Tribune Broadcasting television stations in 24 markets across the United States are no longer available to Spectrum subscribers via the company's cable systems. The contract between Tribune Broadcasting and Spectrum expired at 5 p.m. ET January 2, 2019. Approximately six million viewers have lost access to the local news, traffic, weather, sports and entertainment programming provided by the company's 33 television stations via Spectrum. In addition to local news, such programming as the National Football League playoffs and NCAA basketball will be lost. At the same time, more than 14 million subscribers nationwide have also lost access to WGN America, Tribune's basic cable entertainment network and the home of hit shows ‘Pure’ and high-quality syndicated programming such as ‘Blue Bloods’ and ‘Elementary’.