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I had the 6 o'clock news on mute while making dinner, but couldn't turn up the volume fast enough when I saw a talent rejoin start to run. Nothing new, just a misfire of the old one with Jerry.

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If that mistake was to be made, 6am on a weekend is the way to do it. I'd like to think they've since renamed all relevant photo files.

I'm inclined to agree about Ben, too, but I still think it's silly that he and Lourdes only carry an hour when everyone else at the station anchors for at least 2 hours, or the evening team that's on for 3 and a half.

Also, Joe and Mark graduated from Marquette one year apart. I wonder if that means anything.

Color me shocked. The first thing I do when new folks are hired in this town is Google them, and check out a few videos. I can establish that WGN is getting a very solid, seasoned pro with a good sense of humor and personality. What's coming as a surprise, though, is just how seasoned he is. Through a little browsing on LinkedIn, Tom Negovan is about 50, and Ben is in his early 40s. Joe Donlon is (~)55, pretty much the same age as the guy he's replacing. I'm not going to judge the hire on age, if the individual is right for the role, but with age comes an elevated salary, something I was not expecting in this move.

Every TV personality needs a bitter enemy.

I believe the Friday night show has been 30 minutes since the Bears show restarted for this season. That's about the time Rafer and Sylvia became Friday night anchors, and Corey and Dawn took Sundays. With that show over, they either reinstated a 2nd half hour of news, or figure out another option. Now we know that they chose the latter.

Turns out Mark's "Alternate Olympics" is turning into a real odeal. He wants viewers (and ESPN 1000 listeners) to submit pictures and/or video of their own winter Olympic-style events on Twitter and Facebook. The wackiest, goofiest, and most outrageous will make the 10 o'clock sportscast. He's still figuring out rewards for the top 3.

I checked earlier in this thread, and we discussed it then, but it doesn't appear that they did it.

The ABC O&O's got away with the late update in 2012 because Nightline was ending at 12/11, at that point. Now that Kimmel is in the post-news slot, they won't do it anymore. They didn't do it in '14 or '16, either...though I still have "ABC 7 News at 11pm" set to record on my DVR.

It's between the 3 anchors and the producers, primarily Giangreco's longtime right hand man, Mike Johnson.

Windy City Live is actually live today. They only have half an audience, with the right side of seats filled with cardboard cutouts of Mariah Carey, Jesse Jackson Jr., Roe Conn, Peter Jennings, and Barack Obama. It's quickly evolved into a 6-minute newscast, though, with Larry and Cheryl tag-teaming an update within the show, with a live report in the field from Stacey Baca.

Been there, done that, literally only 7 & 8 posts ago.

I hadn't thought about that, but wasn't she last seen filling in on NBC? Kinda odd that she'd be flipping back and forth.

Rob, and they'll pull from the affiliates for weekends.

2016: And the real NBC logo, for reference...

It was just a warning that some of the sports have started, and that they'll have results throughout the games, too. They might prepare some gags, but the graphic is the biggest laugh. They mess with NBC's logo each year. I'll dig up 2016's.

Time for this year's alternative Olympic coverage...

Look N makes me feel claustrophobic.

There will only be 3 (at least 1 too many) auto show specials this weekend, as NBC isn't going to have time to air one with the Olympics. Channels 7 and 9 will be live at 6pm Saturday, while the one on CBS 2 will air at 10:30 Sunday night.

She did the morning show. I was looking at my DVR guide to record the auto show special this Saturday, and she's listed in the credits, taking Jerry's place. She's joining Mark for a bunch of test drives, like he did with Taft, at today's big media day. http://abc7chicago.com/automotive/abc7-special-chicago-auto-show---saturday-at-6-pm/3052849/

...And here's the rest of that newscast...

Just filmed on the NBC set.

It's a little hard to tell. Are the blue panels see-through to the newsroom? If so, I kinda like that. I wonder if that area might become a temporary anchor set if the main desk area gets a makeover.