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Another weekend without Cindy Hsu. In fact, this is the sixth weekend in a row that Diane Macedo has filled in, always noting that Cindy is off.

Cindy Hsu has been MIA for about one month now. This is the fourth weekend that she has been missing from the anchor desk, although the fill-in (Diane Macedo for the last three weeks, and Dick Brennan tonight) has always mentioned that he/she is "in for Cindy." I also checked the video archive at cbsnewyork.com, and it looks like her most recent report was near the end of July.

The Fox 5 newsroom is being renovated, according to a tweet from Teresa Priolo this morning: https://twitter.com/fox5teresa/status/635066407437340672 [ATTACH]1582.IPB[/ATTACH] As you can see in the photo, the logo is the same one that appears on the new FOX5NY.com website (which is a combination of the older logo with the larger 5 that is still used in some graphics and in the studio, and the newer, simpler Fox 5 logo that appears as the bug during newscasts). I wonder if a new studio and/or graphics are close behind? The current look is a few years old now, and the studio is very dated, with very few updates since its debut in maybe 2006/2007.

This is totally unrelated to the news, but it looks like Steve Lacy and Anna Gilligan are getting married... to each other: http://registry.theknot.com/anna-gilligan-steve-lacy-october-2015/10985749

I completely disagree about the Ben/Juliet Good Day Early Call/Wakeup team. I am a longtime viewer of CBS 2's morning newscast, but I've recently made the switch to GDWU, and find Juliet and Ben to be a great team. Juliet has really loosened Ben up quite a bit, and they seem to be having a lot of fun in the morning (although I agree that people seem to either love or hate Juliet - there's no in between). I, too, wonder why Juilet never fills in for Rosanna on the main show.

It's not unusual to see a weekday anchor fill in on a weekend, but it is highly unusual that the entire weekday team would replace the weekend team for a day, especially when there is nothing special about this particular Sunday morning.

It looks like CBS 2's weekday morning team (Wragge, Calvi, and Elliott) will be anchoring the Sunday morning newscast tomorrow, pursuant to the following tweets from John Elliott and Chris Wragge: @ChrisWragge: Tomorrow am!! We are hours away from a Monday @CBS2ThisMorning on SUNDAY! When 5 days aren't enough let's pick 6 @MaryCalviTV @JohnElliottTV @JohnElliottTV: Goodnight @MaryCalviTV & @ChrisWragge See you bright and early tomorrow for a special Sunday edition of Monday's show... This seems highly unusual. Any idea why this may be happening?

Diane Macedo has started anchoring weekend mornings as of today, replacing Cindy Hsu. Here is Andrea Grymes' tweet from this morning: @AndreaGrymesTV: Welcoming @VMurdockTV back from mat. leave & @dianermacedo to our wknd AM team! @HsuTV still on at night! @CBSNewYork Live 6-7am! Based on this tweet, Cindy Hsu will be anchoring weekend evenings only.

Andrea Grymes tweeted a photo of herself and Cindy Hsu from a promo shoot this morning: https://mobile.twitter.com/AndreaGrymesTV/media/grid?idx=0&tid=441611386805051392 I'm not sure if this is indicative of anything specifically, but it seems strange to me that they would be taping a promo featuring Cindy and Andrea if one of them is going to soon be replaced by Diane Macedo...

Former Fox 5 reporter Dick Brennan reported on CBS 2 News This Morning live from the scene of the tornadoes in Oklahoma. I'd guess that he has joined CBS NewsPath (maybe only on a freelance basis)... I guess we'll have to stay tuned to see if he appears again...