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Former NBC Connecticut anchor Shirley Chan did a report on WPIX this morning. Suki welcomed her to the show.

Yeah I caught a little of it. I mean, it was good, but nothing overly special. Just a regular newscast.

Let's not jump to conclusions. Someone asked Chris why he was doing the 5, and he simply replied that Maurice is under the weather and not feeling well. Either way I don't think Maurice would leave WCBS primetime news in the number 1 market for the network unless he was to take Scott Pelley's gig. And I don't see Scott Pelley stepping down quite yet. And I think Dana's pretty happy with the 6 solo.

I totally agree with what you said about Jodi. Sure she was trashed upon at first since she replaced the legendary Kaity Tong and Jim Watkins, but her delivery was much better than Tamsen. Honestly I wasn't a huge fan of Jodi's delivery during the old PIX news at 10 but I think that was only because she was told to present the story in a certain way. IMO, If Jodi were to come back, PIX's ratings would get a boost. On a side note, I've been thinking, what if WPIX created a syndicated entertainment/talk show? I mean, they have Tamsen, Suki, and Oji for starters. Sure, Tamsen is not a great anchor, but she would be an outstanding entertainment show host in my opinion. They could have a lot of different guests talking about the latest celeb news and viral videos and trends. Tamsen is a good host, but she is miscast as a nightly news anchor. Also Kala Rama started today at PIX. I believe her first day is tomorrow on the anchor desk. Based on what I've seen of her, I like her delivery. I think she'll make for a pretty good anchor alongside Craig Treadway.

I found this really interesting interview with Kaity Tong from the Joan Hamburg show. In the interview, Kaity talked about her new 6:30pm show, saying it's going to be straight news (not really entertainment, not viral videos) and very localized with emphasis on the entire area. Maybe it will be like the old 6:30pm show, which I remember was VERY hard news, almost with too much urgency. I also found it interesting how they talked about the news women that wear sleeveless dresses, and the hot young anchors that are put on the air despite their unprofessionalism (almost like Tamsen in a way). Here's the interview: [MEDIA=audioboom]4037115[/MEDIA]

Marvin Scott anchoring a regular newscast tonight (with Narmeen Choudhury) for the first time in....I don't remember.

That's interesting. Just read this tweet, which PIX11 liked: .@PIX11 has named Chris Knowles as Executive Producer of mid-day and new 6:30pm newscast Maybe they're starting a new midday newscast too that they haven't announced yet?

Chris Wragge made a rare appearance on CBS 2 News at 5 today as Kristine's co-anchor.

Not a bad pairing. I wonder if Craig is off, maybe Anthony and Kala will anchor together (Anthony has anchored on PIX once before, I believe it was the friday of July 4th). It would be pretty interesting to see a husband-wife anchor team! Like the days of Pat and Joe Harper.

I guess the focus shifts to who they will replace Kaity with on weekends. I hope they create a new anchor pairing. They could promote from in-house, but it wouldn't hurt to hire someone, maybe someone from another market.

Found the first promo with Kaity and Brenda [MEDIA=vimeo]149344909[/MEDIA]

In my opinion, the fact that they're starting a 6:30 newscast must mean that their 5pm and 6pm ratings are good enough.

According to Rich Graziano on facebook, the PIX11 News at 6:30 will premiere on Monday, January 11th.

I think a weekend morning newscast should be their next priority. It also makes me wonder with Kaity rejoining the weekday team 5 days a week (even if it's just for a half hour); will she still be able to anchor the weekend newscasts? I think if she does she should at least get a co-anchor (I still think Craig Treadway deserves a promotion- he's been at the station too long, and he and Tong have proved to be a great team on the holidays). Mario Diaz is another option.

Wow. That's...surprising! I think Kaity and Brenda should just get the whole hour at 6pm honestly. At least that's the way I see it happening (I hope) if this 6:30 hour does well. I was honestly thinking Harry and Kaity for years, but this is just as good of a team IMO.

Noticed WPIX called in Tamsen and John to cover the presidential address. Not sure if it was really necessary, I don't see why they couldn't just have Kaity do it. They even said that Kaity will be back anchoring the news at 10.

Janet Wu to join WCBS http://www.adweek.com/tvspy/janet-wu-to-join-wcbs/159585

Erika Martin did the weather on WCBS yesterday morning. I know she also did the weather at PIX for a short time.

LOL here's the link.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5wgR60ls9c I got to admit, CBS 2 does come up with ear catching headlines to preview their 11pm feature story.

Finally! So glad to see her back and well. CBS 2 is not the same without her.

Kori and Suki are polar opposites. Everything Kori feels, Suki feels the opposite. When Kori works with Lisa Mateo, everything's great. When Suki works with Dan Mannarino, everything's great. I agree Suki and Kori don't work together. I honestly saw Kori do a solo breaking news shot once on the Staten Island Standoff a while back, and he was so overdramatic, it was cringeworthy.

Here's the video, jump to 6:42

According to the TV Guide, PIX11 News at 5 now airs for a full hour on Sundays as well as Saturdays. I guess that Tastemakers show was cancelled, as I can't find it on the guide anymore.

Natalie Pasquarella was anchoring today. I think today was her first day.

It will be Sandra Joe Jeff and Laura according to listings at 5,6 and 11.