New England One reports WCVB is launching an hourlong newscast at 10 p.m. on its MeTV subchannel, anchored by Maria Stephanos, who used to do the 10 o'clock news at Channel 25, and Ed Harding, who apparently just lives at the Channel 5 studios.
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We see that the deterioration of basic cable programming
By roadman
Mon, 02/22/2016 - 7:01pm
continues unabated.
MeTV is a popular retro TV channel that shows older programs. Who in their right mind would even think that adding a contemporary newscast to the lineup would be a good idea?
As the saying goes "penny wise and pound foolish."
This is not a cable channel
By Ron Newman
Mon, 02/22/2016 - 8:18pm
It is a broadcast (sub)channel.
It's both - and a dessert topping
By adamg
Mon, 02/22/2016 - 8:19pm
Yes, it's available over the air, bit it's also carried as a separate cable channel.
Well.....
By A. Nony. Fox
Mon, 02/22/2016 - 8:27pm
All the other Boston commercial channels have a news broadcast at 10 PM, somewhere on cable or over-the-air, or both.
Sure, if I want to watch
By roadman
Thu, 02/25/2016 - 11:11am
a newscast, my first thought is "I'll tune into the station that shows old TV series."
Unlike METV, the othet Boston TV stations currently showing ten pm newscasts also offer a variety of contemporary programming and don't bill themselves as promoting a specifc format.
If I want to watch a newscast, I'll find a station that has a newscast. But don't force a newscast on an audience that tunes to a "retro, nostalgia, or whatever you want to call it" station - they AREN'T interested in it.
This is a hugely bad decision on the part of WCVB.
Can't stand that
By bulgingbuick
Mon, 02/22/2016 - 7:23pm
Hobbit.
I mean, I guess
By MattyC
Mon, 02/22/2016 - 9:09pm
Just as long as he doesn't subject us to those tacky tattoo t-shirts.
I know I have said this in past...
By Sources Say
Mon, 02/22/2016 - 9:58pm
But I feel it needs to be said again. Ed Harding is THE WORST!
Hogaaaaan!
By oddjob60
Tue, 02/23/2016 - 8:15am
Where am I going to get my nightly fix of Nazi WWII humor now??
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