Comet, CHARGE! and TBD Acquire Key Series For 2023-24 Primetime Lineups
May 09 2023 - 9:38AM
Business Wire
Networks Secure Law & Order Criminal
Intent, Grimm, and The Laugh List
Sinclair Broadcast Group’s free over-the-air multicast
television networks Comet, CHARGE!, and TBD today announced new
series acquisitions for their 2023-24 broadcast season primetime
lineups that include popular major TV franchises and original
series.
“These networks are on a roll as viewers continue to leave cable
TV networks in search of new entertainment options such as free
over-the-air multicast networks and streaming. For the first four
months of 2023 Comet, CHARGE! and TBD ratings are up a collective
21% among P25-54 in primetime with each network registering double
digit increases*,” said Adam Ware, SVP, Growth Networks Group.
“These key series acquisitions combined with continued ratings and
distribution growth perfectly position Comet, CHARGE! and TBD (The
Stack) to offer advertisers meaningful options to reach network TV
audiences in the upcoming 2023/24 broadcast season. Stay tuned as
we continue to invest in the future of free over the air
television.”
Coming off of ratings growth for the first four months of 2023,
the networks strengthen their primetime line-ups, adding the
following high-profile series:
- Comet, for fans of sci-fi and fantasy entertainment
programming, adds the long-running NBC hit-series Grimm.
Inspired by Grimms’ fairy tales, the series follows a homicide
detective fighting supernatural forces. The hit series carries an
89% Rotten Tomatoes score and was the highest rated Friday night
program on NBC during its run. Grimm premieres on Comet this
summer, leading the network’s enhanced primetime block alongside
Buffy the Vampire Slayer and The X-Files.
- CHARGE!, home to the biggest police franchises in TV
history, adds the iconic Dick Wolf series, Law &
Order: Criminal Intent to anchor its primetime lineup. The
long-running primetime hit, starring Vincent D’Onofrio and Kathryn
Erbe, joins CSI: Miami and CSI: NY creating the
definitive line-up of police procedurals on CHARGE! this
fall.
- TBD, one of the youngest skewing free TV networks
available, will launch The Laugh List, an exclusive,
original primetime series, featuring funny viral videos from the
producers of America’s Funniest Home Videos, Vin Di Bona
Productions. Premiering this Fall, The Laugh List
will join TBD’s successful young adult primetime block of
off-network series including Wipeout, Fear Factor and
World’s Dumbest.
*Source: Nielsen L+SD Nielsen P25-54 Imp, Jan-Apr 2023 vs
Jan-Apr 2022 Prime (M-Su/8pm-1am)
About Sinclair:
Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBGI) is a diversified
media company and a leading provider of local news and sports. The
Company owns, operates and/or provides services to 185 television
stations in 86 markets affiliated with all the major broadcast
networks; owns Tennis Channel and multicast networks Comet, CHARGE!
and TBD; and owns and provides services to 21 regional sports
network brands. Sinclair’s content is delivered via multiple
platforms, including over-the-air, multi-channel video program
distributors, and the nation’s largest streaming aggregator of
local news content, NewsON. The Company regularly uses its website
as a key source of Company information which can be accessed at
www.sbgi.net.
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