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4pm is probably my favorite newscast on channel 7. Liz, David and Lee have that classic channel 7 chemistry. Weekend mornings when Toni Yates is there with Michelle and Dani are a close second.

Part of the problem is that the anchor front-lighting is too dim and the skyline background is too bright, so there isn't enough contrast between foreground (ie, the anchors) and background. But a more subtle issue is that the height of skyline graphic is misaligned such that the heads of the anchors are directly in front of the dark buildings rather than the blue sky, again leaving insufficient contrast between foreground and background, giving the appearance of darkness. They should get rid of the ticker (or move it to the top) and drop the background image down. You can see how this was less of an issue with the prior set:

Let’s take a little trip down the Channel 7 memory lane because 15 years ago today, EYEWITNESS NEWS FIRST @ 4PM debuted. As many of us know, this newscast replaced The Oprah Winfrey Show, which ended the day before (May 25, 2011) and ran for 25 years and seasons respectively. Today on FIRST @ 4PM, Liz Cho, David Novarro, and chief meteorologist Lee Goldberg celebrated the milestone. FIRST @ 4PM DEBUT VIDEO FROM 15 YEARS AGO (MAY 26, 2011) https://youtube.com/watch?v=cvUPsa63Lrs&si=Y7E4vqbzhYWtVXGA FIRST @ 4PM 15TH ANNIVERSARY VIDEO FROM TODAY (MAY 26, 2026) https://youtube.com/watch?v=eqv9tjVhvcc&si=7EGkYWMWXdklVAzY

Eh...Bill can still do this until he's 80 if he wanted to. I wouldn't be surprised if Disney let's him go for as long as he wants ala Marvin Zindler, Dave Ward, Bill Beutel, etc

Also out are Cecilia Vega and EP Tanya Simon, among others, as Nick Bilton (a former NYT columnist with no experience in TV news) is named the new EP