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Agreed that jeopardy/wheel will prevent WABC from ever having a 7pm newscast. Agreed that Sade isn't going anywhere soon. Agreed that Shirleen was hired just to do what she's doing - anchor the noon news, report and fill in when necessary on other weekday shows. Just as she is this morning for Lori Stokes and as she has done previously for Diana, Liz and Sade.

It's always a "damned if you, damned if you don't" with people. "Oh, she looks horrible... look at her wrinkled face!" When they try to do something about it, "she doesn't look natural!" Why don't we pay attention to the news and not be so obsessed about how old everyone looks?

Another smart reader of my blog. My twitter for the blog, @ChangeNewsBlog, reached 100 followers today. I know its not much, but its something. Btw, I have another story to relay from FTVLive today and I'll post it here once I'm done.

All of them were off??? They probably had to do the NBC mandated sexual harassment training class. Or it's a promo shoot day. Did anyone even notice that Preston Phillips of KGTV weekend show has bounced to Phoenix KPHO as a weekend anchor. He has star wars jammies...and can now afford a real house in PHX.

I honestly think that this is his decision. Sure, maybe he saw the writing on the wall that he wasn't going to move up, but his background and previous endeavors make this new job seem like a really good fit. Best of luck to him. http://www.robertfeder.com/2016/03/10/robservations-troy-christensen-exits-abc-7-weather-team/#more-10725 I wonder if Schwarz and McGinnis filling his duties means that Phil's up at 5 on Sundays, or Feder doesn't realize that Phil never left Sunday mornings.

WKBW reporter Desiree Riley is rumored to be eyeing a jump to the Boston market: http://talkintv.buffalonews.com/2016/03/10/wiley-likely-to-head-to-major-market-once-ch-7-contract-expires-at-end-of-july/ Interested to see if she ends up at NECN until the new NBC O&O gets up and running...

Hey, if it'll get her off the show...

Smart and WFLD don't go in the same sentence, so no.

Now back to the chaos and instability that was WFLD before him. Do not adjust your set

Yup. Jason, Marianne and Whitney were all off. I'm guessing Jodi wasn't available which is why they had Kimi fill in. This is going to be one pretty busy month for them.

This tweet will say it all... [MEDIA=twitter]703013618548391936[/MEDIA]

And....? I haven't made my decision either.

DailyMail has been pretty accurate with reporting all things The View, so I wouldn't be that surprised if the network wants Whoopi out by next season. For me, Whoopi seems to be performing somewhat better than last season, she seems less angry but there are those occasional topics that make it seem like her opinion is the right opinion still. I feel like Michelle and Raven were initially hired to balance last year's panel (Whoopi, Rosie Perez, and Nicole), as they were able to add more youngness and fluff to the discussion, and the chemistry of all five of them really worked as evidenced by the late spring and summer showings. I just wished they gave Nicole and Rosie P. another chance to grow, both were actually grew by the end of last season. Unfortunately, ABC News dumped Nicole and Rosie P. and gave their own reasons why last season didn't work out for them. At the start of this season, it was said that Joy was going to be more of a recurring host once Candace finishes filming Fuller House, but it seems like Joy will be full-time now. The current season lacks stability and it seems like Raven and Michelle are on their way out, seems like the network will just simply honor their contract and replace them with Sonny (who was announced yesterday that she is now part of the ABC News Legal Correspondent and Analyst) and Sarah Haines (who was pretty much baptized as part of The View family yesterday). Both ladies would be an upgrade as both seem more authentic and more well rounded than Raven and Michelle were. And whatever happened to the six contributors? Weren't they supposed to fill-in once in a while. I don't think I've even Molly Simms back since last summer. If Whoopi leaves, do you think it's Joy's place to become moderator, or will the network search for someone else (O'Donnell, Meredith Vierra, or etc.)?