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It's not that I'm surprised that it happened, I'm just disappointed that this is what television news has come to. Like seriously? Promoting someone because she's good looking for ratings? She should EARN her way up by accuracy and not tight dresses.

This gradual elevation of Scott over the past 2 yrs. has been a disaster. From the start, WLS should have just officially named her Jerry's successor and after a 2-4 year period, he would retire and she takes over. Period. End of story. Ratings/viewers be damn. If they were not 1000% behind her, then she shouldn't have been hired in the 1st place. The current situation doesn't help her at all and if I were her agent, I would be coming up with an exit plan ASAP. So what happens next yr.? They take the 6 away from Jerry too and he's left with 7? I'm tired of those silly joint pr releases, Facebook post, etc... too. Scott- 'Jerry's Great!!'.. Taft- 'I love Cheryl'. It's all a bunch of nonsense. It shouldn't be Jerry's job to continue to sell viewers on her. Baby bird needs to fly on her own.

Side note to that, new mayor Jim Kenney pissed off The Roots when they were putting the concert together, that's why they weren't a part of the show this year. Also in years past they were instrumental in getting big names to do the concert. As to people not knowing what channel to find the concert, that is just pathetic. Sometimes I think people in this town think WPVI is the only station in the market and it's an indictment of the intellect of their viewership.

They should take this opportunity to make weekend evenings a 2-anchor team. Cindy was good as a single anchor but not too many are. Hopefully they consider it

So, I have watched part of HLN's new Michaela show pretty much every day since it debuted. I love it! And I also love their music. Is it a custom theme or production music? Who made it? And who composed HLN's Morning Express with Robin Meade theme? They have used it for quite a while. Thanks!

Maybe it was the current set/building's way of telling KFOR to hurry the heck up with the new building.. Could be a giant fire trap before too long :-P

KYW sent Jessica Dean, and former aide to George W. Bush Alison Young to Cleveland, as well as having Ed Rendell in studio as an analyst during the 11pm news.

Yes, and it's unlikely that KFOR will get a new set until the new building is constructed. I should have elaborated that what Wes Milbourne inferred was that preparations were ongoing at the site of the new facility in the lead-up to the start of the main construction process. So it took almost two years to get construction on the new KFOR/KAUT building to even begin.

Thank you. We all knew this was coming. Does it stink a little? Yes, but Jerry's still employed. If they really wanted him out, he'd be gone (there's precedent). I'd also have a bigger problem with this if Jerry was still at the top of his game. I didnt think I would, but I've warmed up to Scott more than anyone here. Why? It's their station, not mine, so I learned to accept it, and her delivery has improved in her 19 months at 7, though nobody wants to admit it. There's no question that this likely isn't a good decision, but the vast majority of the changes made in the last few years have been positive, though nobody wants to admit it. The return to Eyewitness News could use a better theme, but we all lived to see the next day. The station unveiled a new studio, and found ways to better utilize the space. A solid bench of anchors have been introduced for the future, while only one was sacrificed. For a station that was mostly unscathed by the recession, the aging roster should consider itself very lucky. After canceling the midday newscast in favor of locally-produced programming, they reinstated it. While another local program was canceled, it returned at a more frequent pace than initially expected. Hundreds of thousands (if not millions) of dollars were invested in a real deal radar system. Speaking of talent, the station's lead anchor was given a send-off for the ages, replaced by a guy who's paid his dues and deserved the promotion. But yes, let's only dwell on Cheryl Scott. Ultimately, I think of it like this; she is more than competent and capable in the day to day role, and if bad weather comes, she is surrounded by a very good team to help deliver the message. Besides, if you don't like this, then you're REALLY not gonna like what I think is coming after Jerry retires, but I'll keep that theory to myself.

They also cut off during the O'Jays portion of the concert to switch to the NBC Macy's fireworks show at 8PM. In previous years, the concert would end around 10PM, with Philadelphia's fireworks right after. By the way, Hurricane Schwartz got some new wheels--Storm Ranger. [MEDIA=twitter]749970217661497344[/MEDIA]

The Wawa Welcome America Festival is a concert held on the Ben Franklin Parkway every year. There are more events the week before like Wawa Hoagie Day on Independence Hall where everyone gets free hoagies for showing up. The WCAU broadcast wasn't bad, I think it just got boring and the lineup of musicians this year wasn't as familiar (although towards the end there were some great well-known groups). People were also mad because the roots didn't make their yearly performance on the show. If I were WCAU, I'd take it with a grain of salt due to the city's infamous bias and favoritism towards WPVI. 6abc didn't want it just like they didn't want the lottery rights because they probably think it isn't worth it, and in the end, 6abc is still winning.

Yeah, but Cindy's been demoted a lot during her tenure at WCBS. I'm pretty sure she anchored weekday mornings in the late 90s. She's also anchored the noon and 5pm news at WCBS so it's nothing new, I guess she really doesn't mind.

You are right. Cindy posted on her Facebook page last night that she's leaving weekend evenings for weekend mornings (presumably she'll be re-teamed with Andrea Grymes, with whom she anchored weekend mornings before Diane Macedo replaced Cindy in March 2014). I guess this also confirms that Jessica Moore will be anchoring weekend evenings. Personally, I have mixed feelings about this move. While I prefer Cindy in the morning, this seems like a demotion to me, and she had great chemistry with Elise Finch and Steve Overmyer. On the other hand, the weekend morning newscast is immediately strengthened with Cindy's return. https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1195648083800608