518 283 fine issued by the FCC in July 2021 which was upheld on appeal in a 3 1 vote by the FCC Media Bureau in October 2022 pertaining to a July 2020 non license asset deal between Gray and Denali Media Holdings that saw the former acquire and transfer the CBS affiliation rights for Anchorage from KTVA now a Rewind TV affiliate to Gray owned KYES now KAUU Because Gray already owned NBC affiliate KTUU the FCC considered the transaction as equivalent to purchasing a second top four station in violation of FCC duopoly regulations Gray which acquired KAUU then a lower rated MyNetworkTV affiliate in 2016 contends the FCC had no authority to regulate the affiliation purchase as it did not involve a license transfer that its regulation of a functional equivalent to the agency s Top 4 Rule via the fine exceeds the agency s regulatory authority and that the fine violates the First Amendment by penalizing Gray s programming decisions without furthering a legitimate government interest 295 296 297 29 Silver Chalice acquires majority control of Stadium from Sinclair Broadcast Group which co founded the broadcast streaming sports network with the Chicago White Sox subsidiary in 2017 as a reconfiguration of Sinclair s American Sports Network syndication service Sinclair cites that the decision to sell its controlling stake in Stadium was due to insufficient viewership to justify continued financing refuting a report by Front Office Sports disclosing the purchase that it was tied to financial issues related to the recent bankruptcy of its Diamond Sports Group unit Stadium will maintain its affiliation agreements with Sinclair run stations while Sinclair will continue to supply some programming for the network 298 299 30 One week after failing to make a rights payment before the end of its fee grace period Diamond Sports Group informs the San Diego Padres that it will no longer provide financing to Bally Sports San Diego that would enable the regional sports network to continue paying fees to the team The Padres local television rights consequently reverted to the team and Major League Baseball following that evening s game against Miami the first of a three game away series marking the first instance since Diamond s March 14 bankruptcy filing that it returned the local MLB broadcast rights to a franchise The league took over production of the Padres regional telecasts starting with the May 31 Padres Marlins game and began carrying them on alternate channels on Cox Spectrum U verse DirecTV and Fubo within the team s home market along with for the first time ever a blackout free direct to consumer option via MLB tv Game announcers Don Orsillo Mark Grant and Bob Scanlan will remain on the broadcasts as they are directly employed by the Padres 300 301 note 14 June edit Date Event Source 4 Chuck Todd announces that he will stepping down as moderator of Meet the Press after nine years Todd s tenure as moderator which would end on September 10 saw the NBC program launch into other ventures including the NBC News Now extension show Meet The Press Now which Welker co hosts and had originally debuted on MSNBC in 2015 as MTP Daily weekly podcasts and a documentary film festival and Todd himself facing criticism from some viewers and media critics for not pushing back against false statements made by guests particularly those made by former president Donald Trump his administration s officials and his archconservative supporters in political leadership Todd will be succeeded as MTP moderator on September 17 by NBC News White House correspondent Kristen Welker who will move from the co anchor chair at Saturday Today to become the political talk show s first female moderator since co creator Martha Rountree s 1947 53 tenure as its original host as well as the first person of color to regularly serve as the program s moderator Welker is of mixed Black Caucasian heritage 302 303 304 6 The Forum of Fargo Moorhead reports that Red River Broadcasting has exercised an option to terminate the sale of Fox affiliates KQDS Duluth Superior and KVRR Fargo Moorhead to Forum Communications The 24 million deal first announced in November 2021 was dependent on the FCC approving a waiver of ownership rules prohibiting the combination of two full power Big Four outlets in the same market in order to allow a duopoly between KVRR and Forum owned ABC affiliate WDAY The FCC which has only once approved such a Big Four duopoly in 2019 had not yet considered the Fargo waiver Forum which also owns The Forum and News Tribune newspapers in the respective cities would have had no such issues in Duluth as it has no existing television properties in that market 305 306 note 15 7 Warner Bros Discovery announces the departure of Chris Licht as CEO of its CNN Global division after just over one year Licht had already ceded operational control of the network to WBD Chief Corporate Operating Officer David Leavy in the fallout from the Donald Trump town hall meeting though the ouster came in the aftermath of the June 2 publication of a less than flattering Atlantic article documenting Licht s short but tumultuous tenure at CNN 307 308 309 Actor Jay Johnston is arrested by the FBI for his alleged involvement in the January 6 2021 attack on the U S Capitol The comedian actor known for his roles in Mr Show with Bob and David The Sarah Silverman Program and Bob s Burgers was charged by the U S Department of Justice on counts that include civil disorder entering or remaining in a restricted building or grounds disorderly or disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds and impeding passage through Capitol property 310 11 The 76th Tony Awards air on CBS and Paramount from New York s United Palace with Ariana DeBose as host Notable winners included Kimberly Akimbo Best Musical Leopoldstadt Best Play and the first two non binary performers to win acting awards J Harrison Ghee for Some Like It Hot and Alex Newell for Shucked The ceremony and telecast were initially postponed on May 12 after organizers for the Tonys were denied a waiver request from the Writers Guild of America to use pre written material during the Guild s strike against the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers both CBS and Paramount are AMPTP members But by May 16 organizers agree to ceremony alterations including refraining from using a script and placing an emphasis on live performances from Tony nominated shows thus allowing the event to proceed without a WGA waiver or picket line 311 312 313 12 The Denver Nuggets defeat the Miami Heat 94 89 in Game 5 of the 2023 NBA Finals to win their first championship in franchise history the Nuggets in their first ever Finals appearance defeated the Heat in four of five games in the best of seven series ABC carried the NBA Finals exclusively for the 21st consecutive year This year s NBA playoffs which began on April 15 and were televised on TNT ESPN ABC and NBA TV with each team s regional broadcaster also televising local coverage of First Round games except for most weekend games that ABC televised nationally saw ESPN ABC carry the Western Conference Finals and TNT carry the Eastern Conference Finals per the alternating exclusivity rotation under the NBA s contracts with ESPN Inc and Warner Bros Discovery Sports 314 315 316 note 16 Pat Sajak announces on social media that he will retire as host of Wheel of Fortune at the conclusion of its 41st season in mid 2024 he will remain with the program thereafter as a consultant Sajak has hosted the Sony CBS distributed game show since December 1981 when he succeeded Chuck Woolery on the now defunct network version Sajak would leave that version in January 1989 six months prior to its move from NBC to CBS to host his own late night talk show for the latter network and began hosting the syndicated version when it debuted in September 1983 On June 27 it was announced that Ryan Seacrest will succeed Sajak as host for the 2024 25 season 317 318 13 The Vegas Golden Knights defeat the Florida Panthers 9 3 in Game 5 of the 2023 Stanley Cup Finals to win their first championship in franchise history the Golden Knights which began play in the NHL six years prior defeated the Panthers in four of five games in the best of seven series TNT TBS and TruTV simulcasted this year s Stanley Cup Finals per the alternating rotation under the NHL s contracts with ESPN Inc and Warner Bros Discovery Sports It marked both the first time that the three networks carried the championship series and the first time since 1994 when it was carried nationally by ESPN and regionally by New York City based MSG that the Finals aired exclusively on cable in the U S This year s Stanley Cup playoffs began on April 17 and was televised on ABC ESPN ESPN2 TBS and TNT with each franchise s regional broadcaster also televising local coverage of First Round games except for weekend games that ABC televised nationally 319 320 note 17 Sports analyst commentator Shannon Sharpe announces he will be leaving the FS1 morning sports talk show Skip and Shannon Undisputed which he has co hosted since its debut in September 2016 following that day s broadcast It was then announced that the show would take a hiatus until August 28 due to Fox Sports failing to find a new debate partner with Skip Bayless 321 322 323 20 The NBA s Utah Jazz signs a multi year agreement with Sinclair Broadcast Group to broadcast their regionally televised games and other team specific programs on the company s Salt Lake City duopoly of KUTV CBS and KJZZ independent effective with the league s 2023 24 season the stations replace Warner Bros Discovery owned AT amp T SportsNet Rocky Mountain and Root Sports Northwest as the Jazz s regional television partners The deal also marks the team s return to KJZZ which previously held over the air telecast rights to Jazz games from 1993 to 2009 Team owner Ryan Smith s holding company Smith Entertainment Group also starts a new in house production division SEG Media to produce the telecasts which will also be carried on a new subscription streaming service scheduled to launch in October Game announcers Craig Bolerjack Thurl Bailey and Holly Rowe will remain on the broadcasts as they are directly employed by the Jazz 324 325 note 18 21 Television presenter Geraldo Rivera announces he has quit the Fox News talk show The Five which he has co hosted since January 2022 On June 29 the same day his final episode was scheduled to air Rivera announced that he would be leaving Fox News entirely after having quit the program he later alleged in a July 13 appearance on The View that a toxic work relationship with an unnamed Five co host led to his departure 326 327 328 27 Roku and CBS Sports announce a multi year deal to become the exclusive American media partners for the Formula E electric motorsport series The deal marks the first sports rights agreement for Roku and expands CBS s existing relationship with the promotion Roku will stream 11 races per season on the Roku Channel and CBS will carry five races per season that will also be streamed on Paramount with all races carried by the two streaming services being accessible through Roku s live streaming sports aggregation platform 329 28 As part of a multi year agreement that also extends their existing carriage contract for NFL Network and expands its distribution to co owned DirecTV Stream and U verse NFL Media and DirecTV announce that the latter will add NFL RedZone to the lineups of its subscription television services The addition of RedZone will allow DirecTV subscribers to continue to view regional NFL broadcasts not carried within their home market in some capacity after the league s December 2022 deal with Google to distribute the package to YouTube TV and YouTube Primetime Channels customers resulted in DirecTV losing residential carriage rights to the NFL Sunday Ticket out of market sports package following the 2022 season 330 note 19 29 Nexstar Media Group fires news director Stanton Tang and assistant news director Amy Fox from NBC affiliate WOOD Grand Rapids following an internal investigation into a leaked memo urging reporters and producers to cover fewer stories on West Michigan area Pride Month events because of criticism from conservative viewers over related stories aired earlier that month on its newscasts Tang who in the memo had asked reporters to only cover Pride events if considered newsworthy and to pursue viewpoints reflecting both sides of the story had also been accused by station journalists of having his own right leaning views influence editorial decisions occasionally sending links to Twitter posts from conservative news outlets and commentators as story ideas in emails to reporters and of fostering a hostile work environment within the news department including pressuring and getting into intense arguments with journalists that caused some to take sick leave due to mental anguish and discouraging them from voting in the 2022 Michigan gubernatorial and U S House primaries only to later acknowledge he voted in that election in possible violation of voter intimidation laws prior complaints about Tang s workplace conduct allegedly went unaddressed when brought up to WOOD general manager Julie Brinks and to Nexstar management News producers Luke Stier and Madeline Odle were also terminated for leaking information about the memo to local media and broadcast industry outlets Veteran television executive Steven Ackermann was appointed as interim news director on June 30 333 334 30 In what the network describes as a move meant to identify additional cost savings ESPN lays off about 20 on air personalities The notable names confirmed on this date to be exiting include NBA analysts Jalen Rose and Jeff Van Gundy NFL studio analysts Matt Hasselbeck Keyshawn Johnson Rob Ninkovich and Steve Young NFL draft expert Todd McShay boxing analyst and This Just In host Max Kellerman college football analyst David Pollack college basketball analyst LaPhonso Ellis veteran reporter host Suzy Kolber and SportsCenter anchors Neil Everett and Ashley Brewer It is the third round of layoffs this year at ESPN following two waves affecting behind the scenes staffers earlier in the Spring 335 336 July edit Date Event Source 1 Hawaiian Telcom removes the Honolulu duopoly of Fox CW affiliate KHON and MyNetworkTV affiliate KHII and NewsNation from its systems across the state after failing to renew an agreement with Nexstar Media Group that expired on June 30 The provider filed an FCC complaint on July 6 asking for the commission to rule Nexstar s failure to continue the channels carriage as a violation of good faith negotiation rules for each day since the previous contract lapsed Hawaiian Telcom which noted the Islands volcanic and mountainous terrain prevents many residents from receiving KHON KHII over the air and alleged that the group sought to increase fees to carry the channels by 80 accused Nexstar of withholding consent by not responding to its request to extend negotiations by one week forcing it to remove the channels until immediately before the agreement expired The parties reached a multi year agreement to restore KHON KHII along with Rewind TV affiliated KHON DT4 and NewsNation to Hawaiian Telcom s lineup on July 20 although the provider stated it would not drop the Nexstar complaint which it amended the day before to allege the group had unraveled an earlier version of the deal on July 17 demanding Hawaiian Telcom rescind the complaint and not file future FCC complaints against Nexstar 337 338 339 note 20 2 DirecTV removes 159 stations owned by Nexstar Media Group after the two parties fail to reach a new carriage agreement The impasse results in the complete loss of stations operated by Nexstar and its partner companies Mission Broadcasting and White Knight Broadcasting from the DirecTV satellite service DirecTV Stream and U verse amid an existing contractual and legal dispute between DirecTV and Nexstar dating to October 2022 concerning alleged collective bargaining influence by the three station groups in retransmission fee negotiations that prompted the earlier removal of Mission and White Knight s respective stations from the company s television services see March 14 entry In a July 18 FCC letter DirecTV accused CW majority owner Nexstar of forcing Sinclair Broadcast Group to remove 21 affiliates all based in markets where both groups operate stations and leaving subscribers of the vMVPD service in those areas unable to view CW programs from DirecTV Stream on July 12 Nexstar countered that DirecTV Stream continued to carry Sinclair s CW stations without renewing a prior agreement that expired in November 2022 A gradual restoration of the Nexstar stations to DirecTV would begin on September 17 with the companies announcing a new multi year carriage deal the next day 340 341 342 343 10 Charter Communications announces it will begin offering a reduced cost tier of its Spectrum TV Select cable package that will exclude regional and many national sports networks featured in its standard basic tier including its own Spectrum Sports channels in areas where Charter also operates an RSN The Spectrum Select Signature tier which will gradually launch across most of its footprint beginning in late Summer alongside the renamed Spectrum Select Plus expanded tier will be marketed primarily to non sports fans and is intended to limit cord cutting among existing subscribers The company also plans to launch a subscription streaming service for its Spectrum Sports channels which will be available at no extra charge to Select Plus subscribers Concurrently Charter announces a new carriage agreement with DirecTV for Spectrum SportsNet and SportsNet LA which lowers the required coverage rates for the two Los Angeles based networks under terms similar to recent deals that saw the company reduce coverage mandates for owned or third party regional sports networks carried on its systems RSNs usually require carriage by at least 80 of a provider s regional subscribers Charter intends to impose similar provisions for its Spectrum Sports RSNs in future negotiations with other providers enabling them to reduce programming costs subsidized by their customers 344 345 346 note 21 Saima Mohsin who served as an international correspondent for the network from 2013 fo 2017 sues CNN for racial discrimination and wrongful termination The journalist who became a freelance presenter for Sky News in 2022 suffered severe tissue damage after a cameraman accompanying her on assignment accidentally drove over her foot while covering the Israel Palestine conflict in 2014 Moshin who is British Pakistani alleges that the network refused to provide adequate accommodations for her injury which left her unable to do more physically demanding reporting work and denied her request to move to an anchor role alleging an executive said she didn t have the look we are looking for and other on air opportunities in favor of white American correspondents 347 13 The Atlantic Coast Conference announces a four year deal with The CW under which the network will broadcast a total of 50 ACC college football and basketball games initially consisting of 13 football 28 men s basketball and nine women s basketball games each season through the 2026 27 academic year Raycom Sports which sublicenses the ACC television rights from ESPN and terminated a preceding national broadcast deal with Bally Sports on June 15 will produce the telecasts Starting with a September 9 non conference football game between the Pittsburgh Panthers and Big 12 member Cincinnati Bearcats The CW will air two ACC football games each Saturday during the Fall in the afternoon and prime time and Saturday afternoon men s basketball doubleheaders and Sunday afternoon women s basketball games from December to February 348 349 350 note 22 15 SAG AFTRA commenced a strike against television and film studios after the union and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers failed to agree on a new contract after their previous agreement expired on June 30 This marks the first time that actors have initiated a labor dispute since the 1980 actors strike With the concurrent Writers Guild of America strike this was also the first time that actors and writers have walked out simultaneously since 1960 Similar to the WGA SAG AFTRA cited several issues including economic fairness residuals regulating the use of artificial intelligence and alleviating the burdens of the industry wide shift to self taping In addition to impacting film and television productions actors could not take part in promotional work such as press junkets film premieres and other events such as the San Diego Comic Con Journalists and performers employed under the SAG AFTRA National Code of Fair Practice for Network Television Broadcasting contract a separate agreement negotiated between the union major broadcast networks and other producers which currently runs through July 2024 were not affected allowing news programs most talk variety game and reality shows soap operas sports and promos to continue production with SAG AFTRA members covered by that agreement The strike ended on November 9 after a new agreement with the AMPTP was reached 351 352 353 354 355 The New York Supreme Court rules in favor of DirecTV in a breach of contract lawsuit filed by the company in November 2021 against Nexstar Media Group involving a 2015 carriage renewal agreement for WDVM Hagerstown Maryland then NBC affiliate WHAG The suit alleged that Nexstar did not give DirecTV adequate notice that the station would become an independent once its affiliation contract with NBC expired in July 2016 resulting in the satellite provider overpaying to carry a station that would no longer be a Big Four affiliate As part of an effort at the time to reduce affiliate duplication in certain markets NBC parent Comcast elected to disaffiliate from WHAG a decision that was disclosed publicly by Nexstar in February 2016 due to perceived competition with nearby O amp O WRC Washington D C The court ruled that Nexstar overcharged DirecTV by basing its carriage fee rate for WDVM on its prior NBC affiliation and ordered the broadcaster to repay several million dollars worth of excess fees that DirecTV paid during the contract term plus interest 356 357 358 note 23 17 Four days after its release CMT removes the music video for Jason Aldean s single Try That in a Small Town from its rotation amid controversy over the song s lyrics and the video s themes The scrutiny pertained to the lyrics being interpreted by some listeners as evocative of vigilantism lynchings and sundown towns the former interpretation also drawing criticism as Aldean performed at the Route 91 Harvest music festival during the October 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting the Maury County Courthouse in Columbia Tennessee where the video was filmed being the site of several incidents of racial violence including a 1927 lynching and the city s 1946 race riots and the juxtaposition of the lyrics and excerpts of news footage from the 2020 race riots including lootings and violent clashes between protesters and officers interspersed in the video Aldean responded to the criticism on Twitter asserting the song was meant to represent the feeling of a community that I had growing up where we took care of our neighbors regardless of differences of background or belief 359 360 361 362 363 note 24 18 Diamond Sports Group files separate lawsuits against majority owner Sinclair Broadcast Group and senior creditor JP Morgan that seek to receive compensation for Sinclair s preferred equity repayment to the investment firm Sinclair compeleted its 1 025 billion worth of equity repayments to JP Morgan in February for its preferred interest in Diamond that it acquired as part of the group s 2019 purchase of the former Fox Sports Regional Networks from Disney Diamond accuses Sinclair of manipulating the payment schedule so that JPMorgan was nearly made completely whole on its investment even though it knew the former s bankruptcy would wipe out its equity in the subsidiary 365 After Diamond Sports Group receives bankruptcy court approval of its motion filed on June 22 with the intent of terminating the contract effective June 30 to surrender its contract with the team the Arizona Diamondbacks and Major League Baseball assume the regional television rights to the former s games from Bally Sports Arizona starting with that night s game against the Atlanta Braves The telecasts will be carried on alternate channels on Cox Spectrum Xfinity DirecTV DirecTV Stream Fubo and other providers within the team s regional territory along with a blackout free livestream on MLB tv with all games scheduled through July 23 available free to stream using MLB login credentials on the respective websites and apps of the MLB and the Diamondbacks Due to the earlier departures of the NBA s Suns and WNBA s Mercury from the network see April 28 entry the loss of the Diamondbacks from the network leaves the NHL s Arizona Coyotes as the only major Phoenix area sports franchise that maintains a broadcasting relationship with Bally Sports Arizona Game announcers Steve Berthiaume and Bob Brenly will remain on the broadcasts as they are directly employed by the Diamondbacks 366 367 368 369 note 25 23 Preceding that day s ESPN broadcast of a friendly match between AC Milan and Real Madrid CF at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena California ESPN soccer analyst Shaka Hislop fainted on air while co hosting the pre match show with play by play analyst Dan Thomas The retired professional soccer star later regained consciousness and was treated by stadium medical personnel later describing the incident as awkward and was seeking medical opinion on the cause of his collapse 370 371 372 28 NASCAR announces a seven year deal with The CW to broadcast Xfinity Series races exclusively on the network starting in 2025 The deal which replaces NBC USA Network and Fox Sports as the second tier circuit s broadcast partners will see The CW air 33 live races each year as well as weekend practice and qualifying events with additional content being made available on The CW s streaming apps and digital platforms NASCAR Productions the stock car racing league s in house production unit will handle production responsibilities for the race telecasts and other ancillary content The deal will mark the first time that all Xfinity Series races will be available exclusively on American broadcast television 373 374 375 note 26 August edit Date Event Source 2 Jeffrey Goldberg is named moderator of Washington Week effective August 11 coinciding with The Atlantic where Goldberg has served as editor in chief since 2016 joining Washington D C PBS member station WETA and NewsHour Productions LLC as an editorial partner of the PBS political affairs program which will accordingly be retitled Washington Week with The Atlantic Goldberg succeeds Yamiche Alcindor who stepped down from the role on February 24 primarily to focus on her job as Washington correspondent for NBC News various journalists have served as guest moderators since Alcindor s departure 376 377 4 Days of Our Lives producer Corday Productions announces the departure of the Peacock soap opera s longtime co executive producer director Albert Alarr with senior producer Janet Spellman Drucker replacing him as co EP and the company announcing it will be implementing additional HR protocols Alarr s departure comes in the aftermath of an investigation conducted by Days distributor Sony Pictures Television outlined in a July 25 Deadline Hollywood report that revealed Alarr had allegedly fostered a toxic work environment on the program and had been verbally and physically abusive toward staffers namely female staffers who allege incidents of inappropriate comments and physical contact by Alarr Though Corday Productions reportedly gave a written warning to Alarr who denied the allegations against him and ordered him to undergo training his continued presence on Days led to on set tensions among those aware of the investigation with cast members petitioning for Alarr s ouster 378 379 380 9 Big Brother season 25 contestant Luke Valentine is removed from the CBS Paramount reality show one day after uttering the N word in a conversation a violation of the show s code of conduct 381 10 The Academy of Television Arts amp Sciences and Fox formally announce that the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards will be pushed back from its original planned date of September 18 until January 15 2024 The rescheduling due to the ongoing Writers Guild and SAG AFTRA strikes mark the first postponement of a Primetime Emmy ceremony since 2001 when the September 11 attacks and ensuing start of the war in Afghanistan pushed the 53rd Primetime Emmys from September to November The related Creative Arts Emmys will also move from September to the weekend of January 6 7 2024 382 15 Sage Steele announces that she has left ESPN after settling her lawsuit against the network and its parent The Walt Disney Company Steele who had been with ESPN since 2007 and had anchored SportsCenter and NBA Countdown had sued ESPN and Disney in 2022 alleging the network had sidelined her after she criticized the network s COVID 19 vaccination policy and questioned the ethnicity of former U S President Barack Obama 383 Nielsen Media Research reports that for the first time since it started its monthly gauge in 2021 the combined share of broadcast and cable network viewing during July was less than half of all total TV usage 49 6 384 20 Spain defeats England 1 0 in the final of the 2023 FIFA Women s World Cup The tournament which began on July 20 was televised by Fox Sports and Telemundo respectively in English on Fox and FS1 and Spanish on Telemundo and Universo with all games streamed on the Fox Sports app and Peacock The networks and streaming platforms carried a primarily late night and early morning schedule of games with only five matches being held during prime time due to the tournament being played across nine cities in Australia and New Zealand 12 16 hours ahead of Eastern Daylight Time depending on each game s corresponding host venue 385 386 387 388 23 Fox News hosts the first of the 2024 Republican Party presidential debates at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee Wisconsin which will also host the GOP s nominating convention Eight candidates appear on the stage Doug Burgum Chris Christie Ron DeSantis Nikki Haley Asa Hutchinson Mike Pence Vivek Ramaswamy and Tim Scott the lowest number of candidates for the first Republican debate stage since 2012 The relatively low number was due to strict RNC requirements that any participants have at least 40 000 individual donors and poll above 1 in either three national polls or two national polls and one state poll By comparison high candidate numbers caused both the 2016 GOP and 2020 Democratic debates to be spread out over two nights Thanks to not meeting polling requirements or refusing to sign a loyalty pledge to back the eventual nominee Ryan Binkley Larry Elder Will Hurd Perry Johnson Francis Suarez and former president Donald Trump did not attend Trump the polling frontrunner instead appears in a pre taped interview with Tucker Carlson that aired as counterprogramming to the debate on X formerly Twitter 389 390 391 392 30 Two months after the ouster of Chris Licht see June 7 entry Warner Bros Discovery announces the hire of Mark Thompson as CNN s new chief executive officer Thompson is previously known for his tenures as director general of the BBC and CEO of The New York Times 393 31 The cable networks and TV stations owned by The Walt Disney Company including Disney Channel Freeform National Geographic the FX and ESPN networks and ABC O amp O stations are dropped from Charter Communications Spectrum cable systems due to an unresolved carriage dispute The two companies would announce a new agreement on September 11 one that allows customers who subscribe to certain Spectrum packages access to the Disney and ESPN streaming services and when it launches ESPN s direct to consumer service but also allows Charter to drop carriage of Freeform FXX FXM and smaller Disney and Nat Geo branded channels 394 395 September edit Date Event Source 2 Producers of Love amp Hip Hop Atlanta announce that cast member Erica Mena will not return to the VH1 reality show for its next season its 12th after a Season 11 episode which originally aired on August 29 captured Mena directing a slur at castmate Spice during an argument and table flipping incident between the two women 396 5 Citing a desire to focus on his health family and faith Chris Mortensen announces on social media he retired from his NFL reporting role at ESPN after the network s coverage of the league s player draft in April Mortensen had been a mainstay of ESPN s pro football coverage since joining the network in 1991 and appeared in his insider role on draft broadcasts Sunday NFL Countdown and SportsCenter 397 8 Stations owned and operated by Hearst Television 37 stations covering 27 markets are dropped from Dish Network due to an impasse in retransmission negotiations between the two sides 398 Fox News fires senior executive John Finley following an investigation into a violation of the company s conduct standards Finley s 20 year tenure at Fox included serving as executive producer of Hannity and helping to develop other Fox News signature shows including Outnumbered and The Five as well as the Fox Nation streaming service 399 9 With Kristen Welker moving to host Meet the Press see June 4 entry NBC News justice correspondent Laura Jarrett becomes the new co anchor of the Saturday edition of Today alongside Peter Alexander 400 12 The 2023 MTV Video Music Awards airs on MTV and its related digital and linear platforms from Newark s Prudential Center Nicki Minaj serves as host with notable winners including Shakira Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award Diddy Global Icon Award Minaj herself Best Hip Hop Video for Super Freaky Girl and Taylor Swift a night leading 9 awards including her 2nd consecutive Video of the Year and record extending 4th overall for Anti Hero 401 14 Morgan Murphy Media announces it will acquire three TV stations in Michigan from The Marks Group WBKP Calumet and WBUP Ishpeming affiliated with The CW and ABC respectively and simulcasting each network on both stations across the market over subchannels and WBKB TV Alpena CBS NBC ABC Fox The 12 million deal which also includes radio properties in the western Upper Peninsula is expected to close at the end of the year pending regulatory approval 402 18 Amid the 2023 Hollywood labor disputes ABC announces that it will simulcast ESPN s Monday Night Football during each week of the 2023 NFL season This marks the first time a full season of Monday Night Football has aired on ABC since 2005 403 21 WWE announces that its Friday night showcase SmackDown will leave Fox for USA Network in October 2024 as part of a new deal with USA owner NBCUniversal that also includes a series of WWE prime time specials airing on NBC beginning in the 2024 2025 TV season SmackDown previously aired between 2016 and 2019 on USA which currently also carries Monday Night Raw and NXT telecasts under separate deals that end in September 2024 404 Rupert Murdoch announces he will step down as chairman of Fox Corporation and sister company News Corp in November Murdoch s son Lachlan Murdoch will become sole chairman of both companies at that time while the elder Murdoch who founded the Fox television network in 1986 and Fox News in 1996 will retain a chairman emeritus role 405 26 Sean McManus announces he will retire from the chairman role at CBS Sports in April 2024 with David Berson replacing him McManus who has been with CBS since 1996 and has been its sports division s chairman since 2011 is noted for securing several sports rights deals for the network most notably the 1998 return of the NFL after a four year hiatus he also concurrently served as president of both CBS Sports and CBS News from 2005 to 2011 406 27 The second 2024 Republican Party presidential debate takes place at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley California The event is conducted by and aired on Fox News and Univision 407 408 28 The inaugural edition of the People s Choice Country Awards the country music focused offshoot of the People s Choice Awards airs on NBC and Peacock from Nashville s Grand Ole Opry House Little Big Town serves as hosts of a ceremony that includes notable winners Morgan Wallen The People s Artist Jelly Roll four awards including Male Artist and New Artist and Lainey Wilson three awards including Female Artist 409 October edit Date Event Source 5 Roy Wood Jr announces he will not return to The Daily Show when it returns from the WGA strike on October 16 Wood had been a correspondent on the Comedy Central program since 2015 and had been regarded as a candidate for the permanent host role Wood in an interview with NPR indicated he would still consider such a role if the network extended it to him 410 The NHL s Arizona Coyotes announce they have agreed to end their relationship with Bally Sports Arizona and that the team has reached a multi year deal with Scripps Sports to carry Coyote games on Scripps owned KNXV DT2 in Phoenix as well as KGUN DT2 Tucson and KUPX TV and KSTU DT2 Salt Lake City The Coyotes were the last remaining Arizona pro sports team with a contract with Bally Sports Arizona after the network ceded Arizona Diamondbacks rights back to Major League Baseball see 7 18 2023 entry and the NBA s Phoenix Suns and WNBA s Mercury signed new deals with Gray Television see 4 28 2023 entry 411 10 Barry Melrose announces he is stepping down from his hockey analyst role at ESPN due to his being diagnosed with Parkinson s disease A former player and coach most notably coach of the Los Angeles Kings Melrose had been a popular part of ESPN s NHL and collegiate hockey coverage since 1994 412 17 Paramount Global announces that it will shutter Showtime s sports division at the end of the year with all sports content within the company and any content that may air on Showtime expected to be produced by CBS Sports beginning in 2024 Showtime Sports launched in 1986 and has been known for its coverage of boxing primarily under the Showtime Championship Boxing and ShoBox The New Generation banners and mixed martial arts namely the Bellator MMA promotion on both the Showtime network and pay per view 413 November edit Date Event Source 1 The Walt Disney Company announces it will acquire the remaining 33 in the streaming service Hulu that it does not already own from NBCUniversal The 8 61 billion deal is expected to close in 2024 414 Stephen Colbert reveals that Taylor Tomlinson will host After Midnight a new program that will follow his Late Show on CBS late night schedule beginning in early 2024 415 7 WWE announces that its Tuesday night program NXT will move from USA Network to The CW as part of a five year deal that starts in October 2024 416 8 The 57th Annual Country Music Association Awards airs on ABC from Nashville s Bridgestone Arena with Luke Bryan and Peyton Manning as hosts 417 NBC News airs the third 2024 Republican Party presidential debate from Miami 418 419 9 The National Women s Soccer League announces four year media deals with incumbent CBS Sports as well as ESPN Prime Video and Scripps Sports The deals which will bring 60 million in rights fees to the league per year 40 times what the previous deal with CBS had brought in will include matches on CBS s and ESPN s respective on air and streaming platforms Friday night games on Prime Video and Saturday night doubleheaders on Scripps owned Ion Television 420 15 Giving no initial reason for doing so Univision news anchor Leon Krauze announces his departure from the Spanish language network Krauze had co anchored the network s late night newscast Noticiero Univision Edicion Nocturna since January 2022 and had spent the prior 10 years as news anchor for Univision s Los Angeles O amp O KMEX DT 421 23 The 97th Macy s Thanksgiving Day Parade broadcast attracts a record TV audience for NBC with 28 5 million total viewers watching the event on NBC or Peacock 22 3 million for the live morning broadcast alone 422 26 The live broadcast of the NFL RedZone channel is interrupted by a fire alarm inside the NFL Network studio in Inglewood California the alarm which turns out to be a false one forces host Scott Hanson and the channel s production crew to temporarily evacuate the studio viewers would see coverage of the Buffalo Bills Philadelphia Eagles game in the interim 423 29 NASCAR announces seven year deals for its top tier Cup Series beginning in 2025 with Fox Sports NBC Sports Prime Video and TNT Sports The deals will see incumbents Fox and NBC carry an equal number of 14 races each season but also see new partners Prime Video and TNT not only split a mid season package of 10 races but also exclusively carry practice and qualifying sessions for every Cup Series race 424 30 Bailey Cable TV a TV internet provider serving small towns in southwestern Mississippi and eastern Louisiana closes operations and disconnects service to customers without advance warning 425 After the two sides fail to reach a retransmission agreement before a 5PM Pacific Time deadline 66 stations in 52 markets owned by Tegna Inc are removed from the DirecTV satellite service The signals would be restored on January 13 2024 after Tegna and DirecTV reach a new agreement 426 427 In what the network bills as The Great Red vs Blue State Debate Sean Hannity moderates a debate on Fox News between two state governors with confirmed or rumored presidential aspirations Florida Republican Ron DeSantis who was seeking the GOP nomination for president in 2024 and California Democrat Gavin Newsom who s been regarded as possibly contending for his party s nomination in 2028 428 December edit Date Event Source 1 Six months after the company terminated a proposed sale of the stations to Forum Communications see June 6 entry Red River Broadcasting enters into an agreement to sell Fox affiliates KVRR Fargo Moorhead and KQDS Duluth Superior to Coastal Television Broadcasting Company the stations are Red River s last remaining TV properties and the transaction which is subject to FCC approval is later priced at 18 1 million 429 430 6 The five major commercial broadcast networks ABC CBS The CW Fox and NBC begin their prime time schedules by simulcasting an in memoriam tribute card to the legendary producer Norman Lear who died the previous day 431 The fourth 2024 Republican Party presidential debate is held in Tuscaloosa Alabama airing on NewsNation and simulcast on The CW It s the first national news program for the latter network since its 2022 purchase by Nexstar Media Group and it becomes the last of the five major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States to offer news programming 432 433 7 Amazon Prime Video announces it has reached an agreement to carry Premier Boxing Champions events beginning in 2024 both pay per view events available to purchase on streaming cable and satellite as well as additional bouts and ancillary programming available to Prime Video subscribers only The deal which is projected to feature 12 14 events in its first year replaces PBC s relationship with Showtime in the wake of that cable network s exit from sports productions see October 17 entry 434 15 Mayim Bialik announced that she was fired from Jeopardy Bialik had shared hosting duties on the syndicated game show with Ken Jennings who has been the show s sole host since May after Bialik stepped back in support of the show s striking writers and will go forward in that same capacity 435 436 The 50th Daytime Emmy Awards the first major showbiz award event since the resolution of the 2023 Hollywood labor disputes it had been rescheduled from June 16 due to the WGA strike air on CBS from Los Angeles Westin Bonaventure Hotel Kevin Frazier and Nischelle Turner host the ceremony that sees such notable winners as General Hospital Outstanding Drama Series The Kelly Clarkson Show Outstanding Talk Series and Susan Lucci and Maury Povich Lifetime Achievement Awards 437 438 439 19 A helicopter operated by ABC O amp O WPVI TV Philadelphia crashes in a wooded area in Washington Township Burlington County New Jersey killing pilot Monroe Smith and camera operator Christopher Dougherty 440 26 Stating the need remains to continue ensuring competition and diversity of viewpoint the FCC announces in its quadrennial ownership review that it will uphold restrictions that forbid common ownership of two of the four major TV networks and strengthen rules that forbid one entity from owning every TV station in a single market with case specific requests for ownership of more than one of a market s top four stations still considered Broadcasters had lobbied for the loosening of station ownership rules citing loss of audience share to streaming services 441 28 Altice USA announces it has sold Cheddar the millennial targeting business news channel to the media company Archetype the financial terms are undisclosed 442 29 Paramount owned over the air network Dabl receives a major rebrand The network also transitions into broadcasting Black sitcoms after four years of airing lifestyle oriented programs Television shows editShows debuting in 2023 edit Main article List of 2023 American television debuts Shows changing networks edit Show Moved from Moved to Source Love amp Hip Hop Atlanta VH1 MTV 443 RuPaul s Drag Race 444 All Star Shore Paramount 445 FBI True CBS 446 Inside the NFL The CW 447 Miss USA FYI 448 FBOY Island HBO Max 449 Summer Camp Island Cartoon Network 450 Minx Starz 451 Miss Universe Fox The Roku Channel 452 Kevin Hart s Muscle Car Crew Motor Trend 453 The Nevers HBO Tubi 454 Screen Actors Guild Awards TNT TBS YouTube note 27 93 Warrior Cinemax Max 455 Joe Pickett Spectrum Originals Paramount 456 Superstar Racing Experience CBS ESPN 457 Dancing with the Stars Disney ABC Disney note 28 458 Below Deck Down Under Peacock Bravo 459 The Real Housewives of Miami 460 NFL Sunday Ticket DirecTV YouTube TV note 19 461 462 Milestone episodes and anniversaries edit Show Network Episode Episode title Episode airdate Source Family Guy Fox 400th episode Love Story Guy note 29 January 8 463 Jimmy Kimmel Live ABC 20th anniversary George Clooney Snoop Dogg Coldplay January 26 464 Bob s Burgers Fox 250th episode Oh Row You Didn t February 19 463 465 Chicago P D NBC 200th episode Trapped February 22 466 467 RuPaul s Drag Race MTV The Crystal Ball Episode 200 February 24 468 NCIS CBS 450th episode Unusual Suspects February 27 469 The Lead with Jake Tapper CNN 10th anniversary March 17 2023 March 17 470 The Blacklist NBC 200th episode The Hyena March 19 471 472 The Young and the Restless CBS 50th anniversary 3 22 2023 March 22 473 474 All In with Chris Hayes MSNBC 10th anniversary March 31 2023 March 31 citation needed General Hospital ABC 60th anniversary Multiple March 31April 3 7 475 The Neighborhood CBS 100th episode Welcome to the Milestone April 10 476 477 The Bold and the Beautiful 9 000th episode 4 18 2023 April 18 478 Power Rangers Netflix 30th anniversary Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Once amp Always April 19 479 American Dad TBS 350th episode Better on Paper May 8 The Simpsons Fox 750th episode Homer s Adventures Through the Windshield Glass May 21 480 FBI CBS 100th episode God Complex May 23 481 482 On Patrol Live Reelz 072923 July 29 483 AEW Dynamite TBS 200th episode Dynamite 200 August 2 484 When Calls the Heart Hallmark Channel 100th episode Life Is But a Dream August 27 485 Anderson Cooper 360 CNN 20th anniversary September 8 2023 September 8 486 The Rachel Maddow Show MSNBC 15th anniversary September 11 2023 September 11 487 Shows returning in 2023 edit Show Last aired Type of return Previous channel Returning channel Return date Source Lingo 2011 Revival Game Show Network CBS January 11 488 489 Night Court 1992 NBC same January 17 490 491 Are You the One 2019 New season MTV Paramount January 18 492 Kitten Bowl as Great American Rescue Bowl 2021 Revival Hallmark Channel Great American Family February 12 493 XFL 2020 New season ESPN ABC Fox FS1 ESPN ABC FX February 18 494 Magnum P I 2022 CBS NBC February 19 495 491 Party Down 2010 Revival Starz same February 24 496 497 Farmer Wants a Wife 2008 Reboot The CW Fox March 8 498 Split Second 1987 Revival First run syndication Game Show Network April 17 499 500 Clone High 2003 MTV Max May 23 501 502 503 504 Warrior 2020 New season Cinemax June 29 455 505 Project Greenlight as Project Greenlight A New Generation 2015 Revival HBO July 13 506 Justified as Justified City Primeval FX same July 18 507 508 Futurama 2013 New season Comedy Central Hulu July 24 509 510 511 Big Ten on CBS as The Home Depot Big Ten on CBS 1986 Revival CBS same September 2 512 513 Kitchen Nightmares 2014 New season Fox September 25 514 Wild Kingdom as Mutual of Omaha s Wild Kingdom Protecting the Wild 2018 Revival YouTube NBC October 7 515 Frasier 2004 NBC Paramount October 12 516 517 Hollywood Squares as Celebrity Squares 2019 VH1 same October 17 518 Aqua Teen Hunger Force 2015 Adult Swim November 26 519 520 Shows ending in 2023 edit End date Show Channel First aired Status Source January 6 The Mosquito Coast Apple TV 2021 Canceled 521 January 11 Willow Disney 2022 522 January 13 Hunters Amazon Prime Video 2020 Ended 523 Destination Fear Travel Channel 2019 Canceled 524 January 17 New Amsterdam NBC 2018 Ended 525 The Resident Fox Canceled 526 January 18 Home Economics ABC 2021 527 Big Sky 2020 528 January 20 Bling Empire New York Netflix 2023 529 January 22 The L Word Generation Q Showtime 2019 530 January 26 Gossip Girl HBO Max 2021 531 February 2 Freeridge Netflix 2023 532 Welcome to Flatch Fox 2022 533 February 8 National Treasure Edge of History Disney 534 February 9 The Game Paramount 2021 535 February 10 Hallie Jackson Reports MSNBC Ended 536 February 15 The Nevers Tubi Canceled 454 February 17 Animaniacs Hulu 2020 Ended 537 February 24 Young Rock NBC 2021 Canceled 538 Oddballs Netflix 2022 539 March 2 Walker Independence The CW 540 Sex Life Netflix 2021 541 March 4 ACC on Regional Sports Networks Bally SportsMASNNESNYes Network 2011 542 543 544 March 6 Ridley Jones Netflix 2021 545 March 7 Relative Justice First run syndication 546 The Winchesters The CW 2022 547 March 8 Kung Fu 2021 548 March 10 Most Dangerous Game The Roku Channel 2020 549 March 16 Shadow and Bone Netflix 2021 550 Wolf Pack Paramount 2023 551 March 17 Carnival Row Amazon Prime Video 2019 Ended 552 553 Servant Apple TV 554 Agent Elvis Netflix 2023 Canceled 550 March 19 Your Honor Showtime 2020 Ended 555 556 March 24 Truth Be Told Apple TV 2019 Canceled 557 Dear Edward 2023 558 Up Here Hulu 559 March 27 The Watchful Eye Freeform 560 Chrisley Knows Best USA Network 2014 561 March 30 Alaska Daily ABC 2022 528 March 31 Doogie Kamealoha M D Disney 2021 562 Game Theory with Bomani Jones HBO 2022 563 April 3 Saving Me BYUtv Ended 564 April 5 Wu Tang An American Saga Hulu 2019 565 April 6 Restaurant Impossible Food Network 2011 Canceled 566 The Problem with Jon Stewart Apple TV 2021 567 April 7 Spicer amp Co Newsmax TV 2020 Ended 568 April 8 The Owl House Disney Channel 569 570 571 April 18 American Auto NBC 2021 Canceled 572 April 19 Snowfall FX 2017 Ended 573 April 20 Star Trek Picard Paramount 2020 574 575 April 21 Tucker Carlson Tonight Fox News 2016 Canceled 181 182 Slip The Roku Channel 2023 549 April 22 Unfiltered w Dan Bongino Fox News 2021 176 177 April 24 Perry Mason HBO 2020 576 April 27 Firefly Lane Netflix 2021 Ended 577 The Late Late Show with James Corden CBS 2015 578 579 April 28 Grand Crew NBC 2021 Canceled 538 May 2 The Rookie Feds ABC 2022 580 May 3 The Goldbergs 2013 Ended 581 A Million Little Things 2018 582 583 Tooning Out the News Comedy Central 2020 Canceled 584 Schmigadoon Apple TV 2021 585 May 4 Call Me Kat Fox 586 Bupkis Peacock 2023 587 May 5 Secrets of Sulphur Springs Disney Channel 2021 588 May 7 The Company You Keep ABC 2023 528 Lucky Hank AMC 589 Rabbit Hole Paramount 590 May 8 Fantasy Island Fox 2021 591 May 10 Single Drunk Female Freeform 2022 560 The Muppets Mayhem Disney 2023 592 May 11 Titans HBO Max 2018 Ended 593 594 May 12 The Great Hulu 2020 Canceled 595 Saturdays Disney Channel 2023 596 May 14 East New York CBS 2022 597 May 17 True Lies 2023 598 May 19 A Black Lady Sketch Show HBO 2019 599 May 21 NCIS Los Angeles CBS 2009 Ended 600 601 May 24 The Flash The CW 2014 602 American Born Chinese Disney 2023 Canceled 603 May 25 Vice News Tonight Vice TV 2016 604 605 Dr Phil First run syndication 2002 Ended 606 Judge Mathis 1999 Canceled 607 May 26 You Bet Your Life 1947 608 The Marvelous Mrs Maisel Amazon Prime Video 2017 Ended 609 610 Blindspotting Starz 2021 Canceled 611 May 28 The Next Revolution Fox News 2017 612 Succession HBO 2018 Ended 613 614 Barry 615 616 Ride Hallmark Channel 2023 Canceled 617 Fatal Attraction Paramount 590 May 31 Dave FXX 2020 618 June 1 Grease Rise of the Pink Ladies Paramount 2023 535 June 2 With Love Amazon Prime Video 2021 619 Manifest Netflix 2018 Ended 620 621 622 June 8 Never Have I Ever 2020 623 624 June 9 Human Resources 2022 625 June 16 City on Fire Apple TV 2023 Canceled 626 June 21 High Desert 627 June 22 Glamorous Netflix 550 Queen of the Universe Paramount 2021 535 June 25 Vice Showtime 2013 628 June 27 Gotham Knights The CW 2023 629 June 29 The Other Two Max 2019 Ended 630 Ten Year Old Tom 2021 Canceled 631 Erin amp Aaron Nickelodeon 2023 632 July 2 Valerie s Home Cooking Food Network 2015 633 The Idol HBO 2023 634 July 7 Painting with John 2021 635 The Horror of Dolores Roach Amazon Prime Video 2023 619 July 11 How I Met Your Father Hulu 2022 636 July 13 The Blacklist NBC 2013 Ended 471 637 638 July 14 Run the World Starz 2021 Canceled 611 Jack Ryan Amazon Prime Video 2018 Ended 639 640 July 19 Mayans M C FX 641 642 July 21 The People s Court First run syndication 1981 Canceled 607 July 26 The Hardy Boys Hulu 2020 Ended 643 644 July 27 Looney Tunes Cartoons Max 645 646 iCarly Paramount 2021 Canceled 647 July 28 Rachael Ray First run syndication 2006 Ended 648 649 The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse Disney 2020 650 651 This Fool Hulu 2022 Canceled 652 Captain Fall Netflix 2023 550 July 30 Joe Pickett Paramount 2021 653 July 31 Cruel Summer Freeform 654 August 6 HouseBroken Fox 655 August 8 Hot Wheels Ultimate Challenge NBC 2023 656 August 9 High School Musical The Musical The Series Disney 2019 Ended 657 LA Fire amp Rescue NBC 2023 Canceled 656 August 11 Summer Camp Island Cartoon Network 2018 Ended 658 659 660 Swagger Apple TV 2021 Canceled 661 August 16 The Wonder Years ABC 662 August 17 Warrior Max 2019 663 August 18 Praise Petey Freeform 2023 664 August 23 Riverdale The CW 2017 Ended 665 Nancy Drew 2019 August 28 Miracle Workers TBS Canceled 666 September 1 Disenchantment Netflix 2018 Ended 667 How To with John Wilson HBO 2020 668 September 6 The Afterparty Apple TV 2022 Canceled 669 September 7 Kung Fu Panda The Dragon Knight Netflix Ended 670 September 8 Minx Starz Canceled 671 September 13 The Other Black Girl Hulu 2023 672 September 15 Heels Starz 2021 611 September 17 Winning Time The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty HBO 2022 673 September 22 Harlan Coben s Shelter Amazon Prime Video 2023 619 September 25 Breeders FX 2020 Ended 674 September 27 Physical Apple TV 2021 675 676 Reservation Dogs FX on Hulu 677 October 5 Tacoma FD truTV 2019 Canceled 678 October 17 Good Bones HGTV 2016 Ended 679 680 October 26 Our Flag Means Death Max 2022 Canceled 681 October 29 Billions Showtime 2016 Ended 682 683 November 9 Doom Patrol Max 2019 593 684 Scavengers Reign 2023 Canceled 685 November 12 The Circus Showtime 2016 Ended 686 November 18 All Rise Oprah Winfrey Network 2019 687 November 19 Fear the Walking Dead AMC 2015 688 689 November 30 Obliterated Netflix 2023 Canceled 690 December 1 Shining Vale Starz 2022 691 December 2 SEC on CBS CBS 1996 Ended 692 693 694 December 7 Hilda Netflix 2018 695 696 December 14 The Crown 2016 697 698 DreamWorks Dragons The Nine Realms Hulu Peacock 2021 699 December 17 Archer FXX 2009 700 701 702 December 19 Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel HBO 1995 703 704 705 December 21 Julia Max 2022 Canceled 706 Rap Sh t 707 Entering syndication in 2023 edit A list of programs current or canceled that have accumulated enough episodes between 65 and 100 or seasons three or more to be eligible for off network syndication and or basic cable runs Show Seasons In Production Notes Source S W A T 6 Yes Cable syndication on We TV 708 Insecure 5 No Cable syndication on OWN 709 FBI Yes Broadcast syndication on Ion Television 710 Man with a Plan 4 No Digital syndication on Laff 711 Networks and services editLaunches edit Network Type Launch date Notes Sources CBS News Detroit OTT streaming January 23 On December 14 2021 CBS News and Stations announced that it would launch CBS News Detroit a hybrid news department utilizing resources from their Detroit duopoly of CBS O amp O WWJ TV and CW O amp O WKBD TV which relaunched in house news operations for the first time since their previous effort was discontinued in December 2002 the news department and streaming channel was originally planned to launch in the second or third quarter of 2022 but was delayed until January due to pandemic related broadcast equipment supply issues CBS News Detroit launched with the news operation on January 23 see that date s entry in the Events section initially offering supplemental national content from the CBS News streaming service for much of its schedule outside of simulcasts of WWJ s initial two weeknight newscasts and a half hour streaming exclusive extension of its early evening edition Collectively CBS News Detroit is expected to eventually produce 137 hours per week of live news programming 40 hours of which consists of WWJ WKBD news simulcasts along with national CBS News streaming content 29 712 32 33 The Cowgirl Channel Cable satellite and OTT streaming February 5 A spinoff of The Cowboy Channel the Rural Media Group owned network focuses on content dedicated to women in western sports Programming includes live professional rodeo and other western sporting events including barrel racing breakaway roping and women s ranch rodeo events and western themed lifestyle content such as fashion and home design programs The Cowgirl Channel was initially available on Dish Network and Sling TV along with live streaming and VOD content being made available on its sister network s dedicated OTT streaming service Cowboy Channel 713 714 CBS Sports Golazo Network OTT streaming April 11 A soccer focused OTT network from CBS Sports the network which is based out of Stamford Connecticut features a new weekday morning snow called Morning Footy live studio programming for the UEFA Champions League and NWSL breaking news programming and select live matches from CBS s soccer properties 715 716 note 30 Spectrum News OTT streaming April 17 A national cable streaming news channel operated by Charter Communications owned Spectrum Networks the network features reports from Spectrum News 30 regional cable news channels such as New York 1 Bay News 9 Spectrum News 13 and the Spectrum News 1 networks as well as national and international headlines weather coverage special reports and selected original programming from various Spectrum News regional channels The network which initially offered a 24 hour rolling news schedule on weekdays with plans to expand its weekend programming to a 24 hour schedule as well by Summer was available at launch to Spectrum residential cable customers the Spectrum News mobile app and connected TV apps for Roku and Apple TV devices 717 718 Court TV Legendary Trials OTT streaming July 17 The E W Scripps Company s Scripps Networks unit launched two ad supported streaming channels initially available on Amazon Freevee Fubo Plex and Xumo Play serving as extension services of namesake digital multicast networks Court TV and Laff Court TV Legendary Trials features four hour blocks of archival high profile court cases from the network s library dating to its initial 1991 2005 existence as a cable channel featuring commentary and analysis from current Court TV anchors while Laff More features classic sitcoms and unscripted comedy programs from the 1950s to the 1990s including many series shown on the linear Laff network as well as comedy films 719 Laff More CNN Max OTT streaming September 27 On August 24 Warner Bros Discovery announced that it would incorporate live news into company s streaming service Max 720 Crunchyroll Channel OTT streaming October 11 On October 4 Sony announced it would launch the Crunchyroll Channel as a free ad supported streaming television FAST network under a partnership between Crunchyroll and its sister channel Game Show Network The linear service launched on October 11 for The Roku Channel LG Channels and Vizio WatchFree platforms The channel later became available on Amazon Freevee on October 17 and on Pluto TV on February 5 2024 The initial programming lineup featured Japanese and English versions of anime titles such as Horimiya Ranking of Kings Moriarty the Patriot Psycho Pass Arifureta From Commonplace to World s Strongest Sugar Apple Fairy Tale To Your Eternity and Code Geass 721 722 723 724 The Nest OTA multicast October 30 Five months after selling controlling interest in the sports oriented Stadium to Silver Chalice see May 29 entry Sinclair Broadcast Group converts Stadium s OTA channel space into a network of comfort food programming Sinclair s term that features reruns of home improvement true crime reality and celebrity driven shows 725 726 NBCUniversal AVOD networks 27 channels OTT streaming TBD On June 29 NBCUniversal announced it would launch 27 thematic ad supported streaming channels initially available on Xumo Play owned by corporate parent Comcast and Amazon Freevee consisting of content from the company s programming library and programs sourced from its linear broadcast and cable channels The networks consist of eight generalized programming services reality focused Bravo Vault true crime networks Oxygen True Crime Archives and American Crimes entertainment news and reviews channel Rotten Tomatoes TNBC featuring sitcoms originated on the 1992 2002 NBC Saturday morning block and other family oriented comedies and themed entertainment channels Universal Action Universal Crime Universal Monsters and Universal Westerns two sports channels sports news and talk service NBC Sports and GolfPass an extension of Golf Channel featuring news and features programs and the linear network s original magazine and instructional programs four Telemundo based Spanish language channels romance focused entertainment network Historias de Amor Lo Mejor de Telemundo featuring selected original reality series dramas and telenovelas from the network 24 hour streaming news service Noticias Telemundo Ahora and entertainment and sports news service Telemundo al Dia and 13 series specific channels devoted to the Keeping Up with the Kardashians Real Housewives Top Chef Million Dollar Listing Bad Girls Club and Saved by the Bell franchises Saturday Night Live Little House on the Prairie Alfred Hitchcock Presents Lassie The Lone Ranger Made in Chelsea and Murder She Wrote 727 Now TV vMVPD streaming On May 23 Comcast announced that it would launch an American version of Now the vMVPD streaming service operated by its Sky Group division in the United Kingdom and Europe which will be available to Xfinity Internet customers through the Xfinity Stream app on supported devices including Xfinity Flex Fire TV iOS and Android devices and via casting through AirPlay and Google Chromecast The discount service will initially feature a lineup of around 40 channels from companies that include A amp E Networks AMC Networks Allen Media Group Crown Media Holdings Great American Media Sony Pictures Television and Warner Bros Discovery including A amp E Discovery Channel History AMC Lifetime Great American Family Hallmark Channel Game Show Network The Weather Channel and Food Network and over 20 free ad supported television FAST channels operated by NBC Sky and Xumo Play such as NBC News Now and Sky News as well as complimentary access to the ad supported version of Peacock s premium tier which Comcast will cease offering separately at no additional charge to subscribers of Xfinity s Internet tiers on June 26 728 729 Conversions and rebrandings edit Old networkname New networkname Type Conversion date Notes Source Newsy Scripps News OTA multicast and OTT streaming January 1 The E W Scripps Company announced on September 29 2022 that it would rebrand Newsy as Scripps News a rebranding that is part of a broader corporate reorganization of Scripps national news services including its Washington D C bureau and the Scripps Local Media unit s Denver based national desk into a singular division under the same name The move comes 1 1 2 years after a previous rebrand that saw Newsy expand its weekday live news and original news interview programming coinciding with the network s transition from a cable to an OTA multicast distribution model Scripps owned Court TV which offers a weekday block of trial coverage and crime related news programming remains under the oversight of the company s president of network news Kate O Brian who is executive vice president of the new division At the start of June Scripps s traditional broadcast stations began to carry a daily hour of Scripps news programming replacing the hour formerly held by the internally produced The List and The Upside 730 Epix MGM OTT streaming and cable satellite January 15 On September 28 2022 Metro Goldwyn Mayer announced that it would rebrand Epix and its companion OTT streaming service Epix Now as MGM on January 15 2023 as part of a broader effort to realign the service with the MGM brand and as a streaming first platform with accompanying linear channel offerings The rebranded service s three linear multiplex channels were renamed accordingly Epix 2 as MGM Hits Epix Hits as MGM Marquee and Epix Drive In as MGM Drive In 731 Decades Catchy Comedy OTA multicast and vMVPD streaming March 27 On February 13 Weigel Broadcasting announced that it would rebrand Decades as Catchy Comedy on March 27 as part of the classic television network s broader shift from a general entertainment format towards classic sitcoms The rebranded network s schedule features an thematic block format on weekdays featuring family oriented sitcoms in the morning female driven sitcoms in daytime comedies from the Norman Lear library in prime time and smart comedies in late night while the weekend Decades Binge block was rebranded as The Catchy Binge focusing on binge style marathons of various classic comedies 732 Classic Reruns TV NOST OTA multicast and OTT streaming April 3 On April 3 Classic Broadcasting rebranded Classic Reruns TV as NOST The Nostalgia Network shifting the network s format from classic television series to older licensed and public domain movies from the 1940s through the early 1980s The rebranded network s schedule incorporates thematic film blocks including westerns on midday weekdays a nightly Primetime Spotlight presentation weekly matinee films on Saturday mornings and the science fiction and horror movie showcase Lord Blood Rah s Nerve Wrackin Theatre on Saturday nights 733 HBO Max Max OTT streaming May 23 On April 12 Warner Bros Discovery announced it would relaunch HBO Max as Max featuring content from HBO Max s and much of Discovery s libraries including original content as well as content from various WBD brands such as Warner Bros New Line Cinema CNN Discovery Channel HGTV Food Network Cartoon Network and Warner Bros Animation Originally announced on August 4 2022 the combined service was originally planned to operate on Discovery s existing app infrastructure and utilize that service s technical operations as HBO Max ran on the infrastructure originally designed to support the smaller content selection and less intensive technical demands of the predecessor HBO Go and HBO Now services however WBD abandoned plans to fully integrate the services on February 23 choosing to maintain Discovery as a standalone platform due to the higher price point for Max while incorporating much of the service s content library into Max In addition to maintaining HBO Max s ad free and ad supported tiers at their existing price points with user profiles watch histories and other settings being ported to the relaunched service Max included a tertiary Ultimate ad free tier that features an expanded catalog of 4K UHD content previously available to lower tier subscribers and Dolby Atmos surround sound 734 735 736 737 738 LX News NBC LX Home OTA multicast and OTT streaming August Approximately 40 staffers at LX News were told on May 3 that NBCUniversal would be winding down the service with a closure date expected in mid 2023 and employees being considered for other positions within the NBCU portfolio LX News featured news lifestyle features and longform content geared toward Gen Z and millennial audiences Following the rebrand NBC LX Home now airs LXTV produced lifestyle programs 739 740 NBC Sports Washington Monumental Sports Network Regional sports network September 12 In August 2022 Monumental Sports amp Entertainment purchased NBC Sports Washington from NBCUniversal Monumental owns the Washington Wizards Washington Capitals and Washington Mystics all of which have television rights agreements with the network In June 2023 Monumental announced plans to rebrand the network in September 2023 741 742 AT amp T SportsNet Pittsburgh SportsNet Pittsburgh October 2 On August 31 2023 the Pittsburgh Penguins announced its intent to purchase AT amp T SportsNet Pittsburgh and rebrand it as SportsNet Pittsburgh on October 2 NESN which is owned by Penguins owner Fenway Sports Group operates the network The purchase comes after AT amp T SportsNet owner Warner Bros Discovery announced in February they were leaving the regional sports network business 743 AT amp T SportsNet Southwest Space City Home Network October 3 On September 16 2023 the Houston Chronicle reported that the Houston Astros and Houston Rockets planned to purchase AT amp T SportsNet Southwest and rebrand it as Space City Home Network prior to the start of the 2023 24 Houston Rockets season 744 745 Dabl same OTA multicast December 29 On December 21 Paramount Global announced that it would rebrand the lifestyle network Dabl into a black oriented network focusing on sitcoms that features a predominantly black cast from the 1990s to the 2000s As part of the rebrand its OTT streaming network on Pluto TV was discontinued Closures edit Network Type End date Notes Sources DirecTV Red Zone Channel Satellite January 8 In December 2022 with the announcement that rights to NFL Sunday Ticket moved from DirecTV exclusively to YouTube though it continues to carry the service for commercial and hospitality establishments under a subcontract it was confirmed that the service would not produce its own equivalent and would simply distribute the NFL Network produced RedZone 746 PeopleTV OTT streaming January 31 On January 24 Dotdash Meredith began notifying carriers of the streaming entertainment news and lifestyle channel which include vMVPD providers Philo and FuboTV and AVOD streaming services Tubi Local Now DistroTV Stirr and Xumo Play that it would shut down PeopleTV an spin off of the entertainment magazine effective January 31 747 TrueReal OTA multicast March 27 On March 10 the E W Scripps Company announced that it would discontinue TrueReal effective March 27 and fold selected programming from its lineup such as Storage Wars and Parking Wars into the schedule of sister multicast network Defy TV both networks had featured reruns of unscripted programming from the A amp E Networks library and had targeted different audiences in the 25 54 age group TrueReal for women Defy towards men since jointly launching in July 2021 Scripps leased TrueReal s transponder space to Jewelry Television which filled the network s subchannel placements on Scripps and Inyo Broadcast Holdings owned stations 748 VRV OTT streaming May 8 On April 3 Crunchyroll LLC announced that the anime speculative fiction and gaming centered streaming service would cease operating as a standalone service and integrate much of its content with the parent company s namesake service effective May 3 existing VRV subscriptions including watch histories and queues migrated to the Crunchyroll Premium service The dissolution of VRV launched in November 2016 as a joint venture between AT amp T and the Chernin Group and consisting of content from Crunchyroll and Mondo Media in addition to the premium tier VRV Select is part of a broader consolidation of Crunchyroll LLC s international anime streaming platforms including Funimation and Wakanim into the existing Crunchyroll platform which Sony Pictures and Aniplex acquired from WarnerMedia in August 2021 749 Bally Sports Arizona Regional sports network October 21 On October 13 Bally Sports Arizona announced on Twitter that it was shutting down The network had lost the rights to its three professional sports teams due to its parent company s ongoing bankruptcy 750 SportsNet Rocky Mountain December 31 On September 5 The Denver Post reported that AT amp T SportsNet Rocky Mountain had notified its employees that the network would shut down at the end of the year October 6 was the last day of work for full time employees 751 Stadium College Sports Cable network With Sinclair s sale of their stake in Stadium in full to Silver Chalice and the Stadium network being replaced over the air with The Nest Stadium College Sports was quietly and ultimately shut down on December 31 2023 752 Circle OTA multicast On November 10 Gray Television announced that it would discontinue broadcast operations of Circle Network after December 31 with programming transitioning to streaming and other digital distribution platforms 753 Twist In a video uploaded to Vimeo on November 15 Tegna announced that it would discontinue Twist The network which launched on April 5 2021 featured reruns of reality programming aimed at women in the 25 34 age group sourced from the NBCUniversal library 754 755 Television stations editStation launches edit Date Market Station Channel Affiliation Notes Source February 9 Fargo Grand Forks North Dakota KNGF 27 1 BEK Sports Channel 27 in Grand Forks was formerly occupied by KCPM whose license was canceled on March 9 2020 for failure to transmit from authorized facilities for the past 12 months The frequency was put up for auction on June 7 2022 along with 26 other full power TV licenses BEK Sports Network Inc was awarded channel 27 with a 6 411 000 winning bid BEK was formally granted a construction permit for the new station on July 25 2022 KNGF filed for a license to cover on February 9 2023 which usually indicates that a station has signed on the air Prior to KNGF s launch BEK programming was seen on KRDK TV channel 4 during the afternoon and evening hours 756 757 758 759 760 27 2 BEK Sports Plus East 27 3 BEK Sports Plus West 27 4 NewsNet September 26 Flagstaff Arizona KAZF 32 1 Independent In 2022 Gray Television participated in an FCC auction of new TV stations and paid 4 648 million for channel 32 in Flagstaff and 1 345 million for channel 11 in Yuma The FCC approved a request from Gray Television to change the Yuma allotment from VHF channel 11 to UHF channel 27 in February 2023 KAZS the Yuma station began broadcasting by September 26 2023 when KAZF in Flagstaff debuted 761 762 763 764 Yuma Arizona El Centro California KAZS 27 1 Subchannel launches edit Date Market Station Channel Affiliation Notes Source January 13 El Paso Texas KVIA TV 7 4 QVC Over the Air On October 21 2022 Innovate Corp the company that owned Azteca America announced that the network would cease operations on December 31 2022 Prior to the announcement TV Azteca had entered into a content and co production agreement with competitor Estrella TV that will see its news and entertainment programming blended onto that network s schedule 765 TV Stations were notified of the closure and had switched affiliations to other networks such as Estrella TV and Vision Latina 766 767 January 18 Caguas San Juan Puerto Rico WLII DT 11 3 Vision Latina citation needed January 30 Panama City Florida W20DX D 20 2 Jewelry Television 768 February 1 Decatur Champaign Springfield Illinois WBUI 23 4 Rewind TV 769 February 28 Baton Rouge Louisiana WVLA TV 33 4 Antenna TV On February 28 2023 WVLA added Antenna TV owned by station parent Nexstar Media Group to a new subchannel on 33 4 approximately one month after original affiliate WLFT CD disaffiliated from the network and switched to the religious Sonlife Broadcasting Network upon being purchased by Family Worship Center 770 771 March 28 Bryan Texas KRHD CD 15 4 Jewelry Television E W Scripps Company announced on March 10 that programming from TrueReal would be folded into the schedule of sister multicast network Defy TV see Closures above The Scripps spectrum space TrueReal leaves behind will be leased by Scripps to the shopping channel Jewelry Television citation needed 15 5 HSN April 14 Grand Junction Colorado KLML 20 6 Rewind TV On April 14 2023 KLML switched its DT6 subchannel to Rewind TV two weeks after the demise of TrueReal citation needed July 1 Miami Florida WFOR TV 4 5 Catchy Comedy citation needed New York City WJLP 33 2 Comet October 2 Charlotte North Carolina WSOC TV 9 4 October 9 Twin Falls Idaho KSAW LD 6 6 Laff Changes made to allow Vegas Golden Knights games to air on the newly independent subchannels 772 Stations changing network affiliations edit This section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources 2023 in American television news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2023 Learn how and when to remove this message Date Market Station Channel Prior affiliation New affiliation Notes Source January 1 Albuquerque New Mexico KQDF LD 25 1 Azteca America Vision Latina On October 21 2022 Innovate Corp the company that owned Azteca America announced that the network would cease operations on December 31 2022 Prior to the announcement TV Azteca had entered into a content and co production agreement with competitor Estrella TV that will see its news and entertainment programming blended onto that network s schedule 765 Many stations owned by Innovate switched to other networks such as Estrella TV and Vision Latina 766 citation needed Atlanta Georgia WUVM LD 4 1 Estrella TV citation needed Baltimore Maryland Washington D C WQAW LD 69 1 Novelisima citation needed Baton Rouge Louisiana K29LR D 47 1 Estrella TV citation needed Boise Idaho KFLL LD 25 1 Infomercials 773 Chicago Illinois WPVN CD 24 1 Vision Latina citation needed Columbus Georgia W29FD D 43 1 Defy TV 774 Columbus Ohio WDEM CD 17 1 Estrella TV citation needed Corpus Christi Texas KCCX LD 24 1 Timeless TV citation needed Des Moines Iowa KRPG LD 43 1 Vision Latina citation needed Fort Wayne Indiana WCUH LD 16 1 citation needed Hartford Connecticut WRNT LD 32 1 Timeless TV 775 WTXX LD 34 1 776 Las Vegas Nevada KHDF CD 19 1 Vision Latina citation needed Madison Wisconsin W23BW D 23 1 Timeless TV citation needed Midland Flint Michigan WFFC LD 17 1 Infomercials 777 Milwaukee Wisconsin WTSJ LD 38 1 Timeless TV citation needed Mobile Alabama WWBH LD 28 1 citation needed Monterey California KBIT LD 43 1 Telemax 778 New Orleans Louisiana WTNO CD 22 1 Estrella TV citation needed New York City WKOB LD 42 1 Vision Latina 779 Oklahoma City Oklahoma KOHC CD 45 1 Novelisima citation needed Orlando Florida WFEF LD 50 1 Infomercials citation needed Philadelphia Pennsylvania WPSJ CD 8 1 Vision Latina citation needed Raleigh North Carolina WIRP LD 27 1 Estrella TV citation needed Sacramento California KSAO LD 49 1 NewsNet 780 St Louis Missouri K25NG D 25 1 Estrella TV citation needed Salisbury Maryland WGDV LD 32 1 MeTV 781 San Juan Puerto Rico WOST 14 2 Timeless TV citation needed San Luis Obispo California KSBO CD 42 1 Estrella TV citation needed Seattle Washington KUSE LD 46 1 Vision Latina 780 Stuart West Palm Beach Florida WWHB CD 48 1 TBD citation needed Tampa Florida WXAX CD 26 1 beIN Sports Xtra citation needed WTAM LD 30 1 Estrella TV citation needed Tucson Arizona KUDF LP 14 1 782 Tyler Texas KDKJ LD 27 1 Timeless TV citation needed Westgate Miami Florida W16CC D 16 1 Infomercials citation needed Wilmington North Carolina WQDH LD 49 1 Shop LC 783 February 1 Santa Maria San Luis Obispo California KCOY TV 12 1 Dabl Telemundo 784 March 1 Phoenix Arizona KPHE LD 44 1 LATV Independent On March 11 2022 Gray Television owner of CBS affiliate KPHO TV and independent station KTVK acquired KPHE LD from Lotus Communications for 1 75 million the sale was completed on May 4 Ten months later on January 25 Gray announced that it would convert KPHE into an independent station branded as the Arizona s Family Sports and Entertainment Network the first part referencing KTVK KPHO s shared slogan that originated on the former in 2003 on March 1 the station airs simulcasts of most of KTVK KPHO s newscasts sporting events such as Phoenix Rising FC soccer matches selected games of which will be simulcast on either KTVK or KPHO during the USL regular season and Arizona Interscholastic Association high school state championship games and PowerNation distributed sports and automotive programming With KTVK KPHE also serves as the television home of the Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA as of May and the NBA s Phoenix Suns beginning in October 785 786 787 July 27 Cincinnati Ohio WBQC LD 25 1 Cozi TV Telemundo citation needed August 28 Laughlin Las Vegas Nevada KMCC 34 1 Ion Television Independent On May 4 as part of the announcement a deal that would bring the games of the National Hockey League s defending champion Vegas Golden Knights to the station starting that Fall see that entry above the E W Scripps Company announced that KMCC would convert into an independent station later in the year offering syndicated entertainment programming news including local newscasts produced by ABC affiliated sister KTNV as well as Scripps distributed news programs and local sports events Ion programming moved to the second digital subchannel of KMCC 245 246 244 788 September 1 Salt Lake City Utah KUPX TV 16 1 789 Atlanta Georgia WUPA 69 1 The CW Independent On May 5 CBS News and Stations announced that the company would convert its eight CW affiliated stations into independents on September 1 intending to fill prime time slots with locally produced programs including news and live sports with CBSNS likely to pursue rights to professional sports teams currently held by Bally Sports networks in those markets and programming from other properties owned by parent company Paramount Global which sold most of its 50 stake in The CW as did original co parent Warner Bros Discovery both of which retained 12 5 shares in the network to Nexstar Media Group in October 2022 CW programming will move to other stations in the affected markets four of which Philadelphia San Francisco Sacramento and Tampa are home to stations operated by Nexstar WPHL KRON KTXL and WFLA WTTA respectively while Nexstar partner company Mission Broadcasting is in the process of acquiring WADL in the Detroit market that station would confirm its switch to The CW replacing WKBD through a promotional video posted on its website in late August On June 14 Nexstar announced that MyNetworkTV affiliates WPHL KRON and WTTA would switch to The CW on September 1 with MyNetworkTV programming moving to their digital subchannels CBS s stations in San Francisco and Pittsburgh will also change their callsigns in concert with the affiliation switch on September 1 On August 1 it was announced that KQCA would switch to the CW as part of a broader deal extending the network s affiliations with Hearst owned stations in six other markets During the week of August 28 Gray Television under a deal extending the network s affiliations in eight other markets announced that WPCH which had been operating as an independent since its 1967 sign on and was the originating feed of TBS from 1976 to 2007 would replace WUPA as the network s Atlanta affiliate while Sinclair Broadcast Group as part of a renewal deal involving 18 other CW affiliates agreed to assume the CW affiliations in Seattle ABC affiliate KOMO TV which will become the network s largest subchannel only affiliate by market size and Pittsburgh MyNetworkTV affiliate WPNT in exchange for letting Nexstar assume the CW affiliation rights in Oklahoma City which will move from KOCB to KAUT TV 790 791 792 793 794 795 796 797 798 WPCH TV 17 1 Independent The CW Detroit Michigan WADL 38 1 MyNetworkTV retained as secondary affiliation The CW primary affiliation WKBD TV 50 1 The CW Independent Oklahoma City Oklahoma KOCB 34 1 KAUT TV 43 1 Independent The CW Philadelphia Pennsylvania WPHL TV 17 1 MyNetworkTV The CW WPSG 57 1 The CW Independent Pittsburgh Pennsylvania WPCW WPKD TV 19 1 WPNT 22 1 MyNetwork TV The CW Sacramento Stockton Modesto California KMAX TV 31 1 The CW Independent KQCA 58 1 MyNetworkTV The CW San Francisco Oakland San Jose California KRON TV 4 1 KBCW KPYX 44 1 The CW Independent Seattle Tacoma Washington KSTW 11 1 Tampa St Petersburg Florida WTTA 38 1 MyNetworkTV The CW WSNN LD 39 1 Independent MyNetworkTV WTOG 44 1 The CW Independent October 30 Detroit Michigan WADL 38 1 The CW primary affiliation MyNetworkTV former secondary affiliation Two months after affiliating with The CW WADL removed the network as part of a compensation dispute before the close of the Mission sale Four days later Nexstar announced that WMYD would take over the affiliation as of November 13 799 800 November 13 WMYD 20 1 Independent The CW November 20 Phoenix Arizona KASW 61 1 The CW Independent A little over a month after sister station KNXV DT2 acquired the rights to the Arizona Coyotes the E W Scripps Company announced that KASW would become an independent to accommodate Scripps s local sports rights KNXV DT2 transitioned to carrying The CW on KASW s former pay TV channel positions with Antenna TV continuing to air at all other times 801 December 18 Bakersfield California KUVI DT 45 1 Twist Quest Subchannels changing network affiliations edit This section 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network s schedule 765 TV Stations were notified on the closure and had switch affiliations to other networks 766 WTXX LD which was also an Azteca America affiliate moved its Timeless TV affiliation to the main subchannel as part of the closure and WQDH LD which was also an Azteca America affiliate moved its Shop LC affiliation to the main channel as part of the closure 802 Katy Houston Texas KYAZ 51 3 MeTV 803 Lake Dallas Dallas Fort Worth Texas KAZD 55 3 804 Los Angeles California KWHY TV 22 2 Independent citation needed Lubbock Texas KNKC LD 29 2 Infomercials Phoenix Arizona KMOH TV 6 2 MeTV Springfield Massachusetts Hartford Connecticut WTXX LD 34 5 Timeless TV ShopHQ Weslaco Harlingen Texas KRGV TV 5 2 Azteca America Novelisima 805 Wilmington North Carolina WQDH LD 49 3 Shop LC Lx 806 February 1 San Francisco California KRON TV 4 4 Quest Charge 807 March 1 Greensboro Winston Salem High Point North Carolina WGPX TV 16 6 TrueReal Scripps News citation needed 16 7 Scripps News GetTV 16 8 HSN TrueReal WMYV 48 2 GetTV Rewind TV Danville Lexington Kentucky WDKY TV 56 4 TBD Comet March 2 Belmont Charlotte North Carolina WJZY 46 4 Movies Grit March 28 Albany Schenectady Troy New York WXXA TV 23 3 Laff Grit E W Scripps Company announced on March 10 that programming from TrueReal would be folded into the schedule of sister multicast network Defy TV see Closures above The Scripps spectrum space TrueReal leaves behind will be leased by Scripps to the shopping channel Jewelry Television 748 WYPX TV 55 4 Grit Laff 55 6 TrueReal Scripps News 55 7 Scripps News Jewelry Television Appleton Green Bay Wisconsin WACY TV 32 5 TrueReal Arlington Dallas Fort Worth Texas KPXD TV 68 5 Scripps News 68 6 Scripps News Jewelry Television Atlanta Rome Georgia WPXA TV 14 6 TrueReal Scripps News 14 7 Scripps News Jewelry Television Bellevue Seattle Washington KWPX TV 33 6 TrueReal Scripps News 33 7 Scripps News Jewelry Television Birmingham Alabama WIAT 42 4 TrueReal Defy TV Boston Massachusetts WBPX TV 68 6 Jewelry Television Bradenton Tampa Florida WXPX TV 66 6 Scripps News 66 7 Scripps News Jewelry Television Bryan Texas KRHD CD 40 3 TrueReal Ion Television Cedar Rapids Iowa KPXR TV 48 6 Scripps News 48 7 Scripps News Jewelry Television Charleston Huntington West Virginia WLPX TV 29 6 TrueReal Scripps News 29 7 Scripps News Jewelry Television Chicago Illinois WCPX TV 38 6 TrueReal Scripps News 38 7 Scripps News Jewelry Television Cleveland Ohio WEWS 5 4 TrueReal Defy TV Colorado Springs Colorado KZCS LD 18 4 Jewelry Television Columbia South Carolina WZRB 47 6 Scripps News 47 7 Scripps News Jewelry Television Concord Manchester New Hampshire WPXG TV 21 6 TrueReal Scripps News 21 7 Scripps News Jewelry Television Conroe Houston Texas KPXB TV 49 5 TrueReal Scripps News 49 6 Scripps News Jewelry Television Des Moines Newton Iowa KFPX TV 39 6 TrueReal Scripps News 39 7 Scripps News Jewelry Television East St Louis Illinois St Louis Missouri WRBU 46 6 TrueReal Franklin Nashville Tennessee WNPX TV 28 6 Grand Rapids Michigan WXMI 17 4 Defy TV Greensboro Winston Salem High Point North Carolina WGPX TV 16 8 Jewelry Television Greenville North Carolina WEPX TV 38 6 Scripps News 38 7 Scripps News Jewelry Television WPXU TV 35 6 TrueReal Scripps News 35 7 Scripps News Jewelry Television Jellico Knoxville Tennessee WPXK TV 54 5 TrueReal Scripps News 54 6 Scripps News Jewelry Television Kenosha Milwaukee Wisconsin WPXE TV 55 6 TrueReal Jewelry Television Las Vegas Laughlin Nevada KMCC 34 6 Grit 34 7 Grit Jewelry Television Lewiston Portland Maine WIPL 35 6 TrueReal Scripps News 35 7 Scripps News Jewelry Television Los Angeles San Bernardino California KPXN TV 30 4 TrueReal Laff 30 5 Laff Scripps News 30 6 Scripps News Jewelry Television Melbourne Orlando Florida WOPX TV 56 5 TrueReal Scripps News 56 6 Scripps News Jewelry Television Miami Florida WSFL TV 39 4 TrueReal Defy TV New Orleans Louisiana WPXL TV 49 6 HSN New York City WPXN TV 31 6 Scripps News 31 7 Scripps News Jewelry Television Newport Providence Rhode Island WPXQ TV 69 5 TrueReal Norfolk Virginia WPXV TV 49 5 Laff 49 6 Laff Jewelry Television Philadelphia Pennsylvania Wilmington Delaware WPPX TV 61 5 TrueReal Scripps News 61 6 Scripps News Jewelry Television Pittsburgh Pennsylvania WINP TV 16 5 TrueReal Scripps News 16 6 Scripps News Jewelry Television Portland Salem Oregon KPXG TV 22 5 TrueReal Scripps News 22 6 Scripps News Jewelry Television Provo Salt Lake City Utah KUPX TV 16 6 TrueReal Scripps News 16 7 Scripps News Jewelry Television Raleigh Rocky Mount North Carolina WRPX TV 47 4 TrueReal Scripps News 47 5 Scripps News True Crime Network 47 6 True Crime Network Jewelry Television Roanoke Virginia WPXR TV 38 6 TrueReal Scripps News 38 7 Scripps News Jewelry Television Sacramento California KSPX TV 29 6 TrueReal Scripps News 29 7 Scripps News Jewelry Television San Antonio Uvalde Texas KPXL TV 26 6 TrueReal Scripps News 26 7 Scripps News Jewelry Television San Francisco San Jose California KKPX TV 65 6 TrueReal Scripps News 65 7 Scripps News Jewelry Television Scranton Pennsylvania WQPX TV 64 6 TrueReal Scripps News 64 7 Scripps News Jewelry Television Sierra Vista Tucson Arizona KWBA TV 58 6 TrueReal Syracuse New York WSPX TV 56 6 TrueReal Scripps News 56 7 Scripps News Jewelry Television Tulsa Oklahoma KJRH TV 2 5 TrueReal Scripps News April 1 Greensboro High Point Winston Salem North Carolina WGHP 8 3 Court TV Grit citation needed New York City WPIX 11 3 WPXN TV 31 3 Ion Mystery Court TV St Louis Missouri KTVI 2 3 Grit April 4 Charleston Huntington West Virginia WOWK TV 13 3 Laff WLPX TV 29 4 Grit Laff April 14 Grand Junction Colorado KLML 20 13 Twist Antenna TV Idaho Falls Pocatello Idaho KVUI 31 8 Laff Rewind TV Twin Falls Idaho KBAX LD 27 11 HSN May 1 Philadelphia Pennsylvania WDPN TV 2 2 Grit Court TV WPHL TV 17 3 Court TV Grit May 5 Birmingham Alabama WIAT 42 3 True Crime Network May 8 Oklahoma City Oklahoma KAUT TV 43 2 Court TV Rewind TV May 22 Mount Clemens Detroit Michigan WADL 38 4 QVC QVC2 June 5 New Orleans Louisiana WNOL TV 38 2 Court TV Grit July 1 New York City WLNY TV 55 2 Charge Comet August 28 Las Vegas Nevada KMCC 34 2 Bounce Ion Changes made because 34 1 became an Independent after agreeing to a deal for the television rights to the Vegas Golden Knights National Hockey League franchise 788 34 6 Grit Bounce September 1 Billings Montana KTVQ 2 2 The CW Independent citation needed KSVI 6 2 Ion Mystery The CW 6 3 Bounce TV Ion Mystery Butte Montana KXLF TV 4 2 The CW Independent Great Falls Montana KRTV 3 2 Missoula Montana KPAX TV 8 2 Seattle Washington KOMO TV 4 2 Comet retained as primary affiliation The CW secondary affiliation See September 1 entry in stations changing network affiliations 798 808 September 11 Phoenix Arizona KPHE LD 44 2 FidoTV Rewind TV 44 3 Infomercials FidoTV October 2 Charlotte North Carolina WCCB 18 5 Antenna TV Heroes amp Icons WJZY 46 5 Heroes amp Icons TheGrio 46 7 TheGrio Antenna TV October 9 Nampa Boise Idaho KIVI TV 6 2 Laff Independent Changes made to allow Vegas Golden Knights games to air on the newly independent subchannels 772 6 5 GetTV Laff Twin Falls Idaho KSAW LD 6 2 Laff Independent October 27 Indianapolis Indiana WXIN 59 3 Court TV Rewind TV October 30 Kansas City Missouri WDAF TV 4 3 November 8 Wichita Kansas KAGW CD 26 2 Carz amp Trax November 20 Phoenix Arizona KNXV TV 15 2 Antenna TV retained as primary affiliation The CW secondary affiliation See November 20 entry in stations changing network affiliationsDeaths editJanuary edit Date Name Age Notes Source January 1 Kelly Monteith 80 American comedian several appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson actor guest appearances on Love American Style and The Love Boat and host The Kelly Monteith Show Hit Squad 809 January 5 Earl Boen 81 Character actor Dennis Hubner on Making a Living Reverend Lloyd Meechum on Mama s Family voice of Chief Leonard Kanifky on Bonkers 810 Mike Hill 73 American film editor Cagney amp Lacey The First Time Baby Sister Obsessive Love Combat Academy 811 January 6 Lew Hunter 87 American screenwriter and producer Fallen Angel Desperate Lives Otherworld 812 Annette McCarthy 64 American film television and stage actress Happy Days Magnum P I The Fall Guy St Elsewhere The Twilight Zone Riptide Ohara Beauty and the Beast Night Court Twin Peaks Baywatch 813 January 7 Adam Rich 54 Actor Nicholas Bradford on Eight Is Enough voice of Presto the Magician on Dungeons amp Dragons 814 January 8 Dorothy Tristan 88 American actress Gunsmoke Kojak The Rookies The Incredible Hulk The Waltons 815 Bernard Kalb 100 Journalist for NBC News and CBS News founding anchor for CNN s Reliable Sources from 1993 to 1998 816 January 9 Lynnette Hardaway 51 Conservative contributor for Fox News and co host of Diamond and Silk Crystal Clear on Newsmax TV 817 January 11 Carole Cook 98 Actress The Lucy Show Here s Lucy 818 Charles Kimbrough 86 Actor best known as Jim Dial on Murphy Brown 819 Ben Masters 75 Actor best known as Dr Leo Rosetti on HeartBeat and Julian Crane on Passions 820 January 13 Robbie Knievel 60 American daredevil made guest appearances on CHiPs and Hawaii Five 0 Son of Evel Knievel 821 Yoshio Yoda 88 Japanese American actor best known as Takeo Fujiwara on McHale s Navy guest starred on Love American Style 822 January 14 Wally Campo 99 American actor The Lawless Years Bat Masterson Berrenger s The Fall Guy First Monday 823 January 15 Bruce Gowers 82 Director most notably on American Idol and the video for Queen s Bohemian Rhapsody 824 C J Harris 31 Singer contestant on American Idol season 13 825 January 16 Gina Lollobrigida 95 Italian actress notably played Francesca Gioberti the sister of villainess Angela Channing in five episodes of Falcon Crest 826 January 17 Jay Briscoe 38 Ring of Honor professional wrestler 827 January 18 David Crosby 81 Musician The Byrds Crosby Stills Nash amp Young recurred on The John Larroquette Show guest starred on The Simpsons Roseanne and Ellen 828 January 20 Jerry Blavat 82 American radio disc jockey from Philadelphia television appearances include The Mike Douglas Show The Monkees American Bandstand appeared at numerous Philadelphia Thanksgiving Day parades 829 January 23 Lloyd Morrisett 93 American psychologist founder of Children s Television Workshop creator of Sesame Street 830 January 24 Lance Kerwin 62 Actor best known as James Hunter on James at 15 and Mark Petrie on Salem s Lot 831 January 25 Cindy Williams 75 Actress best known as Shirley Feeney on Happy Days and Laverne amp Shirley 832 January 26 Billy Packer 82 College basketball color analyst for CBS Sports and NBC Sports from 1974 to 2008 833 January 28 Lisa Loring 64 Actress best known as Wednesday Addams on The Addams Family 834 January 29 Annie Wersching 45 Actress known for series regular roles on 24 Bosch and Runaways Recurring roles include The Vampire Diaries The Rookie and Star Trek Picard 835 January 30 Jeff Vlaming 63 Television writer and producer The X Files Lois amp Clark The New Adventures of Superman Xena Warrior Princess Northern Exposure and Hannibal 836 February edit Date Name Age Notes Source February 2 Leaping Lanny Poffo 68 Canadian American professional wrestler NWA ICW CWA WWF younger brother of Macho Man Randy Savage 837 February 3 Jack Taylor 94 News anchor for WGN TV Chicago 838 February 7 Tonya Knight 56 American bodybuilder played Gold on American Gladiators 839 Eugene Lee 83 American production designer for Saturday Night Live and the first four years of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 840 February 8 Cody Longo 34 Actor best known as Nicholas Alamain on Days of Our Lives and Eddie Duran on Hollywood Heights 841 February 13 Oliver Wood 80 British cinematographer best known for work on Miami Vice 842 February 14 Jerry Jarrett 80 American professional wrestler NWA father of Jeff Jarrett 843 February 15 David Oreck 99 Founder of Oreck Corporation appeared in their many TV commercials and infomercials 844 Raquel Welch 82 Actress best known as Dianna Brock on Central Park West 845 February 16 Tim McCarver 81 Hall of fame baseball player and broadcaster 846 February 17 Gerald Fried 95 Composer Gilligan s Island Star Trek The Original Series Roots 847 Kyle Jacobs 49 American country music songwriter husband of Kellie Pickler and co starred with her on I Love Kellie Pickler 848 February 18 Barbara Bosson 83 Actress best known as Fay Furrillo on Hill Street Blues 849 February 19 Richard Belzer 78 Actor best known as John Munch on Homicide Life on the Street and Law amp Order Special Victims Unit and other shows in the Law amp Order franchise plus guest spots as the character on several other shows 850 Jansen Panettiere 28 Actor best known for starring roles in the TV movies Tiger Cruise and The Last Day of Summer guest appearances includes Casper on The Walking Dead and voice roles as Periwinkle on Blue s Clues and Truman X on The X s brother of Hayden Panettiere 851 March edit Date Name Age Notes Source March 3 Sara Lane 73 Actress best known as Elizabeth Grainger on The Virginian 852 Tom Sizemore 61 Actor best known as Lieutenant Sam Cole on Robbery Homicide Division 853 March 7 Lisa Janti 89 Actress best known for roles in The Public Defender Cheyenne and other TV Westerns 854 March 9 Robert Blake 89 Actor best known as Anthony Vincenzo Tony Baretta on Baretta 855 March 15 Jeff Gaylord 64 American professional wrestler UWF WCCW and football player Toronto Argonauts 856 Norman Steinberg 83 Writer and producer notable TV work including The Flip Wilson Show Free to Be You and Me Doctor Doctor and Cosby 857 March 16 Sharon Acker 87 Canadian actress best known as Della Street on The New Perry Mason 858 March 17 Lance Reddick 60 Actor best known as Cedric Daniels on The Wire Phillip Broyles on Fringe and Irvin Irving on Bosch 859 Hal Dresner 85 Screenwriter The Harvey Korman Show CBS Summer Playhouse M A S H 860 March 20 Michael Reaves 72 Writer Batman The Animated Series The Real Ghostbusters Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 861 March 21 Peter Werner 76 Television director Ghost Whisperer Medium Law amp Order Criminal Intent 862 March 23 Rita Lakin 93 TV writer producer several shows including The Mod Squad The Rookies and Flamingo Road 863 March 25 Leo D Sullivan 82 Animator Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids The Transformers BraveStarr The Incredible Hulk The New Adventures of Flash Gordon opening sequence on Soul Train 864 March 28 Bill Saluga 85 Comedian best known for his character Raymond J Johnson Jr regular appearances on The Redd Foxx Show and in a series of Natural Light beer commercials in addition to numerous guest appearances 865 March 30 Mark Russell 90 Comedian and political satirist known for correspondent work on Real People and for his own series of comedy specials on PBS 866 April edit Date Name Age Notes Source April 2 Bushwhacker Butch 78 WWE Hall of Fame professional wrestler 867 Judy Farrell 84 Actress best known as Nurse Able on M A S H 868 April 8 Elizabeth Hubbard 89 Actress best known for playing Lucinda Walsh on As the World Turns 869 Michael Lerner 81 Actor best known as Sidney Greene on Glee 870 April 18 Charles Stanley 90 Pastor and televangelist In Touch 871 April 22 Len Goodman 78 English professional ballroom dancer and judge on Dancing with the Stars 872 April 25 Harry Belafonte 96 Calypso musician made guest appearances on series like The Ed Sullivan Show The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour and The Muppet Show 873 April 27 Jerry Springer 79 Former Cincinnati mayor news anchor for WLWT Cincinnati and host of The Jerry Springer Show America s Got Talent and Judge Jerry 874 April 29 Don Sebesky 85 Composer arranger and conductor Allegra s Window The Edge of Night and Guiding Light 875 April 30 Ron Hazelton 81 Home improvement expert host of Ron Hazelton s HouseCalls and several series for History Channel 876 May edit Date Name Age Notes Source May 1 Eileen Saki 79 Actress best known as Rosie on M A S H 877 May 6 Newton N Minow 97 Federal Communications Commission chairman noted for referring to commercial TV as a vast wasteland in a 1961 speech 878 May 7 John Roland 81 News presenter WNYW NBC News 879 Larry Mahan 79 Rodeo cowboy had a role in the TV movie The Good Old Boys as Blue Hannigan 880 May 9 Jacklyn Zeman 70 Actress best known as Bobbie Spencer on General Hospital 881 May 11 Barry Newman 92 Actor Petrocelli Fatal Vision Nightingales 882 May 14 Samantha Weinstein 28 Canadian actress best known for roles in TV films like The Winning Season and Maggie Hill as well as roles in shows like Wild Card and Copper and voice work on Super Why The ZhuZhus Let s Go Luna and Dino Ranch 883 May 15 Sharon Farrell 82 Actress best known as Florence Webster on The Young and the Restless 884 May 17 Superstar Billy Graham 79 WWE Hall of Fame professional wrestler 885 Ray Austin 90 British stuntman and director best known for work on Zorro and Magnum P I 886 May 18 Jim Brown 87 Football player Cleveland Browns and actor I Spy CHiPs Knight Rider 887 Marlene Clark 85 Actress best known as Janet Lawson on Sanford and Son 888 Dick Nourse 83 News anchor KSL TV 889 May 21 Ed Ames 95 Actor best known as Mingo on Daniel Boone 890 Ray Stevenson 58 Northern Irish actor best known for roles in Rome and Dexter as well as voice work on The Super Hero Squad Show and Star Wars The Clone Wars 891 May 22 Peggy Lee Leather 64 Professional wrestler WWF NWA 892 May 24 George Maharis 94 Actor best known as Buzz Murdock on Route 66 and Jonathon Croft on The Most Deadly Game 893 May 28 Milt Larsen 92 Television writer Truth or Consequences 894 May 30 John Beasley 79 Actor best known as Irv Harper on Everwood and Barton Ballentine on The Soul Man 895 June edit Date Name Age Notes Source June 1 Anna Shay 62 Socialite businesswoman philanthropist and television personality Bling Empire 896 June 6 Pat Cooper 93 Actor and comedian It s a Living Charlie s Angels Seinfeld 897 Paul Eckstein 59 Writer and producer Godfather of Harlem Narcos Law amp Order Criminal Intent 898 June 7 The Iron Sheik 81 Iranian born WWE Hall of Fame professional wrestler 899 Tom Jolls 89 Weather anchor WBES TV WBEN TV and WKBW TV all in Buffalo New York and children s host Commander Tom Show 900 June 8 Pat Robertson 93 Chairman and founder of the Christian Broadcasting Network and host of The 700 Club 901 June 12 Carol Higgins Clark 66 Mystery author and actress A Cry in the Night 902 Treat Williams 71 Actor best known as Dr Andrew Andy Brown on Everwood and Mick O Brien on Chesapeake Shores 903 Burns Cameron 85 Winner of the 1966 Jeopardy Tournament of Champions 904 June 15 Glenda Jackson 87 English actress and politician best known for appearances on The Muppet Show American Playhouse and Carol amp Company 905 June 16 Paxton Whitehead 85 English actor best known for guest appearances on major sitcoms of the 1990s like Frasier Caroline in the City 3rd Rock from the Sun The Drew Carey Show Mad About You and Friends 906 June 19 Max Morath 96 Ragtime pianist television presenter and author Made guest appearances on series like Today and The Tonight Show 907 June 21 George Winterling 91 Television meteorologist WJXT 908 June 23 Frederic Forrest 86 Actor 21 Jump Street Lonesome Dove 909 June 24 Dean Smith 91 Track and field athlete Olympic champion 1952 stuntman and actor Tales of Wells Fargo Maverick Gunsmoke Lawman Have Gun Will Travel The Iron Horse and Walker Texas Ranger 910 June 25 David Bohrman 69 Television executive ABC News CNN Current TV 911 June 26 Nicolas Coster 89 British American actor known for work on the soap operas Another World Santa Barbara and All My Children as well as on prime time series Lobo and guest roles on Wonder Woman Buck Rogers in the 25th Century T J Hooker The Facts of Life and Star Trek The Next Generation 912 913 June 28 Sue Johanson 93 Canadian sex educator and host of Oxygen s Sunday Night Sex Show and Talk Sex with Sue Johanson Made guest appearances on the Late Show with David Letterman The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Late Night with Conan O Brien 914 June 29 Alan Arkin 89 Actor Sesame Street St Elsewhere Chicago Hope 915 Judi Farr 84 Australian actress Farscape The Peacekeeper Wars Fatal Contact Bird Flu in America Camp 916 917 Don Kennedy 93 Radio broadcaster television personality and voice actor Space Ghost Coast to Coast 918 Anita Wood 85 Singer and actress The Andy Williams Show 919 June 30 Droz 54 Former WWF professional wrestler 920 July edit Date Name Age Notes Source July 1 Frank Field 100 Television meteorologist WNBC WCBS TV WWOR TV 921 Robert Lieberman 75 Television director Thirtysomething The X Files Brothers amp Sisters 922 Lawrence Turman 96 Film producer Get Christie Love The Morning After Miracle on the Mountain The Kincaid Family Story 923 July 6 Jimmy Weldon 99 Actor and ventriloquist best known for the voice of Yakky Doodle on The Yogi Bear Show 924 July 8 Jeffrey Carlson 48 Actor and singer best known for playing transgender character Zoe Luper on All My Children 925 July 9 Manny Coto 62 Cuban born televi, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library, article, read, download, free, free download, mp3, video, mp4, 3gp, jpg, jpeg, gif, png, picture, music, song, movie, book, game, games. |