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According to Page Six, George Stephanopolous is staying with GMA and ABC after signing a new deal for 4 years worth $18 million. This comes after attempts from CBS to snag George for the CBSEN. https://pagesix.com/2019/02/19/george-stephanopoulos-signs-four-year-deal-at-abc/

Actually I've discovered that all CBS O&Os are doing it. Except KYW and WBBM.

Citytv Toronto just teased a promo for their upcoming news chopper on their 6pm newscast! It's "coming soon".

More from this channel - WHOA! ‘DEF picked up Counterpoint in early ‘96?! Then that means they used PYCCO afterward, and THEN reverted to Counterpoint AGAIN in ‘98? Shes also got some WYFF work as well (their very first “News 4” era!)

!!! Some OKC stuff from April 1997, including a cleaner look at KOCO’s and KFOR’s opens, as well as some KOKH, which we already had. Some San Francisco news opens that unfortunately are covering up by control room audio:

..!! A WSVI story from 1990! This channel seems loaded with a bunch of stuff, including...the oldest KOLD open ever found! (It's from February 1995, which should indicate how bad our KOLD history is.)

Tough to say what role Roseanne would have. My guess is Kristen could be given the boot and she replaces her on the 'Live Desk' and Friday/Saturday with Rafer or she takes over from Sally on Good Day Sat./Sun. and reports during the week, etc.. WFLD seems to be the place to be, but they have a lot of high-priced talent and have been known to cut beyond the bone in the past. Thankfully, current management appears to know what they're doing, but I don't see them picking up anyone new without replacing someone currently on staff.

Marion would likely succeed Allison if she were to retire. Allison and Marion are close in age (Rosati is like 3 months older) and neither seem ready to pull a Kathy Brock and retire any time soon. That said, there isn't room at WMAQ, WLS and WGN, so WFLD is the logical choice given they have an opening and could use a vet like Roseanne.

Chris Parente, an anchor at Tribune's Denver duopoly, slid his stool back a little too far and shattered one of the monitors on their nine-screen video wall ON LIVE TV. Hopefully the tightwads at Tribune don't make him pay for the repairs ...

Oops, I clicked right on the recent post in the “Classic Video” correct when I opened up TVNT, without looking at what thread it was posted in. Will move this to the correct thread.

The intro of NBC's 1997 World Series broadcast with Bob Costas, Hannah Storm and Keith Olbermann: Anyone knows the name of the theme used at 2:00?