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That ND isn't a statue either... Things evolve and freshening up the look is part of that. The ND was likely given a strategy to implement and made specific decisions from there which apparently included less strict wardrobes. That the ND is the same for a decade or not doesn't mean much when they start redoing things or they start implementing a new strategy. They probably figured they needed to liven up the place while they still had demos and having the anchors look a little more with the times might help in getting those younger demos to stick around. Frankly I hadn't hardly noticed any change in there wardrobes and they are still rather conservatively dressed and yet they are contemporary. Put another way: just be glad you don't have to look at a 65 year old women's cleavage on a semi regular basis. One of the anchors around here is allowed to do that and it's... Yuck.

If you are gonna go younger and target younger than it's reasonable to assume that the clothing would follow a younger pattern. I don't really know how into the wardrobes Emily Barr really was.. That seems like something for the News Director with maybe a little input from Barr, micromanaging newscasts seems a bit below a GM. The news director is gonna have a lot more direct input into the newscasts than the GM I would think since the ND's job is day to day newsroom management and newscast development. Maybe they even did some research or the anchors started asking or they simply decided to freshen their image. Speaking of stuffy clothes... Cheryl Burton and those funny ascot/scarf/neck thingies... Nothing stuffier than that look. Btw when do February Sweeps start? Waiting for signs of stepped up and over the top stories like the cat cam but haven't seen any.

Ok then....

Probably call in a CLTV person, but I think I've seen Skilling too. I was responding to the comment about wishing it could always be done this way which gave me the impression something had been changed about the arrangement. I still would expect changes even if they are suttle.

It happened last week too... They have a new News Director so I would expect changes and tweeks to personel and schedules and the look and feel of the shows over the next few months. Each ND wants to put their mark on the product. Little changes like this if they stick are examples.

Geez.... Everything's all messed up now.

Wahoo... too bad ABC is so obtuse about showing it's sportscasts, I'd like to see that. I have a hard time believeing a cheap company like Scripps has the rights to air the sports highlights over the internet and the O&O's don't but who knows.

I just don't see her moving to a network and I'm not sold that moving on is her eventual goal right this second or this pressure even exists. Those opinions are of course subject to change if she improves enough to warrant it.

I read it 6 months ago... the point is that a small spat isn't gonna stop them from running commercials promoting other shows in the division if they wish to. If it did then the wheels would quickly fall off ABC News.

There's really not much difference between DMA 1 and DMA 3. WGN has always had Skilling and Ramsey for evenings and a couple folks for mornings. For the amount of news that the station does their weather and sports staffs are really small at 2 each that do evenings at all. Last Sunday at 9pm they had a CLTV Meteorologist fill in for Ramsey so they will utilize someone from the cable channel before they hire somebody else. Bottom line is that they need to hire more folks but probably won't. So it's not so much bad scheduling as having nobody to schedule.

I don't think it's that uncommon to not see certain things promoted at certain times of the day... Putting them in primetime is probably much more bang for your buck then taking time away from national ads on WNT. Plus in theory the people seeing them are starting to think about tomorrow morning in primetime. At WNT time they just walked in from work.

Eric Horng?

More New talent opens! I wonder how long it'll take for them to use them? This is a fairly linear move by 7, only a year and a half of Jerry laughing during weather at 10 to go and counting. Cheryl needs to do a ton of work on her on-air presence if she's gonna do all this and then succeed Jerry. She simply isn't that good right now and the inexperience delivering weather shows. If they change enough stuff and get rid of enough longtime folks in a short time (2-3 years) it will not end well. I don't know if Cheryl could drag the 4 and 5 down a tad or not. TV may be gone by 2018... Maybe one day you'll be posting clips at the flurried rate I do... How did you manage to put a 26 minute video together?

I don't think more than 6 anchors, 2 weather and 1 sports is completely uncommon in larger markets... For Example here in Detroit: WJBK: 6 Anchors, 2 Weather, 1 Sports WDIV: 7 Anchors, 2 Weather, 1 Sports WXYZ: 9 Anchors, 3 Weather, 1 Sports

Caplan began his broadcast career in 1981 at WWDV in Zion. CRM did a good write-up tonight and it talks about some of his background: http://chicagoradioandmedia.com/news/7127-abc-7-releases-meteorologist-mike-caplan

It would certainly lead to her doing the 7 and 10 and Jerry at 4, 5 and 6. It's much more linear if nothing else.

Do we have an idea who slides into his spot? I would guess Cheryl but wanted to bounce that off you guys.

Cutthroat industry that isn't forgiving... But still... Maybe they are afraid of an angry tirade against management? When management is flattered with a talent they quietly disappear usually. That may be an outdated model in an era where information gets out so easy. @behindNYnews: I was trying to get at wondering what the reason they didn't like him was? Maybe he scored poorly in research.

I wonder if their ratings take any kind of a hit at 4 considering how long he has been there on that show?

What an awful decision by 7. I really liked Mike and I am sure he will land somewhere. I wonder what the different direction will be? I know we have Cheryl but how different can you really go with the weather?

Where? I just looked.... No dice.

Reading tone and context on the internet is loads of fun I never actually even saw the show itself... Was it worth much?

Yes it did in 2012 or 13 for a summer... Then it quietly disappeared. They advertised the thing so I'm surprised you missed it.

Oh I gotcha, well then I'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with.

The mornings are the tough ones to get especially if you get the evenings usually. I made the recommendation so I'm glad to see you went out and got it. What are you using to edit the files and add the nice fade at the end?