'The Security Brief' to Debut This Fall on Sinclair, Gray Stations

By Paige Albiniak
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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The Security Brief, which aired in a four-week test over the winter, will debut this fall on Sinclair and Gray stations, with more distributors expected to come on board.

The show, hosted by Paul Viollis along with a team of safety and security experts, will premiere on Monday, Sept. 12. Currently, the show is cleared in 20 markets on Sinclair Broadcast Group and Gray Television owned stations

“Our goal is to deliver relevant, multi-platform content at a sustainable price point, and vest our core launch groups in the long game as we grow The Security Brief into a multi-year franchise,” said Terry Murphy, executive producer and CEO of East 86th Productions in a statement. “We are excited about our initial twenty market commitment from Sinclair Broadcasting and Gray Television, and will be announcing additional markets, and platforms, in the weeks to come.”

Murphy produces the show along with business partner (and son) Patrick W. Murphy.

The series, which currently has 80 episodes produced, is being offered to stations as a 50/50 barter split, with 7 1/2 minutes of local inventory available in every episode. 

Paige Albiniak
Paige Albiniak

Contributing editor Paige Albiniak has been covering the business of television for more than 25 years. She is a longtime contributor to Next TV, Broadcasting + Cable and Multichannel News. She concurrently serves as editorial director for The Global Entertainment Marketing Academy of Arts & Sciences (G.E.M.A.). She has written for such publications as TVNewsCheck, The New York Post, Variety, CBS Watch and more. Albiniak was B+C’s Los Angeles bureau chief from September 2002 to 2004, and an associate editor covering Congress and lobbying for the magazine in Washington, D.C., from January 1997 - September 2002.