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Truly hoping that day never comes. I'm hearing more and more that networks could eventually abandon the affiliate model. What does that future look like? Local tv stations with no network scripted programming? Just syndicated scripted and talk shows, local news, and national news provided by the station ownership groups?

why aren't local stations transparent about ratings anymore? Is it to spin the numbers in their favor to convince advertisers to agree to a certain price?

Speaking of the Queen City, former Charlotte reporter turned Atlanta anchor Lana Harris is leaving WANF's morning show per her IG

This is better lit than their Upper West Side studio, warmer lighting has really helped all of the shows that moved. The HD quality looks richer. The temporary set looked better IMO, I wish they switched it up more for the new permanent Live set. This is basically what ABC did with World News Tonight, re-create the same thing in a different space. The only set I would've liked to have seen rebuilt the same way was The View, as it looked really good before, but the new set is OK.

I was just thinking about that. It reminded me of when Tom Brokaw anchored Nightly News from the roof of 30 Rock on 9/11. An alternative idea would've been to field anchor with one of the primary news cast anchors on the roof for the duration of the newscast. Extra emphasis

If this becomes a long term pairing it would be Lara's second time in a similar role. Reminds me of when she hosted Good Afternoon America. This is cool for Sam who (speculation) seems to have wanted a network position again after leaving GMA years ago. If the buzz is true about DeMarco and Eva getting the boot, that especially sucks for DeMarco who was overjoyed to the point of tears after getting the job. He's had some pretty prominent anchor positions over his career so I'm sure he'll get another opportunity at ABC.

GMA Cubed has gone though five rebrandings in it's seven year run. It's been an unstable program from the jump. Im surprised ABC didn't outright give up and cancel it. Strahan, Sarah and Keke was my favorite incarnation of the program, but it never took off.

Good Day Orlando is fun and creative, happy to see it doing well. I'll have to watch more of the the 5 & 10 pm newscasts!

Deborah leaving Inside Edition felt imminent. Mary Calvi is hosting most of the times I happen to catch the show.

All good. And yes, the lack of public availability of ratings is unfortunate.

I mentioned that several times. Please read the full post... This is supposed to give us an idea of where things were in recent years not exactly where they are today. Let me go back and put that at the top of the post to again emphasize that.

** it's hard to find data from 2024 or 2025, the latest I can find is from 2022. If this gives any idea of recent market standing... WSVN was at last check no longer market leader, and they're already in competition with WPLG. Based on the latest numbers from Nexttv (if we trust them) WPLG tops the English language stations in overall households in several time slots, with WSVN coming in second but competing for the demo. The Spanish language stations however appear to be averaging at #1 & 2 overall in the ratings in multiple slots. WFOR is in better standing than I thought they were, coming out as # 1 in english 11 PM. I have a family member that lives in So Flo who didn't even know there was a Channel 4 if that's any indication of their market standing. They separated WTVJ's numbers so it's difficult to ascertain their average standing. I would like to see something more recent, but 2022 is the latest I can find. https://www.nexttv.com/news/local-news-close-up-south-florida-holds-the-keys-to-successful-local-news (2022 Ratings)

I hope they use the 7 to 11 AM block to do a lighter morning show (like Good Day Orlando), instead of all hard news. It's surprising that in a place as active and vibrant as South Florida, there was no light morning newscast in the overlapping Miami or West Palm Beach markets, until WPEC added ARC Florida recently. WOFL 35 in Orlando is a great example of a station using creative formatting to fill heavy news output.

news overload! but they really have no options.

The last time I recall that happening was 2011 under Maurice and Kristine. Can't speak to today. I would love to see the latest NYC numbers. Stations and talent often claim to be number one all the time, but it could just mean in a specific demographic, time period or slot. Prime example, I've heard people at WSB calling it the "number one station in the country", but last time I checked that was WABC.