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Well, it wasn't on her own doing. Tegna didn't want her back...which is crazy to me.

A taste of something different: KGMB in 1999. The news theme debuted two years earlier and was written by Audy Kimura. The graphics at least that accompanied this theme lasted into 2001.

Was just coming in to post that Nydia Han said basically the same thing, that they are moving to a new set "across the hall". I don't think they're using a recreation of the old set. I think it's the old set in a temporary location that they spent the past week. But it was fairly elaborate to even move the video wall as well. (which, IMO, is still woefully under utilized). I can't imagine the skyline will go away, it's been a part of the set for what, 15 years now? We can all only hope that break graphics are coming. Ones that matched the weather graphics would do well. They still have that "Action News" look while being different enough and more modern. I still enjoy most of the graphics, but the L3's and especially the "headline" L3's are so, so outdated. And over used.

Sinclair's new Trump hire was on Bill Maher last Friday

well, suki didn't bring any sex appeal to the table, it was more sex appaul. I do see they did try it with others but the sex appeal never gained or retained audience, steady downslide - not sure if they even get a .5 anymore. People don't want to watch 3 minute segments on Dunkin' Donuts or Modell's, they want to see News

Ahhhh You got "bumped" for time... If you are in da-biz...den you no how da game is played bradda. We all get "edited" now and then in life my little weed-hopper...it's just the way it is. You should see the EXCLUSIVE KBEX "Suki Sex Tape" that I posted hundreds of times here...but that dang Weeters keeps pulling it down! I curse that Weeters...he vexes me so!

Sounds like I hit a nerve. Carry on.

I don't see them doing things like this anymore. I honestly feel like the PIX morning news used to rely on sex appeal even from its inception in 2000, I think that was part of its goal. Now they seem to be more focused on news. No more of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADfJmjq_z2A

In other words, Dave Ward and Don Alhart-long.

That's what I call a career-killing move to jump from the market's strongest station to a ratings joke...

20/20's report on local news, anchors and consultants (1982), and at the end, a snippet of WCVB's 6PM news from May 1981, when Natalie and Chet had their daughter.

At around 7:30 this morning: "We have a live look at the capital…" … "I just lied, we lost the feed." I love WGN.

Inside Story was one I knew was done there, but yeah - basic. I think they have a few more... If anything, with WPVI, it might as well be tradition as the reason; even though the building is not yet a decade old... We can begin all sorts of speculation, though... --Will there be a new kids table for the 4 PM and weekday 10 PM news? --Will there be a temp kids table for those newscasts? --Will the Big Board remain, be upgraded, or sent to the same farm upstate with Mr. Six? --(Chromakey has returned in the temp space), and; --Big Board was absent Saturday night, but who knows if that will also get moved --And wait, was the Crystal City sent upstate too? --Several new skyline towers have been built/under construction/planned, but they added to it before --Of course, the tallest building is the new Comcast tower, which owns their rival... awkward... --West Philly skyline adds a bunch though, three new towers to Cira South alone --Is it safe to assume the current video wall (background) will not be a part of the new set? --Will it become part of their public affairs programming sets? --New graphics? --Weather has been updated a few times over the years since the current overall look debuted, and seemed to match the flat look of other ABC O&O -- at least header elements --Other parts of the maps seem dated, display wise, compared to 3/10 --At the very least can they make the time & temp font the same? --Then again, when has 6 ever match the other ABC O&Os? --Will the (IMO) down-market-looking Action News Sports Center be replaced? (it made an appearance at least during the 'PHL 10 PM tonight (5/20)) --Will Action News Blue still be the overwhelming primary color? (That was my vote for the new Crayola color, but no one asked me) Also, isn't it a bit odd they decided to do this in the middle of a sweeps month? I know it is 'PVI -- they do what they want when they want... I was sort-of expecting something new during the NFL draft. Honestly, while I agree with HulkieD that no local set is great/trendsetting* I actually thought this one aged fairly well -- well, at least in the Action News Universe. *Trendsetting: If memory serves, but I never personally validated, the Big Board/Perceptive Pixel was a fist among local affiliates... So here is yet another question... what would be the new toy to add first (even if only this market)...

My understanding is that it's historically been 1. KING 2. KOMO 3. KIRO.

The weird thing about those opens is that the photography in all of them is beautiful. Like, major market beautiful. They could have worked around the graphic shortfalls by making all their opens in the vein of the Today one and it'd have been fine. I don't get it.

Agreed.. They don't sound enthused about it... It's almost an afterthought the way the say it

The whole "Focused on family and community" line is clunky as hell but if they're gonna stick with it they should have that in the show opens instead of making the anchors say it.

That look was a million pesos for Alexandria.

Having the anchors say "focused on family and community" only adds to the cheapness. Good lord, this makes the pre-Gray KALB-5 opens look like a million bucks.

I was always struck at how much that logo looked like the one WFAA uses now...