NBC Considers Abandoning 10 P.M. Primetime Hour for Local Programming

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Narco-Saints.According to Reuters, a statement from the Suriname government announced plans to explore legal action against the producers of Narco-Saints (titled Suriname in its Korean promotional material), saying it negatively portrays the South American country as a “narco state”.The statement reportedly that the series’ depiction was based on past “crime and cross-border activities”, which the government says it has endeavoured for decades to eradicate. Notably, the story depicted in Narco-Saints was based on real-life events that occurred roughly two decades ago.Created by The Spy Gone North filmmaker Yoon Jong-bin, Narco-Saints stars Ha Jung-woo (Ashfall, Entourage) as Kang In-gu, an entrepreneur who lands in Suriname for business and ends up getting framed by a Korean drug lord operating in the country and sent to prison.As he’s beginning to serve his sentence, In-gu is roped into a secret mission by Choi Chang-ho (Squid Game’s Park Hae-soo), an agent of the Korean National Intelligence Service.

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Bring back the old timecode. Or better yet, give the slot to Jay Leno.

NBC is considering giving back the 10 p.m. hour of prime time to local affiliates, a potentially significant tipping point for the legacy broadcast TV model.

Wall Street Journal, hasn’t officially been brought up with the company’s affiliate board, it would affect scripted programming airing during the slot, meaning that NBC would have to decide which shows to cut. The plan would relinquish the hour back to local TV stations.“We are always looking at strategies to ensure that our broadcast business remains as strong as possible,” an NBC spokesperson said.

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