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I'd like to know too, but I think he has a great reason for the move.

Okay... That's sweet of her. Very charitable.

Yikes. This makes the logos of WEWS, KGTV, KMGH, KTVH, WCPO WFTS and KNXV look like multi-award-winning masterpieces.

Man, I wish these pins could be sold online. I would definitely rock one when I go out on the town.

I'm totally looking forward to Shep's return to cable news. And with him at the editorial helm, this may be appointment television for me. Congrats to CNBC for what really is a great pickup and brilliant investment.

That's a big come-up for Calvi, and a big get for IE. Congrats to both.

There's a new report that Joy Ann Reid is moving back to weekdays... in Chris Matthews' old timeslot.

My only gripe is that it isn't longer than an hour or was a docuseries of a sort. Other than that, I'm super excited to watch.

It's probably the white hair and stache that did it for you.

Nope. Just reporting from all I've seen since she debuted. Maybe she is a fill-in and she'll get a broadcast sooner or later, or all this really is speculation. Can't be 100% sure either way.

I wondered if there was a control room problem while watching a promo of Blue Bloods seconds before the 30 minute mark. (Usually my O&O airs a local ad or - as of recently - ads from St. Jude.) I was 100% sure when another network promo aired immediately after. Hopefully, everything is fixed real soon.

Project Veritas is at it again - this time accusing CBS of staging the length of the line of a drive-in COVID testing site at a Michigan hospital featured in a segment on CTM. CBS denies the Veritas accusations, but removed a portion of the CTM segement. https://deadline.com/2020/05/coronavirus-cbs-news-project-veritas-1202927556/

I can read that bug just fine myself.

Sure, gotcha.

Uh, source? (And no articles I have to subscribe for.)

I can definitely not. If the other Big 4 networks have O&Os, why not ABC? Axing stations that are #1 in their markets? An idiotic decision. Three letters: F. C. C.

Wow. Good for her. Wishing her the absolute best and a long tenure.

Do we know for sure that Cuomo does not have the virus? No, we don't. Just because he's a famous, well-known cable news host, and that they have easier access to testing (they actually don't), doesn't mean they can't catch the virus as easily as regular people can. The virus doesn't care what you are. But yeah sure, let's keep it real - if you were in their position and started showing symptoms - or saw someone else showing symptoms - in the workplace, (to take care of yourself and your family) you'd wanna stay away and work from home too.

Yep. It originally came from the Sourh Carolina Dem Debate, then went to D.C. for the Evening News and Super Tuesday I coverage. That desk sure is going places.

Nope. Soap operas cost way more than talk shows. They're extremely expensive and need to be a hit out of the gate - with the actors, writers, directors, producers and BTS staff needing to be paid to do this stuff every day in advance of their airings. Meanwhile, a talker host could say corny jokes, interview B-listers and shill women's products for half with interns for staff (hyperbole). Exhibit A: The TOLN Revivals of All My Children and One Life to Live.

The third hour still has good ratings (and still makes bank for the network). Replacing it with a syndicated talk show that has a bigger chance of cancellation and smaller chance of earning revenue more than possibly won't work. Why should Hoda and Jenna's show be named after a failed expansion in the late '90s that everyone's forgotten by now or a name that (IMO) would turn most away, when their names and chemistry will bring in viewers in droves?

Would've made much more sense to just expand the broadcast to an hour, which I thought happened when I noticed it just now.

It looks incredible. Can't wait to see it in use across the ABC programs taped there.

I'm entitled to admit when I'm wrong.