Leaders from NBCUniversal Local, Tegna and Cox Media Group will unpack how they’re working toward creative, efficient programming solutions in a panel at TVNewsCheck’s Local TV Strategies conference on Oct.

More than a few viewers and observers, even some who work in the television business, were surprised that local station owners Nexstar and Sinclair made the first move in the Jimmy Kimmel saga by pulling his show off their air.

The company said its stations "will focus on continuing to produce local news and other programming relevant to their respective markets"

The company, which owns more than 40 ABC stations, earlier said it would replace “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” with the special following Kimmel’s suspension.

WEEK-TV will soon launch a new channel for viewers in Central Illinois. On Monday, September 29, WEEK-TV will debut a new free, over-the-air channel called MyTeam (MyNetwork). The new station will reside on sister station WHOI-TV channel 19.1.

YouTube TV subscribers could lose Fox News, FS1, local Fox TV stations and more if the Google-owned video service can't reach a deal with Fox Corp.