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Am I mistaken or was there a black female meteorologist on WABC for a brief stint in the early 2000s? Can’t remember her name.

There’s no way he would have been given that option.

Unfortunately in television you don’t get time to “prove yourself.” It’s very easy to lose viewers, and very hard to win them back. Zirinsky probably felt he didn’t belong at EN in the first place.

Yes, it's definitely more than just an anchor change. They are considering it a relaunch of the show. Also noticed that the three anchors, who used to sit triangularly across from each other, are now all sitting together in front of a monitor. Much closer to GMA/Today.

My thought as well. Would not be surprising if Bill, who is almost 70, wants to give up either the 6 or the 11 in the near future.

Per Norah's comments on the show this morning, it appears the news will be shared officially with viewers on Monday morning: https://deadline.com/2019/05/cbs-this-morning-gayle-king-norah-donnell-john-dickerson-susan-zirinsky-1202606814/

Are there specific instances (or, better yet, clips) in which this has happened, or are you making more of a general observation?

Or change the channel, or turn off the TV. They can probably charge more for that ad spot.

https://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/abc-owned-stations-hiring-community-journalists Probably won't see her on TV.

30 minutes of work instead of 2 hours. Hard news instead of The Bachelor recaps and viral videos. Getting to waking up in the morning at 8:00 a.m. instead of 3:00 a.m. Reporting for 60 Minutes, which is the highest profile program in TV news and something he'd be able to do into his 70s. Obviously he chose to stay at ABC and will probably make a lot more money than he would have at CBS. But it isn't as if there were no reason for him to consider CBS's offer. In fact, according to the NY Post's reporting, he did indeed consider the offer.

That would've been a sweet gig for him -- CBS EN anchor and 60 Minutes correspondent. Much more in line with his journalistic chops. But, hey, I guess he likes ABC (and what they're paying). What could CNN possibly have proposed? A one-hour primetime show and Blitzer's heir apparent? Unless, maybe, the CNN proposal was a joint offer with CBS, in the way of Bianna Golodryga.

Sara Haines announced on GMA Day that she is expecting. Will be interesting to see who is rotated through that spot to fill in. Doesn't strike me as one that a serious journo like Amy Robach or Cecilia Vega would fit in. I imagine we could see Paula Faris, Adrienne Bankert, or Lara Spencer.

Jonathan Karl anchored WNT last night. First time?

They're moving to the West Village, which is south of Hudson Yards. It won't be for several years, though.

Where are those two?

She also appeared recently on The Talk as a panelist and criticized Megyn Kelly's blackface comments.

President Trump? Is that you?

There probably was one included. Standard issue. The question would be what scope of "immorality" it covers.

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I also wouldn't necessarily assume additional talent moves are forthcoming. This could just be CBS trying to emulate the 4-6 person ensemble cast that has worked well for GMA and Today.

TV execs don't cancel shows because the host has a big ego.

I found the premise of the whole interview to be bizarre. I'm not really sure how to explain, but I don't know why they even had her on the show for an interview in the first place.

Abby Huntsman's last show with Fox & Friends was this past weekend. We'll see where she turns up.

Lauren Glassberg has been substitute anchoring far more often recently than she typically had in the past. Wonder if it's a contract renewal stipulation for her, or if they're short staffed with summer vacations. On another note, Sade is going to slowly return to the 5:00 pm show next month per Bill Ritter.

My guess is that they'll either phase out the news reader role in favor of three coanchors, or they'll drop back down to two co-anchors after Paula's replacement is chosen. Either way, I think we'll see five, not six.