NBC News Ends "Stay Tuned" and Pulls Original Primetime Shows From Its Streaming Channel

NBC News has ended "Stay Tuned," the news show that streamed from the West Coast at 8 p.m., and will stop airing original programming on its streaming channel, NBC News Now, during primetime for the time being.

NBC News confirmed that Wednesday's stream was the show's last. A streaming channel is a channel that runs over the internet, so viewers watch on a phone, tablet, computer or connected TV rather than through a traditional cable or broadcast schedule. Variety reported the changes on Thursday, 12 November.

The primetime slots will not go dark. NBC News Now is expected to fill them with repeats of earlier streaming programmes. It already repeats Tom Llamas' show "Top Story" in the evening, so viewers who follow that programme will still find it on the channel.

The changes also come with job cuts. NBC News eliminated a handful of positions across the NBCUniversal news unit, which the company described as less than 1% of its overall staff. The number is small, but each cut is a person who now needs a new job.

Some of the people who made "Stay Tuned" have a route forward. Producers who worked on the show will be able to apply for nearly 50 open positions at NBC News. Many of those openings are on "Dateline," the long-running news magazine, or in the news specials department, which makes one-off documentaries and event coverage.

Gadi Schwartz anchored "Stay Tuned," and he will continue to work for NBC News.

The channel has grown a lot in recent years. Viewing of NBC News Now tripled between 2020 and 2025, according to the network's figures as reported by Variety. NBC News has not said how long the pause will last.

For viewers, the practical change is simple. The 8 p.m. slot that had been home to "Stay Tuned" will show repeats, and anyone who tuned in for new material will need to look elsewhere on the network for it.