Here we grow again: NBC-owned WMAQ announced today it was expanding its weekend newscasts by 2 and 1/2 hours, beginning July 27. WMAQ is adding an hour to its 6 a.m. Saturday newscast, which runs from 5-7 a.m., leading into Weekend Today, which has been a staple on NBC’s Saturday schedule since September 1992. WMAQ retains its 9-10 a.m. newscast, […]
Enough doom and gloom! Time for some happy news (if you can call it that…) Two of television’s most durable franchises received pacts ensuring their future for some time to come. While this news actually became “official” when they started work on next season’s episodes last July, Fox announced Wednesday the renewal of The Simpsons for seasons 21 and 22, […]
The Meet the Press host and Buffalo native died at NBC News bureau in Washington of a heart attack. He was 58. UPDATE: Politicians and dignitaries took time out to remember Russert, and here’s a obit from TV Barn’s Aaron Barnhart. NBC is putting together a Russert tribute on this Sunday’s Meet the Press, hosted by Tom Brokaw. Updated 9:49 […]
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