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Bianca Peters announced today on The Noon that it’s her last day at Fox 5. She thanked the viewers and specifically called out her time as co-host of GDNY with Rosanna Scotto as a highlight. She did not mention what her next move is. Maybe she will say more tonight at 6pm.

I noticed this, too. For some reason, the fill-in anchor at noon never says “in for Cindy.” It hasn’t just been for this extended absence. Five-second promos advertising Cindy at noon continue airing on TV, in addition to the streaming advertisement you posted above. Cindy’s bio is also still posted on the website. Speaking of website bios, I noticed that bios for Zinnia Maldonado and Alecia Reid were both removed from the bios page on the website. Neither of them has reported since late October and they both must have been victims of the mass layoffs that hit CBS News and Stations in early November. I also noticed that the bio for Krystle Rich, a sports reporter who was working for WCBS, KYW, and CBS Sports, was removed from the bios page, too. She had only joined earlier in 2025 and I’m not sure if she is still working for KYW or CBS Sports and is just no longer with WCBS, or if she is completely gone.

Aziza Shuler, most recently the weekend evening anchor at KYW/CBS News Philadelphia, has joined WCBS/CBS News New York. She reported Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday this week on the morning newscast. She was welcomed on Thursday morning. I am speculating that she was brought in to replace Elaine Quijano on weekend mornings alongside Doug Williams. I guess we will have to wait and see!

This is the fourth weekend in a row without Elaine. It was kind of an odd choice, especially since she did nothing for WCBS other than anchor Saturday and Sunday mornings. While Jenna DeAngelis has filled in most of the time, this morning Lisa Rozner is anchoring with Dave Carlin. They should have just kept Andrea Grymes!

Agreed, and it was announced in August 2024 that Maurice was moving to the Evening News. Meaning they’ve had 10 months or more to make a decision. Very odd.

Chris was great with Kristine at 5 today. It would be fantastic if he could take the slot permanently, with Cindy Hsu replacing him in the morning.

I’ve noticed this, too. How bizarre. Cindy has anchored at WCBS for more than 30 years and can more than hold her own during breaking news. Either give her a permanent co-anchor or leave her solo at all times, including during breaking news. I could understand bringing in a co-anchor if coverage is expected go for over an hour, otherwise it feels weird. Separately, we are getting closer to Maurice taking over the Evening News and I haven’t seen any announcement regarding his successor at WCBS. I assume Allen Devlin was hired to take this role, but interestingly enough, he has only filled in some of the time, with Dick Brennan still filling in quite often. I would have expected Devlin to be at the desk as often as possible on the lead up to Maurice’s departure from WCBS.

I noticed that Rob said he was filling in for John at the start of the 5:30 half hour only. There was no other mention of John or Tony during the 4:30-7am newscast. To be honest, it felt like Rob ad-libbed his “in for John” comment at 5:30, as it was not in the script during any other weather hits.

CBS News New York has updated the recent morning promos to remove John Elliott. I first noticed this today. Sorry for the poor quality photo, but you can see here that the group shot includes the two reporters, Mary Calvi, Chris Wragge, and Tony Sadiku. Previously, this shot included John as as well. This feels deliberate since they must have taped a version of this promo with and without John Elliott. One version of this promo had Chris Wragge saying something along the lines of “I’ve known Mary for 20 years, I’ve known John for 15 years, and now I feel like I’ve known Tony for 10 years.” This version has been updated to remove the line about John and just mentions Tony. Now what? No more “team weather” in the morning, which felt like a gimmick anyway. Is John Elliott out, or back to weekends, or something else? John was last on air Thursday doing team weather with Tony, and Tony was in Friday and is in again this morning with Craig Allen still on medical leave.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DAEcN0mJ5e2/?igsh=MWs3dGFpZTM1bDl5cQ== Allen Devlin is joining WCBS as an anchor and reporter. He was most recently an anchor at WANF (Atlanta News First). It will be interesting to see which newscast(s) he anchors. I speculate that he could take Maurice’s spot at 5:00pm when Maurice moves to The CBS Evening News after the election.

You captured my thoughts perfectly. While it’s nice to see Cindy back at noon permanently (almost 20 years after she was demoted off the anchor desk), I am sad to see the 9:00 a.m. newscast is being cancelled. Cindy really put her heart and soul into it (in fact, it could have been called The Cindy Hsu Show). Maybe I’m being optimistic, but perhaps Cindy will have a role on the early evening newscasts when Maurice starts anchoring the CBS Evening News. We still have no idea how the move will impact Maurice’s role at WCBS, although the press release indicated that Maurice (and Lonnie) will both continue to be a presence on WCBS. But, I don’t know how Maurice could do the 5 and 6:00 p.m. newscasts if he is anchoring the Evening News.

Great to hear that Maurice got the job! My guess is he will continue to anchor the 11:00pm newscast, but I cannot see him keeping the 5:00 and 6:00pm newscasts. Hopefully WCBS will announce their plans shortly.

This was a very nicely done tribute, but I am in shock that this was Dana's last day. We knew Dana (and Dick Brennan) were leaving the 6pm newscast, but she was supposed to remain with the station as a fill-in anchor and contributor. However, per an article in Newsday.com (paywalled), which cited a memo from GM Johnny Green, Dana thought about it and decided that today would be her last day. The Newsday.com article goes on to mention that several in the news industry believe this move is directly related to budget cuts at Paramount Global. Regardless of the reason, this feels like a pretty abrupt ending for someone who devoted nearly 34 years of her life and career to this station. The entire process, starting with a leaked internal memo announcing that Dana and DIck would be "transitioning" off the 6pm newscast, seems like it was completely mishandled.

CBS News reporter and streaming anchor Elaine Quijano is anchoring with Doug Williams this Sunday morning. Doug and Craig Allen have been welcoming her all morning, so it appears that she is the new anchor, replacing Andrea Grymes.

Derick Waller has joined CBS 2 as a reporter. He left WABC a few months ago, citing the difficult morning hours. Since leaving WABC, he freelanced at WTTG in Washington, DC. https://www.instagram.com/reel/C386yHVOj1i/?igsh=MTVhcnNlODJlZGI4cA==