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Watching cricket on Fox 13+, desperate for any kind of programming. Show me the ratings.
Her goodbye post below! After an almost five-year stint, FOX 13 meteorologist and part-time news anchor Abby Acone ends her run there with a final show on this Sunday morning. Married earlier this month, she left no word on what's next. Not sure if it is fully her decision, but I'm told she had 'favored nation' status with news management. Before joining 13 in December of 2021, she worked three years at KOMO and also did a stint in Tri-Cities. Fittingly, this last shot on IG is studio appropriate. I've been frequently critical of her on this site for using the station's studio to post questionable videos (IMO), but for now, good luck. Here's Abby's goodbye post: My heart is so full as I reflect on my final week at FOX 13 ❤️ 🥹 I’m incredibly grateful for my time here and for the remarkable people who made this place feel like home. I’ve had the joy of working alongside some of the most talented, hardworking, and genuinely wonderful people in th...
I guess the rights to tee ball were too pricey.
ReplyDeleteIt increasingly feels like more and more broadcast TV airtime is being filled with live sports. But those sports aren't just limited to the most popular ones (football, baseball, basketball, etc.), as we can see here. I too would be interested in looking at the ratings to get an idea of how many people are really watching all of the additional live sports offerings we've been seeing in recent years.
ReplyDeleteAlso, these additional live sports offerings are proving to be quite disruptive to normal programming schedules, making it more difficult for people to watch their favorite newscasts and entertainment programs at the times they expect them to be on. Yes, streaming helps people get around this, especially for the latter, but it is starting to reach a point where some may decide not to even bother getting interested in the broadcast networks' primetime entertainment offerings because of increasing disruptions from live sports.
Normal programming in the summer is filled with reruns anyway, except for prime time game shows. The belief is that live sports is DVR-proof, but I don't think rugby or cricket or minor league hockey do the trick. Fox 13+ is the new Root Sports, putting anything and everything on to get a number. Remind me to pass on Big Sky football this fall, lol. Yikes.
ReplyDeleteYou make a good point about summer programming being filled with reruns. However, they aren't just taking away airtime from reruns. KIRO/CBS had European Soccer on weekdays from 11am to 2pm for a number of days in the Spring in both 2024 and 2025, which, to my knowledge, had not happened before, disrupting new episodes of The Young and the Restless, The Talk, Beyond The Gates, and KIRO's noon newscast.
DeleteReally??? Wow, did not know that was a weekday deal.
ReplyDeleteIt certainly was. I don't recall there being any weekend matches to go along with the weekday ones, but they may have aired on a different network as CBS' long running golf coverage eats up many hours of weekend airtime.
ReplyDeleteEuropean Soccer does seem to getting more popular here in the states, and it will likely only continue to gain popularity with next year's World Cup events. I would expect to see this arrangement continue in the years to come, soap operas and lunchtime news be damned.