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I suspended the business case and practicality of a separate space by clarifying that the audience doesn’t give a sh*t about this stuff. Most people who have made the observation, like those here, aren’t the majority of viewers.

I know this is one of those things viewers probably don’t actually care about BUT I hate it. NNN is an institution, it feels beneath its history to not have a dedicated space.

I don’t get this rumored turmoil around GMA3. It’s hard to see anything else bringing in more than what’s there now. Has to be pretty cheap to produce as a pre-recorded 3rd hour of the morning show.

And now Rhiannon Ally filling in for Pedro this Saturday with Michelle. Just realized that they use white chairs at the desk for the AM shows and the dark blue chairs for PM shows.

Looks pretty damn good on camera. Not sure where this afternoon’s speculation that they were ditching the Fox logo came from. The dress rehearsals of the new set all included the Fox 8 logo.

Interesting that they didn’t have a Sunday morning newscast. What was previously in that slot?

Geez Lonnie has been there for 18 years? Time has flown. Very glad to see him back and healthy!

Steve Doocy is getting a new role with reduced hours on F&F. He’ll be around 3 days a week to do segments from Florida while Brian, Ainsley and Laurence will remain as hosts. Steve has always been the much more grounded force on that show for 30 years now. https://x.com/FoxNews/status/1917928235641299372

I’m just seeing the 10am soft set for the first time, this is such a remarkable improvement and sharp look for WABC. Gives me hope that the GMA set won’t be so bad.

One of the dumbest things I’ve ever read. Has there been anymore to the reports that Strahan is set to exit the show this summer?

When did WABC start doing a 5pm talent intro? It’s nice to see and they used to only do the talent open for First@4 and 6pm but no 5pm.

Yeah it seems pointless to go from one generic name to another.

Horrible state of affairs. Just 4 months in.

This is awesome. They used to do stuff like this more regularly. I remember Bob Costas, Jay Leno and Brian Williams to name a few as guest cohosts during the 2000s.

It’s hardly the point of this evening’s breaking news but WABC’s new location is proving to be a prime vantage point for this story. Mike Marza has been reporting from the outside deck with the crash site in the water behind him.

I’m glad they’re letting the anchors sit again.

I think the EP of the third hour was cut in ABC’s most recent workforce exercise. The reports noted that they’d be combining all GMA production under one person. As someone else pointed out, an hour of GMA 4 hours after the initial show is futile. Might be better using the hour as an ABC News Live program.

What was the point in moving before the studio was ready? The last few weeks of “Live” production has been odd.

I haven’t watched in a few weeks but I assume Pedro is handling weekday mornings with Shirleen at least unofficially?

Can GMA open the 100 year capsule buried in front of the studio a bit early? Even though we knew this was coming, it’s still kind of sad. GMA has been synonymous with Times Square from the days I started watching as a kid. They put up panels and obscured on-screen views of the windows years ago anyway.

I don’t have enough knowledge about affiliate swaps but is this truly final? It’s almost unbelievable even. How will WSVN manage newscast as a Fox and ABC affiliate? How does branding even work for that and why would ABC be willing to relegated to a sub-channel in a significant market?

Do they need a sub channel when the main channel airs 20 hours of news?

Did they have a talent open for tonight’s 11pm news for Mike’s debut?

Fair point. I’ve thought it would be Pedro but he’s still fairly new to the station even though he makes the most sense. IIRC the initial plans were - David: mornings Bill: 4 and 6pm Mike: 5 and 11pm Doesn’t seem like they’re going that direction (or at least not immediately) plus David is getting up there himself and Joe Torres is a fixture of the weekend evenings. Pedro in the mornings makes a ton of sense for the long-term.

They’re running promos for the new 11pm team with Bill handing the mantle over to Mark.