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[Geoffrey 880]

On 6/30/2025 at 5:51 PM, NYNewsCoverage said:

Scott Padget debuted today at 5pm. Probably reading too much into it, but when I saw at 5:45 they did not say he was "in for Lonnie". Should be interesting to see if/how this shifts their weather lineup

 

Scott did 5:00, and Vanessa did 6:00 (which is supposedly Scott's show, along with 8:00).

[Horizon 283]

A little bit of a tidbit for everyone. This week is the 4th of July holiday. It's known that employees can take a week of vacation. 

 

So wait about a week after, and if Johnson and Quinn are still off, then maybe that'll be where suspicions can be raised a little bit.

 

Edited July 1 by Horizon

[24994J 5685]

2 hours ago, Horizon said:

A little bit of a tidbit for everyone. This week is the 4th of July holiday. It's known that employees can take a week of vacation. 

 

So wait about a week after, and if Johnson and Quinn are still off, then maybe that'll be where suspicions can be raised a little bit.

 

Heck, with everything going on at CBS at all levels, the dust may not settle on the talent moves until the fall...or longer.

[MisterBill 101]

On 4/2/2025 at 9:34 PM, Geoffrey said:

Deborah Norville announced today that she's leaving Inside Edition after 30 years when this season ends: https://www.tvinsider.com/1184654/deborah-norville-leaving-inside-edition-final-episode-date/

 

Mary Calvi anchors the weekend edition and fills in for Norville during the week. I wonder if she's in line to take over, and if that would affect her duties anchoring the morning news.

 

Eva Pilgrim got the job. She obviously left ABC after they reworked GMA3 and started using regular GMA hosts.

 

On 6/30/2025 at 5:51 PM, NYNewsCoverage said:

Scott Padget debuted today at 5pm. Probably reading too much into it, but when I saw at 5:45 they did not say he was "in for Lonnie". Should be interesting to see if/how this shifts their weather lineup

 

They've been running promos welcoming him to the team, including one with Jessica Moore. Seemed odd, I haven't seen that sort of welcome on other stations.

Edited Monday at 09:31 PM by MisterBill

[Horizon 283]

Jessica Moore will officially replace Maurice DuBois as 5pm anchor, effective immediately

[NYNewsCoverage 312]

1 hour ago, Horizon said:

Jessica Moore will officially replace Maurice DuBois as 5pm anchor, effective immediately

I'm glad to see they finally made a decision and I think her and Kristine had the best chemistry of all the teams they've tried. I've noticed that Dick Brennan now seems to be the semi-permanent anchor of the 8pm, so it would make sense for Jessica to do the 5pm and 8pm, but we'll see if that happens. 
I suppose the question becomes who replaces her on the weekend shows. Perhaps Dick Brennan, Allen Devlin, Natalie Dudridge, or an outsider.

[TheRolyPoly 2699]

4 hours ago, Horizon said:

Jessica Moore will officially replace Maurice DuBois as 5pm anchor, effective immediately

 

She's been there for nine years now?! Danggggg.

 

I feel like its only been yesterday since she left KSNV Las Vegas.

[Geoffrey 880]

Congratulations to Jessica. It seemed like she was the favored internal candidate as she was doing it three nights during the week while she was still doing weekends. I'm still surprised that it took them half a year to make it official, and it makes me wonder how seriously they might have been looking at external options. 

 

Not a fan of the solo anchor thing, especially at 11pm. 

[l_miro 13]

5 hours ago, Geoffrey said:

Congratulations to Jessica. It seemed like she was the favored internal candidate as she was doing it three nights during the week while she was still doing weekends. I'm still surprised that it took them half a year to make it official, and it makes me wonder how seriously they might have been looking at external options. 

 

Not a fan of the solo anchor thing, especially at 11pm. 

 

6 months of WCBS not having to pay someone a 6-figure salary