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Often times, both Rachel Maddow and Stephanie Rhule seemingly use remote or home studios, as well. I have no special insights into the operations at MSNBC, but I'm guessing that those remote studios are afforded to many of the hosts on that network who have higher ratings and live some distance away from the NYC or D.C. studios. As far as that virtual set is concerned, I also noticed it this week. It's a different look for them, but I kinda like it though. Possible preview for their November election coverage this year.

For the past several months, videos of him have popped up on my social media feeds, as he has been well-known for incorporating hip-hop lyrics into his weather segments. I'd imagine he'll do the same on FOX 11.

Yeah, part of the reason for This Morning being overly political is possibly as a result of Kasie Hunt specializing in politics throughout her career and is thus within her wheelhouse.

Given that the 11pm weekday newscasts on KABC are fast paced and minimalistic with music and graphics (especially when teasing stories before commercial breaks), it will be interesting to see whether or not the talent opens make it to these newscasts.

Over recent weeks or months, it appears to me as if CNN is following the old Jeff Zucker formula of grouping political partisans and pundits together in debate style formats. Has anyone else observed this, as well?

I caught the new show open today. The new music is subtlety different from the "Morning News" music that had been used on the weekends (the old music will probably stick around on weekday mornings) for many years. The visual effects in the new weekend morning show open also match the animation that have been in the backdrop of the weekend morning co-anchors for several months now. I personally like the new show open. It is long overdue, and for whatever reason, I have never really enjoyed the old "Morning News" open at all. Whether or not the new open makes it to weekdays remains to seen. From having a looser and lighter feel, to having distinct segments, the weekend show is indeed trying to differentiate themselves from the weekday morning broadcasts.

At various times, on MSNBC, the "NBC News Special Report" banner has been present during its coverage while being anchored by some of the weekday MSNBC anchors. It makes me wonder whether or not NBC O&Os and affilates were given the option outside of the mandatory special reports to preempt regular local programming to simulcast MSNBC (at least during the late night or early morning hours). Where I live in the Los Angeles area, that was not the case on KNBC, however.

It still feels surreal that Sam Rubin has passed away. As a viewer of the "KTLA Morning News" since the 1990s, he was always one of the main reasons that I watched that newscast. I will continue to watch, but it won't feel quite the same anymore.

Given that TNT's parent company WarnerMedia also operates NBA TV, I wonder if there is a scenario that "Inside the NBA" can somehow continue on that network. Over the years, NBA TV's studio shows have featured Shaq, Kenny "The Jet" Smith, and others, from TNT, after all. I haven't heard anyone specaulate about that scenerio in the media coverage yet.

Yeah. KABC's current graphics still look great and relatively modern, yet has appeared somewhat outdated in recent years. Their news set remains my personal favorite among the ABC owned and operated stations, however. If I'm not mistaken, they are under some type of O&O-wide mandate to switch over to the new graphics package within a certain time frame. But, given that it is such a large undertaking for it all come to fruition, and, as you mentioned, to have that ultimate look, those may all very well be playing a role with regard to them taking their time with changing over to the new package right now.

On KABC, I have only seen the new graphics on a handful of promos for syndicated programming, which I've seen now for the past few months. I am surprised that they have not ended up on its newscasts by now, though.

I have no first hand insights. But KABC has traditionally introduced new promos every year for its newscasts around the date of the Academy Awards, which is always a major day for the station (with many hours of station-produced programming before and after the national ABC broadcast) as Los Angeles is the home base for the Oscars. So, perhaps, the new O&O graphics will be unveiled on or around March 10th?

She does indeed have an awesome, upbeat personality, which is perfect for morning television. It would be quite something if Telles and KCAL's Sheba Turk were ever on the same station or shared the same broadcast, as they both have similar high energy levels lol.

For me, her raspy voice and overly talkative nature makes for a difficult audience experience, at times.

Pedro mentioned on one his IG Stories the day before that he'd be making a "personal announcement" during the Saturday morning broadcast, and I expected that him leaving KTLA was likely going be the case. It is admirable that he wants to move back to the East Coast to be closer to his family. I can't imagine anyone within KTLA's current talent who can permanently succeed him, though I can envision Courtney Friel (who already is anchoring the Thursday and Friday 4pm broadcasts) and Megan Telles temporarily filling his position on weekdays and weekends, respectively.

Don't see this instance on local TV stations everyday, which is very rare in Los Angeles, for that matter. Though, given it was Christmas Day yesterday, it was understandable, for sure. I came across a weatherperson from KNSD in San Diego filling-in for Belen DeLeon while watching "Today in LA" yesterday.

By and large, it is a nice improvement over the previous news set, which had outdated TV monitors (my 60-inch TV at home looks more modern than the screens from their old set ) in their now defunct Weather Center and the front-facing one on the news desk, as well.

Here is a sampling of KNBC's studio refresh that launched during their 11am newscast this past Monday.

The majority of "Morning Joe" weekdays on MSNBC deals with news stories that are making headlines within hours of the live broadcast of that program. By the time of the highlights' weekend program, which I have caught moments of over the past few weeks, it does not feel as timely to me at all.

Also, after the premiere of "King Charles" on the 29th of this month, that will leave Pamela Brown as the final of the new shows that is yet to debut on CNN. As far as I can tell, no premiere date has been set yet.

I observed a few days ago that KABC in Los Angeles had a "Live with Kelly and Mark" promo with the new graphics, though I don't foresee a graphics change on its news broadcasts anytime soon.

I was thinking about the status of this program myself over the weekend. It was always set to premiere this fall, but it did feel as if has been taking longer than usual to debut, however. My guess is that it any delay may have had something to do at least in part due to the change of CEOs at WarnerMedia.

Typically, KABC is a stable station in many ways, that include making only small changes in its on-air presentation over many years.

Yeah, Dani Ruberti's first day on air at KCBS/KCAL was last Tuesday. And, Evelyn Taft now does the weather at 4pm, 5pm and 9pm weekdays indeed. Ruberti joins Darren Haynes (KCBS/KCAL sports anchor) and Chauncy Glover (KCBS/KCAL weeknight co-anchor) as big hires for the duopoly in recent weeks. The duopoly has been more aggressive over the past year or so to strengthen itself in the Los Angeles market.

The overhead tracking camera shots are reminiscent of what I have seen on NBC Bay Area's newscasts.