The Channel 6 Action News Thread

[kshow 167]

5 hours ago, G2000 said:

Not much of a surprise but just saw a promo that Tamron Hall is moving to 2, where Rachael Ray was.

 

Heard there will be more similar announcements from other O&O's.

[MD TV 277]

1 hour ago, kshow said:

 

Heard there will be more similar announcements from other O&O's.

Considering that WABC and WTVD also have the same weekday schedule it's not surprising.

[SF1964 65]

Why aren't Ducis and Cecily's names included in the 11PM intro?   It's only "Action News with Rick Williams".  Most of the other daily newscasts mention the full lineup.

[CircleSeven 1960]

22 minutes ago, SF1964 said:

Why aren't Ducis and Cecily's names included in the 11PM intro?   It's only "Action News with Rick Williams".  Most of the other daily newscasts mention the full lineup.

Within the last decade or so, the 11pm opens have always been short, so they can go straight to the "Big Story".

[Abraham J. Simpson 315]

On 8/3/2023 at 11:56 AM, SF1964 said:

Why aren't Ducis and Cecily's names included in the 11PM intro?   It's only "Action News with Rick Williams".  Most of the other daily newscasts mention the full lineup.

Same as it was for years with Jim Gardner. Ludicrous, but so be it. 
 

The no-names short openings at noon and weekend mornings are absurd. Sundays especially, we know the team. There is no longer a second anchor. Just put the darn names in and run a full intro. 
 

And if Sarah is going to be the only permanent person at noon, ditto, put her name in. If you’re going to use John Paul permanently, great, put the name in. I get the “weather by committee” stuff, though you could cut three versions for the three regulars.

[Abraham J. Simpson 315]

On 7/27/2023 at 1:22 AM, Mrknowitall526 said:

Funny commercial!  What's happening with Tamron Hall?  Her show cancelled?  Wonder who the hosts will be?

 

Also, and this is industry-wide... how many hours of news do we possibly need in one day?!  This means on air 4-7 AM, streaming from 7-?? (not sure), now 10 AM, Noon, 4-6:30 PM, streaming at 6:30, 10 PM on PHL 17 (though who knows if that continues?), 11 PM.  Let's just have Action News 24/7!  Kidding, of course... though they'd probably make a better 24 hour news network than CNN...

It isn’t about how many hours anyone needs, because no one (well…almost) actually watches them all. You jump

in when it works for you. I watch the 5 am 1/2 hour most mornings. That they also have the other 2 1/2 hours is irrelevant. 
 

And they get all the commercial inventory with a relatively small additional expense that is spread over the entire operation. 

[wofchristian 46]

Since were now getting a 10AM newscast, who do you think will anchor it? And do we yet to have an actual lineup for noon?

[TVNewsLover 785]

15 hours ago, wofchristian said:

Since were now getting a 10AM newscast, who do you think will anchor it? And do we yet to have an actual lineup for noon?

My guess is Matt and Tamela. Or John Paul and/or Christie Ileto.

 

But I think a better lineup would be:

10am & 4pm: John Paul & Alyanna Gomez

12noon & 5pm: Brian Taff & Sarah Bloomquist

6pm, 10pm, 11pm: Rick Williams & Sharrie Williams

Send Gray back to weekend AM where he shined alongside Nydia and Chris. 

[rear_flank 43]

It looks like Bob Brooks is heading to Newsmax

[newscopter7 233]

On 8/15/2023 at 7:38 PM, Mughunter said:

It looks like Bob Brooks is heading to Newsmax

Talk about throwing your career away….

[LVForward 94]

1 hour ago, newscopter7 said:

Talk about throwing your career away….

Maybe, maybe not - it is a choice he may never be able to come back from - but he could also become a rising star in the  MAGA media world.  Time will tell.

[Mrknowitall526 116]

On 8/15/2023 at 7:38 PM, Mughunter said:

It looks like Bob Brooks is heading to Newsmax

 

I don't know if I would be proud to be making this move...

[Roadrunner 217]

I'm not saying anyone's social media activity is a direct indication of where things would be headed but I mean.....I kinda saw this coming for a bit. So, I actually think he's found his niche.

[Horizon 273]

He started yesterday (Wednesday), and his first story was on drug abuse.

[JoseRM303 171]

The 10am newscast will be co-anchored by Alyana Gomez, Nydia Han & Alicia Vittarelli. Karen Rogers will do weather forecasts. 
 

 

https://tvnewscheck.com/programming/article/abc-owned-television-stations-announce-10-a-m-newscasts-for-wabc-wpvi-wtvd/

[Abraham J. Simpson 315]

I guess that was a little surprising, but great to give it its own identity. Wondering if it’s going to be akin to 4 and 5 pm where one is a “third wheel”’who pops in here and there with a story or a genuine three-person anchor setup. And all props to Karen Rogers. All the prep work in the middle of the night, four hours on the morning show, inclusive of the streaming hour, now an added hour daily. 
 

Guessing then moon stays as weather-by-committee. Feel like they should give Karen the break on Tuesdays and put Chris on both Tuesday and Wednesday. 

[newscopter7 233]

3 hours ago, Abraham J. Simpson said:

I guess that was a little surprising, but great to give it its own identity. Wondering if it’s going to be akin to 4 and 5 pm where one is a “third wheel”’who pops in here and there with a story or a genuine three-person anchor setup. And all props to Karen Rogers. All the prep work in the middle of the night, four hours on the morning show, inclusive of the streaming hour, now an added hour daily. 
 

Guessing then moon stays as weather-by-committee. Feel like they should give Karen the break on Tuesdays and put Chris on both Tuesday and Wednesday. 

My guess is it will mostly be a two person broadcast with Nydia continuing on weekends.  

[Bob J 0]

With Alyana Gomez (Saturday Anchor) and Nydia Han (Sunday Anchor) being taken off weekends for the 10am show, who do we think will take over weekends? My guess is that Maggie Kent and John Paul each get one day. As for the noon show, I think it would make sense for either Alyana or Nydia to join Sarah since they will already be there for the 10am show and currently do not have any other roles on weekdays. Thoughts?

[wofchristian 46]

Here’s the debut of the 10AM newscast! This is really interesting, it seems they are keeping Alyana, Alicia and Nydia all on the desk as regular anchors at the same time! But this makes  desk looks really cramped. 
 

Also to note with the intro, for the first time in years, MCTYW is being played in the original key! I am also surprised that they didn’t debut the new graphics today.

 

 

[Abraham J. Simpson 315]

It seemed like a perfectly fine newscast, the right tone for a midday show. Interesting at the very end to see the still image for the noon show. But that’s a little bit of minutiae only a few will even notice.

 

Nice to see after all the time she’s spent as the “third wheel” and doing fill-ins that Alicia is part of the main team for a newscast, too. 

[wofchristian 46]

They also had a promo in the newscast for the noon newscast. In it, they showed Sarah Bloomquist and John Paul as the anchors, so that probably means John is the permanent second anchor.

Edited September 11, 2023 by wofchristian

[Abraham J. Simpson 315]

Seems like a clear hint. And yet…the same short intro at noon.  

[wofchristian 46]

Its official, John Paul is the co-anchor of noon. 

 

https://6abc.com/about/newsteam/john-paul/

[Abraham J. Simpson 315]

And yet the short opening. 

[Abraham J. Simpson 315]

Fall opening sequence for the news: check.

New voice doing the opening: check. (No idea who, don't pay that close attention to who's who in that world.)