When Hurricane Florence made landfall in North Carolina, Weather Channel reporter Mike Seidel was out in the storm reporting live. As he struggled to maintain his balance against the high winds and rain, Seidel says, “This is about as nasty as it's been.” Meanwhile, two men can be seen in the background strolling…
Stephen Colbert made a big announcement on Late Show: The Weather Channel will name the third winter storm of 2017-18 Winter Storm Colbert.
This week, Colbert had mocked Weather Channel for naming this most recent storm Winter Storm Stella, because, he noted, they are not a government organization and do not have…
Weather Channel this afternoon joined the pantheon of TV networks unveiling programming plans for Election Day.
Weather Channel’s plans: No election coverage. Also, no bad weather.
Instead, the network announced a “chill marathon” of clouds, rainbows, something called “autumn splendor,” and
smooth jazz – a sort of…
Weather Channel told staffers this morning it’s moving away from “non-weather” original programming, re-focusing mornings on weather which, yes means the end of Sam Champion’s morning show as he turns his focus to primetime. Al Roker’s Wake Up With Al is gone with the wind as the company moves weekday daytime…
UPDATED: 4:30 PM: The Weather Channel declined comment when contacted by Deadline, but Comcast has issued a response to WeatherNation’s petition to the FCC opposing the cable giant’s planned merger with Time Warner Cable: "Comcast carries over 160 independent programmers and has continued to increase our carriage of…
“On Friday, May 2nd, former Good Morning America colleagues Josh Elliott and Sam Champion will reunite for the first time live on air from The Kentucky Derby,” The Weather Channel boasted cheekily today. Upping the cheek, the channel said Elliott will join Champion at 9 AM ET from Churchill Downs live during its…
ABC's ratings leaderGood Morning America muddled through its first morning after news broke of the first successful raid on its popular on-air team. Weatherman Sam Champion is leaving tomorrow, to become managing editor, a producer, and anchor of a new flagship morning show at The Weather Channel. Not coincidentally…
Kevin Bennett has been named SVP Programming and Research, ID, Military Channel and Planet Green. It marks Bennett’s return to ID, aka Investigation Discovery, which he helped launch four years ago. His hire is part of a new management structure in which Bennett will lead a newly centralized programming, scheduling…
Alaska continues to be a popular setting for cable reality series. Following TLC’s Sarah Palin’s Alaska and History’s taxidermy-themed Mounted In Alaska comes Coast Guard Alaska, a new Weather Channel reality series produced by Al Roker. It is exactly what the title suggests.
TLC has renewed Say Yes To The Dress: Bride…
