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Cheddar to launch evening shows next month

The streaming business news network Cheddar is launching an evening block of entertainment-focused programming Feb. 4, featuring a slate of acquired shows, writes Alex Weprin of Digital News Daily.

Weprin writes, “The company will launch the block with three shows, and Cheddar founder-CEO Jon Steinberg says the company is actively looking for more to bring to the programming block. Steinberg adds he hopes to create an original Cheddar game show to launch in the next year.

“‘Cheddar Nights,’ as the programming block is called, will be anchored by episodes of ‘Nathan For You,’ the business-comedy show that ran for four seasons on Comedy Central. Cheddar has acquired the off-network rights from all four seasons.

“Cheddar will also air the mobile game show Out of Tune, live as it airs. Out of Tune is similar to HQ Trivia, a mobile app on smartphones that lets viewers play along to win cash and prizes. DJs play songs out of tune, and players try to guess what song is being played. Because it is live, players will be able to play along on their phones as they watch on TV.”

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Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.