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WGN? Whoops...

You just don't make as much in third as the guy in first and in business that sucks.

Well as in ratings which translates to money. Personal feelings about the cookies are irrelavent.

Out of all that stuff you listed WPTV is the only one doing "well"...

Not ones that throw the coins back...

What's with you? All you do is spit up sarcasm...

WXYZ has some more sports stuff coming... this time it's a partnership with the University of Michigan: WXYZ is partnering with U of M starting Sunday August 30th at 1030am as part of its sports block. They will air "Inside Michigan Football" with Jim Harbaugh. It'll run 14 weeks. Starting December 6th Men's Basketball Head Coach John Beilein's show "Inside Michigan Basketball" will also air at 1030am Sundays. Their Monday 6pm newscast is also gonna have interviews with Harbaugh and Beilein weekly during their respective seasons. http://www.wxyz.com/news/wxyz-tv-to-premiere-inside-michigan-football-featuring-coach-jim-harbaugh For all the disinvestment we have been talking about they have been investing A LOT into their Detroit operations and largely sparing them from the clown stuff at some of the other properties.

It's becoming apparent that the fact the Bears are an NFC team is about the whole of why they have an O&O in Chicago. Maybe the ad revenue from some of their primetime is ok at least but I agree... It's really tough to grasp what the disconnect between problem and solution is. It shouldn't be this impossible to improve it.

I would think 32 would need to show some sort of improvement before it gets lots of love from FOX. They seem intent on doing the opposite to that station.

It's improved A LOT in the last year and a half...,but yeah it takes a long time to reverse an 11 year decline. WXYZ lacked a plan due to 2 bad news directors and 3 GM's in 2 years. Scripps has invested in a bunch of new reporters in the last 18 months plus WMYD so it's not as bad as it seems. It's almost back to an O&O staffing level talent wise and the content is comparable. There are some quality control issues still but it feels large market again finally.

I doubt it.... It's just a risk anytime you put a non-official person on there...

That's common practice in Chicago severe weather extended coverage to take calls.

I think most broadcast stations in the US have a dump button. Somebody just was asleep at the switch. Of course taking viewer calls like that at all is a risk in itself. I would have preferred just weather to the rolling pool of idiots the stations were bringing on last night... especially 7. Nonody really had much of anything important to add or knew how to answer a question...

They have the highly rated Inside Edition in there at 430. That's not gonna get moved as long as it does well. Stephen Clark is more or less a Bonds-style anchor. Guy has his 11am show that he does too. I just don't see the need to reshuffle their lineup as long as it works. I like Stephen Clark myself... he's an old school anchor.

Guy Gordon left 7 on bad terms in '03... He's happy at WDIV I think. If anything he'll anchor the 5 but I think he'll just report for awhile. Stephen fits the anchor mold at 7... Guy Gordon never did.

I wonder why they are cutting some to the bone and sparing others?

Curtis Jackson has joined WXYZ as a Reporter/Anchor. He came from WKRC in Cinncinati where he anchored their 530pm and 10pm shows until last year.

Right I'm just saying that was my only hint at what that color meant scrolling by on the ticker.

That's what I mean... In the radar loop there was a red steak of some sort of warnings behind the thunderstorm as it moved southeast. I couldn't figure out what those were supposed to be. I knew they weren't tornado warnings at least... If I remember right they had "Flash Flood Warning" in red on the ticker?

It's kind of a sad commentary on all the larger market Scripps stations though... Phoenix Tampa Denver Cleveland Baltimore Indy San Diego

Is that what that huge red streak behind the storm was?

They need to see every pitch since the season is all they have Seriously... Some Cubs fans are awfully whiny...

On a TV News site this is about as pressing as it gets. They really have done better tonight though I find their color codes for watches and warnings incredibly confusing. It doesn't conform to normal colors. A yellow Tornado watch? That's odd...

It would have to be awfully dominant to leapfrog all those bigger stations in revenue. WXYZ has always been Scripps cash cow so to speak. That their new Nashville station may be the #2 is surprising... Or maybe not... It is Scripps after all.

It's pretty sad is what it is. They either need a bigger studio, better ergonomics or just put it up full screen... There's no shame in showing something on the screen rather than a camera pointing at a screen (that seems rather primitive really). I'm also getting sick of xx million in the path of the storm tonight. We're getting that stupid gimmick every single night now. I remember a few years ago they reported on really extrodinary weather only. Now their weather reporting looks like the local news in Youngstown, Ohio on steroids.