The E. W. Scripps Company’s national news channel Scripps News has unveiled its new weekday schedule that will take effect next week.
The schedule is part of a relaunch of Scripps News, which will revert to a streaming-only channel after it shuts down its broadcast television signal on Friday.
Starting Monday, Scripps News will air live programming during the weekday, with replays, live-to-tape news, documentaries and special programming filling out the rest of the schedule.
The new schedule follows below:
Weekdays
- 7 AM ET: “Morning Rush”
- 12 PM ET: “Scripps News On the Scene”
- 5 PM ET: “Happening Now in America”
- 6 PM ET: “Today As it Happened”
- 7 PM ET: “It Takes a Killer” (marathon)
- 10 PM ET: “Today As it Happened” / “The National Report” (encores) [except Fridays]
Saturdays
- 5 AM ET: “Good to Know”
- 7 AM ET: “Scripps News Weekend”
- 8 AM ET: “Good to Know” (encore)
- 9 AM ET: “Scripps News Weekend” (encore)
- 12 PM ET: “Good to Know”
- 2 PM ET: “The Week As it Happened”
- 7 PM ET: Varied programming
Sundays
- 5 AM ET: “Good to Know” (encore)
- 7 AM ET: E/I Programming
- 10 AM ET: “Photowalks on Scripps News”
- 11 AM ET: “Hindsight”
- 12 PM ET: “Scripps News Reports”
- 1 PM ET: “Good to Know” (encore)
- 2 PM ET: “In Real Life”
- 3 PM ET: Various programming
Scripps News will also air special programming during evenings, including a new show called “In the Shadows with Jason Bellini,” the first installment of which will air Thursday, November 21 at 7 p.m. ET. The show will feature investigative and enterprise reporting from Scripps News journalists and local Scripps-owned television stations across the country.
The reversion of Scripps News into a streaming-only station is part of a broader shift in strategy at Scripps to recapitalize on its broadcast and streaming channels and assets.
In September, Scripps announced it was laying off around 250 journalists as part of a reorganization of Scripps News, with Scripps CEO Adam Symson saying advertisers were hesitant to run spots against news content because of the country’s political temperature.
Scripps News will continue to air a limited amount of live programming throughout the week, which will allow it to continue delivering facts-first, enterprise-level reporting and reach a national audience on free streaming platforms.
“We recognize that streaming is the future of our business, and we’re well positioned to reach even more viewers there, since we have grown our streaming viewership more than 44 percent year over year,” Matt Simon, the Vice President of Scripps News, said in a statement. “We’ll continue to deliver quality journalism with an even-greater emphasis on integrating with our local stations, and our focus will be on innovative showcasing of our original reporting across the enterprise.”
Scripps News will stream for free through the Scripps News app and website, along with free, ad-supported streaming TV platforms like Samsung TV Plus, LG Channels, The Roku Channel, Xumo Play, Google TV, Plex, Pluto TV, Sling Freestream and Tubi. The channel will also continue to be available on some pay TV platforms like Fubo, YouTube TV, DirecTV Stream and Optimum.
