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I'm not quite following you. I was referring to the color coordination on the warning ticker, where, at that point, the tornadoes had effectively ended the flooding became the big issue.

Yeah, flooding's always been green, not red. No reason to change it.

I figure I'll just mention it here...WGN and CBS2 ended coverage at 1am, Fox was done WEEEEEELLLLLLL before midnight. Mark Suppelsa reiterated their reasoning for dumping the Cubs once more before they closed. ABC 7 went off at 1:30, followed soon after by NBC5. Both will be back at 4am.

I really hate people. Not like 'shoot everybody' hate, but like 'smack them upside the head' hate.

Everybody in Chicago seems to be doing better during tonight's weather outbreak. Other than a few gargled witness phone calls, there have been no real technical mishaps. The only thing ABC 7 is doing differently is the anchor 2-shot. I know there are more pressing issues with this weather, but I like this camera angle. I know it doesn't line up with the glass logo behind them, but it's still a good look that they should go to more often. It's a little tighter and more intimate for coverage like this.

Four of the 5 stations are in continuing coverage, but frequent commercial breaks tell me that WFLD is screwing the pooch, again. Cheryl Scott on 7 already eluded to this, telling viewers that lives are on the line, and this isn't the time to bitch about a TV show. I'm paraphrasing, of course.

Either segment intros or desk exchanges are frequently prerecorded in order to accommodate the other, to make the aesthetic transitions smooth, since the correspondent at the desk could have a shoulder butting into the anchor shot. It's silly, either way, but it's not new.

I should've figured. Maybe someday.

GDC and the noon news is being done from a temp set in the newsroom. It's not the old setup, but the old newsroom desk in front of the bank of monitors on the back wall. It looks okay enough, but I'm curious if this means bigger change in the main studio.

I'd say it's permanent. To run the full open would only take like 5 more seconds. Maybe they realized that saying/displaying three names was a little clunky... [yt]UPCQiCTOUXw[/yt]

I can only imagine what it's going to look like when a game goes to extras. That thing being too damn small has always been its biggest problem.

Who do they think they are, ABC 7?

I do wish they kept the lower third extended to the right side of the bug like the old ones, and not just cutting off on the left edge of the bug. I'm interested to see the full open. They also could have taken this opportunity to switch to the ABC network font that has found its way into other graphical elements.

What the hell? I watched the show this morning and didn't notice anything. Maybe driving 550 miles in 7 hours yesterday clouded my ability to process things. I don't hate it, for sure. The old pack was getting a little dated, and the changes to the 8 o'clock hour L3's were a pleasant change. These new pieces were previewed by the new 8am open which has been in place for a few months.

That makes no sense, whatsoever. But yes, typically McGill.

He was also in last night. However, I don't think he did the midday show yesterday, as Steve and Dina made it sound like today was his first midday shift this week.

'Politics Tonight' is usually streamed, so it's possible, but I'd say no purely because of the leagues' online rules and crap. I still don't get the lack of carriage.

'Sports Feed' with Jarrett Payton and Josh Frydman (WGN sports producer) will debut this weekend on CLTV. The one-hour show will air Sundays through Thursdays at 6pm. Paul Lisnek's 'Politics Tonight' will shift an hour earlier to 5pm, and will retain it's 9:30pm rebroadcast. http://www.robertfeder.com/2015/06/09/cltv-to-kick-off-nightly-sports-feed/

So, this is a thing... https://vimeo.com/123065889 This piece, and the Bulls snippet never made it to air, the former obviously only being relevant on that first day.

Yeah, many would say that having three weekday weather anchors is a unnecessary, but 5 (if not more) of WABC's sister stations have 3, so there is precedent. Three of those five have 7 broadcasts to fill, while the other two have 6. Four air an hour of news on another local station.

I couldn't be bothered to get out of bed in time for the start of the show, but here's the 12:30 open, talent and all... [yt]lYtfaMX7vEo[/yt]

Now that I'm thinking about it, none of the Chicago stations use video in the OTS's on a regular basis. If any do, I'd guess WGN and WMAQ, but again, with no regularity.

I want to say no, but... Yeah, no.

When did I say it was a video? It's just a picture.

Using a screenshot of a prior report in an OTS. That's a new one...