MisterBill

Just saw a commercial for the new show and no indication of who's anchoring it.

That's what happens when you give the big bucks weekday people lots of vacation.

Maybe they didn't have anyone else to take the slot, and he volunteered to switch? Especially if Ken is working Monday morning. Lauren worked last night, but she posted on IG from Fire Island today.

That probably wouldn't be a bad idea. Ticks all the boxes.

So, this is slightly off-topic, but still related to the news broadcasts. Does anyone here who watches them streamed (or is familiar with them) know why they don't show some commercials and instead put up the "We'll be right back" graphic? It only seems to happen during local news broadcasts. I'm guessing that they are trying to sell advertising slots to reach streaming customers, but can't understand why they wouldn't just show what's on the broadcast if they do not have something else to show. All other WABC programming, including the network news, shows the normal commercials (or seems to, at least it doesn't put up a graphic instead of a commercial)

Everyone worked yesterday, and two people just left. I've noticed that even Jennifer Williams is doing news reporting in addition to sports.

Apparently. It seems like Bianca is really good with Rosanna. Maybe they just need to find two new people (again) for the early show.

Yes, that surprised me. Also, Stacey posted a picture of her, Kerry and Tom Blair, who is an ENG/cameraman, saying they are all leaving today. I wonder if there was some sort of buyout offer? But you'd think that would not apply to all areas, so likely just coincidence. BTW Kerry's real name was actually Kerry Drew Ederer before she got married last year, and currently goes by Kerry Ederer Stiller according to her FB page.

Stacey Delikat posted on Instagram that last night was has last report on the 10pm news and tomorrow is her last day at the station. She says that she's moving onto new things, which presumably means real estate, since she got her real estate license during Covid and recently moved to a new firm that she says is #1 in the area. If you need a broker in the Greenwich, CT area, you can look her up. Stacey Delikat | Houlihan Lawrence

Based on her Instagram, she was unemployed for several months (not clear if her choice or theirs). So her situation is different from many others who go right from News12 to the networks.

Thalia Perez has joined WCBS as a reporter. I think that she was most recently an anchor at News12, but had not been on the air for at least a few months. Thalia Perez on Twitter: "After a brief hiatus, I’m happy to announce that I’m back in the saddle. Got a story tip? Message me at [email protected] https://t.co/8icx2OHCKU" / Twitter

Yes, she is obviously the replacement for Kat. She posted on Instagram that Gaby will be happy since he doesn't have to get up early anymore.

Where were they anchoring those from before? I was interviewed by Ali Bauman recently after the first Colbert live show and if I'd thought of it, I would have asked her, since she anchored some of those with the brick wall background. So, do we still think that they'll be bringing back morning traffic reports? I never really understood wasting a reporter like Natalie Duddridge or Jenna DeAngelis on traffic or why they would want to do it (but I guess they do not get a choice in the matter). And they are the only local station that does not have a morning traffic reporter. Meanwhile, Alex Dennis recently moved to a weekday anchor spot in Nashville. She had been working weekends since she moved there after leaving WCBS.

Yeah, I didn't understand the WNBC gig unless his family decided to move back to NY and that was the best he could get. Glad he got something better.

Kala Rama returned from maternity leave on Thursday and anchored the early morning show. Still don't understand why they got rid of her from that show.

They thought it was going to be an important enough event for them to schedule the news to begin early, and showed a graphic that included him. Lee is reporting from vacation. I don't really care one way or the other, Jeff is a fine substitute for Sam. It just seemed odd that their normal meteorologist would not change his plans to be there, whether he was scheduled to work or not. I think he had worked a Friday a week or two ago. Also, worth pointing out that Liugrad2020 had said "It may be Sam because of the Tropical Storm that’s expected tomorrow morning" when I wondered who would be working. I will acknowledge that saying "did not work Friday" would have been more accurate than "took off Friday".

Lee was live from somewhere outside of Boston (where he was obviously vacationing) during the 6am hour. And the meteorologists in the studio were Jeff and Brittany, although she was just doing some secondary stuff. I figured Amy would not be there given that she's doing 4pm weather for Lee. And Sam took Friday off, as usual, which was a bit surprising.

What fun is that? Yes, and they are starting early at 4am.

You're talking about Sam, I assume? Monday was a pseudo-holiday, I figured he'd be off. We'll see who works Friday. Don't think it will be Amy, unless she returns from out west today.

Really? Amy is very active on Instagram, and she never posts from the studio when she is not on air. Yes, they do work as backup when there is a big storm, but you will generally see them on air at some point.

They showed Brittany during the 11pm show tonight. Apparently she was on the web coverage during the storms earlier (although I could be wrong, wasn't paying that close attention). Was surprised to see Sam on all week (so far). Amy is on vacation (again) in the west, so we may see Brittany on Friday morning. Update -- they had her on the 5pm newscast on Wednesday. Sade said something about being good to have a woman meteorologist. Maybe I misunderstood, but she must have forgotten about Amy.

They have reporters they could bring in to co-anchor if they felt it was necessary to have two people. Jen Maxfield did at least one 4pm broadcast this past week according to her IG. They have not been using a replacement co-anchor on TINY recently, either. Maybe still limiting due to Covid-19? They do bring in Emily West to sub for Lauren on traffic during her frequent days off, so obviously not a concern there. But it's more important to have someone doing traffic than it is to have a second anchor.

I do not claim to know how things work, but don't they have a weather producer who handles stuff like that? And it's not like she didn't already work at WABC for several months while Amy was out so she must have some familiarity with how things work. Can't imagine that she would post that she's starting at her new station on Monday if she was not going to be on the air. Makes perfect sense that she would be since it's a pseudo-holiday. PS we didn't really need to see images of her tweets, which were a PITA to remove when quoting your post.

Natalie needs to try using one so she's not a foot shorter than her male co-anchors, especially Adam.

They probably always have someone they're looking at as a replacement if a spot opens up, no?