NBC News has canceled its primetime streaming show “Stay Tuned,” anchored by Gadi Schwartz, as part of a staff realignment that will eliminate a handful of positions across the news division. The show’s final episode aired Wednesday on NBC News Now, and the network confirmed that Wednesday’s stream was its last, though it declined to make executives available for comment.

The 8 p.m. slot will be filled with reruns rather than another original program, as NBC News pulls back on primetime programming even though its free streaming service has seen significant audience growth. The service already repeats Tom Llamas’ streaming show, “Top Story,” in evening hours. Industry context is also relevant: Skydance, the owner of CNN and CBS News, has offered buyouts across its company as part of a bid to seek $6 billion in cost cuts after taking on substantial debt from combining Warner Bros. Discovery with Paramount, and CBS News and CNN have had other rounds of layoffs in recent months.S1S2

Schwartz will remain with NBC News, and producers who worked on the program can apply for nearly 50 open positions, many of them on “Dateline” or in the news specials department. The eliminated positions represent less than 1% of the news division’s workforce, according to Variety.S1S2

Despite the cut, the end of “Stay Tuned” is not seen as a reduction in NBC News’ commitment to free, ad-supported streaming. The outlet, which counts Savannah Sellers, Joe Fryer, Christine Romans and Hallie Jackson among its anchors, saw viewing triple between 2020 and 2025.S2