Seems like they'll have more sports on WGN instead of farmed out to other channels, which is good.
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| Author: | Curious Hair [ Tue May 31, 2016 10:29 pm ] |
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No idea where MyNetworkTV goes. A subchannel, maybe. With no further network commitments for WGN, maybe it would be smart to anticipate the bursting of the sports media bubble by moving the whole Cubs TV schedule to good old channel 9. Weasel out of this terrible WLS deal, put the Cubs back where they belong, and we can stop having to play Find The Cubs Game. Won't happen. beep boop, revenue! |
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| Author: | Terry's Peeps [ Tue May 31, 2016 10:33 pm ] |
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Interesting. What does WGN do for content to fill their prime time hours? |
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| Author: | Curious Hair [ Tue May 31, 2016 10:36 pm ] |
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I don't know, they've long since passed the saturation point on local news, and Frazier Thomas doesn't smell too good these days. The logical choice would be as full a schedule of sports as they can manage, but I don't think Tribune has enough money to wrest the coverage away from Comcast. I think the ideal system would be Cubs and road Bulls on 9, Sox/Blackhawks/home Bulls on CSN, get channels 7 and 50 out of the business altogether. The home-cable/road-OTA split is what the Lakers used to do before selling their souls to Time Warner Cable. |
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| Author: | Terry's Peeps [ Tue May 31, 2016 10:38 pm ] |
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| Seems like they'll have more sports on WGN instead of farmed out to other channels, which is good. |
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| Author: | Curious Hair [ Tue May 31, 2016 10:41 pm ] |
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Yeah, the channel 50 (previously channel 26 games) package consisted of games that WGN had the rights to but had to move in order to clear the network. Nothing like looking for the game only to find young-adult garbage about hot teen ghosts or some such shit. I don't think any local Cubs games were anywhere but channel 9 until the WB started, which started the steady trickle of games to CLTV, 26, and Fox Sports. |
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| Author: | Beardown [ Tue May 31, 2016 10:51 pm ] |
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WGN should have done what TBS did. They were both equals in the Super Channel business back in the day. WGN should have gotten national sports contracts like TBS/TNT. Now WGN can't even broadcast Cubs, Sox and Bulls games nationally. TBS has baseball playoffs now. That could have been WGN. Or before the BIG 10 got it's own network, WGN cold have done their games. They had no foresight. They had such a platform and blew it. |
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| Author: | Curious Hair [ Tue May 31, 2016 11:14 pm ] |
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The idea of WGN having been a Big Ten outlet in the '90s is actually a little intriguing. It's worth remembering, though, that Tribune has never had the broadcasting muscle that Turner had. I don't think it ever could have become what TBS became (TNT was always cable). |
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| Author: | Beardown [ Tue May 31, 2016 11:39 pm ] |
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Curious Hair wrote: The idea of WGN having been a Big Ten outlet in the '90s is actually a little intriguing. It's worth remembering, though, that Tribune has never had the broadcasting muscle that Turner had. I don't think it ever could have become what TBS became (TNT was always cable). I don't know if you remember, I was a kid, but TBS actually had the NFL for a few years. They split the Sunday night package with ESPN in the early 90s. |
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| Author: | Tad Queasy [ Wed Jun 01, 2016 12:05 am ] |
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Beardown wrote: Curious Hair wrote: The idea of WGN having been a Big Ten outlet in the '90s is actually a little intriguing. It's worth remembering, though, that Tribune has never had the broadcasting muscle that Turner had. I don't think it ever could have become what TBS became (TNT was always cable). I don't know if you remember, I was a kid, but TBS actually had the NFL for a few years. They split the Sunday night package with ESPN in the early 90s. It was "The NFL on TNT." I thought those broadcasts were very good. They weren't as gimmicky as FOX. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFL_on_TNT |
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| Author: | Godfella [ Wed Jun 01, 2016 7:01 am ] |
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Terry's Peeps wrote: Interesting. What does WGN do for content to fill their prime time hours? My guy tells me that a new WGN Bozo Show is in serious consideration... no joke. Put your ticket requests in now for your unborn grandchildren to see the show when they are 6 years old. |
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| Author: | good dolphin [ Wed Jun 01, 2016 7:15 am ] |
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Local WGN programming was a staple of my early life. |
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| Author: | Dr. Kenneth Noisewater [ Wed Jun 01, 2016 9:11 am ] |
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Godfella wrote: My guy tells me that a new WGN Bozo Show is in serious consideration... no joke. I'd be up for that as long as they go with a more realistic, adult-themed type reality show. Like where Bozo is having random sex with grandmothers all over town. |
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| Author: | sjboyd0137 [ Wed Jun 01, 2016 9:15 am ] |
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This just opens the door for another station to show endless loops of Friends/Seinfeld/Big Bang Theory/2 Broke Girls/King of Queens/Law & Order: SVU Also known as "jimmypasta's wet dream" |
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| Author: | Hatchetman [ Wed Jun 01, 2016 9:17 am ] |
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sjboyd0137 wrote: This just opens the door for another station to show endless loops of Friends/Seinfeld/Big Bang Theory/2 Broke Girls/King of Queens/Law & Order: SVU " The ratings on those will murder whatever was on CW.
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| Author: | sjboyd0137 [ Wed Jun 01, 2016 9:17 am ] |
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Hatchetman wrote: sjboyd0137 wrote: This just opens the door for another station to show endless loops of Friends/Seinfeld/Big Bang Theory/2 Broke Girls/King of Queens/Law & Order: SVU " The ratings on those will murder whatever was on CW. I'm not even sure what was on CW. |
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| Author: | Tad Queasy [ Wed Jun 01, 2016 9:55 am ] |
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sjboyd0137 wrote: Hatchetman wrote: sjboyd0137 wrote: This just opens the door for another station to show endless loops of Friends/Seinfeld/Big Bang Theory/2 Broke Girls/King of Queens/Law & Order: SVU " The ratings on those will murder whatever was on CW. I'm not even sure what was on CW. I think it's mostly shows about glamorous vampires, third-rate superheroes, and dramas in which songs by The Lumineers and Dawes serve as background music. |
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| Author: | sjboyd0137 [ Wed Jun 01, 2016 9:57 am ] |
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Tad Queasy wrote: sjboyd0137 wrote: Hatchetman wrote: sjboyd0137 wrote: This just opens the door for another station to show endless loops of Friends/Seinfeld/Big Bang Theory/2 Broke Girls/King of Queens/Law & Order: SVU " The ratings on those will murder whatever was on CW. I'm not even sure what was on CW. I think it's mostly shows about glamorous vampires, third-rate superheroes, and dramas in which songs by The Lumineers and Dawes serve as background music. I've heard of The Lumineers, but what is a "Dawes"? |
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| Author: | Terry's Peeps [ Wed Jun 01, 2016 10:05 am ] |
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Tad Queasy wrote: sjboyd0137 wrote: Hatchetman wrote: sjboyd0137 wrote: This just opens the door for another station to show endless loops of Friends/Seinfeld/Big Bang Theory/2 Broke Girls/King of Queens/Law & Order: SVU " The ratings on those will murder whatever was on CW. I'm not even sure what was on CW. I think it's mostly shows about glamorous vampires, third-rate superheroes, and dramas in which songs by The Lumineers and Dawes serve as background music. Green Arrow and Flash are NOT 3rd rate superheroes! |
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| Author: | Curious Hair [ Wed Jun 01, 2016 10:05 am ] |
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sjboyd0137 wrote: I've heard of The Lumineers, but what is a "Dawes"? You don't know about that sweet Laurel Canyon sound? |
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| Author: | sjboyd0137 [ Wed Jun 01, 2016 10:06 am ] |
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Curious Hair wrote: sjboyd0137 wrote: I've heard of The Lumineers, but what is a "Dawes"? You don't know about that sweet Laurel Canyon sound? No. Is this like some sort of shitty Yacht Rock kind of thing? |
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| Author: | Godfella [ Wed Jun 01, 2016 10:09 am ] |
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good dolphin wrote: Local WGN programming was a staple of my early life. Garfield Goose, Ray Rayner, Family Classics, Bozo, Cub's Games,Andy Griffith... staples in my household growing up as well. Help me out here... anybody remember any others? |
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| Author: | Rod [ Wed Jun 01, 2016 10:09 am ] |
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Curious Hair wrote: maybe it would be smart to anticipate the bursting of the sports media bubble by moving the whole Cubs TV schedule to good old channel 9. You know that won't happen. They're already counting the money from their own network. We'll see how that shakes out in the end. |
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| Author: | Tad Queasy [ Wed Jun 01, 2016 10:28 am ] |
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Terry's Peeps wrote: Tad Queasy wrote: I think it's mostly shows about glamorous vampires, third-rate superheroes, and dramas in which songs by The Lumineers and Dawes serve as background music. Green Arrow and Flash are NOT 3rd rate superheroes! They are not. You're correct. I was thinking of that show with the guy from Prison Break about superheroes from the past who travel to the future with and a guy who can add a slight raspberry flavor to tap water or something like that. |
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| Author: | Drake LaRrieta [ Wed Jun 01, 2016 10:30 am ] |
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Godfella wrote: good dolphin wrote: Local WGN programming was a staple of my early life. Garfield Goose, Ray Rayner, Family Classics, Bozo, Cub's Games,Andy Griffith... staples in my household growing up as well. Help me out here... anybody remember any others? It was much different back in the late 80s. I don't remember if it was WGN or not, but a kid could watch GI Joe or Thundercats in the morning before school and after school there were actually kid's programming in the afternoon I remember a lot of it being on Fox 32. There was Alvin and the Chipmunks, Duck Tales, Ghost Busters, TMNT, Double Dare and lots of other shows. I seem to remember WGN having a cartoon called "Bravestarr." Channel 50 had a lot of Tom and Jerry. Then there were other shows like Webster and Silver Spoons too. |
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| Author: | Terry's Peeps [ Wed Jun 01, 2016 10:33 am ] |
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Tad Queasy wrote: Terry's Peeps wrote: Tad Queasy wrote: I think it's mostly shows about glamorous vampires, third-rate superheroes, and dramas in which songs by The Lumineers and Dawes serve as background music. Green Arrow and Flash are NOT 3rd rate superheroes! They are not. You're correct. I was thinking of that show with the guy from Prison Break about superheroes from the past who travel to the future with and a guy who can add a slight raspberry flavor to tap water or something like that. Legends of Tomorrow |
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| Author: | Brick [ Wed Jun 01, 2016 10:44 am ] |
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Drake LaRrieta wrote: Godfella wrote: good dolphin wrote: Local WGN programming was a staple of my early life. Garfield Goose, Ray Rayner, Family Classics, Bozo, Cub's Games,Andy Griffith... staples in my household growing up as well. Help me out here... anybody remember any others? It was much different back in the late 80s. I don't remember if it was WGN or not, but a kid could watch GI Joe or Thundercats in the morning before school and after school there were actually kid's programming in the afternoon I remember a lot of it being on Fox 32. There was Alvin and the Chipmunks, Duck Tales, Ghost Busters, TMNT, Double Dare and lots of other shows. I seem to remember WGN having a cartoon called "Bravestarr." Channel 50 had a lot of Tom and Jerry. Then there were other shows like Webster and Silver Spoons too. |
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| Author: | Curious Hair [ Wed Jun 01, 2016 11:40 am ] |
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sjboyd0137 wrote: Curious Hair wrote: sjboyd0137 wrote: I've heard of The Lumineers, but what is a "Dawes"? You don't know about that sweet Laurel Canyon sound? No. Is this like some sort of shitty Yacht Rock kind of thing? If anything, they're more like a cross between Neil Young and the Eagles. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXuu4MRVfAg "that sweet Laurel Canyon sound" is an in-joke from the AV Club, sorry about that. |
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| Author: | Drake LaRrieta [ Wed Jun 01, 2016 12:08 pm ] |
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Boilermaker Rick wrote: Drake LaRrieta wrote: Godfella wrote: good dolphin wrote: Local WGN programming was a staple of my early life. Garfield Goose, Ray Rayner, Family Classics, Bozo, Cub's Games,Andy Griffith... staples in my household growing up as well. Help me out here... anybody remember any others? It was much different back in the late 80s. I don't remember if it was WGN or not, but a kid could watch GI Joe or Thundercats in the morning before school and after school there were actually kid's programming in the afternoon I remember a lot of it being on Fox 32. There was Alvin and the Chipmunks, Duck Tales, Ghost Busters, TMNT, Double Dare and lots of other shows. I seem to remember WGN having a cartoon called "Bravestarr." Channel 50 had a lot of Tom and Jerry. Then there were other shows like Webster and Silver Spoons too. Yes, that was before he became Svengoolie on the U. |
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| Author: | scorehead # 84 [ Thu Jun 02, 2016 8:23 am ] |
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Godfella wrote: good dolphin wrote: Local WGN programming was a staple of my early life. Garfield Goose, Ray Rayner, Family Classics, Bozo, Cub's Games,Andy Griffith... staples in my household growing up as well. Help me out here... anybody remember any others? Andy Starr at the Odean Theater showing 3 Stooges |
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| Author: | Godfella [ Thu Jun 02, 2016 8:27 am ] |
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Wasn't "Creature Feature" on WGN Saturday nights as well? The old school Dracula, Frankenstein, Wolfman, Creature From the Black Lagoon, etc... |
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