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All of this chaos can be traced back to Anne Sweeney. If she hadn't insisted on bringing Rosie O'Donnell back, half of the behind-the-scenes drama would have been avoided, and Bill Getty would still be calling the shots. If Getty were still here, Wolff wouldn't have been around to hire random misfits like Perez who had no place on the show from the get-go and Wallace who, despite being quite intelligent and articulate, is by no means a firebrand that the show needs in order to generate buzz. By the way, they knew that going in with Nicole. They (for some odd reason to me) wanted someone less incendiary than Elisabeth Hasselbeck. Hasselbeck had conviction, ignited debate, and made for good TV. Sure, her views differed from most of the show's audience, but they still watched in order to disagree with her. ABC decided they wanted someone who wouldn't fan the flames so the panel could get along until happily ever after. Clearly that strategy backfired as the reports are citing Wallace's lack of passion as a reason for her removal. It's a shame, really. The best thing that could happen to that show would be the return of Joy Behar and Sherri Shepherd.

Even bearing in mind that it is summer and a popular vacation time, I can't remember ever seeing Lauren Glassberg anchor this much on the weekday shows.

I personally prefer the older L3 only because I prefer a stronger distinction between the headline and subheading. The new L3s don't really provide that. Just looks like two lines of text.

Michelle was never exactly the main fill-in for Lori. Don't forget that Lisa Colagrossi subbed for Lori quite often. So, just because Shirleen has subbed for her once doesn't mean Michelle is out of that picture completely. Moreover, for all we know Michelle doesn't like filling in in the morning. It means she has to start work at 3 AM, whereas on a normal day she reports for the afternoon shows.

I thought the show looked much better from the Live studio than from the Eyewitness News studio. The spot it usually is filmed from feels dark and cold (and overly blue). The Live set felt much more balanced and wholesome (as opposed to being crammed into a corner of the studio in an ad-hoc way).

Lee Goldberg was in for Amy Freeze this morning on EWN Weekend. Haven't seen him on the show before.

In the comments on his Facebook video, Ken confirmed that both he and Lori are leaving the noon show. The reasoning he gave, which is consistent with what some of us suggested earlier, was that "it was just a very long day for Lori and me (2:30am to 1:30pm)." He indicates that he and Lori will remain together on the morning broadcast. He didn't say anything about Bill leaving the noon, though.

You know, it just occurred to me: Lori was part of the promo shoot just two days ago for WABC + GMA in the morning. If she was leaving the morning show soon, I doubt she would have been part of that. So, perhaps (at least for now), Lori is just ceding the noon show. As has been mentioned early, that doesn't rule out the possibility that additional changes take place after Shirleen has sat at the desk at noon for several months.

Interestingly, or perhaps completely coincidentally, Lauren Glassberg is in for Lori Stokes for the noon show.

Did you read that somewhere or are you just assuming? I know Shirleen's first day at WABC was reported to be June 1 but, unless it's been reported otherwise since, I doubt she'll start anchoring on Monday. I'm guessing she'll get a few days to become oriented to the station, then she'll be sent out into the field just to do reporting on air for a couple weeks, and then they'll pop her in the anchor chair. That's what has happened in the past for both Rob Nelson and David Novarro.

Here's another shot posted by Josh Einiger: https://www.facebook.com/josheiniger.abc7ny/photos/a.386734274814649.1073741829.366592183495525/507043449450397/?type=1&permPage=1

David Novarro posted pictures of the newsroom renovation. It looks quite different. https://www.facebook.com/davidnovarro/posts/10207136357315250

I'm not really sure why some of you have been hoping for new graphics (unless it's just for excitement). I think the set currently being used is still pretty slick, and it looks good in HD.

3 am to 1 pm is a long day for Ken and Lori. I could see the noon show becoming Shirleen and David Novarro, although if the point was to take Ken and Lori off the noon show, I don't know why they couldn't just have David and Liz Cho take it over.

This could be complete coincidence, but it does seem that Camille Edwards has been making an effort to diversify WABC talent. Three of her last four hires (Drey Clark, AJ Ross, and Shirleen Allicot) have all been Black. Three of the last four (AJ, Shirleen, and Renee Stoll) are also all women.

Diana Williams is returning to work and will anchor EWN at 5 tonight. She was on leave all of April to be with her husband while he underwent a stem cell transplant.

Rob Powers in tonight for Diana.

My initial suspicion was that whoever provided the video to NBC did it on the condition that they keep that courtesy graphic in the video when airing it (as in, the people who gave the video over to the media put the courtesy graphic in, not NBC).

Not sure exactly, but perhaps it's to fill the void left by Lisa's passing.

Dan Harris anchored the special report announcing the verdict in the Boston Marathon bombing trial. Where were George and David?

Has anyone heard or seen any recently developments regarding newsroom construction? I think it was supposed to be done around now give or take a month. The recent pics I've seen show all of the newsroom staff still cramped together at those makeshift desks.

Diana Williams is taking a leave of absence to be with her husband as he receives a stem cell transplant in his battle with amyloidosis. Think Robin Roberts. She does not know for how long she will be off the air. https://www.facebook.com/dianawilliams.abc7ny/photos/a.616431848482601.1073741829.604563753002744/689671147825337/?type=1&theater

As mentioned in the other thread, there are no credible reports as of right now substantiating the claim that she has died.

Amy Robach in for David tonight and tomorrow.

Michelle Charlesworth posted a few pictures of the newsroom renovation: https://www.facebook.com/MichelleCharlesworthABC7/posts/1618147938403917