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If this is from the last few weeks, they've been on a temporary set, for the last month or so.

Sounds like he picked that up from Dave Ward during his time at KTRK. 'Creeper' seems a bit strong.

Yes.

Somara Theodore does weekends, plus Ginger, plus occasional Sam, and frequent dips into the affiliates (mostly WLS). They're doing just fine, really.

Honestly, having Sam back so much has been my issue with the show. Without weather, he just becomes the show's (second) mascot, the comic relief and chuckling idiot in the background. He still has great chemistry, but the purpose for his presence is non-existent. And while I love Robin, her vacation time is insane. She must be on the Jimmy Kimmel PTO plan.

We can keep this thread going a little longer, if anything relevant to the ending season comes up, but for everything related to next season 2024-25, a new thread has been started.

Respectfully, you're splitting hairs.

Then provide an example, please. That way, someone with a good ear can maybe identify it.

http://www.newsmusicsearcharchive.com/#1,1,KIRO

Just helping to prove my point. He has enough sporadic jobs to probably be in a pretty good place, much less want to go to the 4th-place evening news.

Mark Schanowski is north of 65. He has a pleasant, semi-retired thing going with his Bulls podcasting, Windy City Bulls broadcasting, and ABC7 fill-in work. Silvy or Carm would be capable, but their strengths would be wasted in a 2.5 minute sportscast. And Waddle? Yes, he did some Fox32 fill-ins, back in the day, but like Kap during the Bears season, his best TV work is done when crossing the hall for ABC7 analysis. Matt Zahn and Jori Parys will be perfectly fine, at least in the interim. That said, moving Baker back to sports isn't a terrible idea, though that would require some outside help to be brought on for the morning show. They'd need to make a splashy hire after losing both male anchors. Their male bench doesn't have the anchor potential to make an impact. And again, let everyone remember that they have a job listing posted for a weather anchor, so weekends should get some help soon. With Yeomans taking the 11am, if and when Ed retires, Bannon will be perfectly capable to handle the whole morning block, or at least til 10am and maybe shift Yeomans even earlier.

In Chicago, to my surprise.

KABC & KTRK have 6 assigned across all shows, WPVI has 5 assigned plus a 6th on staff, and WLS has 5 + 2 part-timers. WABC doing this once in awhile isn't that crazy.

WLS does 2, 3, or even 4 (as news warrants), at 10. Similar count at WMAQ, from what I've seen.

Of course a set is not (really going to change ratings), but it's borderline crazy to suggest that replacing a 12-year-old set is an exceptional waste of money. KCNC skipped the wave of KCBS copycats of 2016/17. It's probably time. By the ratings logic, most stations in the country should look the same now as they did in the '90s, '80s, or even the '70s, with how rarely ratings shift. Major market ABC station who's dominated since the '80s...why bother? You'll still be #1. Major market CBS station who's been a dog for 30 years...also why bother?

Sets don't need to match graphics. Some of the stations could use a coat of paint, but matching the sets to something that will likely change and be long gone before the space reaches the end of its useful life feels unwise. The on-set screen logos and graphics were changed accordingly, and that's all you really need, at this point.

One year & a day after WLS first rolled out the full graphics package, we have a theme update at WTVD. It's Eyewitness News, but it's nothing we're familiar with.

Big Mark fan, here, and I tolerate Cheryl, at best. It's been almost 2 years since he would've actually retired (his contract ran until early fall '22), and is hopefully enjoying his time away from TV. There is almost no reason for him to still be retweeting the Cheryl haters, and doing so "hurts" his legacy more than the incident he was dismissed over. For a guy who has said he's ultimately glad to be out of there ("that place will be a car wash in 5 years"), he sure can't seem to put it in the rear view mirror. ON THE OTHER HAND, he doesn't need professional help. I'm confident none of us here have medical degrees to actually recommend that. He's just a 70-year-old man who's a little crusty about how his career ended, which is valid. As much as I don't think he should be doing what he's doing on Twitter, I'm guessing he's also within his legal right to do it, and is otherwise quiet about the whole ordeal. Ultimately, we're making a bigger deal out of this than anyone in his replies. Until he and Cheryl sue each other over NDA breaches or whatever, him retweeting Cheryl shade every once in awhile probably isn't worth mentioning. Honestly, I'm glad this thread didn't exist when Kevin Roy was having his actually-concerning, in-need-of-mental-health-intervention Facebook meltdowns.

Last I saw, there is a job opening for a meteorologist, so they are definitely looking for somebody to do one or both weekend shifts.

Remember, WBBM is debuting...something, in their streetside space, next month.

Diane was off on Memorial Day, and Tanja made mention of her absence, which says to me that she'll be named officially, sometime soon. If that happens, they should have an in-house reporter take up the back-up role. Jeremy (who I haven't heard on 7 in months, as he was a temporary full-timer on 32) and other Total Traffic folks always used to be the third-stringers. If Diane becomes #1, then somebody should fill the gap.

I mean, it's clearly KCAL, almost to a T.

The move was made between the 5 and 9pm shows on Friday. All solo shows have been anchored from the desk overlooking Michigan & Lake, including both mornings, and Dane on Saturday night.

Pay more, and put it on less accessible channels? They clearly weren't willing to fight for it. It's not complicated.