Warner Bros. Discovery To Split CNN, TNT
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TNT hit it out of the park in its inaugural year covering the French Open. Buoyed by spectacular victories this past weekend by Coco Gauff and Carlos Alcaraz, TNT Sports announced record-breaking audience and engagement numbers across TNT,
Coco Gauff's French Open victory over Aryna Sabalenka was the most-watched women's final at Roland Garros since 2016. Overall, ratings for the full tournament were up 25 percent in its first year on TNT and TruTV over the 2024 marks on NBC and Tennis Channel.
The popular basketball show ended its run on TNT after the Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals between the Knicks and Pacers on Saturday. The show, which has aired on TNT since 1989, will be shown on ESPN next season, as Warner Bros. Discovery lost the rights to broadcast NBA games.
Much has been made recently about the lack of state taxes in certain NHL cities and whether that gives those teams an advantage in attracting players.
TNT Sports is expected to expand its College Football Playoff rights by airing one semifinal game annually from 2026 to 2028 in a deal with ESPN, people briefed on the decision told The Athletic. While ESPN owns the broadcast rights to the CFP through the 2031 season,
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The run of “Inside the NBA” on TNT came to an end on Saturday night after nearly four decades as a fixture of the league. The show will move to ESPN and ABC next season — and keep Johnson, Shaquille O’Neal, Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley together, still doing most shows from Atlanta — but the final TNT sign-off was an emotional one.
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After Indiana’s win on Saturday, Kevin Harlan did a half-narration, half-monologue tribute to TNT’s NBA coverage over the years with a look back at a lot of the people who called games.
With TNT no longer carrying NBA games next season, Ernie Johnson, Charles Barkley, Shaquille O’Neal and Kenny Smith are taking “Inside the NBA” to ESPN.
Warner Bros. Discovery doesn’t have a name for its planned stand-alone TV-centric biz, but it does have a proposed CEO: Gunnar Wiedenfels, WBD’s iron-fisted money manager. As CFO at Warner Bros. Discovery,