TVNewsLover

Could Jeff Glor be his successor?

Might she be added as Walter’s co-anchor on weekend evenings?

All valid points. She’s good at what she does. But I feel it’s people like this that are looked at first when budget cuts need to be made.

Is there a reason that Liz hardly subs on the noon or 11 PM newscasts? It seems that every time Sade is out (which seems like it’s often and is a discussion for another post), they need to re-shuffle the chairs, with Sandra filling Sade‘s spots, and weekenders and reporters filling Sandra’s spot.

Congratulations to Chuck! I know I’ve mentioned this before, but I feel like he should’ve did this a few years ago. He’s not the same anchor that he was 10 years ago. Would love to see Sue come back to co-anchor his last newscast. I assume David will be named co-anchor, putting him and Natalie at 4pm, 6pm, 7pm, and 11pm, while keeping Adam and Gilma at 11am and 5pm. But I wonder if it makes sense to put Adam and Gilma at 11 AM, 4 PM, and 6 PM, With David and Natalie at 5 PM, 7 PM, at 11 PM, making their on air time more even.

The international version of the channel “USA” is known as “Universal TV”, so it is odd that it will no longer be under the NBCUniversal banner. I too agree that it would’ve made sense to keep USA, MSNBC, and CNBC, and spin off everything else, but what do I know?

Perhaps he’s being shifted to handle noon and one of the evening shows to ease the burden off Lonnie, since Lonnie will also be handling duties on the mothership.

Just curious on a few things. Has Michelle ever been considered for any openings or is she comfortable on weekend AM? What about Toni Yates? Seems like she is the main weekend AM fill-in but no where else. Lastly, Lauren Glassberg. Was there any thought to putting her on weekend evenings, or is her anchor role only as a fill-in?

This is the 4th week in a row that Karen has been on the morning show but not at 10am. She is still in the open, but is left out of the close and no one is mentioned as being “in” for her. It seems like they’re moving towards a system where in addition to weekend AM, Peyton does Mon/Tues 10am and 12noon, and Brittany in addition to her weekend PM duties, does Wed-Fri 10am and 12noon.

I wonder if it makes sense to have local news on at 10pm, run national news at 10:30pm (perhaps ABC News Live Prime, NBC Top Story, CBS Daily Report), and have the late night talk shows come on at 11pm. I also think this would be an opportunity for the central and mountain time zones to have the same airing times from 8 to 10 PM, and let them program the 7 PM hour with syndicated fare.

I wonder if the reruns are moving to another channel. I would not be sad if they just went away.

I could see Sandra retiring in a few years. She’s got to be in her mid 60s. At that point, it makes the most sense to have David/Liz do Noon/5pm, with Mike/Sade doing 4pm/6pm/11pm, giving each pair 2 hours of airtime. An alternative would be swapping the 4pm and 5pm between the pairs. As far as who gets top billing, it most definitely will be Sade, because she’s been with the station longer and on those respective shows longer.

Will they look to outside to fill Pedro’s spot on weekend mornings, or will Toni or Lauren be promoted?

Apparently CBS OVERNIGHT NEWS is no more. It’s been replaced by CBS NEWS ROUNDUP back in May

Anderson would have no problem handling lighter fare. He has filled in numerous times on Live with Kelly and Mark/Ryan, and he also hosts CNN New Year’s Eve coverage with Andy Cohen. If you’ve seen either of these programs, most or all of these programs tend to be lighter fair.