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On 1/13/2025 at 7:51 PM, Daybreak said:

I think Shenielle Jones is suspended. 

Family health matter= suspended. Good sources you have

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Is the goal for Craig to still be a part of the third hour, or will they slowly transition him off and replace him there?
 

Do they plan on bringing in a third “news anchor” (Craig’s previous role) or is Carson now filling that role?

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56 minutes ago, TVNewsLover said:

Is the goal for Craig to still be a part of the third hour, or will they slowly transition him off and replace him there?
 

Do they plan on bringing in a third “news anchor” (Craig’s previous role) or is Carson now filling that role?

 

I'd say we wait until when/if Sheinelle returns, for either of those questions.

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They might wait a while before naming a news anchor and do what they did in 2016 and 2018, where the co-anchors read the other quick news briefs. Perhaps they planned to name Shinelle for that role, but then, with her family emergency, they pushed it back, or maybe they are just waiting until she returns to decide (or announce)  on that and the third hour.  It is possible that Craig will stop appearing on the 3rd Hour once Shinelle returns. This has been the norm since 2004-2005, and I imagine they will continue. 

 

They should bring Amy Roach back to NBC as a News anchor and a role on Dateline. I know she was fired from ABC, but that had more to do with distraction and how it all played out. The network is owned by Disney, which emphasizes Family.  Perhaps in the MeTOO era (I know it was not technically a MeTOO thing), it made her person non-grata on NBC and CBS, and NBC would probably get criticized for hypocrisy, but it would be a good career redemption. 

 

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On 1/15/2025 at 9:51 AM, gbsgeo said:

 

 

I’m glad that is straighten out. The story I heard was crazy. 

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 Mike Tirico will fill in for Craig Melvin next week.

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This is awesome. They used to do stuff like this more regularly. I remember Bob Costas, Jay Leno and Brian Williams to name a few as guest cohosts during the 2000s.

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https://www.today.com/news/today-staff-react-sheinelle-jones-husband-uche-ojeh-death-rcna208455
 

Sheinelle Jones husband Uche Ojeh has passed away from an agressive form of brain cancer at the age of 45

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3 hours ago, JoseRM303 said:

https://www.today.com/news/today-staff-react-sheinelle-jones-husband-uche-ojeh-death-rcna208455
 

Sheinelle Jones husband Uche Ojeh has passed away from an agressive form of brain cancer at the age of 45

Just awful.

 

This will put to rest the speculation about why Sheinelle has been absent so much.

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3 hours ago, MediaZone4K said:

Just awful.

 

This will put to rest the speculation about why Sheinelle has been absent so much.

It should be another lesson to media writers that they need to stop being 'viewer HR' and that day-to-day work status of TV show hosts is not a story that needs to be reported, and that these people deserve to have private lives and grieve. This is especially cruel because they helped spread the same trash to her Wikipedia article and folks had to edit around vandals that yes, she still works for the show.

 

So much sympathy for her and her family, and I'm sure everyone at 1A feels the same.