Extra TV show renewed for 30th Season!

The syndicated daytime series Extra will break the 9,000 episode mark with the renewal, which sees it cleared in over 75% of the U.S. Extra has been renewed by Fox Television Stations, which took over from the NBC stations in 2019, Nexstar Media Group, Sinclair Broadcast Group, TEGNA, Hearst, CBS, Scripps Broadcasting, Weigel Broadcasting, Sunbeam Television, Draper Media, Entravision, Circle City Broadcasting, McKinnon Broadcasting, News-Press & Gazette Company, Waterman Broadcasting and Marks Radio Group.

Dallas TV gets Dylan Federico from Ft Myers Television

Dylan Federico has joined the FOX 4 KDFW Dallas – Fort Worth weather team from WINK News Fort Myers, Florida.  The new North Texas meteorologist will work day side and occasionally fill-in on morning newscast “Good Day!”  Federico made headlines while working through 2022’s Hurricane Ian at WINK in Fort Myers and filming a cat outside of the building while the building’s doors were locked instead of attempting to rescue it. The storm surge flooded the first floor of the WINK studios.  He was previously the weekend meteorologist for WTVM News Leader 9 Columbus, Georgia.  The Mississippi State University grad interned with FOX 8 WVUE New Orleans.

Bill Barajas to Anchor Weekend Evenings at KPRC in Houston

KPRC Houston TV reporter Bill Barajas has been promoted to weekend evening anchor.  He replaces Jonathan Martinez who left to work at WOAI in San Antonio in 2021.  His father Mike retired from KRIV in Houston ABC 13 in 2011 after 24 years there, his brother John Paul Barajas is a reporter at KSAT in San Antonio, and his cousin Erik Barajas is an evening anchor on KTRK in Houston. Both of the Barajas brothers have also worked for KRGV in the Rio Grande Valley.

Telemundo’s Hoy Día adds fourth hour

Noticias Telemundo announced today the addition of a fourth hour of programming for its morning show, Hoy Día.  The new fourth hour will cover the latest entertainment news, offer cooking segments to enjoy the diversity of Latin cuisine and much more. The show will also expand its Sin Censura segment with more in-depth coverage of the latest happenings on the hit reality show, La Casa de los Famosos. It appears this hour will closely resemble Today with Hoda and Jenna, which is the fourth hour of NBC News’ Today franchise.

Washington DC TV Reporter April Ryan joins MSNBC

The Grio Washington Bureau Chief and White House Correspondent April Ryan has joined MSNBC as a contributor, the network announced Tuesday morning. Ryan will make appearances across MSNBC programming sharing her latest reporting and analysis from Washington, D.C.