Ashleigh Banfield is leaving Court TV and joining Wgn America as the host of her own news and talk show, “Banfield,” which will air at 10 p.m. Banfield says “Banfield” is a “reboot” of “Larry King Live.”
On Tuesday, Banfield told TheWrap she is “winding down production with Court TV,” where she has already stopped doing the live broadcast weeknights. Her magazine show, “Judgment with Ashleigh Banfield,” will finish out the current season of 48 episodes, she said.
There will not be a second season of “Judgment with Ashleigh Banfield” as Banfield’s Wgn America contract comes with an exclusivity clause.
The news comes about as Wgn America (Wgna) is “expanding its programming lineup in the coming weeks with additional news, talk and current events shows that complement ‘NewsNation,’ the country’s only live nightly primetime national newscast,” the cable channel said on Tuesday.
Owned by Nexstar Media Group, Wgna is currently available in 75 million homes.
On Tuesday, Banfield told TheWrap she is “winding down production with Court TV,” where she has already stopped doing the live broadcast weeknights. Her magazine show, “Judgment with Ashleigh Banfield,” will finish out the current season of 48 episodes, she said.
There will not be a second season of “Judgment with Ashleigh Banfield” as Banfield’s Wgn America contract comes with an exclusivity clause.
The news comes about as Wgn America (Wgna) is “expanding its programming lineup in the coming weeks with additional news, talk and current events shows that complement ‘NewsNation,’ the country’s only live nightly primetime national newscast,” the cable channel said on Tuesday.
Owned by Nexstar Media Group, Wgna is currently available in 75 million homes.
- 1/5/2021
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
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