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Boy, it's been a long time since we had someone start a good old fashioned list thread.

By mayoral proclamation, today is Tom Skilling Day in Chicago, in honor of his 72nd birthday & next week's retirement.

Morning Express on CNN would be a square peg in a round hole. There's a reason it co-existed with the flagship. They want to do a show on CNN that has panels and politics, and that is the polar opposite of everything HLN was airing. IF 'Morning Express' and its former anchor were brought to CNN, it would be in name only, and Robin Meade would be terribly miscast.

Wow, if only they posted all their newscasts online, after they air. Oh, wait... https://abc7ny.com/tag/wabc-newscasts/

These. Are. Fanmade. And. Not. Accurate. Or. Correct.

They were still using live staff announcers, at this point, and until around '91. It was likely just a spot fill-in.

Gerard Jebaily is now in Baltimore, Mary Kay is semi-retired, and now Robb Ellis is apparently gone from the weather team. His bio was removed from the station website, last week, and his social media bios have been similarly updated. A listing for a full-time meteorologist position was posted in mid-January.

Also notable, that's sports anchor Jim Rose with the opening voiceover, that night.

They're identical, though the two .png files you attached aren't accurate. Those feature a different circle 7 than the 2021 versions. KABC and KGO are now identical, too, and all 4 stations use the same numeral.

Humor me. What part of this is the new graphics, other than the fact that they're using the correct, current ABC?

Based on the headlines, it's end of summer 1993.

For reference:

Bingo. Another feature of the live-rendered opens.

Unfortunately, this is a problem on your end.

...and no mention of Roseanne?

Soooooo, this is gonna be messy. Anyone can feel free to fill in the gaps, if and when you come across more info. Brian Jackson, returning home from KCPQ, will be A new co-anchor on Good Day Chicago, starting 1/22. ...with Natalie Bomke. ...and someone in the comments mentioned Terrence Lee moving to 4pm. Roseanne has been working the early shift, and the 7am trio has platooned the noon show, since Scott's promotion and Padilla's exit. No clue, at this point, what the plans are for Sylvia, Anita Blanton, Roseanne, Anthony, and I guess Tia Ewing, since she is the third wheel/Friday anchor at 4pm. Mike Caplan's welcome post for Brian: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=933921444766950&set=pb.100044473087792.-2207520000

Not to get too off-track, but don't forget Bryant Gumbel's sports background, too.

Not even kidding, first all-male, co-anchored, weeknight evening newscast on 7 in...at least 35 years? "The newsroom is calling the Bro Show." "All you need is a glass of scotch, and you're right back to the good ol' days." All that's missing is the circle 7 jackets.

All of this week's GMA3s have been either clip shows or single-topic programs, all prerecorded, which is totally okay. Good for them. It's a light week. But really, not updating the news update with TODAY'S headlines is just bad.

It's tangentially related. So much of the music changes and debranding efforts are coinciding with the graphics rollout. It won't last forever, and we'll get back to the graphics in no time.

It was this guy... https://espnpressroom.com/us/bios/arda-ocal/

For the record, her social bios state that she's a "meteorologist/reporter," so she is available to do anything for them.