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Craig Wall's hiring made official. http://abc7chicago.com/careers/craig-wall-named-political-reporter-for-abc-7-chicago/2108678/

I'm okay with that, then. Sometimes the flow of the show is thrown off by being so confined to the clock.

The Tom and Jerry analogy is funnier if you replace the cat and mouse with Skilling and Taft.

Still on the 7's?

Yeah, I don't know. Somebody should be made permanent. I get that they may want to wait until Stafford comes back (September-ish, if all goes well), but that doesn't excuse the 11 months it's been since Ponce left, and the 2 and a quarter years since Elgas departed.

She just moved to town, so not for a little while.

Holy crap, they actually hired a male anchor. He begins at the end of next month, assignment unknown. http://www.robertfeder.com/2017/06/14/robervations-nbc-5-hires-kansas-city-anchor/#more-14584 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoXinHhftSQ

He and Judy, solo, appear to be the back-ups on weekends, though with Karen back, they likely won't be needed as often.

Robin was stunned walking into the studio to find out Larry had already been there, as seen in a Facebook live stream that I'm not in a position to post. And no, no permanent anchor in the early shift. If they use viewer input as an indication, Ana won't get the slot. Most comments are along the lines of "I love her doing Around Town, but not a fan of her anchoring".

Larry also anchored the 4am show last week, and I think Ana's anchored more in the last month (4, 6 and midday), than in the whole decade before.

Serviceable on the weather front, but she seemed kind of intimidated by the irreverence on the first few days. She's starting to warm up, though.

Lisa Chavarria has been picked up by NBC5 as a freelance reporter after 5 years at Fox32. http://www.robertfeder.com/2017/06/08/craig-wall-headed-abc-7-lisa-chavarria-joins-nbc-5/

So much for an alleged hiring freeze. It looks like a Chicago news veteran wins the political duties at ABC 7, as 19-year Fox32 veteran Craig Wall is expected to sign with WLS when WFLD's 90-day qualifying offer period ends. http://www.robertfeder.com/2017/06/08/craig-wall-headed-abc-7-lisa-chavarria-joins-nbc-5/

More than 2. Elgas hits 2 years at ABC 7 next month.

No, the 4 o'clock hour is still unfilled. Who fills in for Dick Johnson when he's off?

Byron's bio on the website said that he also did the 4:30 newscast (with Brant listed at 4). Was that ever a thing?

"I'm working all the shows tonight. I'm doing the weather, too. I'll wear Cheryl Scott's skirt." -Mark Giangreco And then the ratings crashed.

You can add John Garcia to the list of anchors on the weekend morning carousel. I was trying to think of the last time he filled in on the newscast he originated, and I'm thinking like '08 or '09, when the economy dump and fill-ins were scrubbed. Funny, though, I never remember him anchoring with Stacey; only with Kevin, oddly enough.

She was training this week, and debuts Monday. They're even teasing it in weekend the promo for the early shift.

Yes. Liz has also been paired with Tanja a couple times on weekends.

The ones last night had the blue line and flash, too. It's just when I got the image. It fades away when the names are on-screen from more than a few seconds.

I do like the old one more, but the current one does look better when the full animation is seen. By the way, those updates were only used last night. Everything seen today has been the (better-looking) L3 teases from last fall.

Actually, those are original to the 2013 package. In fact, they even go back to the final update of the '05 look.

Looks like some more graphics updates. Not sure if these were around earlier in the day (the Cubs game preempted the 4 and 5, and delayed and shortened the 6), but only the promo lower thirds appear to be changed. The bug and transitions are the same. Perhaps we might see the new talent opens soon.

If you mean this kind of hit, then no. They survived.