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'''Channel 6 News''' is a [[W:news program|News Program]] that airs on [[Channel 6]] in the universe of [[The Simpsons]]. The show is hosted by [[Kent Brockman]], who frequently presents the news in an openly biased and politically incorrect manner.
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'''Channel 6 News''' is a {{W|news program|news program}} airing on [[Channel 6]], Springfield's most popular local TV channel.
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== Description ==
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The show is anchored by [[Kent Brockman]], who frequently presents the news in an openly biased and politically incorrect manner. [[Scott Christian]] is the weekend anchorman.<ref name="Beauty Queen"/>
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== Segments ==
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=== [[My Two Cents]] ===
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Kent Brockman tells the viewers his views on the topic in question.
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=== [[Arnie in the Sky]] ===
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Traffic news with [[Arnie Pye]] in his helicopter. The helicopter once crashed although Pye was alive still.
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=== [[Trappuccino]] ===
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A segment that appeared throughout the time the [[dome]] was on [[Springfield]].
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=== [[Kent's Korrections]] ===
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A segment that features corrections on news stories.
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=== [[That's Kentertainment]] ===
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A segment featuring latest stars and news in entertainment.
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== History ==
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After Kent Brockman was fired, Arnie Pye temporarily became the new anchorman, replacing Kent until Kent was brought back.<ref name="You Kent">"[[You Kent Always Say What You Want]]"</ref>
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There was a behind-the-scenes scandal when Kent Brockman started dating and then married [[Stephanie Brockman]].<ref>"[[Old Money]]"</ref>
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{{Ch|Rachel Maddow}} once worked for Channel 6 News before getting {{W|The Rachel Maddow Show|her own show on MSNBC}}.<ref>"[[Four Regrettings and a Funeral]]"</ref>
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== News stories ==
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{{Incomplete}}
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*[[Bigfoot]] no longer a myth.<ref>"[[The Call of the Simpsons]]"</ref>
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*[[Krusty]]'s, and later [[Sideshow Bob]]'s arrests.<ref>"[[Krusty Gets Busted]]"</ref>
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*Thanksgiving at the soup kitchen (Emmy Award winning) <ref>"[[Bart vs. Thanksgiving]]"</ref>
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*[[Lucille Botzcowski]]'s escape from jail.<ref>"[[Bart's Dog Gets an "F"]]"</ref>
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*Presidential primaries months away.<ref>"[[Treehouse of Horror II]]"</ref>
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*[[Meltdown Crisis]] (Springfield Action News Bulletin).<ref name="Defined"/>
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*[[Homer]] saving [[Springfield]] from nuclear disaster.<ref name="Defined">"[[Homer Defined]]"</ref>
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*{{Chs|Spinal Tap}} [[Spinal Tap World Tour|concert]] riots.<ref>"[[The Otto Show]]"</ref>
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*[[Timmy O'Toole]] stuck in a well.<ref name="Radio">"[[Radio Bart]]"</ref>
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*[[Lincoln squirrel]] has been assassinated.<ref name="Radio"/>
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*The production of "[[We're Sending Our Love Down the Well]]".<ref name="Radio"/>
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*Traffic on the [[Springfield Memorial Bridge]] in both directions caused by [[Marge]].<ref>"[[Homer Alone]]"</ref>
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*Kent Brockman wins lottery.<ref>"[[Dog of Death]]"</ref>
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*Crisis at {{ap|Kamp Krusty|location}}.<ref>"[[Kamp Krusty]]"</ref>
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*Fire at [[742 Evergreen Terrace]].<ref name="Heretic">"[[Homer the Heretic]]"</ref>
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*Which works better? Spring clothespins of the other kind?<ref name="Heretic"/>
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*[[Amber Dempsey]] struck by lightning.<ref name="Beauty Queen">"[[Lisa the Beauty Queen]]"</ref>
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*[[Lisa Simpson]] removed as [[Little Miss Springfield]].<ref name="Beauty Queen"/>
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*Interview with [[Pope John Paul II]].<ref name="Beauty Queen"/>
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*742 Evergreen Terrace leaning.<ref>"[[Marge Gets a Job]]"</ref>
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*Record snowfall<ref name="Plow"/>
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*[[Barney Gumble]] caught in a sudden avalanche on [[Widow's Peak]].<ref name="Plow">"[[Mr. Plow]]"</ref>
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*[[Springfield]] has found its [[Springfield Monorail|monorail]] [[Homer|conductor]].<ref>"[[Marge vs. the Monorail]]"</ref>
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*A fistfight is in progress in [[downtown Springfield]]<ref>"[[Brother from the Same Planet]]"</ref>
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*[[Osaka Flu]].<ref>"[[Marge in Chains]]"</ref>
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*[[Kent Brockman]] in trouble after saying SOBs.<ref name="Kancelled">"[[Krusty Gets Kancelled]]"</ref>
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*[[Mr. Burns]]' search for his childhood teddy bear, [[Bobo]].<ref>"[[Rosebud]]"</ref>
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*Special Bulletin: High-speed desert chase.<ref>"[[Marge on the Lam]]"</ref>
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*First annual [[Do What You Feel Festival]]<ref>"[[Bart's Inner Child]]"</ref>
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*The "do what you feel like" trend.<ref>"[[Bart's Inner Child]]"</ref>
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*Information about the [[Lisa Lionheart]] doll.<ref>"[[Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy]]"</ref>
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*Homer's voyage into space and the insect invaders from space.<ref>"[[Deep Space Homer]]"</ref>
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*Round-the-clock coverage of the Simpson estate after the alleged sexual assault by [[Homer Simpson]] on [[Ashley Grant]].<ref>"[[Homer Badman]]"</ref>
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*The kidnapping of [[Larry Burns]], including various computer simulations on how the kidnapping could possibly end.<ref>"[[Burns, Baby Burns]]"</ref>
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*The [[Burns' Alien|Springfield Alien]].<ref>"[[The Springfield Files]]"</ref>
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*The [[Bart Simpson|drunken ten year old]] at [[St. Patrick's Day]]<ref name="Baron">"[[Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment]]"</ref>
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*[[Rex Banner]]'s campaign against [[Homer Simpson|The Beer Baron]].<ref name="Baron"/>
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*[[Skinner]] and [[Edna]]'s affair.<ref>"[[Grade School Confidential]]"</ref>
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*The wave of towel snapping<ref name="Lisa">"[[Lisa the Simpson]]"</ref>
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*[[Lisa]]'s plea to Springfield to treasure their brains.<ref name="Lisa"/>
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*Springfield being encased in a giant [[dome]], in a segment called [[Trappuccino]].<ref>''[[The Simpsons Movie]]''</ref>
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*Kent Brockman's swearing on live television and [[Channel 6]] being fined.<ref name="You Kent"/>
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*New anchorman Arnie Pye.<ref name="You Kent"/>
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*Bossy Riot pranks.<ref>"[[Bart vs. Itchy & Scratchy]]"</ref>
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===Non-canon===
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*Another local peasant was found dead with their blood sucked out through fang marks, and the [[Springfield Police]] believed they were dealing with a supernatural being, likely a [[mummy]]. Consequently, [[Chief Wiggum]] ordered the Egyptian wing of the [[Springfield Museum]] to be destroyed.<ref name="THOHIV">"[[Treehouse of Horror IV]]"</ref>
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*[[Charles Montgomery Burns]] closed a deal to buy the Springfield Blood Bank.<ref name="THOHIV"/>
  
 
== Appearances ==
 
== Appearances ==
 
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*{{ep|The Call of the Simpsons}}
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*{{ep|Krusty Gets Busted}}
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*{{ep|Bart vs. Thanksgiving}}
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*{{ep|Bart's Dog Gets an "F"|(Springfield News)}}
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*{{ep|Homer Defined}}
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*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror II}}
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*{{ep|Old Money}}
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*{{ep|Homer Alone}}
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*{{ep|Radio Bart}}
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*{{ep|Dog of Death}}
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*{{ep|Kamp Krusty}}
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*{{ep|The Otto Show}}
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*{{ep|Homer the Heretic}}
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*{{ep|Lisa the Beauty Queen}}
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*{{ep|Marge Gets a Job}}
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*{{ep|Mr. Plow}}
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*{{ep|Marge vs. the Monorail}}
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*{{ep|Brother from the Same Planet}}
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*{{ep|Marge in Chains}}
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*{{ep|Krusty Gets Kancelled}}
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*{{ep|Rosebud}}
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*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror IV|(Bart Simpson's Dracula)}}
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*{{ep|Marge on the Lam}}
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*{{ep|Bart's Inner Child}}
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*{{ep|Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy}}
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*{{ep|Deep Space Homer}}
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*{{ep|The PTA Disbands}}
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*{{ep|Homer Badman}}
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*{{ep|Radioactive Man}}
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*{{ep|Burns, Baby Burns}}
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*{{ep|The Springfield Files}}
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*{{ep|The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show}}
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*{{ep|Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment}}
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*{{ep|Grade School Confidential}}
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*{{ep|Homer's Enemy}}
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*{{ep|Lisa the Simpson}}
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*{{ep|Lisa the Tree Hugger}}
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*{{ep|Children of a Lesser Clod}}
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*{{ep|Brawl in the Family}}
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*{{ep|Sweets and Sour Marge}}
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*{{ep|The Lastest Gun in the West}}
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*{{ep|Pray Anything}}
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*{{ep|Old Yeller-Belly}}
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*{{ep|My Mother the Carjacker}}
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*{{ep|Fraudcast News}}
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*{{ep|She Used to Be My Girl}}
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*{{mov}} (Springfield News)
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*{{ep|You Kent Always Say What You Want}}
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*{{ep|Gone Maggie Gone}}
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*{{ep|At Long Last Leave}}
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*{{ep|A Tree Grows in Springfield}}
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*{{ep|Clown in the Dumps}}
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*{{ep|Opposites A-Frack}}
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*{{ep|Simpsorama}}
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*{{ep|Covercraft}}
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*{{ep|The Musk Who Fell to Earth}}
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*{{ep|The Princess Guide}}
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*{{ep|Bart's Not Dead}}
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*{{ep|Baby You Can't Drive My Car}}
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*{{ep|Mad About the Toy}}
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*{{ep|The Girl on the Bus}}
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*{{ep|Bart vs. Itchy & Scratchy}}
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*{{ep|D'oh Canada}}
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*{{ep|The Winter of Our Monetized Content}}
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*{{ep|The Fat Blue Line}}
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*{{ep|Gorillas on the Mast}}
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*{{ep|Bobby, It's Cold Outside}}
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*{{spec|Do the Bartman}}
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*{{ad|Aliens (Butterfinger commercial)}}
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*{{bon|A Brand New Smithers}}
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*{{game|The Simpsons Skateboarding}}
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}}
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== References ==
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{{Reflist}}
  
 
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Latest revision as of 18:23, November 15, 2024

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Channel 6 News
Channel 6 news.png
TV Show Information
Genre: News
Starring: Kent Brockman
Scott Christian
Arnie Pye
Stephanie Brockman
Country of origin: USA
Channel: Channel 6
First appearance: "Krusty Gets Busted"


Channel 6 News is a news program airing on Channel 6, Springfield's most popular local TV channel.

Description[edit]

The show is anchored by Kent Brockman, who frequently presents the news in an openly biased and politically incorrect manner. Scott Christian is the weekend anchorman.[1]

Segments[edit]

My Two Cents[edit]

Kent Brockman tells the viewers his views on the topic in question.

Arnie in the Sky[edit]

Traffic news with Arnie Pye in his helicopter. The helicopter once crashed although Pye was alive still.

Trappuccino[edit]

A segment that appeared throughout the time the dome was on Springfield.

Kent's Korrections[edit]

A segment that features corrections on news stories.

That's Kentertainment[edit]

A segment featuring latest stars and news in entertainment.

History[edit]

After Kent Brockman was fired, Arnie Pye temporarily became the new anchorman, replacing Kent until Kent was brought back.[2]

There was a behind-the-scenes scandal when Kent Brockman started dating and then married Stephanie Brockman.[3]

Rachel Maddow once worked for Channel 6 News before getting her own show on MSNBC.[4]

News stories[edit]

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Non-canon[edit]

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Appearances[edit]

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References[edit]


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