NBC moved "The Tonight show" to New York for tax incentives. Could they move "American Idol" for the same tax incentives?
On Sat, May 6, 2017 at 11:31 AM, PGage <pga...@gmail.com> wrote: > Three things (see excerpt from story below): > > 1. The announcement seems to be "a framework for an agreement", which may > be a little shy of a done deal, though they do say they will make an > announcement at the Upfronts. > > 2. It says the motivation is to help ABC compete with the other three > networks that have NFL bumps for their Sunday Night primetime schedules, > yet also that they plan on starting in March - obviously, after the NFL > season is over. > > 3. The story expresses uncertainty about Seacrest's role, noting in > particular the geographic complexity. I guess they could do it from NYC. > > ********************* > > "ABC <http://variety.com/t/abc/> has a deal in place with producers > FremantleMedia and Core Media Group to revive “American Idol > <http://variety.com/t/american-idol/>.” > > The broadcast network and the production companies have settled on a > framework for an agreement to bring back the long-running > singing-competition series. According to sources, the Alphabet is eyeing a > March premiere for the show, which would potentially air on Sunday nights, > where ABC has struggled in recent seasons against NBC’s “Sunday Night > Football” and programming on Fox and CBS that benefits from a strong NFL > lead-in. The Alphabet is the only broadcaster of the Big Four that does not > have an NFL package. > > Yet to be decided is whether or how longtime host Ryan Seacrest could > return to the franchise. Seacrest this week was announced as the new > co-host of ABC syndicated morning program “Live!” with Kelly Ripa. He is > relocating to New York for the role — a move that presents a substantial > obstacle to a return as host of “Idol,” which has always filmed in Los > Angeles." > > > On Sat, May 6, 2017 at 9:22 AM Steve Timko <steveti...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Apparently Seacrest will be back. It may air on Sunday nights. >> http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/american-idol-abc-1202410691/ >> So Monday through Friday Seacrest co-hosts with Kelly. And then does the >> show on weekends, I guess. >> >> -- >> -- >> TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "TV or Not TV" group. >> To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
