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https://amp.tmz.com/2023/01/13/tj-holmes-amy-robach-lawyer-up-abc-investigation-relationship-gma/ I'm surprised this angle hasn't been analyzed here yet, but TMZ is reporting that TJ Holmes' lawyers could launch a racism lawsuit if he or Amy is terminated. I was surprised it took this long for the black man in trouble for sleeping with white woman optics to come in to play in this case.

I know that the point is to de-emphasize channel numbers because people are watching on multiple platforms. Is it safe to assume however, that television is still the dominant way people consume local news? If so, there should be at least some reference to channel numbers so people know where to find the station. One way might be to include the station's channel number along with the call letters that are usually placed below the station's logo. Example: CBS News Los Angeles KCBS-TV | Channel 2 This might be especially useful for higher up double digit channel numbers like WWJ 62 in Detroit. Someone without cable may not know what dial CBS is and might not take the time to flip as far up as 62 on their OTA television.

Don't know if this was reported already but Mark Traub the male voice heard laughing in the background on "Today" died last month. RIP, been hearing that voice for years and never thought to look up who it could be.

Today in History: Jan 22 1973: Roe v Wade Passed & President LBJ Dies. Cronkite's team put that filmed obituary versy fast assuming it wasnt publicly known that Johnson was on his last days. Historic Moments in color!

TJ and Amy looked like the likely successors...but not now.

https://thehill.com/homenews/media/3816899-cnn-considers-prime-time-comic-host-as-gutfeld-thrives-on-fox/ According to The Hill, CNN is considering a late night comic like Trevor Noah or Bill Mahr, given Fox News' Gutfeld's sucess in the ratings against Colbert, Kimmel, and Fallon. I don't think CNN gets that Gutfeld isn't doing well because of comedy. Many critics say his show isn't funny at all (may be some political bias there). Gutfeld is doing well because his show offers a perspective other than the same streamline pov on Kimmel, Trevor Noah, Colbert and and a host of other political comedy shows. Is funny news the answer to CNN's primetime problem? Probably not. More of the same opinions is the issue. The unfortunate causalty is that Jimmy Fallon who is the least political of the bunch has taken a hit in the ratings.

NY Post is reporting this as well. Happening just as we predicted. It may only be a matter of time before harassment allegations surface. At this point, I don't see ABC bringing TJ back. I am not TJ and Amy's personal attorneys so heopefuly it doesn't come off that way lol. Again, still bad that he repetedly cheated on his wife, no sympathy points for that, and that he s*at where he ate jeapordizing a job many would dream of having, not smart. BUT the source's description indicated the affair was consensual (despite calling Holmes a preditor). Both parties are accountable. The headline makes a point of saying the intern was 24, which is old enough to make your own decisions. TJ aside, I notice we're infantalizing 21+ year olds alot these days. I'm sure their stunted independece (living at home, having children & marrying later due to the economy) plays a big role this growing image. 24 isn't as smart as you'll ever be, but it's certainly agebale enough to decide wether or not you want to sleep with a married co-worker, mentor, superior or whatever position. https://nypost.com/

I like the rebrand. My Network Tv has no idenity so this isn't bad as it solidifies the station's brand as a secondary syndication outlet for KTTV.

Barbara Walters fills in on GMA alongside Joan Lunden (1992). Always interesting to see big names fill in on other broadcasts. .

Genuine question: as some people have asked before, why didn't CBS shift the network affiliation from KCBS to KCAL?

I did definitely notice a shift to more serious content towards the end. Sometimes Katie came off a bit snotty like when she told Britney Spears "I told you to stop calling me ma'am" or the Ann Coulter interview. It also seemed like sometimes Katie let her political bias is bleed into her interviewing. Maybe it was because Diane had a long career before the morning time which allowed people to accept her in an evening role?

I'm assuming the justification for this is to force people to watch local newscasts live on TV? If they counted the streaming numbers, wouldn't that not make a difference? Plus, being online opens up your viewing audience to anyone anywhere in the country, such as residents who out of their market but looking to see what's going on back home.

Katie Couric's book has been out for a while now and I just got around to reading the chapters about her time at CBS (which she didn't enjoy). Aside from citing sexism, she seems pretty dumbfounded about what exactly went wrong during her tenure. I think it was the shift to softer news and the Katie's Notebook/Talk Back op-ed segments for starters. Largely, it was the belief that her popularity in the mornings would translate to the evenings. Thoughts? Comparibly, I don't recall Diane Sawyer's nightly run being as criticized though.

I see your point, especially because Joe and Mika are doing well after their mini scandal. To be fair, 'Frozen' sing-along 'Deals and Steals' GMA is not a serious news cast. GMA3 even less serious. ABC News is fighting to protray an internalized image of Good Morning America that isn't in line with reality. Agreed. We live in a time of increased public scrutiny. These days, companies knee-jerk reaction is cave ito public pressure, forgetting that this is an era of short attention spans. A new media frenzy surfaces every week. It also seems like people who double down and stay the course, rather than retreat, are the ones who survive cancel culture. Translation, ABC should've kept them on the air and allowed this to blow over.

WPIX (and WABC) have the aesthetics of a lesser market. At least in WABC's case it's always been that way hasn't ever affected its popularity. West coats stations like KTLA, KABC and sonmewhat KNBC continue to beat NY set wise.

Going back to news, another issue I see is everything feels contrived. Local or national, tv news outlets appear to be going extra hard to seem like they care about the viewer or are invested in the comminity. Be it through excessive hours of news programming, overly dramatic weather coverage, ornate graphics, or gimmiks, it feels forced. I watched an Australian newscast from the 90s and it struck me how raw, no nonsence and simply news oriented foreign broadcasters like the BBC and SBS were, without being boring. Even the "feel good" story at the end about a man duplicating his grandfather's flight across the English channel comes off as a magazine piece rather than cheesy or selling false hope. Even now, foreign countries like Jamaica with a lot smaller production values deliver a much more straight newscast than what we get in the states today.

Wow, no more "CNN Newsroom" on the weekdays presumably, and nothing on this list originating from Atlanta.

It compares to WSVN in terms of newsroom set. The camera movement definitely tops 7 News. As for newscast content, I'd need to sit and watch more indepth for comparison. I do like the bits witt in the news writing that I've seen though. Again CNN should definately take a page from City TV.

LOVING the camera movement in the '99 and '95 broadcasts. Getting a very WSVN feel from those tapes. CNN take notes.

IMO this would have been a better package to stick with. That light blue bar below the logo just needs to align with the light gray headline feed box.

Standing vs sitting works depending on the station, and the set. On WNBC and WANF it looks off, WNBC especially beecuase if the awkwardness of camera angles. WWOR and WNYW did the standing format very well back in the 2000s, especially because they had a more dramatic tabloid flair to their presentation.

Rare find, WABC 5 & 6 PM News, 1999. Late era Bill Beutel.

Didn't mean for this to turn overly political. I'll humbly say that I liked Norman Lear's shows, I will agree that Sanford was the most funny, and I dont think everything rural had to be purged from CBS' line up. A mix of rural and urban humor would have been a nice balance. Tv shows can make social statements, it's art. The issue to me is when EVERY show gets political, when shows get too preachy, or one political line of thinking is dominant in most shows. For example, I watch South Park if I want biting social satire but when I watch Martin I just want to see a comedian and 4 friends get into light hearted antics. If I watch a razor commercial I just want to be sold on how "amazing" the product is, not given a social commentary on the state of masculinity. The politicizing of everything has turned people off from tv.

Uniformity isnt all bad. It's cool seeing an identical format with different faces when going to another city. But I dont mind a middle ground, uniformity with traces of uniquness. For example, KDKA has the standard CBS get up, only their little twist is the black and gold graphics. Staions could have a standardized set perhaps with individual takes on colors or set per market. Maybe even a different version of the theme. ABC's O&Os have achieved this and they're largely winning. CBS hasn't achieved a winning formula to warrant a standard format acoss stations.

There was a time I felt sad at the decline of tv, therefore overjoyed at the prospect of classic tv reboots. Now that I've seen the stale writing and political heavyhandedness on revivals , it's best they're left in the past. Its like Hollywood is out of ideas or is so dissatisfied by today's world, that they'd rather look to the past for nostalgic comfort.