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And ironically enough, this will be the second time that KRIV’s chief meteorologist has worked the morning shift. Cecilia Sinclair was chief met from the late 90s to the late 2000s and served the last half of that on the morning program.

The Tony’s are for stage plays which is a vital part of NYC’s entertainment industry and economy. That might be why WCBS has their A team tonight even if other CBS stations don’t.

Yeah it would really suck for Rob to not stick around. He’s a really good fit with the weekend and weekday crew.

Maybe not officially dubbed as one hour editions, I believe the evening newscasts were extended during the impeachment process of 45th. Also not a planned hour long edition but the evening shows remained on the air beyond 6:30pm covering the dramatic flight home from Walter Reed to the White House after the president’s Covid stay.

It lacks any kind of personality. Looks like a night club you’d see on an early 2000s sitcom. 4/10.

Super underwhelming to the say the least. The set looks like a damn spaceship. Fox 11 is so disjointed.

Yep noticed this too, it was the last 2 minutes of the preceding Boston vs Bucks playoff game that had just aired. I partly thought I was having streaming issues but guess it was a WABC malfunction.

Have we heard anything about Rob Marciano? I haven’t seen him on Weekend GMA in more than several weeks although he is appearing on Saturday and Sunday WNT.

What does this even mean? I don’t see why she would be responsible and isn’t her desire to work on longer format programming? It’s not uncommon for the legislative branch to switch rule after the presidential election so I doubt she’s running from November.

I would be quite disappointed if that is truly the finished product. The backdrop looks cheap and walking by the studio it looks even more makeshift than on screen.

Very subtle updates to GMA’s first floor set including a new floating screen on the window that used to be homebase years ago.

Any updates on the new set? Seems like it’s been well over 6 weeks…

Interesting. Not sure why I remember Sam leaving in 2012.

20 years of Robin on GMA celebrated this morning. Shouldn’t Ginger’s 10 year be coming up soon? I don’t remember seeing much of anything about George’s 10 years with the show in 2009.

The decision to be the only station not carrying the presser looks pretty bad. It reminds me of their fail last summer when strong storms moved through the tristate area. Train stations were flooded and the MTA service completely suspended stranding passengers all across the city and WABC still went to Jimmy Kimmel Live lol. Their closing image was passengers stranded at Times Square station followed with “we’ll see you at 4:30am.” Sam Champion has to be reading this board because today he doubled down on his wardrobe. I don’t mind it personally but they have to be intentionally having him dress down right?

FWIW, the TV was on during the 9am hour and Ken Rosato did break in twice to update the story before going to full wall-to-wall coverage. Didn’t seem like there was much to report on at the beginning as WNBC’s coverage was mostly centered around train delays for the first 30 mins.

My issues are strictly with the news production, editorial and presentation. Outside of Bill Ritter and his old man rants, there’s not a single weak personality on channel 7 imo. Even Michelle can be difficult to watch present at times but is still a strong anchor.

Really WABC’s actual news product is not very good either. It’s overtly sensationalized and editorial from the graphics to the on-screen commentary. Horrible horrible. Channel 4 and channel 2 are in a different league compared to 7.

Noticed yesterday that they were doing the new shot seen in the above photos. They’re still distanced but much less than they had been in the last 2 years.

A combination of Sandra, Sade and Lauren with Sandra covering the most and Lauren primarily at 4pm on days where she covered the 12pm for Shirleen.

Lmao I didn’t even catch that. Not sure how that happened

This has become such a tired argument. GMA has always (but one period between 2007-2012) been the more lifestyle / entertainment focused show. It was introduced in 1975 to be that alternative to a more news focused Today. GMA’s entire first hour is solidly news and current events. It’s resonating with viewers and has been for the last 10 years. ABC has always had strong local affiliates yet still couldn’t top Today for 16 years. This argument also sucks because Today is equally as “tabloid” as GMA. They’ve just got two extra hours to spread it out. Surely you’re not praising the show that glamorizes 10am cocktails as some bastion of Cronkite-level journalism and expecting anyone here to take you seriously. CNN does a great morning show that may be more of what you’re after.

Sam Smith pulling double duty with his regular gig and filling-in in studio on GMA for Ginger.

Her marriage with Josh Elliott? I initially thought about this when she was absent but then I saw recent tweets and posts from her about her loving husband which made me reconsider. Hope everything’s ultimately alright with them.