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They've been having problems with the green screen, for sure, which isn't helping. Having Alan and Kathy has helped them immensely, though. I've sampled a little bit of everybody's coverage this evening, and while things were a little rocky at the start, I can't find anything significant about which to complain.

Has Konrad even come back this week? He had some throat procedure done and I didn't think he'd be back til next week.

Two points to Cheryl for telling viewers to not go outside and take pictures. In this day and age, some idiots on and off the air are trained like monkeys to participate on social media.

Yeah, they went back to network programming, and quickly reversed that decision. Good call.

ABC 7 and Wciu are simucasting w/ Cheryl, Jerry, Hosea and Linda. The U has been going weather-heavy, with some news and breaks. NBC and FOX are rolling. Very disappointed in WGN and Skilling.

Now that I'm in front of the tube, I get it. I did not realize the stations were in rolling coverage. Taft, Glaros (maybe Baskerville) and Skilling are breaking in periodically.

Those Facebook posts must be done by the station, because all 5 meteorologists are posting them at virtually the same time, with the same wording and info. It's even more obnoxious on Twitter, but considering the warnings and stuff, it's not totally unwarranted. As for needing Phil and Troy, I don't see the point. Jerry is on tonight. Nothing is so severe over such a wide area for them to be tag-teaming.

Troy Christensen is reporting in the field this afternoon during severe weather coverage, much like Phil Schwarz, though Phil has implied over the years that the latter half of the work week is his "weekend"...hence Troy's appearance. Phil's out in the field, too. He's really come a long way in his delivery and presence since joining the station, and I'd hope the station picks him up full-time when Jerry retires.

As I've said before, if they try to cut Windy City Live in half, they might as well cancel it. Rachael Ray is the likely victim. Also, management has said (take their word for it or not) that WCL, Inside Edition and Jeopardy! are safe in their time slots.

I think they were supposed to switch to Stimulus entirely, but like WLS with those cuts in '07, WABC backed out and stuck with the standard.

Remember when there were rumors back in 2010/2011 that the newscasts would start using the 2007 Stimulus cuts that WLS had previously rejected? Heck, I think some of these station IDs are in the rotation. I know I saw one on their revamped stream last week. [yt]szncRPhMXI8[/yt]

Who anchored the mothership tonight?

http://espn.go.com/chicago/radio/show?showId=ws

He's done worse without issue, especially this was pretty much self-deprecating. He went on the radio minutes later and they teased him about it because I tweeted his remark to them.

"I'm bringing my own 'Reporter Potty'." -Mark Giangreco And this was on the mothership, not the radio.

http://deadline.com/2015/04/abc-world-news-beats-nbc-nightly-news-ratings-record-ends-1201405351/ Keep in mind, 'Nightly' is no longer adding on the overnight rebroadcast ratings. That aside, both shows were way down, likely due spring break and the religious holidays.

It's just coming out now on Twitter, so I haven't yet seen any articles, but many sources confirm that 'World News Tonight' won the total ratings battle last week; first time in 5.5 years (during Gibson's home stretch).

Hmm. I thought I had heard that Selip's #2 (I don't recall the name) was moving into the position, with little fanfare and no search.

With lifestyle reporter/resident chef Wayne Johnson being fired from NBC 5 last week after 9 years, the station announced that celebrity chefs will begin appearing on the 11AM news to cook their restaurant's most famous dishes. This is obviously the direction the station is going that Wayne claimed didn't include him. What interests me, though, is that they're allegedly installing a full kitchen on their set. unless it's going to be some removable piece, I have no idea where they're going to put it. http://www.robertfeder.com/2015/04/06/celebrity-chefs-get-cooking-on-nbc-5/

Per Stacey Baca on Twitter, he's another shot of the graphics package. I'm guessing whoever designed the look tried to mimic the main station logo and turn it into a 3D object, but appears much different when returned to flat positioning.

Get ready. It's coming... Yes, that's a different version of the Circle 7. I don't know why, because it looks like crap, especially on a small scale.

Not gonna lie, I read that as 'Elpa So Proud'. I'm probably not the only one.

New weatherman joining the station ... [yt]8E2sH3m_hR8[/yt]

That's a flawed plan. There are so many other contingency plans they could opt for, including using Zoraida at 4:30pm, instead of at 10. It really makes no sense when you consider how they handled Stefan's weeklong evening term...unless Z is only doing this today. Either way, it makes Judy Hsu's day/night fill-in shifts look like a cakewalk.

No notable changes at 4 o'clock in the February books. As always, the vocal minority has the loudest opinion.