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Very clear that new promos are coming based on posts and pictures shared by various EWN anchors on social media over the past few days. Here's a video teaser NJ Burkett posted of one of the scenes:

Maybe she meant new weather set?

Cecilia in the chair yet again. Odds seem to be in her favor. Wonder what happened with Jarvis.

Yeah, the narrator talks about coming to the show for breaking news while the visuals show the anchors laughing and schmoozing. I'm not sure I like the music, but I guess the attempt is to brand the 4 as a fun show?

It's a new promo for First at Four: https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10152391801034091&set=vb.31160214090&type=2&theater

Absolutely. Especially when she's around Gio Benitez, she's a loose cannon.

I'm not usually one to comment on someone's performance in that way, but I have to agree.

Judging by this tweet, Cecilia Vega anchoring tonight.

Surprised not something with ABC in it, like @ABCWNTonight or @WNTabc. Both are available at the moment.

http://www.politico.com/story/2014/09/david-muir-world-news-110490.html

Great article in the NYT: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/02/arts/television/abcs-bet-on-david-muir-of-world-news-tonight.html?_r=0 ABC News must really have arranged a good media blitz.

Gotcha. Wasn't near a TV and couldn't find out online. Thanks, all.

Who anchored this evening?

Do we know if David is anchoring tonight or if someone is subbing?

This aired during GMA this morning. I must say the entire transition is being handled incredibly effectively vis a vis maintaining viewership. So much learned about what NOT to do from the mishaps of NBC.

Either the EP, or David, or James Goldston. If you read about the new EP's background, it sounds like he's got a pretty strong hard-news background, so maybe he's fond of the Jennings-era broadcast.

Right. Moreover, because Amy was preparing to anchor World News yesterday evening, she was already in the building, on the World News floor, and near the desk.

Well, Diane's final show really proved this true. Whereas anchor departures tend to be look-backs on all the anchor has done and often have show staff come out at the end to applaud or salute the anchor, Diane's final segment really was a celebration of the show and the team that produces it.

I agree, and I think that's why there hasn't been a huge promotion of Diane's final broadcast across the network. The transition seems very low-key. The network probably wants to maintain the integrity of the World News brand rather than draw attention to who is anchoring and who is not. David has been filling in so often for Diane that some people probably won't even notice for a while that David has taken over, and I'm sure that's intentional on the part of network execs. ABC doesn't want people to stop watching just because it's the end of Diane's era, which I could see being more likely if they played up the fact that she was leaving the desk. It's going to seem very seemless, I would expect. Again, ABC learning from NBC's mistakes. Also, it would be different if Diane was leaving the network altogether. It helps that she is remaining at ABC and taking on an elite role. It also helps that she likes the person succeeding her. If she didn't, I'd imagine she would demand more attention to her departure. I don't know how all of that will affect the graphics package if at all, but I think we will for the most part see the same program for the near future. That may change as the show becomes more David's, and as the new EP takes over.

What do you mean? GMA broadcasts from the downstairs portion of the Times Square studio and GMA Weekend broadcasts from ABC HQ.

Was anyone else watching EWN this past weekend when a vehicle hit a pedestrian right outside the EWN studio? Rob and Michelle were distracted by it for a quite a bit of time.

Bill Evans in for Amy Freeze this morning with Michelle and Toni.

Ryan Smith in for Dan Harris on GMA Weekend this morning. Interesting that instead of having Ron Claiborne fill in for Dan and finding someone to fill in as news anchor, they leave Ron where he is and replace Dan.

I wonder why they don't play the EWN music during the teases that precede commercial breaks anymore.

Lee Goldberg (WABC) will be on tomorrow (Wednesday).