TBD Secures Hit Comedy Franchises for New Fall Schedule
July 11 2023 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Key & Peele, Punk’d and Whose Line Is It
Anyway? to Premiere in Primetime and Late-Night This Fall
Network sees Across the Board Audience
Growth in 2023
TBD, Sinclair’s free over-the-air multicast television network
today announced their 2023-24 broadcast season lineup will be
anchored by three groundbreaking, network comedy series. Beginning
this October, TBD will add Key & Peele, Punk’d and Whose Line
is it Anyway? to its primetime and late-night schedules.
One of the youngest skewing free TV networks available, TBD is
known for its eclectic mix of series including Wipeout, Fear Factor
and World’s Dumbest, that combine humor, competition, and
adrenaline-rushing reality. The network has experienced year over
year audience growth for the first six months of 2023 with an 11%
increase in prime time, 18% in prime access and 17% in
daytime.*
This fall, Key & Peele, starring Keegan-Michael Key and
Jordan Peele will join TBD’s lineup and air nightly from 10p-11p
ET. The breakout Emmy award-winning sketch series ran for five
seasons on Comedy Central and was the network’s 3rd highest rated
weekly program.
TBD will also add Punk'd to the lineup nightly from 11p-12m ET.
The hit series starring Ashton Kutcher and featuring Dax Shepard,
B.J. Novak and Whitney Cummings, ran for 9 seasons on MTV. Key
& Peele and Punk’d will continue to be available on Paramount
platforms.
Whose Line Is It Anyway? will also join TBD’s fall schedule,
airing nightly from 7p-10p ET. The hit CW series stars Aisha Tyler,
Wayne Brady, Colin Mochrie and Ryan Stiles, and has been one of the
network’s most popular shows, with original episodes averaging 1.5
million viewers.**
“These iconic network comedies have consistently captivated the
younger audience TBD attracts,” said Adam Ware, SVP Growth Networks
Group. “By continually investing in successful, proven programming,
TBD stands out as the clear contemporary alternative to other
multicast entertainment networks.”
The three new series additions, alongside the recently announced
Vin Di Bona Productions original series The Laugh List, will anchor
the network’s new fall schedule.
TBD’s Full Fall 2023 Early Fringe,
Primetime and Late-Night Schedule:
M-F
3p – 5p
Fear Factor
M-F
5p – 7p
Wipeout
M-SU
7p – 10p
Whose Line is it Anyway?
M-SU
10p – 11p
Key & Peele
M-SU
11p – 12m
Punk’d
M-SU
12m – 3a
World’s Dumbest
SA & SU
4p – 7p
The Laugh List (original series)
All times Eastern
About Sinclair:
Sinclair, 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.
*Nielsen L+SD M-Su 8pm – 1am P25-54, M-F 4pm – 8pm and M-F 9am –
4pm P35-64, 1/1/23 – 6/30/23 vs the same time periods and dates
2022
**Nielsen L+7 P2+ data, 2012-15 Comedy Central original weekly
series and CW 7/16/13-6/9/23
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