TV Land Hit By Layoffs As Viacom Consolidates And Looks To Cut Costs

[HauntedThunderman94]

Not a happy day at TV Land: It was just hit by an undisclosed number of layoffs largely in PR and marketing as part of parent Viacom’s broad effort to cut costs.

The entertainment giant “is making changes in three of our domestic network groups, creating two new organizations,” it said today in confirming the TV Land cuts. “Today’s changes are part of the process of realigning our resources to meet the new needs of these organizations.”

Viacom has consolidated its channels into two groups: Doug Herzog oversees the Viacom Music and Entertainment Group while Nickelodeon’s Cyma Zarghami is in charge of the Viacom Kids and Family Group — which includes TV Land. Last month the channel’s president, 27-year vet Larry Jones, left.

CEO Philippe Dauman told analysts in January to expect “substantial net cost savings throughout our organization” which has about 10,000 employees, adding that he would “pull all the levers.” The company’s stock price is down 19.8% over the last 12 months as it grappled with falling ratings. TV Land has been especially hard hit, with ratings off about 26% so far this season.

Some analysts wonder whether a major pay TV distributor might drop its channels including MTV, Nickelodeon, BET, and Comedy Central, although Dauman has assured the Street that Viacom has more growth opportunities than risks.

Still, it’s a volatile time for the company. Last week Paramount Film Group President Adam Goodman left. Also last month Van Toffler, President of MTV Networks Music & Logo Group at Viacom, departed after 28 years with the company.

http://deadline.com/2015/03/tv-land-...ts-1201387066/

[TVFactFan]

This piece of sh*T channel deserves to fail for all the dumb sh*t they air and been airing since 2005. Since the emergence of Digital TV and netflix, no one needs to watch TV land anymore

lol

[loaferman]

It is sad what happened to TVLand. They are known mostly now for excessive commercials and chopped up episodes that you forget you are watching after 10 minutes of advertising. Once they went off the clock to add more commercials it was done.

Last time I watched they showed 3 episodes of a sitcom in a 2 hour slot and there were still cuts in the episodes on top of the extra 30 minutes.

They deserve to be closed down due to awful management and disregard for the viewers.

[BigManMike]

I would be glad to see it go out of business. It is a horrible channel.

[mets82]

I feel bad about the layoffs and people losing there jobs but TV Land screwed themselves. The channel is a shell of what it once was.

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by loaferman

It is sad what happened to TVLand. They are known mostly now for excessive commercials and chopped up episodes that you forget you are watching after 10 minutes of advertising. Once they went off the clock to add more commercials it was done.

Last time I watched they showed 3 episodes of a sitcom in a 2 hour slot and there were still cuts in the episodes on top of the extra 30 minutes.

They deserve to be closed down due to awful management and disregard for the viewers.

Yup that's why I hope the channel will be gone for good in 2 years

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by mets82

I feel bad about the layoffs and people losing there jobs but TV Land screwed themselves. The channel is a shell of what it once was.

I will say it fell off around 2007/08

[tenter]

I wonder if Nick at Nite is also suffering the same thing as TVLand does.

[dakert]

Nothing against Farrah (Chasing Farrah) but TVLand sucked since 2004/5. I hope everyone gets laid off, really how many people do they need to keep showing the same junk over and over again??????

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by tenter

I wonder if Nick at Nite is also suffering the same thing as TVLand does.

It shouldn't because they have better shows

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by dakert

Nothing against Farrah (Chasing Farrah) but TVLand sucked since 2004/5. I hope everyone gets laid off, really how many people do they need to keep showing the same junk over and over again??????

TV land is OVER, Netflix and Digital TV are only getting better so there is no coming back LOL

[Kasey]

I agree with everyone's sentiments. They really shot themselves in the foot by jumping on the Reality TV bandwagon and excessively editing their Classic shows. Started off great in the mid-90s then became a cesspool all in the name of corporate greed. Good riddance!

[MrCleveland]

I hope Viacom fails...they got greedy by NOT showing their shows on YouTube.

It looks like just keep new **** doesn't work as much as having it all be old shows...we need the balance!

[Tubehead]

I quite watching TV land when they aired friends and every one loves Raymond on TV land and I really stopped watching it after they got ride of I love Lucy Sanford and son and home improvement they show sitcoms but I don't like them then the shows come on at odd times like 2:20 to 3:45 so I just quit watching them, I really acutely stopped watching them after they started making their own sitcoms I quite watching nick at nite after they aired friends and how I met your mother . now if I watch classic show I usla watch me TV or Antenna TV SOME TIME I some times WATCH inspiration net work and hall mark channel and hall mark movie channel shows classic shows thru the night.

[UMFaninMD]

Originally Posted by MrCleveland

I hope Viacom fails...they got greedy by NOT showing their shows on YouTube.

That's when it started going downhill. Copyright arguing aside, I think it benefits a media group when their shows are aired online. It can lead to more sales if people watching decide to buy DVDs, if they're available. These days, companies need to explore all their options and embrace the digital age.