NBC Wins TV Season In Total Viewers For First Time Since 2002
The Super Bowl and Winter Olympics had a lot to do with the 2025-26 victory.
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TV News Check at Thursday, May 21, 2026 8:05:10 PM
Digital Remedy Expands Political Media Offering With Launch Of The Political Desk Ahead Of 2026 Midt
Digital Remedy, a provider of omnichannel media planning, activation and optimization, launched The Political Desk, a division aimed at helping political campaigns, advocacy groups and issue-driven organizations plan, target and …
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TV News Check at Thursday, May 21, 2026 8:04:45 PM
The Testaments Renewed For Season 2 By Hulu As Season 1 Crosses 45M Hours Streamed
Hulu is extending its return to Gilead with a Season 2 renewal of The Testaments , starring Chase Infiniti, Lucy Halliday and Ann Dowd. The pickup of The Handmaids Tale sequel from creator Bruce Miller, MGM Television and 20th Television comes eight episodes into its 10-episode freshman run amid a week-to-week ratings growth.
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TV News Check at Thursday, May 21, 2026 8:05:06 PM
NESN Brings Back Monster Week With Live Programming From The Green Monster
NESN will reprise its “Monster Week” during the Red Sox-Braves series May 26-28, centering coverage on Fenway Parks 37-foot, 2-inch Green Monster with exclusive camera angles, a full game broadcast …
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TV News Check at Thursday, May 21, 2026 8:04:46 PM
Torneos Modernizes Multichannel Playout With Imagines Versio Platform
Argentine sports media company Torneos y Competencias S.A. (Torneos) has upgraded its playout operations with a fully redundant, multichannel system built on Imagine Communications Versio integrated playout platform and ADC …
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TV News Check at Thursday, May 21, 2026 8:04:50 PM
Emily In Paris Will End With Season 6 On Netflix
The series began filming Thursday in Greece.
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TV News Check at Thursday, May 21, 2026 8:04:41 PM
Andrea Stahlman Upped To President-GM Of WLKY Louisville
Hearst promotes her from news director to oversee its Kentucky CBS affiliate.
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TV News Check at Thursday, May 21, 2026 8:04:44 PM
Barney Frank, Who Led Sweeping Financial Reforms, Dies At 86
“This country has never had a congressman like Barney Frank, and the House of Representatives will not be the same without him,” President Barack Obama said at the time of his retirement. ( Lauren Victoria Burke/AP )
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TV News Check at Thursday, May 21, 2026 8:05:04 PM
Spurs-Thunder Game 1 Averages Record 9.2M Viewers, NBA Playoff Ratings Up 16% Through 2 Rounds
The audience peaked at 12 million for the second overtime and game's conclusion. It was also the most-viewed television program of the night with 6.9 million on NBC. ( Tony Gutierrez/AP )
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TV News Check at Thursday, May 21, 2026 8:04:56 PM
A Live TV Gaffe Turned The Survivor 50 Finale Into A Fitting Train Wreck
An inadvertent spoiler from host Jeff Probst ensured that a season filled with missteps would end with the biggest one of all.
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TV News Check at Thursday, May 21, 2026 8:04:52 PM
Telemundo Sets World Cup 2026 Slate With New Shows, Full Commentary Teams
Telemundo announced its ancillary programming lineup and full commentary team assignments for the FIFA World Cup 2026, less than a month before kickoff across the U.S., Mexico and Canada. The …
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TV News Check at Thursday, May 21, 2026 8:04:57 PM
BBCs New Boss Matt Brittin Tells Staff He Will Use Data To Build Sat Nav Around Bias
The BBCs new director general has revealed that he plans to use data to improve impartiality, and has warned that iPlayer is not doing a good enough job of showcasing the corporations content.
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TV News Check at Thursday, May 21, 2026 8:05:13 PM
Telemundo Station Group Launches Weekly Series On Minors In U.S. Detention Facilities
Telemundo-owned stations today began airing Después de la Detención, a weekly series of special reports focused on the experiences of minors and their families during and after detention in U.S. …
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TV News Check at Thursday, May 21, 2026 8:04:44 PM
DirecTV Asks FCC To Block Scripps INYO Acquisition
Six broadband associations joined DirecTV in arguing that the commission had no authority to waive station ownership caps.
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TV News Check at Thursday, May 21, 2026 8:05:10 PM
NAB Show Makes 200+ Sessions Available On Demand
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TV News Check at Thursday, May 21, 2026 8:04:41 PM
LynTec Showcases Scalable Power Distribution And Integrator Branding Solutions At InfoComm
LynTec, a manufacturer of electrical power control solutions for professional audio, video and lighting systems, will exhibit at InfoComm 2026, June 17-19 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, in the …
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TV News Check at Thursday, May 21, 2026 8:04:48 PM
Charter CFO Unpacks Its $34.5 Billion Cox Megadeal
Jessica Fischer also told an investors conference Charters big streaming bundle strategy is helping to stem cable TV subscriber losses.
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TV News Check at Thursday, May 21, 2026 8:05:09 PM
Grass Valley Helps Phoenix Broadcast Solutions Raise Its Live Production Game
Grass Valley entered into a three-year enterprise agreement with Singapore-based Phoenix Broadcast Solutions as the company expands its live production operations across APAC and the Middle East. The deal includes …
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TV News Check at Thursday, May 21, 2026 8:04:47 PM
Trump Tried To Silence Latenight Hosts. Theyre Mocking Him Even More
A Washington Post analysis shows hosts are telling more jokes about Trump, despite threats by the FCC chair and the presidents repeated calls to get them fired.
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TV News Check at Thursday, May 21, 2026 8:04:51 PM
Illinois Name-Checks The Bear In Proclaiming Italian Beef As Official State Sandwich
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TV News Check at Thursday, May 21, 2026 8:04:55 PM
Sports And News & Documentary Emmys Partner With YouTube For Streaming Of Upcoming Ceremonies
YouTube will partner with the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences to stream next weeks Sports and News & Documentary Emmys. The Sports Emmys will stream live on May 26, and the News & Documentary Emmys will be shown on May 27-28 on the NATAS YouTube channel, starting at 7 p.m. ET each evening.
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TV News Check at Thursday, May 21, 2026 8:05:05 PM
Carr Signals Broadcast Spectrum Flexibility As Disney Dispute Deepens At May Meeting
The most substantive discussion of broadcasting during the FCC's May meeting Wednesday came during the chairmans press conference that followed, where regulatory action against The Walt Disney Co., the future of broadcast spectrum and a pending media consolidation drew most of the questions.
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TV News Check at Thursday, May 21, 2026 8:05:00 PM
OpenAI Is Preparing To File For An IPO Very Soon
The artificial-intelligence giant is working with bankers at Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley.
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TV News Check at Thursday, May 21, 2026 8:05:03 PM
Sandi Cohen Named EP Of Peter Alexanders Upcoming MS NOW Show
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TV News Check at Thursday, May 21, 2026 8:04:54 PM
Suns, Mercury Extend Gray Media Rights Deal
The games remain on free OTA through 2030 and get a new streaming app.
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TV News Check at Thursday, May 21, 2026 8:05:12 PM
WMAQ Chicago To Premiere Half-Hour Documentary On Chicagos First Family Of Weather
In celebration of his 35th year with WMAQ Chicago, viewers will get a special inside look at the career — and the hilarious, yet heart-warming bond — between veteran NBC 5 …
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TV News Check at Thursday, May 21, 2026 8:04:43 PM
Local TV Earnings Calls Reveal An Industry At A Strategic Crossroads
For years, the industrys public posture has largely revolved around reassurance: retransmission consent remained durable, political advertising continued surging, local news still mattered and broadcasters retained enviable free cash flow despite cord-cutting. Much of that remains true. Yet beneath these latest earnings calls was a subtle but unmistakable acknowledgment that the old equilibrium is no longer holding together quite as cleanly as it once did.
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TV News Check at Thursday, May 21, 2026 8:04:40 PM
The hantavirus cruise ship outbreak spawned a familiar conspiracy theory: crisis actors
Social media users are casting doubt and causing confusion about the hantavirus outbreak aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship, saying that one of the passengers is a “crisis actor.” Their […]
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Poynter Institute at Thursday, May 21, 2026 5:33:09 AM
Penske Media In Talks To Acquire Unsold Vox Media Brands
The deal would transfer the remaining portfolio as a single package, with president Ryan Pauley moving to PMC.
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TV News Check at Thursday, May 21, 2026 8:04:37 PM
A video of a Florida governor candidate was AI slop. People spread it anyway.
Politicians and other X users shared a manipulated clip appearing to show U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds, the leading Republican candidate in the Florida gubernatorial race, supporting insider trading as a […]
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Poynter Institute at Wednesday, May 20, 2026 5:33:21 AM
Globecast Overhauls Singapore Hub For Cloud, IP Workflows
Globecast has completed a major renovation of its Singapore facility, transforming it into a cloud-centric, IP-enabled hub serving customers across the Asia-Pacific region. The project follows the recent opening of …
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TV News Check at Thursday, May 21, 2026 8:04:50 PM
How Indy newsrooms are using AI
This column is part of the Indianapolis Public Editor project, a pilot program designed to test whether the presence of a public editor who analyzes local coverage can elevate audience […]
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Poynter Institute at Wednesday, May 20, 2026 4:05:09 AM
'Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!' announcer Bill Kurtis talks about his journalism career
The announcer of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! --- the revered journalist Bill Kurtis -- has retired. His final show airs this weekend. NPR's A Martínez speaks with Kurtis about his career.
NPR News at Wednesday, May 20, 2026 4:01:14 AM
NBC News Goes Vertical To Create Direct Connection With Viewers, Fuel Subscription Offering
The networks newsrooms and reporting teams around the globe are currently producing around 500 vertical videos per month for NBCNews.com and its apps, with a similar count on TikTok.
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TV News Check at Thursday, May 21, 2026 8:05:01 PM
Dow Jumps 645, Nasdaq Gains 400, S&P 500 Adds 79
U.S. stocks rallied Wednesday after pressure eased from the bond market and oil prices fell.
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TV News Check at Thursday, May 21, 2026 8:05:02 PM
Netflix Going Big In Japan With Deal For 20 NHK Dramas & Variety Show
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TV News Check at Thursday, May 21, 2026 8:04:55 PM
Agentic Workflows Hold Big Promise For News Production
Local TV AI pioneers from Fox Television Stations, Graham Media Group and Morgan Murphy Media revealed theyre looking to expand and embed AI use into everyday workflows in a TVNewsCheck webinar last week.
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TV News Check at Thursday, May 21, 2026 8:05:00 PM
How weather became one of the most important parts of local news
This article is part of The Poynter 50, a series reflecting on 50 moments and people that shaped journalism over the past half-century — and continue to influence its future. When […]
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Fox Sports Confirms World Cup Anchors & Analysts
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TV News Check at Thursday, May 21, 2026 8:05:06 PM
Paramount pushes back on reports about Bari Weiss role at CBS News
This is The Poynter Report, your daily guide to the news about news. Subscribe to get it in your inbox every weekday. Whats going on over at CBS News? This […]
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Stephen Colberts Long Goodbye Is Coming To An End, Leaving A Void
The on-air feud between The Late Show host and Donald Trump seemingly ends Thursday as Colbert's top-rated latenight TV program goes off the air for the final time, effectively silencing a high-profile White House critic.
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TV News Check at Thursday, May 21, 2026 8:05:11 PM
Apple TV To Capture MLS Game Entirely On iPhone 17 Pro
Apple TV will be breaking new ground this Saturday, May 23, by streaming a special live Major League Soccer match captured exclusively on iPhone 17 Pro.
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TV News Check at Thursday, May 21, 2026 8:04:42 PM
Planetcast Powers APAC Broadcasters With Regions Largest Commercial Teleport To Scale Hybrid Distri
Planetcast is expanding its media delivery and distribution footprint ahead of BroadcastAsia 2026, highlighting what it says is the regions largest commercial teleport and a hybrid ecosystem spanning broadcast, IP, …
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TV News Check at Thursday, May 21, 2026 8:04:49 PM
Nexstar Says Federal Judges Freezing Of Tegna Merger Degrades The Very Assets It Purports To Prote
Nexstar has fired back at a lawsuit filed by DirecTV and attorneys general of several states aiming to derail the local TV giants $6.2 billion merger with rival Tegna.
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TV News Check at Thursday, May 21, 2026 8:04:59 PM
CNN Hires Ex-Peacock Exec Anna Frost As Head Of Worldwide Marketing
Frost will oversee CNNs consolidated brand marketing and growth marketing groups. She will oversee creative, brand strategy and growth and performance marketing under a new structure at the news organization, spanning all of CNNs global platforms and subscription services.
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TV News Check at Thursday, May 21, 2026 8:05:07 PM
Calrec Console Switch Helps Ross Production Services Flex Its Infrastructure
Ross Production Services has increased flexibility in remote production by replacing one of its 60-fader Calrec Argo S consoles with a 36-fader Argo M that now anchors Hypermax-1, a new …
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TV News Check at Thursday, May 21, 2026 8:04:47 PM
Hollywood Reporter Launches Australian Edition In Partnership With Raine Media
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TV News Check at Thursday, May 21, 2026 8:04:55 PM
FCC Proposes More Specific Rules To Stop Robocalls
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TV News Check at Thursday, May 21, 2026 8:04:57 PM
Why The New York Times is suing the Pentagon — again
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Poynter Institute at Tuesday, May 19, 2026 7:04:49 AM
Netflix Pushes Further Into Live Programming With The Breakfast Club
Charlamagne tha Gods morning radio show has been a standout success among the streamers video podcast efforts.
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TV News Check at Thursday, May 21, 2026 8:04:53 PM
Jackass TV Show Returns To Paramount+ With Restored Original Episodes
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TV News Check at Thursday, May 21, 2026 8:04:40 PM
The next Murdoch media empire may look very different from the last one
This is The Poynter Report, your daily guide to the news about news. Subscribe to get it in your inbox every weekday. We all knew this was coming, but Wednesdays […]
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Democrats Move To Restore Military Papers Independence
Democrats are trying a new strategy to push back against new restrictions the Pentagon has placed on its longstanding in-house media outlet Stars and Stripes.
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TV News Check at Thursday, May 21, 2026 8:04:54 PM
After COVID, audiences demand less panic, more practical information from Ebola coverage
After working on the front lines of public health for 20-plus years, through several waves of Ebola crises and COVID-19, Alfayo Wamburi knows a thing or two about how people […]
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Poynter Institute at Thursday, May 21, 2026 7:05:04 AM
Data centers are reshaping communities. Local journalists should take notice.
This is Local Edition, Poynters newsletter for people who care about local news. Subscribe to get it in your inbox every Wednesday. The 1967 film “The Graduate” gave us this […]
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Poynter Institute at Wednesday, May 20, 2026 12:05:05 PM
Meteo Consult & La Chaîne Météo Select Actus Digital For Broadcast Compliance & Archiving Workflows
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TV News Check at Thursday, May 21, 2026 8:04:55 PM
Paramounts Junk-Status Credit Rating To Be Downgraded Further Following Warner Bros. Merger
S&P Global Ratings already has placed Paramount Skydances credit rating in junk-status territory, but if and when Paramount completes its megadeal for Warner Bros. Discovery, the credit-rating firm will take it down another notch.
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TV News Check at Thursday, May 21, 2026 8:05:08 PM
Trump Postpones AI Executive Order
The abrupt delay came after leading AI executives had been briefed on the policy and invited to a Thursday signing in the White House.
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TV News Check at Thursday, May 21, 2026 8:04:39 PM
Dow Climbs 276, Nasdaq Gains 23, S&P 500 Adds 13
U.S. stocks edged higher Thursday following the latest U-turn for oil prices.
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TV News Check at Thursday, May 21, 2026 8:04:38 PM
Reddit Expands First-Party Measurement
Looking to give advertisers another way to look at app ad-measurement data, Reddit on Wednesday released “Dual Attribution” into beta. The move is Reddits foray into its own first-party data-measurement tool that places reporting alongside third-party mobile-measurement partners in Reddit Ads Manager, as well as Apples SKAdNetwork.
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TV News Check at Thursday, May 21, 2026 8:04:55 PM