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Besides that it can sometimes get chilly in LA, areas of Southern California like Big Bear, Lake Arrowhead, and the rest of the San Bernardino and San Gabriel mountains often get snow — enough for ski and snowboarding.

Tim Fleischer and Dave Evans retired. That’s a lot different, and deserving of an on air goodbye, compared to leaving for another job.

A network correspondent based in New York City has a high cost of living and can make just as much, or sometimes more, being a weekday anchor in a market like Denver with a lower cost of living. From his post, it also seems like a very personal decision. Children are much older and in college or on their own, and the location is a place they’ve longed to live in.

The ceremony will be broadcast on Channel 7 and streamed on ABC7NY.

With Sam back in the mix with Robin, George and Lara, they have 4/5 of the team back the catapulted them to #1 in 2012.

No, the ratings fell during the premier week, typically a time when viewers would tune in make out of interest. After Woodruff’s injury, they dipped even further when Vargas became the de facto solo anchor. They fell to third place behind CBS just as the advertising upfronts season was beginning which forced ABC to give Charlie Gibson what he wanted from the start — the solo anchor job through the 2008 election and into the first year of the new presidency. He was originally offered the spot but told he would need to give up the anchor chair once the 2008 primary season began to let the younger team takeover. He balked and originally planned to stick to retiring in 2007.

she wasn’t laid off - that would imply budget cuts and her position eliminated. Her position — general assignment reporter— was recently listed as open, as was the position of weekend anchor/reporter. It sounds more like she and WABC couldn’t come to an agreement on a new contract and/or she was told the anchor position was not something she would be offered.

and ratings fell once that experiment started

Joe Torres anchored the Saturday 11pm-midnight newscast as he usually does.. and must have got maybe three hours of sleep because he’s filling in on the 6am and 9am newscasts this Sunday morning.

It boggles my mind why people — especially local anchors — continue accepting anchor jobs at CBS Evening News or CBS Mornings. I’m sure the pay bump and higher profile is nice but there’s zero stability on those shows.. unless you’re Gayle King.

correct. It’s just a timing issue. If they need to gain back a few seconds or have a packed show, the talent open gets cut. not a vacation thing. Aired again tonight even with both Sade and Mike off.

Disney leases the building. They are giving up the lease.

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.

the light colors on the faux brick wall look better on UpClose.

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.

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.

Yup. Still not official as they haven’t added him to the morning promo shot just yet.

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.

she said she filling in for him, not replacing him.

No. See above. They’ve removed him from the morning promos already.

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.

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.

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.

The WNN/GMA First Look set is “temporary”’ until the main studio is built out. They mentioned that in their first broadcast.

Not really … have you seen any of the sets and graphics packages WABC previously had?