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I like your idea of diverse national landcapres in the video wall. I second that a lot of American media can feel East Coast and more specifically New York and LA centric because that's where shows film. To your point, in the past GMA's intro made a point to show scenery from the various parts of America like the countryside, the Rocky Mountains, St. Louis etc, which I liked. It was well in line with ABC's middle-America feel at the time.

The new set looks great! It's a bit of a shame that they can no longer interact with a live audience anymore. I guess the rival Today Show will be the sole show that has this card now at 30 Rock. Nonetheless, it's a significant improvement; the studios at 7 Hudson are quite nice. Maybe without the distraction of the street audience and fanfare, it will be a more polished and focused product and environment for employees and stakeholders. The only gripe so far, is that, the show is supposed to represent America, not New York City, and lately ABC's national news shows have been too New York Centric, while I agree that New York is America's largest city and is arguably the crown jewel city for the country, I think they should try to do a dynamic backdrop that shows every city or perhaps do a blend of the skylines of different cities like CNN does for their Morning Show or even Good Morning Britain which does something of that sort to represent America as a whole not just New York. But overall, the studio is incredible, kudos to ABC for fitting all of this into this building it's hard to believe they have all of these large studios in such a small footprint.

This is broadcast design today, empty depthless sets with video walls to offer flexible backgrounds in leiu of furniture. I don't mind video walls when they are used in tandem with actual set pieces. The glossy floor I like, the set of The View set has it too. News/tv is a very copycat industry especially with set design. For example in the 90s GMA much like Today and The View followed the trend of layered living room sets with multiple furniture pieces to mimic a full home. Some call this cluttered, but I like how grand it looks. While that era probably won't return because of cost,I think a good medium is today's The View set. While it's still tons of video walls they do add enough furniture to have layered depth of field looking shots that don't make the studio look barren. Still the current GMA set is the best looking morning news set in a long time. The last time I really liked an AM news set was studio 1A in 2013 before they turned it orange.

If true, bummer on Eva, really liked her. Demarco never really grew on me though. He’s also bounced around a lot over his career.

I agree the new GMA set needed more physical elements. When they're away from the desk, it feels like they are floating/hovering at times and the glossy floor doesn't help matters. I don't like the color palette, but it is what it is. I wonder what CBS Mornings/Plus will look like when they move to Studio 47. I assume, given it's size and AR/VR capabilities; this studio will serve as Election Night HQ, etc.. as well??? I'm curious to see how this set/studio looks in different settings.

KCPQ did some changes today: most newscasts from 4 p.m. onward are now branded as "Seattle News Tonight". An exception is the 6 p.m. hour, which is now split between "Washington News Wrap", a re-scheduled "Washington Sports Wrap", then the joint West Coast News Wrap. And Good Day Seattle is also going to get one more hour soon. https://www.adweek.com/tvspy/fox-seattle-expands-news-lineup-and-adds-streaming-content/

Speaking of personalities, where have Ian Oliver and Steve Bender been? Ian hasn't been seen since doing the Hurricane HQ: Eye on the Season special, and Steve wasn't present last week and now he's still not here for the start of this week.

For some markets, that means local news in timeslots that wasn't available before, even if it's only on streaming (WNEP and KWES, for example).

All KTTC newscasts are already seen on KMNF with the exception of 6 and 10pm weeknights, I believe as simulcasts of KEYC. (KTTC's 5pm is not seen there.)

Nothing on social media either. Thankfully, there is a site called LinkedIn. According to the site, she has indeed left FOX Weather and is now a Territory Manager (whatever that means) for a company called Esperion.

I think this is just the reality of broadcast media today. ABC News has generally found the formula for success across their shows so there isn’t much incentive for deviating from it. Especially in a period where cost pressures are as pronounced and the shows continue shedding viewers. It’s notable that they didn’t really acknowledge on-air that they were leaving Times Square until 1-2 weeks before the move. It seemed very lowkey until last week. I set my expectations pretty low from there and in the end I like it more than I expected. That said: 1. I wish there were more physical elements to it. The only permanent fixture looks to be the anchor desk and the all screen format feels like “The Morning Show.” That kitchen set up sucks. 2. The studio looks massive, cavernous even and very empty. Some cooler tones would help. 3. Rooftops on that side of town are tough because of the wind but I really liked how they opened the 8am hour. Studio C is in the basement but how cool would it have been to have a GMA patio or some outdoor element to preserve that TSS element. The best part of all of it is the new logo inspired by one of my favorite visual eras for the show.

Somewhere between 6/3/2025 and 6/8/2025, Kendall Smith was removed from the Fox Weather Personalities page. I can't seem to find any videos featuring her after 6/3/2025.

I do wonder if they would do a test week with This Week; the thing I like is that the set does have adaptability with the screens, which are much better and clearer (we have yet to see the D&S nightmare palate though that goes with that segment). And it also has 'election night HQ' all over it; just a much more open space overall. And it looks like DeMarco and Eva are gone from GMA3. Bummer on that one. Expected it, but still wanted a few more weeks with them.

I don’t love it. I don’t hate it. It’s just there. Kind of like Scripps as a company.

The set looks much better on video. I was hoping they'd drastically revamp the look of This Week. At least their lighting has improved and the SD high sharpness looking camera shots now look smoother.

That's what happens when most of your daytime lineup is news.

This is about as generic as you could possibly get I think…

Listened to the demo on their press release… This sounds like the result of asking ChatGPT to make you a music package.

Sorry for late saying about the new logo and set before, but it appears that the new logo resembling the 2002 one, albeit more modern.

SUPERCUT of the new set. Loved the shot at the outdoor space. Noteworthy, they've opted for a fake kitchen background instead of an actual set.

A big problem with the presentation at KTLA and KTTV, from my perspective, is that they overwork their people. Micah Ohlman and Cher Calvin are on air from 5-7:30, then from 10-11:30. Meanwhile at KABC, Marc Brown is on air for a total of an hour and a half, maybe two hours a day. As for the political ... take a look at the social media presence of some of KTLA and KTTV's on-air talent. It's amazing they're able to repress their feelings on air as much as they do! I do think some of the political leanings come from on high at Nexstar and Fox, although it is somewhat tempered given the left-leaning population. KCAL/KCBS seems a little right leaning as well, but I think that's largely from having an appropriately adversarial relationship with the powers that be, which are, obviously, left leaning almost everywhere in LA County.

KEYC has brought back local morning news to the Mankato MN area as KATO Mornings after 7 months of KTTC doing it however KTTC will still be providing noon newscasts for both Mankato and Rochester.

It is now confirmed that 11 One/Music is behind the new music package for the Scripps look. https://11onemusic.com/post/scripps-rebrand-2025-11-one-music

The set layout for GMA3:

I don’t know what I was expecting moving to the market 4 years ago, maybe something more akin to WGN in the morning or KTLA morning clips I’ve seen in the past, but I was fairly surprised at the shiny plastic sheen, AM to PM, of KTLA. I know it’s Los Angeles, but sometimes everything in-studio comes across artificial enough to the point of uncanny valley discomfort. Also, I’ve found the political leanings of both KTLA and KTTV are both fairly obvious.