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Last week, Kerry Drew and Raegan Medgie anchored for the whole week. This week, Drew and Robert Moses anchored Monday, and Drew solo anchored Tuesday and this morning. Solo anchoring for a 2.5 hour newscast seems like a lot for one person to handle.

He tweeted that his first day is September 9th, but that doesn’t mean it will be his first day on air.

https://wccoradio.radio.com/media/audio-channel/matt-brickman-heading-nyc In this interview, Matt Brickman officially confirms that he will be the weekend evening meteorologist at WNBC. I’m not sure this was officially reported anywhere else before now.

Here’s Sukanya’s Facebook post announcing her departure. It sounds like this was her decision, although it’s odd to me that she’s not sticking around at least until tomorrow for Jennifer Lahmers’s last day.

Weird. And John Marshall filled in for Elise a few mornings this past week.

When Jennifer is off, usually Kerry Drew or Robert Moses are the primary fill in anchors.

Jennifer Lahmers, cohost of Good Day Wake Up, with Sukanya Krishnan, since 2017, is leaving Fox 5 for “Extra.”

Jeff Berardelli filled in for Lonnie Quinn last night and again tonight. He also filled in on a weekend evening about a month ago, and has been appearing on CBS This Morning: Saturday. Jeff’s return is a blast from the past, as he was the regular weekend morning meteorologist from 2003 through 2007.

CBS 2 seems to have finally moved its bug all the way to the right to fill the 16:9 screen, instead of being in the 4:3 safe zone. This is especially apparent in the attached screenshot from CBS 2 News at 5:00 tonight, where the white bar with “CBSNewYork” cuts off well before the logo begins. When the logo was in the 4:3 safe zone, the white bar ended exactly where the logo begins. I wonder why they did it this way? The package has always been tailored to the 4:3 safe zone, although with many elements out of the safe zone (mostly banners in the L3 to the left of the text). Why not just go for full blown 16:9, or just leave it all 4:3 safe?

You’re exactly right. CBSN New York launches today at 1:00 p.m. It appears that Alex Denis will be heavily featured. No word if she leaves morning traffic for this. https://www.instagram.com/p/BrS1-q7nQb6/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=mdz31o1vgav6

Sports anchor Duke Castiglione is leaving Fox 5 to join WCVB in Boston as weekend news anchor: http://www.adweek.com/tvspy/wnyw-sports-anchor-leaves-for-boston/196612 Castiglione has recently been hosting Sports Xtra on Sunday evenings and is the primary sports anchor for Good Day New York. At WCVB, he joins former Good Day colleague Ben Simmoneau, and replaces former WNYW and WCBS anchor Reid Lamberty.

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CBS 2 is getting a new set in Septmeber, and will be on a temporary set all summer, according to Chris Wragge: https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1574505179228527

Lou Young announced on Twitter today that he's leaving CBS 2. [MEDIA=twitter]867389915344056321[/MEDIA]

Antwan Lewis and Teresa Priolo are the new anchors of Good Day Early Call and Good Day Wake Up. [MEDIA=twitter]793404790399180802[/MEDIA]

John Marshall is doing weather this morning. He implied that he will be on for the next few months, filling in for Vanessa Murdock, who will be handling weekend PMs while Elise Finch is out on maternity leave. John commented that this is his third stint at the station. I guess the first was when he handled weekend mornings between Megan Glaros's departure and Katie Fehlinger's arrival, and then a few years ago when he returned during Vanessa Murdock's maternity leave.

There's video of Huddy's farewell in this Mediaite story: http://www.mediaite.com/online/former-fox-news-host-and-roger-ailes-goddaughter-juliet-huddy-leaves-fox-affiliate/

Well, it's official. Juliet Huddy is out at Fox 5. Teresa Priolo and Kerry Drew anchored GDWU this morning, and Juliet came on at 6:55 to give a nice goodbye. I am really sorry to see her go, but happy that Fox 5 let her say goodbye on air.

Huddy's bio is no longer listed on Fox 5's website: http://www.fox5ny.com/about/personalities

I respectfully disagree. I know that the opinion-based Fox 5 News is not for everyone, but I find it to be a nice alternative in the morning. If you want a straight newscast, you can get that on WCBS, WNBC, or WABC. In this case, I think Fox 5's format is a good way to differentiate itself from the competition. I do agree with you, however, that they are better off going outside to find a new early morning team (that is, assuming Juliet Huddy is actually gone). I honestly do not believe that any of the reporters who've been filling in are the permanent solution.

I think you are correct. If anyone watched Good Day Wake Up on Thursday morning, Juliet made little throw-away comments during the whole show (and all week, for that matter) that made it pretty obvious to me that it was her last day on the show, even though she did not say anything definitive. The crew also played her favorite music during each tease, which she alluded to in a tweet: [MEDIA=twitter]771292380666425344[/MEDIA] She also has made a few comments on Twitter over the past few weeks that seem to indicate that her contract may not be renewed: [MEDIA=twitter]769115275664973824[/MEDIA] Again, these tweets are not definitive proof, but I think if you read between the lines, it's very likely that she's gone (or, at the very least, not anchoring GDWU anymore). Juliet was off Friday for vacation, but the fill-in anchors (Antwan and Kerry) did not mention that they were in for Juliet once all morning (again, not definitive proof, but one more piece of circumstantial evidence). If she's really gone, this is a huge loss. GDWU was HER show for 4 years. It hasn't been the same since Ben Simmoneau left in May, but Juliet continued to make it fun and interesting, even with a rotating lineup of fill-in anchors beside her. Plus, if Thursday was her last morning and they didn't let her say goodbye, shame on Fox 5. After 4 years anchoring GDWU, she deserved to at least tell viewers she was leaving. I know this is common in TV, but it's still a slap in the face to viewers, plus Ben got a nice send off when he left after 3 years. Ben and Juliet made an amazing team (one of the best AM teams this market has ever seen, in my opinion). Now the big question is what does Fox 5 do with the show? It's hard to weather the loss of both anchors, especially on such a personality-driven newscast. They didn't seem to be in a big rush to fill Ben's seat, so let's see whether or not they have a plan for GDWU.

Sam Ryan was the lead sportscaster at WCBS from around 2007-2009, and then, when she wanted to cut back on her work schedule, she shared weekday duties with Otis Livingston from 2009-2011 until leaving (I believe she anchored three weekdays, and Livingston did two).

It seems like Chris Wragge and Mary Calvi both happen to be off today. Alex Denis and Brian Conybeare anchored this morning.

Jessica Moore, CBS 2's new weekend evening anchor, debuts today at noon. [MEDIA=twitter]753742860344823808[/MEDIA]

You are right. Cindy posted on her Facebook page last night that she's leaving weekend evenings for weekend mornings (presumably she'll be re-teamed with Andrea Grymes, with whom she anchored weekend mornings before Diane Macedo replaced Cindy in March 2014). I guess this also confirms that Jessica Moore will be anchoring weekend evenings. Personally, I have mixed feelings about this move. While I prefer Cindy in the morning, this seems like a demotion to me, and she had great chemistry with Elise Finch and Steve Overmyer. On the other hand, the weekend morning newscast is immediately strengthened with Cindy's return. https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1195648083800608