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Albany has seen such heavy turnover. The pay in that market is a big part of it, on top of reporters wanting to go to a more active city.

Loved that Nightly News supported their colleague Savannah with the majority of the A block devoted to her mom's disappearance. Tom sounded understandably emotional throughout the stories about Nancy Guthrie's disappearance. Tonight, David Muir led with the disappearance instead of NBC, as Tom had an interview with the president.

KTLA reports that Ashely Banfield on her podcast cited a law enforcement source claiming that Savannah Guthrie's brother-in-law is the primary suspect of interest in this case. Law enforcement has not publicly identified a suspect. https://ktla.com/morning-news/savannah-guthries-brother-in-law-prime-suspect-in-moms-disappearance-report/amp/

Pardon my obsessive attention to detail... Graphical update, WTLV is now using the NBC 12 logo in it's L3. It previously only had the First Coast NBC logo. Sister station WJXX still has "First Coast ABC" in the L3 with no reference to ABC 25. Not sure if many of the locals really refer to either channel by their numbers.

Well this truly sucks. Kelly and Sherri had great talk shows! I was skeptical of Sherri taking over Wendy Williams' slot, but she proved to be an energetic and positive successor.

Inside the CNN Newsroom during the Challenger Disaster, as we just passed the 40th anniversary of tragedy

They're a new news department and I wonder how many Atlanta viewers actually know of the new news station in town. I almost expect them to be dead last.

It's not a big deal at all, but I like the subtle differences in the ABC logo placements on the various Circle 7s. The audience likeky couldn't tell the difference but it was nice that we could. Dispatch is cool on WABC --but again-- it was unique in that it wasn't everywhere. Since all of the national networks have been resurrecting classic themes, I'm hoping one of the ABC O&Os can bring back Cool Hand Luke.

Last thing I expected to see this morning! Hopefully she is found safe. What makes this particularly concerning is that the Mom reportedly has no cognitive issues according to CNN. Good to see Al and Ms Janice together!

Dale with the Jordans 4s! I'm not a sneakers with suits fan myself, but at least the Jordans were nice lol.

Good to hear Sharon is working in the market again.

No need to explain. I know. Knowing you'd nitpick I should have worded that clearer.... Would've been nice if Phil could've pulled double duty as Michelle's weekend co anchor when he was a NY ABC News Correspondent.

Nice use of the new-ish WABC studio **Would've been nice if Phil Lipof could've pulled double duty as Michelle's weekend co anchor when he was a NY ABC News Correspondent.

Has Vlad not been tapped as Tony's official replacement on Mornings? That's surprising. Only seeing Gayle and Nate in promos.

I can picture them right now on that green screen opinion segment Sunday Morning usually does.

Whatever happens, just please don't let Barry touch CBS Sunday Morning.

I used to be opposed to talent developing a personal following on social media. I thought it encouraged reporters to be celebrities rather than journalists and encouraged the audience to seek personal narrative over professional work. I've evolved to think that it's good for journalists to build a following as linear tv gets more irrelevant and content creators get larger viewership. It also allows journalists to get monetization and cover stories they like without the intercessor of a news organization or the control of a news director. Social media can also be a source of income and an outlet for one's work during periods of unemployment like being in between contracts. I'm an advocate of separate social medias pages. A private page for all your personal stuff, and a public page for the journalist's work and brand. Totally agree that social media boundaries must be set. News stations literally leave the comments sections open with no check on sexual comments or racist trolls. Just some thoughts, not the gospel.

The studio is as barren is WNBC's, but that desk is . Very creative. I've always wanted NBC to utilize the peacock feather in their desk design. It reminds me of their late 2000s L3 feather graphic.

Indeed. Plus, looks like Ginger does the 4 and Matt does the 5 (both?) with Lisa. WKMG had two runs of ET daily. I'm not sure if the 9 AM run was the previous nights episode? WFTV's Daralene Jones strangely only anchored their 4 PM, while morning anchor Kristen Delgado stayed through 12pm. I'm sure it's all about cost, as they had their morning co-anchor Alexa Lorenzo pulling double duty as the traffic anchor.

The problem is most layman viewers do not distinguish affiliates from O&Os. Much like Fox, the reputation of any station with the CBS logo will suffer because of this. I knew someone who was concerned about watching Action News Jax in Jacksonville because of the CBS/FOX duopoly and I had to explain that they are just affiliates.

Yeah, except I'm not MAGA. You can look back at my countless posts criticizing CBS' new direction, Fox News and Nexstar censoring Kimmel. You have time too to be reading and responding. Never said I don't like any of the shows listed, just highlighted that they have bias. You can dismiss what I say and falsely accuse me of being MAGA but it doesn't take being conservative to see a left slant in entertainment and news. It's mostly people on the left who dispute that, which is the same thinking that has Fox News viewers believing what they watch isn't biased.

I was prepared for the that's just one episode assessment of L&O and SVU. From regular watching you'll see that ADA Maroun is a walking SJW in almost every episode. Just last week the chief on L&O was reprimanded for blackmailing a suspect into giving information or she would reveal his secret to his daughter. How many times has Stabler had excessive force complaints on SVU? Chicago PD (NBC's most "conservative" procedural) features heavy corruption, the shaky Hank Voight and a cage where they beat up suspects. I'd say CBS procedurals are the biggest culprit at presenting cops as faultless. Talk shows really highlight the left lean in broadcast media. The View, Saturday Night Live, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers, Stephen Colbert, not talk but SNL. While Family Guy does poke fun at everyone, the creator of the show is a liberal and moreso goes after the opposite side. It's only really South Park, the old Mad Tv and The Boondocks that truly skewer all sides. Country music specials and award shows part of the few "right" tv shows, compared to the tone of the speeches given at the Oscars the Grammys the Emmys, etc over the years.

WKMG (CBS Orlando) moved Drew Barrymore to 9 am for a new 3pm newscast. Entertainment Tonight and another show were previously on at 9 AM. News 6 at 3 follows a nontraditional format like their 9 PM show. Shaky cameras, anchors walking and talking with the camera from the all over newsroom. Field reporter packages look like they're shot on high-quality cell phones and draw inspiration from Instagram reels. The 3 PM show will again feature anchors Ginger Gadsden and Matt Austin who already anchor the news at 4, 6, 9 (online) and 11. Stretching one anchor team thin is the norm in Orlando as Martha & Greg anchor nearly every WFTV/WRDQ evening newscast. John and Luanne do most of WOFL's evening newscasts. Only WESH has a wide bench of anchors.

Im not saying-left or right is inherently bad (outside of Trumpism) but it's disingenuous to pretend that there isn't a massive liberal slant in most network entertainment programming --- cable as-well. NBC's Law & Order is not that conservative especially if you hear the prosecutors' perspectives from Mccoy to ADA Maroun. Upstanding? Last night's SVU episode featured a ring of cops getting arrested for hiding a black criminal informant's corpse in a wall after one of them raped and murdered her to silence her about them selling drugs. Anything Shonda Rymes produces has her politics in it (especially ABC's Scandal and Grey's Anatomy). The Good Doctor was especially heavy handed. FOX is no different from Family Guy to The Simpsons to Empire (when it was on). Not to mention Dynasty, Jane the Virgin, and Riverdale on The CW. CBS has been no different with shows like The Good Wife, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and prior to Bari Weiss the news department was center left editorially. Despite being an otherwise liberal network it has had the most conservative appeal of the big four. When one agrees with the perspectives that are being presented, it's hard to see it as bias.

Interesting. I never thought about the entertainment bias as being a ploy to appeal to large cities. I always just thought it was a product of most shows being shot in large blue cities On one hand, if any of the big three networks were to go right, CBS is the most fitting with its endless police procedurals. But yes, CBS does not have the cable advantage that Fox News has. Not even Fox O&Os or broadcast swing right for the most part.