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Likely there weren't the final versions and were just up there temporarily for internal use and sharing. Ether way, we'll see the new look in all its glory soon.

The Vimeo account that posted them has since taken them down.

The video for the new short open syncs up pretty well with the "primary open" cut of the KABC 2014 Eyewitness News package found on newsmusicnow.com. Like the move to a simpler, cleaner, modern look. Not completely sold on it yet but it's definitely an improvement.

With New York primaries determining the rest of the election, it made sense to have the chief anchor/political anchor subbing on WNT.

You said the same thing just about a year ago. Please, stop with your guessing games. We know there are at least some updates opens coming just from some of the anchors' social media accounts but that's all. Let's wait until WABC actually debuts something new and then we can comment away.

Whichever one is the morning (Suki or Tamsen?), I would get rid of. I really miss the days of the WB11 Morning News with John Muller and Lynne White. I watched it nearly every day instead of EWN/Good Morning America.

I agree with you 100% about the BEST person getting the job. Your posts just gave the impression you were against minorities being hired.. not against minorities being hired just for the sake of being hired. That said, it is television and you need to hire people who viewers can relate to and viewers often do take ethnicity into account. It might not sit well with many but it's the truth.

You realize the "minority" ethnicities of black, Latino and Asian are actually the majority in New York City, right?. Blacks and Latinos alone make up 53% of the NYC population; Asians another 12%. It's too bad you're not satisfied with the fact that the station's 4 weather anchors, 2 sports anchors and 3 of the weekday anchors are Caucasian or that WABC is trying to have a news team that reflects the audience it serves. You've posted on here before about Camille Edwards forcing minorities down your throat. Please, nobody is forcing you to watch. You can change the channel to other stations. Be forewarned, however, some of them are even more diverse than Ch. 7 is. Maybe you're better off moving back to the 1950s.

Actually he said, "I suspect it will work out" and is confident both sides will reach an agreement. Sounds like it is almost a go for a Good Morning America debate.

The auto show seems to be a big deal for ABC7. They have Liz Cho, Bill Evans, Heather O'Rourke, Joe Torres, Jeff Smith, Michelle Charlesworth, Rob Nelson and Amy Freeze there all day taking photos and signing autographs in front of the Eyewitness News van inside the Javitz Center.

He was back in New York for World News Tonight on Tuesday and will be in Brussels for Wednesday night's broadcast.

Agreed that jeopardy/wheel will prevent WABC from ever having a 7pm newscast. Agreed that Sade isn't going anywhere soon. Agreed that Shirleen was hired just to do what she's doing - anchor the noon news, report and fill in when necessary on other weekday shows. Just as she is this morning for Lori Stokes and as she has done previously for Diana, Liz and Sade.

I watched the archived 5pm on the NewsON app. Wow the "Breaking News Live Desk" is pretty dumb. First of all, it's just the same flash cam desk they use for every newsroom report. Just say "there's breaking news - let's go to Shirleen Allicot in the newsroom..." The segment where Shirleen just cut in from the newsroom after the remote shot could've easily been handled by the anchors in the studio. WABC should put the energy they're spending on this into the 11pm newscast.

Seems as if Diana Williams has officially ceded her hosting duties on "Upclose" after not appearing on it since her family medical issues began last year. While her photo still appears in some of the promos and her name is listed in cable TV guides, the show opening now simply says "this is eyewitness news upclose" and no longer announces or displays her name. Bill Ritter also no longer says he is filling in for Diana.

Stefan Holt is leaving to anchor the 4pm news on WNBC in New York. http://www.robertfeder.com/2016/02/16/rising-son-nbc-5s-stefan-holt-to-anchor-for-wnbc-in-new-york/

Stefan Holt, son of NBC Nightly News anchor Lester Holt, has been named anchor of the 4pm news on WNBC. http://www.robertfeder.com/2016/02/16/rising-son-nbc-5s-stefan-holt-to-anchor-for-wnbc-in-new-york/

Anyone else catch Ch. 7's political coverage Tuesday night? What a failure in comparison to their usual broadcasts. First, they interrupted network programming around 10:50pm for an Eyewitness News Special Report - about 30 minutes after ABC News already broke in with news that Ted Cruz won the republican Iowa caucus. Now, Bill and Liz announce the same news but are breaking in to show Donald Trump's concession speech. Meanwhile, the L3 banner on WABC declares that Trump was the caucus winner! On top of that, they only air about 45 seconds/minute of his speech before re-joining programming which, by now, is just commercials. Then at 11, they open the show with a split screen of anchors - the kind you use when one is in the studio and the other is on location somewhere else. Except .. Both Bill and Liz were in the studio.. It's just that they decided to have Liz sit at the desk and Bill stand in front of the touch screen (which he never used in an interactive touch screen way)... Why couldn't they just have them both at the desk and use the giant monitor wall behind them? Or have them stand in front the secondary monitor wall of the the viewer's right? What an odd night for their newscast.

Ratings are worsening for Good Morning America. They're already back to #2 in the demo. Take a look and see how close NBC is to taking back the morning news crown. http://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/morning-show-ratings-week-of-jan-18-2/283244

There's a brand new NewsCopter7 in the air (although it looks just like the last one...). Check out @abc7ny on Instagram for some pics and info.

Looks like they updated the West Coast feed and had David redo the first segment with the handheld mic. It really was a silly idea to have WNT live from inside the stadium..and live in Arizona. Not much benefit to ABC News here, just free promotion for corporate cousin ESPN. They could've easily covered the story using an ESPN reporter or the two Good Morning America correspondents that were there.

Think you answered your own question... Probably research/focus groups told them showcasing Matt & Savannah together was a better start for the show.

There's some better news for Good Morning America, despite it being Christmas week. I watched nearly the entire broadcast on Monday morning. I have to say, the worst parts have been where Lara seems to take control of the show. Having Josh and Sam there as her buddies really balanced things since they played so well against each in the segments where Lara led things and George/Robin take a backseat. Don't get me wrong, I like Lara but she's not paired well with George and Robin. On another note, Amy is doing an incredible job!

Because they need people that a national audience recognizes. I'm sure they'll use their local ABC O&O mets from time to time like they do on World News Tonight, but for GMA - especially with ratings sliding - they need some people who can help retain or boost ratings a little bit.

Sam Champion is back all next week filling in for Ginger Zee.

He's still at The Weather Channel and has a weekly prime time show starting in early 2016.