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The Roundtable segment starts around the 31-minute mark.

My mom said it was "Skinny White Women in Black Night...and Ravi" on ABC 7.

I'd welcome it, though I'd prefer the 'This Morning' branding, most of all. Meanwhile, Liz Nagy filled in for both Ravi and Karen last Saturday night. There's no set regular fill-in when they're both off, as it's so infrequent, so that's no big deal, but I was surprised to see Liz anchoring with Ravi tonight. The NFL game was not in primetime on ABC, but apparently they were ready to go on at 6:30 (which got scrubbed), so maybe that was the reason. I can't think of the last time, if ever, he got a co-anchor on a weekend, in Karen's absence. Karen had a few, during her 2 pregnancies, of course.

So, this is new. The recent morning promo look (the shades of blue and yellow, minus any GMA rings) has made it into a new rejoin, debuting on December 23rd. I believe this only airs during the 4:30 half hour (I know not at 6, but unsure about at 5), which is odd, as Samantha Chatman doesn't appear that early. Either way, this replaces the talentless rejoins that launched after Tanja was promoted in 2016. It feels like a very soft launch, so I'm not even going to post it to YouTube until it shows up later in the show. 2019 morning rejoin small.mp4

No idea, but it can't just be a coincidence.

ABC must be having some kind of master control issue, because this has been happening sometimes on WLS, lately. That's the logo that flashes during the final few seconds of network promos, but it appears that someone or something is failing to turn it off, so it just keeps blinking.

I thought Brianna's primary assignment has been 11am, not weekend mornings.

It sounds to me like some holiday-themed production music, and nothing more.

That area around Central Park is a hotbed of real estate development, with billions in leases/mortages on the table, as 60/70/80-story buildings are now lining the perimeter of the park. That whole block is toast,

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It appears that the temporary video wall has been reinstalled on the main ABC News set, positioned closer to the desk, in front of the usual installation. Last time, it was to switch out the monitor array with a seamless curved display. No idea what's up this time, though they've been making some updates to lighting and walls over the last several weeks.

Hired as a reporter, then did weekend weather for about a year (between Jim Ramsey and Andy Avalos), though he was likely filling in, by this point. He'd be doing morning news updates sometime later that year. By the way, despite referring to Super Tuesday, that newscast is from Sunday, March 11th.

I'm pretty sure that's the real deal. Looks way too good to be a knockoff.

They have absolutely nothing to do with one another, so this closure has no bearing. I'm sure they're still looking at their options with WGN America, which only has any chicago connection in name, alone.

And I fixed it. No one's crazy or a broken record.

The KABC package also has a 2-line lower third option.

All 3 Chicago stations are doing it, that's all I know.

...And ABC. I believe 'Nightly News' was first to do this.

Hosea Sanders is filling in at the desk at 4 today for the first time since the WCIU broadcast was canceled. I was beginning to think that they phased him out of anchoring for good, though this could be a last resort type thing, as holiday schedules get wacky. Either way, nice to see him back in the role, especially with Judy.

Dean Richards recently got roughed up in a fall downtown, so veteran anchor Steve Sanders will appear as host of this Friday night's holiday presentation of 'Family Classics,' becoming only the 4th person to introduce the once-weekly film presentation. He should do a fabulous job. https://www.robertfeder.com/2019/12/12/robservations-steve-sanders-saves-day-wgns-family-classics/

According to other reports, yes, he'll also assume those roles.

Interesting choice, but he is pretty versatile, so he'll be fine.

It required too much effort, on my end, which seemed appropriate.

Like a major news story, I thought this deserved a SPECIAL GRAPHIC, but in light of recent debuts, this is all we're gonna get...

O...kay? So? Sounds to me like Ushery is working late, and Price is off. Not sure what's so special about any of this.