Tom Llamas says the nicest things — unless you happen to be a senior executive at ABC or CBS.

In recent weeks, audiences tuning into NBC’s “ NBC Nightly News ,” which Llamas has been anchoring since June, may have heard him reach out with a personal greeting: “And before we go tonight, a number of new viewers have found us in the past couple weeks, and we want to thank them for joining us. Tonight, and always, we’re here for you.”

Imagine, a direct on-air shout out from the anchor of one of the nation’s evening news programs!

To staffers at ABC News and CBS News, however, the words did not sound heartwarming at all. Llamas uttered the remarks while ABC’s “World News Tonight” was blocked from appearing on Google’s YouTube TV over a carriage dispute and as CBS News continued to grap

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