BehindNYNews

I wonder if they are gonna do News Briefs at 12am like if I remember correct they did last time?

They already got old... :bang:

I would just add one thing. Diane said that normally, its the opposite and ratings tend to go down with George where as David usually sees ratings stay stable/increase. In similar news David Muir is on tonight.

If they go the game show way, I think Millionaire will be part of the move and the news will be expanded at noon. Millionaire is #1 in its timeslot and Eyewitness News at Noon is #1, maybe Millionaire can have its same luck at 3pm (against Dr. Phil & Steve Harvey). They can beat Steve with Millionaire at 3pm, Dr. Phil... it'll be close.

I changed my post before your post but you must have been typing by the time I did so I don't know if you want to respond any differently.

I have no idea what they are going to fill the 3pm with. Maybe they can move GH back to 3pm, take The Doctors from WLNY and put that at 2pm so EWN at 4pm has a #1 lead in?

Considering it was coming down pretty bad at 8am, I though it was smart. And its better to have storm coverage than Pop News when there is a storm. I think they just want to keep being "First at."

Dr. Jay Adlersberg retired from WABC today after 30 years with the station.

Today was Lisa Kerney's last day on WCBS, she is going to Sports Center. Explains why she left The Couch.

Guess who isn't covering the State of The Union.... How can anyone trust WPIX for the news when, they will be on air for 6 hours consecutively for a less important story and not cover an important one. I don't usually condemn copying but geez, if its this bad, why don't they just copy the amount of coverage the other stations do. :bang:

ABC News: 9-10:30pm NBC News: 9-11pm CBS News: 9-10:30pm Fox News: 9-10pm then the Fox 5 News from 10-10:30pm (yes, half hour) WPIX: 9-10pm then the PIX 11 New at 10pm

I like that it's shorter but it now has nothing to do with the station. They should have done either GainerCBS or GainerCBS2.

Its funny because it has gone back and forth a few times. About a year and a half ago, GMA was #1 on Facebook, I guess Today wanted to go all out to pass GMA and now GMA has decided to go all out and beat Today. And it looks like Today is trying to come back because they have started a Facebook promotion where if you like the page, you have a chance to go to Studio 1A during the program. Its fun to watch.... Also, the "weather center" in GMA's studio has the two side screens again.

For about an hour, WABC was out on Cablevision. All the anchors and reporters are saying it is a Cablevision problem. It is starting to come back now.

Rob Nelson debuted as weekend morning anchor this morning. Here are the first pictures... https://twitter.com/behindnynews/status/424499304653660160 https://twitter.com/behindnynews/status/424500529314934784

I'm not sure what his name is but WABC has recently been switching between Charlie Van Dyke and someone else doing V/O's. Not sure why but they even changed the "Protect Your Children" to the new voice which had previously been Charlie's voice.

I think along with 11am and weekend mornings, WPIX should add a 6 or 6:30pm weekday newscast anchored by Kaity. She has the experience to solo and she has plenty of awareness in the public to attract viewers. She doesn't have to replace Tamsen at 5 and 10 or anything, just add 6pm and have her anchor. And they should make it a big deal and advertise a lot of "Kaity's Back! Weeknights at 6pm." They need a serious news package (even if they go back to the classic WPIX package). They need new graphics and a new set badly as well. The talent really isn't a problem anymore, Mark just needs to tell them to get serious and the content needs to change to a more classic newscast. Its really not the talent, especially the newer talent. And yeah, they need to advertise more, but they are...

Diana Williams posted she is on vacation.

Also, looks like Today's big week of advertising didn't help them... http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/press-release/

Sam Champion was on Today this morning. Idk, it just didn't feel right to me, too used to him being at ABC.

And here is his first report... http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local/new_york&id=9394017

Rob Nelson debuted tonight. https://twitter.com/behindnynews/status/423577701136728064

I feel like Diana always brings this "freshness" to the 11pm news. I really wish she anchored more than just at 5pm.

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/bio?section=resources/inside_station/newsteam&id=9381127

I have noticed that recently, when Sade is off, rather than having Bill or David fill in for her at 5pm, they have Joe Torres filling in much more than in the past. A few months ago, it was David, Bill or Lori filling in. Now it is more often Joe (or Lori). I wonder if this has anything to do with them trying to build another "Bill" for whenever Bill retires. Anyway, very interesting. She did this morning as well. Bill is on vacation. In fact, the morning newscast was all women this morning, Lori, Michele, Heather and Amy and I have to say, when they do this, they do a really good job! http://instagram.com/p/jGxwK2kAdN/