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Yay... the opinions of disconnected people reported by disconnected people. Oh goody.

Because the Oscars really aren’t News... it’s fun. News is things that actually effect people. How does an Oscar personally effect anybody? Does anyone actually go postal over it or does a family not eat over it?

Former WXYZ reporter Tara Edwards is suing both Scripps and Channel 7 for harassment by Morning Anchor Malcom Maddox... he’s now been pulled off the air indefinitely... earlier this year he was placed on leave for similar allegations... now they don’t have a lead anchor or a morning anchor... it’s a sinking ship... https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2018/03/06/female-reporter-sues-wxyz-anchor-malcom-maddox-sexually-harassment/399088002/

I think it indicates you were well liked and nobody is happy about it...

Apparently she has landed a gig on 100.3 WSHE as their afternoon drive personality along with Jay Stiles... at least she landed on her feet... she starts March 29th...

Ji Suk Yi got axed from WCL on Friday... cost cuts aren’t fun... http://www.robertfeder.com/2018/03/05/abc-7-drops-ji-suk-yi-windy-city-live/

They have become very complacent... being the top for long enough usually does that...

Yes because they are in the biggest city... a pet rock in NYC would be too... that’s the most absolutely meaningless boast in the business.

That would be very unfortunate...

Fancy car no less... Uber X level service... neat...

Noon solo.. only one seat downtown ... but LewAllen deserves the seat... he’s the senior talent at 7... you’re probably right on an outside hire though which is a shame.

Mornings: Alicia Smith and Malcom Maddox Noon: JoAnne Purtan 4pm: Carolyn Clifford and JoAnne Purtan 5pm and 10pm: Dave LewAllen and Glenda Lewis 6pm/7pm/11pm: Stephen Clark and Carolyn Clifford Clark and Purtans replacements haven’t been named yet because they aren’t gone yet.

I hope the first paragraph is sarcasm... he probably just doubled his money...

That last scenario has been bouncing around for a while (cue the speculation but take it to the speculatron if you please).

The way they are unloading what little longtime talent they have left one would think somethings up... there were some rumblings here and there. I’ve always gotten the Sears feeling from Scripps... they need cash and their situation is worse than is being let on...

The clouds in the background thank abc7’s web team for their newfound 15 minutes of fame...

It would be directly a result of Scripps eating its own but we were promised Purtan was out last month... FTV Live isn’t perfect... Denise Isaac is way better in Spanish than English so that’s no shock at all and her contract is up anyways. Then there’s Stephen Clark leaving... best guess is they are gonna sell the station sooner or later... it’s an underperformer in a shrinking market and Scripps doesn’t need it anymore.

I’ve heard rumblings some of the TV stations are going on the block too... so if more folks are retired it could be to slim down those stations before a sale.

They’ve only had 2... that’s not exactly a sample.

A little good natured ribbing... practically everybody here is full of useless information... nobody can cure cancer with it but it’s good enough for a hobby.

You may have too much useless information. It’s great trivia though...

The link cna247 gave, I forgot to include it.

Vi Nguyen is joining 2 as a general assignment reporter. She comes over from WISH in Indy.

Somebody in Scrippsland noticed that WXYZ largely still had the orange/reddish 2009 weather graphics (except the 7 day) 9 Years later. So they finally got with the program and got the yellow/blue/white 2012 standard weather graphics for their future cast and radar and such. Their 7 day also changed so instead of highs directly above lows it’s high-low-high-low in an up and down diagonal pattern that leaves the high and low offset from each other in each box. Still using the orange 2011 first alert logo modified with a Flat rather than glossy ABC logo. Wonder what took so long.

I have trouble fathoming why they went with such a goofy schedule in the first place... that’s probably part of it... it created a vacuum and you know how nature feels about said suction...