The Media Notepad: Conviction ends “Cosby Show” runs

With Bill Cosby’s conviction on sexual assault changes, African-American targeted diginet Bounce (seen locally on WCIU-Ch. 26.5) has once again pulled reruns of The Cosby Show. “Effective immediately, Bounce is removing The Cosby Show from our schedule,” said a Katz Broadcasting spokesperson. Katz was recently purchased by Cincinnati-based Scripps Co., owner of NBC affiliate WTMJ in Milwaukee and other stations. […]

The T Dog Media TV Hall of Shame

No one expected CNN’s Chicagoland to be a love letter to the city – but no one expected it to be a Rahm infomercial either. A critical and ratings flop, Chicagoland is the one of TV’s lowlights in 2014. Recently, the prime-time portion of The Simpsons marathon on FXX attracted more viewers than Chicagoland did. (As of May 2018, the […]