SNY canceled SportsNite and Baseball Night in New York effective immediately on Friday, then paired that move with major layoffs and a website shutdown. The network that carries Mets games is cutting two on-air pieces at once while saying some of its most visible Mets and Jets coverage will stay on the air.
Friday’s SNY reset
Friday brought three changes in one day: the two show cancellations, the layoffs, and the website shutdown. That sequence turned a routine programming update into a broader operational cut, because the network did not just trim a lineup — it reduced staff and removed a digital outlet at the same time.
Chelsea Janes, Ian Begley and Connor Hughes will remain as in-air contributors with the network, which keeps some reporting talent attached to the brand even as other pieces disappear. The Mets Hot Stove show was unaffected, and the Carton Show WFAN simulcast was unaffected, so the overhaul was not a blanket pullback across every SNY property. Zack Snyder Brings The Last Photograph to TIFF After 20 Years
What stayed on SNY
SNY said it will continue to produce its pre- and postgame shows for the Mets and Jets. That leaves the network with a narrower core: game-adjacent studio programming and a contributor bench, but no SportsNite or Baseball Night in New York to fill out the daily schedule. Lynsi Snyder names Arkansas, Mississippi and Oklahoma as expansion options
The practical effect is straightforward for viewers: the shows that framed SNY’s nightly identity are gone, while the network keeps the programming most tied to live team coverage. For staff, the layoffs mean the website shutdown and the cancellations are part of the same cutback, not separate events. Lynsi Snyder Says In-n-out Burger's New Mexico Debut Will Be Soon
Coverage without the extras
The unresolved issue is scale. The network called the layoffs major, but it did not put a number on them, and the Friday shutdown leaves the size of the staff reduction as the story’s sharpest open fact. For a reader who follows SNY for Mets and Jets coverage, the message is to keep watching the pre- and postgame shows and the remaining contributor lineup, because the stripped-down version of the network is already in place.
