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GMA has a new mascot named Ray… https://x.com/gma/status/1699752733035864248?s=46

I thought I was crazy this morning but Heather definitely wasn’t in the same studio. The lighting was pretty bad wherever she was. It was reported here last week that Brittany would do 4:30-6 with Sam doing 6-7, 10am and Noon.

An interesting move by DFW’s KTVT to replace the 6pm news with Jeopardy. The news will move to their secondary channel. https://mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2023/08/cbs-11-ktvt-dfw-replaces-6pm-newscast.html?m=1

They should differentiate it but let’s be honest, any newscasts from WABC is going to be successful. New Yorkers turn on channel 7 in the morning and seemingly keep it locked until the end of the day.

I like it, great opportunity for Brittany.

Amazing to me that This Week performs as well as it does with their sloppy anchor lineup with George, Martha and Jon rotating weeks. Todd just doesn’t have the gravitas to helm MTP, never did. We’ll see if Kristen does.

I think this looks great. Reminds me of KTRK’s early 2000s look.

I don’t see this happening with the NYC stations. There are still so many profound and noticeable impacts of 9/11 all throughout the city some 22 years ago. We’re a long ways off from it becoming a non-event at least in this region. Also consider that the POTUS, VP, state senators, various other dignitaries attend the events. That alone is going to warrant dedicated coverage.

Seems like succession planning on the weather front more than anything. Jeff remaining on weekend evenings is not an insult to him or his tenure, their weekend PM teams are easily the most respected newscasts outside of the weekday evening broadcasts. EWN at 5 just promoted tomorrow’s show with Mike in the graphic. Was an official announcement ever made?

I respectfully but entirely disagree with this. Rosanna’s commentary and interview segments are borderline egregious in terms of bias. Her job at Fox5 is to report the news. It’s not to be an advocate for the restaurant industry of which she has a very clear conflict of interest as a partner in her her family’s restaurant. Especially because she goes out the way to explain how certain actions by the city government might be harmful to her family’s business. It’s unbecoming of a news anchor to brazenly advocate against things that might impact their personal business endeavors.

Since moving off of the 11pm news 10 years ago, Liz has rarely filled in at 11 and Sade is never on at 6. Not a big deal in the slightest but an observation I’ve noticed as well. It’s especially noticeable when they bring in Sandra, Joe or David for 6pm or 11pm despite Sade being there or vice versa at 11pm when Liz is there. FWIW, Sade seemingly didn’t anchor solo until very recently and she’s just as strong solo as she is with anyone else. Toni would almost seem like a lock. She and Michelle have great chemistry and she’s been the primary fill-in weekend mornings going back years.

Agree that the 75th anniversary specials have been really nice to see. Some great footage of Grimbsy, Beutel, Johnson, and Williams days. I’m harsh on the EWN style they use but the history of WABC cannot be denied.

It’s funny because before moving to NYC a few years ago I hadn’t noticed this about Rosanna in the instances I streamed WNYW. Was this her style on the evening beat or have they just recently given her more liberty?

Yeah, Rosanna is especially vocal anytime a story about restaurant regulation comes up. It’s particularly egregious because her family owns Fresco by Scotto in midtown east. No idea why Fox 5 seemingly doesn’t have an issue with blatant bias.

I still maintain that Savannah Guthrie is one of the weakest anchors in Today’s history BUT she really shines as part of NBC’s breaking news coverage given her legal background.

I think it looks pretty damn good for a virtual set. Impressive work by NBC.

I was surprised to see Mike at 11pm after seeing him with Shirleen this morning. Liz came off the 11pm news a decade or so ago and rarely, if ever, appears on the late news. Most times she’ll fill in at 5pm and I’ve seen her fill in at noon but never 11pm. I wonder when we’ll learn a decision on the morning anchor as Mike and Shirleen are really good together and he’s not been on weekends since Ken left.

Wow. That’s awful to hear.

I’ve never seen WABC start the 11pm news early before tonight. The newscast started at 10:59.

Hmm I can’t dispute that but I’ve never seen it which promoted me to ask here a few months ago and it was mentioned that she doesn’t like being solo. Bill will often anchor solo but most nights when Bill can’t be in place for 11pm despite being there for 5 and 6, they’ve brought in David or Mark. Just a curious observation.

Seemingly rare occurrence tonight of Sade anchoring solo at 11pm. I know it’s been shared here that she doesn’t like anchoring solo and I don’t think I’ve ever seen her do it before tonight.

CBS is a corporation after all. I’m not bothered by this in the slightest, it’s a weekend morning show. It would be interesting were one of the flagship network broadcast doing this but even still I’d not be overly concerned. Actually weren’t NBC and ABC leveraging sponsors to skip their usual ad breaks on the nightly broadcasts for a bit?

I could see WABC doing a full launch at once. The weather graphics would be extremely out of place with what they have currently so I don’t see them doing a slow roll.

I think it’s all of the ABC O&O streaming apps. KTRK is my childhood station, I don’t hate the updated typeface in that image. But I’m nervous about them having any level on liberty with this graphic package. Their current package was top notch when it launched and has been ruined, similarly to the studio and everything else about the station generally.