Devin 15 Posted April 11, 2020 Share Posted April 11, 2020 There is a new newscast at 6pm on FOX 11 with Elex Michaelson & Christine Devine and a daily coronavirus special at 7pm called Coronavirus Crisis with Elex Michaelson & Dr Drew Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17678-kttv-adds-6pm-and-7pm/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
C Block 1566 Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 This has been going on for a few weeks now. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17678-kttv-adds-6pm-and-7pm/#findComment-243875 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 2415 Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 And both are actually temporary, just like how KTLA's noon and 7pm are temporary. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17678-kttv-adds-6pm-and-7pm/#findComment-243876 Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiveNews 372 Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 I can see KTTV keeping the 6 after the Coronavirus thread goes away. They might keep it thru the rest of the election cycle. I believe KTTV is the only FOX O&O without a 6pm newscast. There is a new ND at KTTV from Seattle that I'm sure would like to shake things up. I would like to see a different anchor team anchor the 6pm news, though. Elex and Christine are great, but a different team would be nice to break things up. I'd be ok with the noon team of Marla Tellez and Bob DeCastro. They could get in the building at 10:30am, anchor the noon and stick around for the 6 and be out of the building around 7. Will definitely be an uphill battle as the 6pm news market is already crowed in LA...KCBS, KNBC, KTLA, KABC, KMEX and KVEA all have news at 6pm with KTLA being #1 based off February 2020 sweeps. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17678-kttv-adds-6pm-and-7pm/#findComment-243884 Share on other sites More sharing options...
C Block 1566 Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 2 hours ago, FiveNews said: I can see KTTV keeping the 6 after the Coronavirus thread goes away. They might keep it thru the rest of the election cycle. I believe KTTV is the only FOX O&O without a 6pm newscast. There is a new ND at KTTV from Seattle that I'm sure would like to shake things up. I would like to see a different anchor team anchor the 6pm news, though. Elex and Christine are great, but a different team would be nice to break things up. I'd be ok with the noon team of Marla Tellez and Bob DeCastro. They could get in the building at 10:30am, anchor the noon and stick around for the 6 and be out of the building around 7. Will definitely be an uphill battle as the 6pm news market is already crowed in LA...KCBS, KNBC, KTLA, KABC, KMEX and KVEA all have news at 6pm with KTLA being #1 based off February 2020 sweeps. I think you're right. Seems crazy that they have no weekend morning news too. I believe the new news director has a bit of a reputation of being a newshound, so it wouldn't surprise me if KTTV tried to ramp things up. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17678-kttv-adds-6pm-and-7pm/#findComment-243889 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1955 Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 I strongly don't think their 6pm will be there for the long term. As mentioned above, its already a crowded field at that hour. And once this subsizes they'll get rid of it. The only reason I can think of is why they're going the extra 30 minutes is because on certain nights, Mayor Garcetti does his press conference around 5pm. And that pretty much eat up much of that hour. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17678-kttv-adds-6pm-and-7pm/#findComment-244105 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 2415 Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 3 hours ago, CircleSeven said: I strongly don't think their 6pm will be there for the long term. Already mentioned... On 4/12/2020 at 12:46 AM, TheRolyPoly said: And both are actually temporary, just like how KTLA's noon and 7pm are temporary. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17678-kttv-adds-6pm-and-7pm/#findComment-244114 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1955 Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 24 minutes ago, TheRolyPoly said: Already mentioned... I'm aware what you said. I'm only stating for some that think the 6pm could be a mainstay post-outbreak. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17678-kttv-adds-6pm-and-7pm/#findComment-244115 Share on other sites More sharing options...
C Block 1566 Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 6 hours ago, CircleSeven said: I strongly don't think their 6pm will be there for the long term. As mentioned above, its already a crowded field at that hour. And once this subsizes they'll get rid of it. The only reason I can think of is why they're going the extra 30 minutes is because on certain nights, Mayor Garcetti does his press conference around 5pm. And that pretty much eat up much of that hour. I think you have a point on the Garcetti pressers. But on the other hand, now would be a great time to launch a new newscast because ratings for everyone across the board are so high. If you're going to try to establish a new viewer habit, you might as well try to do it now instead of in normal times when nobody's watching KTTV. I don't know whether or not these newscasts are going to go away at some point. The only place I've seen it indicate that they're temporary is on here. That might be the case, but given that there's a new GM and news director, then it wouldn't surprise me if KTTV is in for a little bit of a shakeup. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17678-kttv-adds-6pm-and-7pm/#findComment-244118 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathannah 2429 Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 1 hour ago, C Block said: I don't know whether or not these newscasts are going to go away at some point. The only place I've seen it indicate that they're temporary is on here. That might be the case, but given that there's a new GM and news director, then it wouldn't surprise me if KTTV is in for a little bit of a shakeup. Bill Lamb will definitely push to keep that newscast...and you know behind the scenes he's agitating to do the things he did during his run on WDRB. Fox did not hire him just because, they hired him to help create a successful news operation. The dearth of new sitcoms in syndication within that early prime slot is coming up very soon, and it's best to pull the switch now rather than wait until fall 2022 when the situation gets dire. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17678-kttv-adds-6pm-and-7pm/#findComment-244123 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 1047 Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 38 minutes ago, mrschimpf said: Bill Lamb will definitely push to keep that newscast...and you know behind the scenes he's agitating to do the things he did during his run on WDRB. Fox did not hire him just because, they hired him to help create a successful news operation. The dearth of new sitcoms in syndication within that early prime slot is coming up very soon, and it's best to pull the switch now rather than wait until fall 2022 when the situation gets dire. Plus, according to either THR or Variety (I can't recall which at the moment), local news ratings for FOX O&Os are/were up 33% with everyone else being up between 16-24%, so a case could be made to keep it. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17678-kttv-adds-6pm-and-7pm/#findComment-244126 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorningNews 1448 Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 Christine and Elex have been in place as the evening team for about a year now right? Any word on how their numbers are doing? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17678-kttv-adds-6pm-and-7pm/#findComment-244226 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavin 118 Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 On 4/12/2020 at 2:06 PM, C Block said: I think you're right. Seems crazy that they have no weekend morning news too. I believe the new news director has a bit of a reputation of being a newshound, so it wouldn't surprise me if KTTV tried to ramp things up. But the FOX O&O in New York doesn't have weekend morning news either. In fact because Coronavirus updates happen in the weekend with Governor Coumo and Mayor De Blasio they bring a random web editor newsroom manager or newsroom editor, digital reporter, etc. Someone that's been on the air rarely besides on-air talent before and tap him/ or her to do the early morning special reports on Saturdays and Sundays Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17678-kttv-adds-6pm-and-7pm/#findComment-244571 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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