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Shirleen filled in over the weekend too for Joe on Saturday.

Agreed this seems more likely (actually 125 minutes). The only other plausible scenario is the morning team picks up midday, and David/Shiba at 4/6 and Chuck/Sibila at 5/11. There are also rumblings that a panel show may replace Meredith.

Article on Meredith's show's fate and sagging ratings for FABLife: http://pagesix.com/2015/12/26/meredith-vieiras-low-rated-show-faces-ax-despite-revamp/

I'm pretty sure it hasn't been picked up for a second season yet.

I think the jury's out on that one. It wasn't doing that well to begin with, and then Tyra left, so we'll see.

Or if they want to give Chuck and Vargas more time give them the entire 5pm and give the 6pm to Ushery/Russell. Anyway, this may all change if the rumored 4pm comes to fruition.

Cecilia Vega in for Tom tonight. I'm guessing it's because he filled in for David a few times earlier in the week.

I believe Meredith will be shifted to overnights on both stations. Meredith continues to be demoted to overnights in other big markets.

There were some odd pairings. On Christmas Eve, Bolt filled in at 4 alongside Melanie. Then he soloed from 5pm on. I don't understand why they need TWO anchors at 4, but one is enough for 5&10.

Kristen Welker anchoring NN tonight. She was also the newsreader on Today this morning. Raphael Miranda, who did the weather this morning on Today, is also reporting weather on NN.

Interesting, Jim Donovan and Rahel Solomon co-anchoring the weekend evening news together. I'm still not buying him as an anchor, however I found him more bearable today.

I know what you mean, but just for the record, Kate is an NBC person appearing on MSNBC, not the other way around. I think Thomas Roberts or Peter Alexander should get the Saturday spot. To me, when I see Carl Quintanilla, I think business and financial news as he is one of the main faces over at CNBC. When I see Jose Diaz-Balart, I think Spanish and Telemundo as he is the face of that network's news division. There's something about him that's not appealing. I don't like him on The Rundown on MSNBC either.

Today's anchor line-up: Noon-Ken & Lauren 4&5-Dave & Shirleen 6-Dave solo

Today's anchor line-up: Noon-Rick solo 4pm-Brian solo 5pm-Rick solo 6pm-Rick solo 10pm-Brian solo 11pm-Brian solo Interesting they didn't have them anchor the 4 and 5 together.

Jim Donovan filled in for Ukee tonight at 5&6. Did he start yet in the mornings? I am going to restate that I don't like the move of making him an anchor. He's awful!!!

I guess you could put Diana/Sade at 4, with Bill/Shirleen at 5. I guess the point I was trying to get across is that they don't need to hire another anchor.

Maybe vacancies would've been a better word. If they were smart, I would pair Bill & Sade at 5&11, and EITHER: David & Shirleen at 6, David & Diana at 4, and Diana & Shirleen at Noon OR: David & Diana at 6, David & Shirleen at 4, and Diana & Shirleen at Noon OR: David & Shirleen at 6, Shirleen & Diana at 4, and David & Diana at Noon OR: David & Diana at 6, Diana & Shirleen at 4, and David & Shirleen at Noon Switching out Shirleen for Lori in the above scenarios is also plausible. No need to move or hire anyone else for these roles or holes.

If she does, I imagine WABC will fill the anchor holes with either Diana, Shirleen, or Lori.

Yeah, and maybe Sal can come back to doing Sports, John back to mornings with Lynne White, along with Tiffany McElroy and Craig on the early morning shift. I wonder if Mary Murphy or Jackie Hyland can anchor with Peter Thorne on the weekends too!!! Seriously guys, give it up. It doesn't look like Jim's coming back, or that Kaity is getting the 10pm back.

Can I say that as much as I love Rick & Monica as a team, I really enjoy Rick & Sarah as a team equally as much. Which brings me to ask, why isn't she used as a fill-in for Monica and Sharrie when one of those women is off? Monica and Sharrie are typically each other's fill-ins, but it'd be nice to throw Sarah into that mix.

He would've been better not speaking out. All this new information makes him sound bitter. For goodness sake, he is well into his 80s, not late 60s or 70s! He should be grateful that WBBM allowed him to stick around that long. Since when is a station obligated to keep someone on until that person is ready to go? They are the ones that pay him. Do we even know if there were any difficulties with him (reading the teleprompter, etc.)? As mentioned, it appeared that WBBM had hinted around for the past few years that that time was coming.

Anything's possible. I just don't think with current management they wil demote Tamsen to replace her with Kaity. Age and sex appeal unfortunately are more important qualities than experience nowadays.

Not a big fan of his. Hope he doesn't get it permanently.

Eva Pilgrim is moving over to the network: http://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/abc-news-adds-eva-pilgrim-as-correspondent/279983 Looking at my previous post, I wonder if Gray Hall is her replacement on the weekend mornings alongside Nydia Han. WPVI has a history of hiring replacements before someone retires or moves on.

Have Vai and Tracy both been anchoring the entire 4AM-7AM block now that Chris is gone? Also, it's been over a month now that Jackie has been doing the 4pm and 6pm (in addition to the 11pm) with Jim. I wonder if this means if Renee comes back that she'll be put on the 5pm. How long will they stay this course of putting her on leave?