NBC News is ending “Stay Tuned,” its one-hour prime-time program on the NBC News Now streaming service, as part of a review of its resources, a person familiar with the matter said.
The program, anchored by NBC News correspondent Gadi Schwartz, streamed from the West Coast at 8 p.m. Eastern. Schwartz will remain with the news division, the person said.
Producers on the show may apply for nearly 50 open jobs at NBC News, many of them in the “Dateline” or news specials departments. The person said the company hopes some affected employees will take those positions.
NBC News confirmed Wednesday’s stream was the show’s last. The company declined to make executives available for comment.
NBC News Now is expected to fill the prime-time hour with reruns of earlier streaming programs. The service already airs repeats of Tom Llamas’ “Top Story” in the evening.
Other television news divisions are also reviewing staffing as media companies face financial pressure. Skydance, which owns CNN and CBS News, has offered buyouts to employees across the company as it seeks $6 billion in cost cuts following its debt-heavy combination of Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount. CBS News and CNN have also had layoffs in recent months.