24994J 5276 Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 Watching coverage of the Malaysian airplane crash in Ukraine, David started the coverage for ABC but George came in about 15 minutes later and took over. This is weird. How is it weird? This is the new flow of power for the network. Remember way back when when Charlie or Diane or somebody would start coverage until Peter got to the desk? Same deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrh1985 56 Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 Watching coverage of the Malaysian airplane crash in Ukraine, David started the coverage for ABC but George came in about 15 minutes later and took over. This is weird. Not what I saw. Bethenny was on in Milwaukee WI, a neighbor was at my door for a few seconds, then when I came back, George was on. Do local stations decide when to turn it over to the network for Breaking News. In Milwaukee, ABC was the last one to come on. Or, was WISN just slow today? Wonder if ABC will pull Diane in for WN tonight if she's planned to be off tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5276 Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 Not what I saw. Bethenny was on in Milwaukee WI, a neighbor was at my door for a few seconds, then when I came back, George was on. Do local stations decide when to turn it over to the network for Breaking News. In Milwaukee, ABC was the last one to come on. Or, was WISN just slow today? Wonder if ABC will pull Diane in for WN tonight if she's planned to be off tonight. Yes, they must've been late. TVNewser says ABC broke in around 10:4-something CT. As for Diane. I doubt it. She's been off all week. If she is scheduled to be on tonight, she'll be there, but they're not going to bring her in. At this point, I'd say George is officially top dog, Muir will get as much airtime as possible before he takes over WN, and Diane is the epitome of a lame duck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorningNews 1293 Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 Not what I saw. Bethenny was on in Milwaukee WI, a neighbor was at my door for a few seconds, then when I came back, George was on. Do local stations decide when to turn it over to the network for Breaking News. In Milwaukee, ABC was the last one to come on. Or, was WISN just slow today? Wonder if ABC will pull Diane in for WN tonight if she's planned to be off tonight. Not 100% about how local stations decide when to break in but David definitely started the coverage. David tossed to a commercial break during the coverage and teased that George would be joining the desk to continue coverage and then George came back on at the top of the hour and has anchored since then. It's weird because you would assume that if David was there to begin the coverage that ABC would just keep him there or at least have him and George co anchor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrknowitall526 108 Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 Not 100% about how local stations decide when to break in but David definitely started the coverage. David tossed to a commercial break during the coverage and teased that George would be joining the desk to continue coverage and then George came back on at the top of the hour and has anchored since then. It's weird because you would assume that if David was there to begin the coverage that ABC would just keep him there or at least have him and George co anchor. In Philly when David tossed to a commercial break, Action News at Noon came on for at least 10 minutes or so. I hopped in the shower and when I came out, it was 12:22 and network coverage was back with George. I don't know if they ended the noon news early in order to show George, or if he just broke in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryFlick 26 Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 While everyone is assessing David vs George, which mildly interesting, I'm far more compelled by the on- site reporting of freelancer John Wendle, which is just extraordinary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5276 Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 While everyone is assessing David vs George, which mildly interesting, I'm far more compelled by the on- site reporting of freelancer John Wendle, which is just extraordinary. He has been fantastic. I'm well aware that this story isn't a joke, and shouldn't be exploited for ratings, but his reports over the last hour have made for compelling television. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glimmer 238 Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 And now ABC is breaking into their coverage of the Malaysian Airlines crash to report on the beginning of Israel's ground offensive in Gaza. Some really unprecedented coverage here on ABC today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryFlick 26 Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 He has been fantastic. I'm well aware that this story isn't a joke, and shouldn't be exploited for ratings, but his reports over the last hour have made for compelling television. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wabceyewitness 767 Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 A huge day of breaking news, especially here in New York. To answer earlier questions: local stations do have the option to take or skip some special reports. For example, ABC aired a special report yesterday during the 5pm hour to bring live coverage of President Obama's comments on the situation in Ukraine. WABC, and I presume many other east coast stations, opted out of the report and stuck with local news. Today, ABC preempted their own network programming (The View) when David Muir broke in. So any stations that were on network programming automatically took the special report and got treated to the ABC countdown clock alerting other stations how much time they had to switch to the network if they wanted to. For today's special report, it is not odd at all to have David starting and George taking over. Like an earlier poster said, remember the days when Charlie or Diane would start a report and Peter would take over. Also keep in mind that Good Morning America was still in progress on the west coast when the special report began. George may have been on standby at Times Square to do weat coast updates then had to shuttle uptown to HQ. They also broke it up just before noon to give local stations an opportunity to join in if they missed the first network cut in. Here in New York, we also had a deal reached that averted a potential LIRR strike, so WABC had to cut away from the ABC News special report for some time to bring NYC coverage of the Governor's presser. Add to that, the President being in town, so WABC chose to break away for a few seconds during the 4pm news to show his motorcade passing right in front of their studios. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorningNews 1293 Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 I understand the comparisons to Peter and Diane/Charlie but this situation is like Peter beginning coverage and then bringing in Charlie to anchor the entire afternoons coverage. As someone mentioned earlier this is the new set up for ABC coverage, so we'll get used to it. The coverage from ABC today has been incredible and especially John Wendle's reports from the scene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5276 Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 I understand the comparisons to Peter and Diane/Charlie but this situation is like Peter beginning coverage and then bringing in Charlie to anchor the entire afternoons coverage. As someone mentioned earlier this is the new set up for ABC coverage, so we'll get used to it. The coverage from ABC today has been incredible and especially John Wendle's reports from the scene. For a moment, ignore the broadcasts these people anchor. Peter and George hold title of chief anchor. Chuck and Di (at the time) and David do not. The chief anchor is the face of the network, and anchors special broadcasts. In the new set-up, the chief anchor does not helm the evening news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wabceyewitness 767 Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 For a moment, ignore the broadcasts these people anchor. Peter and George hold title of chief anchor. Chuck and Di (at the time) and David do not. The chief anchor is the face of the network, and anchors special broadcasts. In the new set-up, the chief anchor does not helm the evening news. Exactly. George is chief anchor and, even before being given the title, has always co anchored major breaking news events. David is the anchor of World News and that's all. It's a new structure -- the morning anchor (whose program by the way funds the news division) is now the face of ABC News. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BehindNYNews 143 Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 David is doing (I think) a better job than Brian Williams tonight. Very impressed by ABC's coverage today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrknowitall526 108 Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 David is doing (I think) a better job than Brian Williams tonight. Very impressed by ABC's coverage today. I can't believe how long they continued to be on the air - I turned the TV on around 3:15 and ABC was still airing coverage. They probably figured news was getting better ratings than "Katie." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BehindNYNews 143 Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 I can't believe how long they continued to be on the air - I turned the TV on around 3:15 and ABC was still airing coverage. They probably figured news was getting better ratings than "Katie." Well remember, Katie doesn't air on all ABC stations and it doesn't air at the same time everywhere. It had nothing to do with ratings, they (rightfully so) wanted to cover these huge stories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anchorman 93 Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 Watching coverage of the Malaysian airplane crash in Ukraine, David started the coverage for ABC but George came in about 15 minutes later and took over. This is weird. When ABC initially broke in, the announce said "This is an ABC News Special report, with George Stephanopoulos" but it was actually David who broke in. Leads me to believe something happened with George that he couldn't initially anchor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrknowitall526 108 Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 David broke in with today's special report when the president gave his speech. Right now it's 6:47 pm and WN is just taking its first commercial break. Their coverage of the plane and the Middle East crisis is really impressing me, especially with the 7 reporters that contributed. David's doing a great job. I think he was a really good choice to replace Diane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wabceyewitness 767 Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 When ABC initially broke in, the announce said "This is an ABC News Special report, with George Stephanopoulos" but it was actually David who broke in. Leads me to believe something happened with George that he couldn't initially anchor. I noticed that, too. I assumed someone just cued up the wrong open. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountainave 530 Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 The initial special report: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BehindNYNews 143 Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 Dan subbed for David today. So. So far we have had Rebecca, Elizabeth, Cecilia, and Dan fill in for David since the announcement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountainave 530 Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 Byron Pitts filling in for David tonight. He's doing a better job than he did the last time I saw him fill in. Seems more comfortable but his presentation still could be a bit more natural. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5276 Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 He's been frequently filling in on Nightline lately, so I'm not surprised of his improvement. He and Jarvis alternated nights on the late shift all this week, because 3 rotating anchors is not enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TVNewsLover 728 Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 I have a feeling they'll continue to rotate even after Muir officially takes over weekday newscast. Gives them more time for tryouts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrknowitall526 108 Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 David filled in for George on GMA this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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