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Disney leases the building. They are giving up the lease.
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I found the whole 5pm send off /farewell really odd. For most of his career, he’s been known as the 6pm and 11pm guy… he’s been on at 5pm for a little less than 6 years (replacing Diana Williams in September 2019). It made sense to have a big announcement about the 11pm. They probably should’ve done the 5pm at the same time… or just made this a less over the top goodbye.
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the light colors on the faux brick wall look better on UpClose.
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the studios were all built with flexibility in mind — meaning they could easily be shared (like Tamron & The View) and used for other things besides a show that airs just an hour each weekday excluding holidays and hiatus… as opposed to EWN, which is on 7+ hours a day every day.
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They began airing 5pm talent opens when the new graphics debuted last year in January 2024. It’s the first weekday 5pm talent opens to air since Diana Williams retired in September 2019.
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Yup. Still not official as they haven’t added him to the morning promo shot just yet.
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Just like when Beutel began his transition away from the anchor desk.. at the end of the 6pm news, he and Diana Williams would toss to Ritter in the newsroom for a look at what’s coming up at 11pm.
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she said she filling in for him, not replacing him.
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No. See above. They’ve removed him from the morning promos already.
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It’s a video wall. Can probably change for different day parts and weather events. And yes - worth the wait.. 13 years and 5 months to be exact.
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WABC sets have bled EWN blue since.. forever. There’s only one or two sets in the time span of EWN that were not heavily blue.
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The current studio is pretty nice, especially once the screens were updated and the backdrops modernized. Weekend GMA will be coming from Times Square until June when all of GMA moves downtown.
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The WNN/GMA First Look set is “temporary”’ until the main studio is built out. They mentioned that in their first broadcast.
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Not really … have you seen any of the sets and graphics packages WABC previously had?
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This Saturday will be the first broadcast from 7 Hudson.
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