E! Information, the half-hour superstar information sequence, has been axed.
Right this moment, ADWEEK discovered that E! community has knowledgeable staff that the nightly E! Information linear broadcast present, which first premiered in 1991, is being canceled.
The information comes following NBCUniversal’s resolution to spin off the vast majority of its cable networks, together with CNBC, MSNBC, Syfy, and E!, underneath the Versant model.
Workers had been knowledgeable in regards to the resolution this morning, in line with a supply aware of the matter. Whereas alternatives are nonetheless being decided for workers on the present, some correspondents can be supplied new positions inside Versant, per the supply.
New episodes of the nightly present, hosted by Keltie Knight and Justin Sylvester, will proceed to air till September 25. The present was beforehand canceled in 2020, however got here again after two years.
In accordance with the supply, the information displays E!’s resolution to concentrate on social platforms, citing that the 11 p.m. time slot of E!’s linear programming “now not serves popular culture followers that desire real-time protection all through the day.”
Concerning the model’s social presence, E! presently has 87 million followers throughout its platforms, with social and digital accounts producing 11 billion views in 2024 throughout all content material.
The digital model’s content material consists of E! Information’ The Rundown on Snapchat, Sizzling Goss on Instagram, and RE!CAP on YouTube.
E!, the linear community, will proceed to air unique programming like Botched Presents: Plastic Surgical procedure Rewind, Truthfully Cavallari: The Headline Tour, and different acquired content material. The community may also host its pink carpet protection, together with airing the thirty first annual Critics’ Alternative Awards on Jan. 4.
In the meantime, Entry Hollywood and Entry Each day will proceed to provide and function regular broadcasts out of Terrace Studios.
Regardless of NBCU’s evolving relationship with its former cable channels, Mark Marshall, NBCU’s world promoting and partnerships chairman, beforehand advised ADWEEK that gross sales can be enterprise as ordinary, along with his workforce managing gross sales throughout the properties.
“Our entrepreneurs will really feel no distinction, and inside our partitions, it’ll function because it does right now,” Marshall mentioned.
