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One has nothing to do with the other. No viewer cares a whit that they prerecord shows. They don’t get remotely hung up on the name of a show. What does matter is it’s a stable, reliable performer that brings in the cash via the syndication arm of the Disney octopus. The idea you’d deprioritize something that has worked well on your owned stations over a production schedule change is illogical. Not going to happen in the near future. Not going to happen then either. The situation is not comparable to NBC and the path forward isn’t replicating that in the near term.

I may be the only soul who liked the format of What You Need to Know, sort of a throwback to the old days of GMA/Today, with a somewhat less sensational and fluffy approach than is currently employed on the mothership. So be it; budgets and numbers are what they are and if the decision is to change, they have the data that gives them the reason to change it. More power to ‘em if they are pivoting to a new approach. Or an old approach as the case may be.

The logo is ridiculously small. You need a magnifying glass

Call me a skeptic, but unless Bob Iger's ego is as fragile as Trump's, I don't buy "we wanted to show off the 10th floor of our new corporate building" that none of their viewers care about. Sounds like a post-hoc justification for unforeseen circumstances.

They used to air a third hour of GMA online...just do that on ABC News Live at 9am so viewers can choose instead of this goofy GMA3+4 silliness and make the noon hour across the country a floating news hour or just give it to the affiliates. There's barely enough GMA segments to justify a 20 minute brand extension, much less an hour, and it's pre-empted half the time anyways when something happens in Washington.

As long as they can slap a sponsor's logo on it... pretty sure they don't care what it's called. Any outreach event Nexstar puts out has a "insert logo here" mentality to sell to the first willing client. Whether it's band-wagoning a major sporting event with a special program or running their "Remarkable Women" promotion, everything has a dollar sign attached to it.

I dunno if WDAF-TV is gonna air the segments, but if they do, welp.

Less meteorology and more clairvoyance?

My hypothesis is that she may land at PIX11 on the weekends as there has been a few freelancers filling in within the past few months.

Agree. Take a page out of the NBC News Daily playbook.

GMA Cubed has gone though five rebrandings in it's seven year run. It's been an unstable program from the jump. Im surprised ABC didn't outright give up and cancel it. Strahan, Sarah and Keke was my favorite incarnation of the program, but it never took off.

There you go. The worst kept secret. Starting next Monday, Gary Lezak will return to KSHB 41 for a temporary three-month morning gig while Lindsey Anderson is on maternity leave. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGXfPhH5hhw&ab_channel=KSHB41

Appears KPRC is using 615’s Icon News.

This is a losing strategy for sure, and in the smaller markets where there's already no other choice but Nexstar (aka the first ones to be sold off to vultures like Standard and AMG so they can get pointless pipe dreams like a WGN/WCIU duopoly) this will not go well for them. Less competition has been nothing but bad for them, and the 'competition' they've provided in SouthernBorderNation (does NewsNation report on anything else) has not been close to worthy at all.

That article indicates it is a Disney PR approach to showing off their new NYC digs. Disney is the king of self promotion.

There was probably a vacate date of March 31 so it was something they literally could not wait for, and Disney wants to showcase their new building and spaces in a unique way. No harm, no foul here.

Nexstar has entered the must-run game. Why? So they can try and own more stations. https://thedesk.net/2025/04/nexstar-fcc-must-runs-ownership-caps-deregulation/ No thanks. They have enough stations as it is. And their tactics of delaying web streams and shaking down viewers for a dwindling pool of retransmission cash is bad enough.

To clarify, I didn't say outright this setup would be full-time, but thanks for bringing this to my attention.

I think the EP of the third hour was cut in ABC’s most recent workforce exercise. The reports noted that they’d be combining all GMA production under one person. As someone else pointed out, an hour of GMA 4 hours after the initial show is futile. Might be better using the hour as an ABC News Live program.

What was the point in moving before the studio was ready? The last few weeks of “Live” production has been odd.

The Pirates quietly dropped the standard-issue-but-grey NESN scoreboard for an updated version during their home opener It's serviceable and definitely an improvement (though the white backgrounds on the batter/hitter is a bit iffy. Would probably make them color coded for the teams)

Apparently this spot is for this week only - full studio in a week. https://people.com/find-out-where-kelly-ripa-and-mark-consuelos-will-film-live-before-they-premiere-new-set-11708730

It is Monday, April 7, 2025. And yes, it's time. Live with Kelly & Mark officially debuted (from the Great Room on 10th floor) at its new home of 7H². Reminds me a lot of the studio of the first season of Anderson Cooper's talk show. (Coincidentally and ironically, he was Live's final guest at the old UWS studio.)

WSTM Channel 3 News 11 O'Clock Report (April 10, 1983) KTBS Channel 3 News at 10:00 (partial; February 23, 1987) KTBS Channel 3 News "The Scene at Five" (most of it, missing the open; January 11, 1989)

WMGC 34 Eyewitness News 1996

KTVI and KDVR would be great candidates for this package... Nexstar has some big FOX stations in larger markets that would make them stand out

On Monday, April 7 (according to 1iota, a TV taping and movie premiere tickets website), Live begins at its new set at 7H².

All the best Chris Warren in the next chapter.

On this day -- April 1, 2025 -- Live aired its final edition from its studio of over 40 years at 67th & Columbus in the Upper West Side.

After more than 15 years at TWC, Chris Warren has left the network (as confirmed by the well-wishes by colleagues like Jim Cantore, Mike Bettes and Charles Peek in the comments of this Twitter post).

Just announced last week. They're moving to the Evening News set later this year.

Especially when this L3 graphic appears at the start of some episodes.

Same. In fact, I'm gonna miss the studio itself too as it's been in use throughout it's entire local run and national run up until this point; and even though I went in only three times, it still is so legendary that I get goosebumps every time I enter. And despite its size compared to the last , it is my set of them all.

I'm really going to miss that opening zoom-out that just shows how absurdly tiny that studio is for a network-quality live show, even after the studio-sharing with EWN ended. It's always night and day to see their yearly Dolby show or other on-location weeks such as the recent Palm Springs week where they can spread out. I'm hoping at least that the GMA set is less clashy with all that metal and those goofy frosted panels and so much blue. I'm hopeful everything with the lighting and display on the new set is temporary and a new network-wide scheme is introduced with GMA's move, which I can still see happen. The big problem with ABC News is that set is heavily-used so they may have to keep it darker to hide marks and not expose too much to an average viewer about its overuse.

I guess Im in the minority. I hate everything about ABC News. Its like they are broadcasting from a darkened cave. I hate the lighting, when there is some its harsh and the talent is shadowy and the graphics are dark so it feels sinister. The sound is always echo-ey and the use of the metal on the set, such as around the screens and desk, always has hotspots. Everything is badly designed. I feel since they were moving to a new space they could have experimented. They didnt even get new graphics but recreated their old ones. But since audiences for network news is drying up...this exemplifies they are truly scare of losing more of their audience. I was hoping we would see something different. But to to rebuild the same thing. Yawn. I was suprised ABC News Live got new graphics. I like the channel, but sometimes I find the streaming channels dont always carry live events. NBC News Now is a big culprit. ABC is OK. CBS News is a bit hit or miss. I have to say Im not impressed with any of the big 3 network news sets. NBC gave up and retreated to the Today set and CBS is just screens and ABC went deeper into their news cave.

I'm still in the Live audience for a taped show to air on the 31st. During the taping, Kelly and Mark reveal that the next day's taping (April 1) will be the very last in the studio on W 67fh Street/UWS. So from that, it's very clear the move is for April, May or later.

I'm currently in the still-current-but-soon-to-be-old studio of Live with Kelly & Mark, and it was mentioned during today's interviews with their guests (featured here is Nathan Fillion) that this is one of the very last episodes in this studio and on W 67th Street in UWS before the move to 7 Hudson Square. They didn't say exactly when it will happen, but it is more than likely after this month.

It's ridiculous how THRILLED I am they FINALLY expanded the lower thirds to be 16x9.

I get that sentiment and agree with it but it’s probably unlikely that viewers determine who they watch based off of set design.

With (Not) Live with Kelly and Mark taping several episodes a day now so there are extended weeks off, why is ABC still compelled to make 9am a priority? I am assuming this summer being a refresh for GMA leaving Times Square and some anchor changes, ABC should start pushing GMA3 to be 9am. I think Kelly wouldn't throw a temper tantrum this time. However, this probably would not happen until September 2026 at the earliest with syndie contracts.

I’m just waiting for Nexstar to make this a thing. Can’t wait for “FutureALERT” on WKBN! /s

Luckily some Nexstar stations like KTLA has not been airing those segments that they are trying to force on all of their stations. Nexstar is clearly going the Sinclair route here with this and you might remember Sinclair got a lot of criticism for running the same pieces on their stations a few years back.

I'm surprised that Amy Freeze didn't go back to local TV stations once she left FOX Weather last year.

Chris & Jacqui would be good hires for FOX Weather I don't know if they want to move to NYC may have family in the ATL so I don't blame them if they don't sign with FOX Weather.

Now that you mentioned it, it makes sense when you see the logos after Regis retired. The newer the host, the smaller the "Live".

No wonder you need a microscope to see Live! On their logo.

Gotta love a show called "Live" being taped two weeks in advance.