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I've often wondered about that also. I figured that once World News Now disappeared from the O&Os, the ticks on the clock would ring louder...but the newswatch continues. It is a relic of a bygone era, a time when the Big Three embraced the emerging 24-hour news cycle after the Gulf War and during the '92 U.S. election cycle. But NBC ended Nightside in 1998. CBS's Up to the Minute lasted a little longer, making it into the 2010s before morphing into its current incarnation. My guess is that while WNN can't be making that much money for ABC News' bottom line, that show must be really cheap to produce.

From Oakland: KTVU's Dennis Richmond has passed at age 81.

That's a very subjective statement. Just because you may not come home to watch the evening news, don't assume "nobody" else does either. That invalidates the rest of your comment.

You keep saying this same thing. Let me ask you: TO WHOM? You're looking for a white knight that may not exist. And forcing a sale doesn't necessarily help matters, because you may go from one bad operator to another. Be careful of what you wish for. A better case scenario would be for viewers in the affected areas to file a formal complaint at the FCC, saying that AMG isn't operating in the public interest. If enough force is behind that, then something might happen.

I live by this simple rule: If you don't have anything nice to say about something or someone, then don't say anything.** **Personal exceptions are allowed. For me it's my former spouse, congestion tolling in New York City, and the incoming president.

Chances are you're not in the show's target demo. If you aren't, and you don't watch the show, then there is no reason for you to complain.

It looks as though TheGrio is dead. Long live TheGrio. FTV Live reported it today, and the website backs it up: Program listings are gone. Never thought I would say this, but Byron Allen is officially the biggest broadcast grifter of the century.

If Aaron stayed at ABC, I believe he would have inherited the World News Tonight anchor chair when Jennings passed. From his former World News Now co-anchor Lisa McRee, via IG:

Aaron Brown, formerly of KING-TV and KIRO-TV in Seattle, ABC (one of the original anchors on World News Now), and CNN (Newsnight with Aaron Brown), passed on Dec. 29 at age 76.

Stop over-exaggerating.

They've called themselves that on the air. And it's not all basketball all day long. There is a morning show at least.

I was going to add that channel 7 might do as they've done for years and have their prominent Jewish staffers (aka the "Eyewitness Jews"–Bill Ritter, Lauren Glassberg, Lee Goldberg among them) front the Xmas day shows. But with Hanukkah starting on Wednesday as well, probably not.

BPME? What are you talking about? With all due respect, sometimes it can be a bit difficult to follow along with your posts. They come off as too heavy with "inside baseball" shorthand and in attempts to use clever and even snarky wordplay. I would respectfully recommend using just plain ol' English. We'll still get the gist of what you're saying.

If you read the linked article, it says no other details are known. Don't assume unless you know the facts.

It doesn't. Scarborough was here for a full quarter-century before Ritter started replacing Beutel on Eyewitness News weeknights. I don't think Ritter has any intentions of working into his 90s if he wants to catch up to Chuck's record.