jtgh922 18 Posted December 16, 2014 Posted December 16, 2014 Starting January 12th, WLS will produce a 7pm hour long newscast on WCIU. Linda You and Hosea Sanders will anchor, with Jim Rose on sports and newly hired Cheryl Scott with weather. Terrell Brown will move to mornings. http://abc7chicago.com/entertainment/abc7-partners-with-wciu-tv-for-chicagos-only-7pm-newscast/438673/
Spring Rubber 714 Posted December 16, 2014 Posted December 16, 2014 Wow, and a day after the necessary official introduction of Cheryl Scott, the big news finally drops both in terms of how they will utilize Cheryl Scott in the interim and in terms of how they will finally shake up the morning newscast after months and months of rumors. Are they really going to keep Mike, Jerry, and Cheryl all on duty during the same 4-hour window? That seems a little bizarre. I wonder if we'll be seeing a shakeup in the weather department sooner rather than later.
BehindNYNews 147 Posted December 16, 2014 Posted December 16, 2014 Wow, some big news. Seems like all good news. Can't wait for 24993J and CircleSeven to chime in! Interesting KABC is producing a 7pm newscast, now WLS, and WPVI is doing a 10pm newscast. I wonder if WABC would be interested in doing a new newscast too?
24994J 5619 Posted December 16, 2014 Posted December 16, 2014 Holy shit. I know that, until a month ago, 5 ABC-owned stations were producing off-net newscasts. Then, KFSN dropped theirs and KABC shifted theirs, and I thought ABC was getting out of this business. I did wonder if WLS or WBBM would ever take this leap. I sure as hell would've NEVER thought of this team. Cubs on Friday. Cheryl Scott on Monday. WCIU news on Tuesday. What on Earth are they going to announce TOMORROW?
Spring Rubber 714 Posted December 16, 2014 Posted December 16, 2014 Cubs on Friday. Cheryl Scott on Monday. WCIU news on Tuesday. What on Earth are they going to announce TOMORROW? 4 AM Morning News or Jerry Taft's retirement. Take your pick.
24994J 5619 Posted December 16, 2014 Posted December 16, 2014 4 AM Morning News or Jerry Taft's retirement. Take your pick. I doubt the retirement, as Taft seems pretty adamant about staying, but 4am seems inevitable. Maybe Hosea's been holding that back.
24994J 5619 Posted December 16, 2014 Posted December 16, 2014 Now I'm in front of a computer, so... Round Two of Reaction: Hosea becomes the main male evening fill-in? Linda wouldn't keep doing 'WCL'? Does anyone fill in for them, or will the broadcast just be solo-anchored? With 3.5 hours of evening newscasts, have we seen the last of one-man and/or one-woman anchored nights?
BehindNYNews 147 Posted December 16, 2014 Posted December 16, 2014 A look at your new morning team... pic.twitter.com/ViWITbNuiU
ns8401 951 Posted December 16, 2014 Posted December 16, 2014 Starting January 12th, WLS will produce a 7pm hour long newscast on WCIU. Linda You and Hosea Sanders will anchor, with Jim Rose on sports and newly hired Cheryl Scott with weather. Terrell Brown will move to mornings. http://abc7chicago.com/entertainment/abc7-partners-with-wciu-tv-for-chicagos-only-7pm-newscast/438673/ Wow, that was quick, that'll build up her chops to take a spot on the big shows. I can't imagine this will be super highly rated though, I give it a couple years.
24994J 5619 Posted December 16, 2014 Posted December 16, 2014 I give it a couple years. I think that's all they need. By then, Jerry, Ron, and Linda will be retired, Hosea can move back to the main station, and Terrell and Cheryl get permanent roles immediately.
ChiCubsFan 34 Posted December 16, 2014 Posted December 16, 2014 Sylvia Perez would have made a good fit there. (Bring back a 3 female anchor team)
Jase 1065 Posted December 16, 2014 Posted December 16, 2014 I wouldn't worry about ratings. In all likelihood, this newscast will rate higher than what they are currently offering on The U. Could WCIU also land those 45 Cubs games and work with WLS in producing them?
Jase 1065 Posted December 16, 2014 Posted December 16, 2014 Plus, Judy would likely take over Linda's spot on the 7p newscast once she retires. That would be the best course of action to take.
ns8401 951 Posted December 16, 2014 Posted December 16, 2014 Now I'm in front of a computer, so... Round Two of Reaction: Hosea becomes the main male evening fill-in? Linda wouldn't keep doing 'WCL'? Does anyone fill in for them, or will the broadcast just be solo-anchored? With 3.5 hours of evening newscasts, have we seen the last of one-man and/or one-woman anchored nights? Feder is reporting Sanders will contribute at 4, 5 and 6pm and will be heading some sort of community involvement initiative.
24994J 5619 Posted December 16, 2014 Posted December 16, 2014 Feder is reporting Sanders will contribute at 4, 5 and 6pm and will be heading some sort of community involvement initiative. And Linda stated on Twitter that she'll still be on at 11. As for Hosea, I still wouldn't be shocked if he becomes Alan's main back-up at 4, and even Ron's at 5. I would also guess that Cheryl Burton might be the main fill-in at 7, but that's still undetermined.
24994J 5619 Posted December 16, 2014 Posted December 16, 2014 The jokes began at 4. "Yu on The U?" "You have your own network?"
Spring Rubber 714 Posted January 5, 2015 Posted January 5, 2015 So is Hosea going to be doing the morning news this week, or will Terrell be "filling in" for Hosea while they do rehearsals for the 7 PM news, which is only a week away?
24994J 5619 Posted January 5, 2015 Posted January 5, 2015 So is Hosea going to be doing the morning news this week, or will Terrell be "filling in" for Hosea while they do rehearsals for the 7 PM news, which is only a week away? A farewell is in the works for Friday, but I see no reason why he wouldn't do most/all of the week.
ChiCubsFan 34 Posted January 5, 2015 Posted January 5, 2015 So is Hosea going to be doing the morning news this week, or will Terrell be "filling in" for Hosea while they do rehearsals for the 7 PM news, which is only a week away? Are they doing rehearsals? If they are, they could do it at a different hour of the day, possibly after WCL.
Spring Rubber 714 Posted January 5, 2015 Posted January 5, 2015 Are they doing rehearsals? If they are, they could do it at a different hour of the day, possibly after WCL. I'm not saying that they are; I was asking.
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