Angelo's Media Shack

On this week's edition on "The Week That Was In Worldwide Media", we breakdown the return of Jimmy Kimmel Live, the shutdown of KION-TV's news department, and Bert Weiss' radio show coming to an end in October! Here's the breakdown of the top 3 stories of what happened this week in worldwide media: Story #1: Jimmy Kimmel Live returns to the airwaves On September 23rd, Jimmy Kimmel's late-night talk show returned to most ABC affiliates, except the stations owned and/or operated by Nexstar & Sinclair. The return episode was seen by 6.26 million viewers across the United States, but Nexstar and Sinclair stations were still not airing the show untill September 26th. The 17-minute monologue received 26 million views across various social media platforms (including YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok) by the afternoon of September 24. The return came a week following criticism from conservatives and public pressure from Trump administration officials over Jimmy K...

On this week's edition on "The Week That Was In Worldwide Media", we breakdown the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel's late-night talk show on ABC, major changes at CTV News last Monday, and the TV ratings for the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards! Here's the breakdown of the top 3 stories of what happened this week in worldwide media: Story #1: Jimmy Kimmel Live is pulled from ABC indefinitely On September 17th, ABC announced that Jimmy Kimmel's late night talk show has been suspended indefinitely after the two of its major affiliate groups, Nexstar and Sinclair, announce they would preempt the late-night talk show over his comments about the assassination of Charlie Kirk during the September 15th episode. Afterwards, ABC aired a rerun of Celebrity Family Feud on the night of Kimmel's indefinite suspension, while Canadian simulcast partner Citytv aired a rerun of Hudson & Rex on the night of Kimmel's indefinite suspension, afterwards, it was reruns of Impractic...

On this week's edition on "The Week That Was In Worldwide Media", we recap the TV ratings for the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards, the debut of 2 new American game shows in syndication, and 2 radio stations in Brockville moving to a brand-new studio! Here's the breakdown of the top 3 stories of what happened this week in worldwide media: Story #1: MTV VMAs score the best TV viewership in 6 years The 2025 MTV Video Music Awards aired last Sunday (September 7th) on CBS, MTV, and streamed on Paramount+ with the premium plan, and the cermony scored 5.5 million viewers across multiple platforms, up from 42% in the previous edition, the highest VMA viewership since the 2019 ceremony that was hosted by Sebastian Maniscalco. Ariana Grande won Video of the Year for her song "Brighter Days Ahead", Rosé and Bruno Mars won Song of the Year for their collab "APT.", Lady Gaga won Artist of the Year for the 2nd time, and Alex Warren won the VMA for Best New Artist. S...

Welcome to my new weekly series called "The Week That Was In Worldwide Media", recapping the 3 biggest stories that happened in worldwide media in that particular week, and in this 1st edition, we recap the closures of 5 Corus pay-TV channels and 2 Elmnt FM radio stations, the debut of France's newest TV channel Novo19, and the retirement of another ESPN announcer, this time it's Cliff Drysdale! Here's the breakdown of the top 3 stories of what happened this week in worldwide media: Story #1: The closure of 5 Corus pay-TV channels and 2 Elmnt FM radio stations at the same time On September 1st. 2025 at 12am ET (this past Monday), Corus shut down pay-TV channels ABC Spark, Disney Jr., Disney XD, La Chaîne Disney, and Nickelodeon citing "financial pressure" within the company, as well as Elmnt FM radio stations in Toronto (CFPT-FM, 106.5) and Ottawa (CFPO-FM, 95.7), also due to financial losses. Both compaines have struggled financially over the years, and...