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Reelz CEO Stan E. Hubbard, whose network scooped up the Miss USA pageant’s 2015 broadcast rights after they were dumped by NBC, predicted Sunday that the pageant’s parent organization, Miss Universe, may have to soon change hands. Presidential candidate Donald Trump and NBCUniversal currently co-own the Miss Universe organization.
“I do believe that there will probably have to be an ownership change in that organization,” Hubbard said to reporters Sunday at the Television Critics Association summer press tour. “Now, for my two cents, I don’t see Trump going away easily for NBC. I don’t know how it’s going to play out.”
Broadcast network NBC dropped the Miss USA pageant from its air after Trump made derogatory remarks about Mexican immigrants at a campaign event. Reelz acquired the broadcast rights in a one-off deal that cost the network “no more than $100,000,” as TheWrap reported exclusively in July.
Hubbard reiterated Sunday that the broadcast was a one-time affair for Reelz.
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“We have no relationship going forward,” he said. “I think when you have a big event like Miss USA, Miss Universe, I think they belong on a broadcast network.”
Hubbard told TheWrap in July that Reelz lost money on the pageant. He claimed Sunday that ratings at the network have trended up since the broadcast, which drew 2.5 million total viewers.
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Representing the University of Alabama, Guthrie was the only fan selected to be featured in the ESPN "Who's In?" 2014 college football commercials
Agron is working toward obtaining her student pilot's license
This ASU Sun Devil is pursuing her dream of being a reporter in Asia
Blefko is hot sauce-obsessed and puts it on just about everything
Martinez has worked as a Laker Girl, a Disneyland princess and parade performer
Polee is a former Division I Track and Field athlete, from the University of Nevada Las Vegas
Golebiewski is a certified personal trainer and enjoys high-intensity cardio workouts such as kickboxing
Bull started her first business in 2014, Intricate Designs, a jewelry and accessory online boutique
Olsen is the majority director of operations for the Senate Committee of Environment and Public Works
Lollie became an advocate for the Parkinson's Foundation after her grandmother was diagnosed with the disease
Fletcher was a gymnast for 11 years, and then transitioned into competitive cheerleading
Wo studied abroad at Oxford University in England at the age 16
Hollingsworth is a state and national rodeo qualifier
After she graduated from high school, Wronecki and her mother were both diagnosed with skin cancer. They're now cancer-free
Reece is a registered American Kennel Club breeder. Throughout college, she paid for textbooks by saving money from three litters she sold
Even hopes to graduate from college with a respiratory therapy degree and work at a children’s hospital
Railsback has a fraternal twin sister named Ashley who is older than her by two minutes, but shorter than her by six inches
George was the Kentucky Gatorade Player of the Year and Prep Volleyball's National Player of the Year
Bennatt serves as an Ambassador for the Louisiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence
She can play seven different instruments including the flute, tenor saxophone and violin
Adjei's first modeling experience was at the age of six in Switzerland, when she was scouted to be featured in a Church brochure
Manxhari went to both junior and senior prom alone because she was not asked by anyone -- big mistake, boys
Wawrzyniak is terrified of escalators
Scheu is a third degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do
Byrd sponsors and writes to a girl in India through Compassion International
Dunn studied abroad in Europe and went on a mission trip to Africa where she visited orphanages in Kenya and Malawi
Peppenger plans on serving her state and country through public or military service
Growing up, Cung built computers with her brother and now is learning how to code
McGowan is multi-racial. She is English, Irish, Scottish, Italian, Puerto Rican and African American
Poirier is a 23-year-old model, student and outdoor enthusiast from Dover, New Hampshire
Oriolo speaks English, Italian and Spanish
Duprey's family has three German Shorthaired Pointers. Lucca (the oldest) is a show grand champion.
Diaz was features editor for Pace University's The Pace Press and interned at several companies including Vogue and Latina Magazine
Dalton can quote every episode of the NBC series "Friends"
Ketterling attended the International Science Fair for two years thanks to her growing and studying cancer cells in a Petri dish
Newkirk was home schooled and did not have a television in her home until the ninth grade
While at Boston University, Jordan won first prize in a pie baking contest, taking the prize for Alpha Phi in an all-sorority bake-off
Wilmes is currently working on a mystery thriller novel
Cardillo was adopted as a baby and now works with the Genesis Foundation of Pittsburgh Adoption Service Agency
Garcia is attending Roger Williams University on a full tuition grant through the International Leadership Award
Weishuhn once was able to be in the operating room and watch an open heart, double bypass surgery being performed
Schenk was a four-sport athlete in high school, involved in volleyball, basketball, track and cheerleading
Young has been a NFL cheerleader for the Tennessee Titans for two years
Guerra has worked with various nonprofit organizations such as the Make-A-Wish Foundation, Easter Seals, Proyecto Desarollo Humano and the Texas Children's Hospital
Powell was a "Child of Light" ice skater for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City
Croft is ambidextrous, making her able to use both sides of her body equally
Puleo graduated from Duke with degrees in Latin and Attic Greek
After finding out Syfy would be filming a zombie television show in her hometown, Novell auditioned and was cast as a zombie in "ZNation"
Mucino's career ambition is to receive a dual JD/MBA Degree and become a lobbyist for education and women’s rights
Laundrie was the valedictorian of her high school class
Scott went on a medical mission trip to Costa Rica; during her trip she helped set up small clinics in different towns
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