"Good Day LA" shakeup

[T.L. Hughes 901]

Deadline.com reports (and a spokesperson for Fox O&O KTTV has confirmed) that Dorothy Lucey will be leaving KTTV's Good Day LA after Friday morning's broadcast as her contract was not renewed. Co-anchor Jillian Reynolds will be moved to freelance status at KTTV, continuing in her current duties on Good Day LA but not always appearing five days a week. Steve Edwards is the only Good Day LA anchor that has been with the show since its 1995 revamp (it debuted in 1993) that will remain full-time as he is locked into a long-term contract.

 

The show will reportdly hold on-air tryouts for Lucey’s position similar to what has been done on syndicated morning show Live With Kelly since Regis Philbin's departure in November 2011. The reasons for the shakeup, a cost-saving measure (as Lucey earned a hefty paycheck), and as a way to "provid[e] a jolt" to the show, which has lost ground in the ratings.

[Jase 1065]

They both had a pretty good run (17 years), so it's no surprise that this shakeup happened. I wonder if Steve would have been shown the door too had his contract been up?

[stevieboy247 42]

Yeah, I'm not surprised either, but still it's sad to see Dorothy Lucey go. Whether GDLA will recover or not after Lucey's departure remains to be seen.

 

Makes me wonder if she'll be able to land elsewhere?

[Daybreak 289]

I thought this was very interesting and a really nice on Jillian for apologizing to Dorothy.

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvspy/video-jillian-reynolds-offers-teary-apology-to-longtime-kttv-co-anchor-dorothy-lucey_b49929

[FJ2000 5]

Dorothy Lucey was interviewed by Sam Rubin on the KTLA Morning News this morning, and she talked about her dismissal from Good Day LA.

 

http://www.deadline.com/2012/06/video-dororhy-lucey-talks-exit-from-kttv-new-talk-show-with-nigel-lythgoe/#more-281678