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I can understand a 10 AM newscast in the case of Fox and CW affiliates that have news beginning at 4/4:30/7 AM. For WABC as an example: 10 am news sandwiched between syndicated programming at 9 and 11 AM, then the Noon news feels odd. I suspect they didn't want to mess with Kelly and Mark's or The View's timeslots, so why didn't they do a 3pm? From the way ABC News pre-empts GH, I doubt they care that much about moving it up to 2pm where some stations have kept it for years now. I hope these will be light morning fluff products and not straight newscasts. From what I've seen however, Fox & CW stations with their own news departments (not newscasts produced by a big three affiliate) are better at pulling the looser morning format off.

I'm not always a fan of when news departments reuse an anchor pair for every evening news cast (especially PIX 11 until recently). Nothing against Steve personally, but he's not that strong of an anchor to be their lead man on 3 newscasts. But who does Fox 5 have in house, unless they were to bring in an anchor in from another station? It sucks that they moved Antwan and Teresa off of the morning news for Sukanya and Jen who didn't last long. Now Teresa again at 6. Why has the 4:30-7am anchor chair on WNYW been so unstable compared to the other stations?

I was confused and thought Ryan was guest hosting for a moment but then I realized the show is going into summer reruns despite having a new host. The bug has Mark's name and the mugs say Ryan. That's cool. Some shows would make a major deal out of the discrespacy and avoid reruns.

Rare finds, The Today Show from 1997 and 98.

Surprisingly, MTV was airing music videos and a marathon of Behind the Music in celebration of the 50th anniversary of hip-hop. They even had a TRL like audeince show at 5 PM ET. It was teriffic, felt like I was watching Fuse from a few years ago. It was the first time in years that I watched that channel for hours. Sadly, the schedule for tomorrow is a whole lot of Ridiculousness. Niche programming! Wish thise days could return. Maybe then there'd still be a reason to have cable.

I wonder what the local numbers look like now, and who exactly is in last place. All newscasts look virtually smiliar these so its amazing to picture now that the Eyewitness News style was ground breaking. @nycnewsjunkie Out of curuosity, what criticisms do you have for WABC.

Congrats. I was seeing her a lot during recent legal coverage and got a sense that her profile was rising.

Loved the tribute, and really loved seeing the former talent, especially those at another station. Ritter had an interesting line "the sets improved over the years"... they didn't lol. But their 'meh' on air appearence has not mattered at all in terms of the station success! I liked WABC's steps layered set concept from the 70s. Wish they'd try a modern take on that when they get this new set/hq that's been mentioned in this thread.

Can you tell me more about the 11pm Liz rule? I hope Toni Yates gets Mike's spot on the weekends.

Channel surfing on 9/11. Incredible footage. It's interesting that HSN and Food Network suspended programming. TNT carried CNN coverage, VH 1 carried WCBS.

Bianca came off much more objective in that interview. I remember years ago the outer boroughs complained about poor snow plowing which got neutral coverage. When the Upper East Side, the location of Fox 5's studio wasn't plowed adequately however, Greg --and especially Rosanna -- were going in on the sanitation comisioner. Wish I could find the clip. Again I like Rosanna. I respect that a morning news host has to tow the line between objective journalist and tv personality, but she has to watch when her biases slip out.

I like Rosanna Scotto, and I agree with her on congestion pricing, but her bias really comes through on some news stories. This interview made it obvious. During the Lori era I noticed that Stokes always tried to keep it straight news woman whereas Rosanna inserted her personality and sometimes two cents into certain news matters. Her time with Greg was no exception. Has anyone else noticed this?

I'm surprised it won't be a 3pm newscast. If WABC wasn't already producing Kelly & Mark I'd take a lifestyle show over yet another newscast. *If this is happening* I should say.

I'm surprised it won't be a 3pm newscast. If WABC wasn't already producing Kelly & Mark I'd take a lifestyle show over yet another newscast.

Ahh, I knew I remembered seeing them together! I wonder what prompted to change?

That's a unique way to split the anchor slots. They should let Brooks and Lana anchor together, they both have that energetic morning personality.

WAGA needs a total studio overhaul. I wish they'd get something like their sister station in Washington. DC, WTTG. AGA's bare blue video walls look odd. I do like the 7-9 am portion of Atlanta News First. It feels a little lighter in tone than those first 2 hours of Good Day ATL. What is the exact anchor arrangement? I thought it was Brooks and Lana anchor together but last week I saw Brooks & Gurvir together then Lana and another gentleman at 8a.

Overall, it's very similar to what they had before. I think the look as a whole needs an overhaul. The NBC bug without the white lining looks too cheap and 2D. I'd add some some translucence to the L3, it's very solid.

Agreed. In that case, 6-7 am, 6pm and Night

When are live field reports actually necessary? The obvious answer is breaking news and quickly developing situations. Background: In watching smaller markets like Albany, NY I've noticed most field reports are packaged. Stations there often only go live if the story warrants it. In bigger markets like Atlanta, reporters often introduce stories live rather than packaged, despite a lack of new developments. Example, WAGA's Eric Perry did a great live report about a homeowner who fought off two carjackers with his gun. As much as I love the theatrics of him being live in front of the bullet written car, because there were no new developments, the story could have been packaged. Especially in an era where people consume the news on their various mobile devices after the fact, are live field shots overused and do they only be done when needed?

What puzzles me is still beginning the news at 4/4:30 a.m. on major holidays holidays like Thanksgiving or Christmas where people aren't going to work. I would assume this is for continuity sake or ad dollars?

Having John in the weekday slot again would be great but it's sad and shocking that it would happen under these circumstances.

It depends on the market but anything at 4am is a rehash of last night's news or announcing what's going to happen today. Many stations don't even have liveshots until 5am. The only new content is weather and whatever traffic there is. Starting that early feels unnecessary. I like the WSVN model. Rerun the 11pm news at 4:30 am and start the morning news at 5am (or 5:30 in quieter markets).

Rahima Ellis has such a warm voice. She would really be good as the Today news reader, a weekend nightly news host, or a substitute for Lester on NNN.

Reminds me of Katherine Creag's passing, just sudden and random with no visible indication. Very unexpected. Very tragic. RIP to Elise and condolences to her colleagues and family.