Geoffrey 873 Posted March 18, 2009 Posted March 18, 2009 Is he just filling in at the last second for Steve, maybe, or has he been hired? Why are they hiring new people when they just dumped a bunch? Couldn't they have asked the known faces like Ducis to accept a pay cut instead of just dumping them completely?
cbs2idiots 24 Posted March 18, 2009 Author Posted March 18, 2009 Is he just filling in at the last second for Steve, maybe, or has he been hired? Why are they hiring new people when they just dumped a bunch? Couldn't they have asked the known faces like Ducis to accept a pay cut instead of just dumping them completely? I keep saying the same thing.
TrfRptr 3 Posted March 18, 2009 Posted March 18, 2009 Is he just filling in at the last second for Steve, maybe, or has he been hired? Why are they hiring new people when they just dumped a bunch? Couldn't they have asked the known faces like Ducis to accept a pay cut instead of just dumping them completely? Maybe they did but refused to accept. Dana Tyler welcomed him to the CBS2 News Team when he teased sports at 6. I'd say he was hired permanently.
NYNews 54 Posted March 19, 2009 Posted March 19, 2009 So does that mean he's the lead sports anchor at WCBS, not Sam Ryan? I believe the original deal with Sam Ryan was that she had obligations to CBS sports, hence she could only do weekend anchor duties for WCBS.
TrfRptr 3 Posted March 19, 2009 Posted March 19, 2009 I'd imagine SB's leaving couldn't have put CBS2 in a more worse position. Sam Ryan probably has extreme limited availability the next few weeks with her NCAA Tournament duties. And with SB not available to do sports it essentially leaves them with ZERO sports anchors on-staff. Time, perhaps, to call Wragge out of retirement?
TrfRptr 3 Posted March 19, 2009 Posted March 19, 2009 Otis just said he's, "Keep the seat warm for Sam. She's off today." This after Kristine welcomed him to the team.
njlady 1 Posted March 19, 2009 Posted March 19, 2009 Yeah!! I really enjoyed Otis Livingston on TINY and glad to see he is back on TV.
Geoffrey 873 Posted March 20, 2009 Posted March 20, 2009 The Daily News says that Otis may be considered to do news alongside Mary Calvi: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2009/03/19/2009-03-19_a_new_gig_in_the_pixture_for_senecal.html
NYNews 54 Posted March 20, 2009 Posted March 20, 2009 That's a really interesting move. What's with the management team over there that likes to turn sports anchors to news anchors? Good for Otis though.
IceManNYR 240 Posted April 11, 2009 Posted April 11, 2009 Otis was co anchoring with Mary this AM. On a side note Ira Joe Fisher was subbing for Lonnie on The Saturday Early Show.
Geoffrey 873 Posted April 12, 2009 Posted April 12, 2009 Otis was co anchoring with Mary this AM. On a side note Ira Joe Fisher was subbing for Lonnie on The Saturday Early Show. Otis has really surprised me with the great job he's been doing as a news anchor. I might have said this in another thread but his style and personality seem similar to Steve's, but it's not like he's a copycat or anything. The station really lucked out that Otis was free when Steve freaked out. WNBC's loss is WCBS' gain. And watching Ira Joe this morning was awesome... Reminded me of the "good ol' days" of CBS 2.
WNBCman 1 Posted April 12, 2009 Posted April 12, 2009 I knw! He has a great personality. WNBC made a mistake by letting go of Otis, and Len. That must have been intersting to see Otis do news. Keep up the good work Otis!
civic110 20 Posted April 12, 2009 Posted April 12, 2009 The interesting thing was I also saw Otis doing an NBC sports update before today's NHL game.
NewsJunkie247 1 Posted April 12, 2009 Posted April 12, 2009 Otis just anchored another NBC Sports update tonight, so that means he is just freelancing for CBS2. It was odd, however, to see him this morning on CBS2 and then on NBC.
j.wer 12 Posted April 13, 2009 Posted April 13, 2009 I noticed the same thing today (Sunday). I guess Otis is Bi.
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