No, the channel isn’t going away, but this week’s cuts will be felt by viewers.
percent of U.S. homes will still pay for a traditional TV bundle in three years, there is no doubt cable as we’ve known it well on its way to collapsing. This is why FX now premieres most of its new content on Hulu and not the FX cable channel , and it’s also the reason Zaslav’s predecessors at WarnerMedia basically took TBS and TNT out of the scripted TV business a few years ago. The fact that Showtime will soon become a tier on Paramount+ is also the result of similar business realities.
What’s also sad is that TCM’s now-canned leadership team has spent years working to pivot beyond the cable bundle. Events such as the TCM Film Festival and TCM-themed cruises were, at least in part, designed to serve as a buffer against declining cable subscriber numbers. TCM hasn’t said it plans to end those brand extensions, but since it just got rid of the exec who oversees them, it’s hard not to wonder how much time these events have left.
In researching this story, I came across one more example of how WBD seems to be moving on from TCM, its words aside. Buffering has learned that there have been serious conversations at TCM in recent weeks about ending the practice of producingfor its feature presentations as soon as next month. Introductions to movies wouldn’t be impacted, but the network would no longer regularly tape new segments to air following the conclusion of a film, according to three people familiar with the talks.
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