sarahg 0 Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 "Silly chit chat"? That's such a slap in the face for the entire current crew. It's actually what drew me to PIX news in the first place. If I wanted the no-nonsense style I would have tuned in to CNN, BBC etc. And they added Larry Mendte and Lionel which I thought WAS silly and annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYNews 54 Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 "Silly chit chat"? That's such a slap in the face for the entire current crew. LOL. Funny but true. I will miss the chemistry with the current team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarahg 0 Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 Chris probably had a talk with the boss after his dance last weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PIXfan 34 Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 Well, I've got a feeling that Jodi Applegate's PIX News at Ten will be just like Katie Couric's CBS Evening news...a ratings disaster waiting to happen--a perky morning news person not suited to take on such a serious news program. Hopefully, new VP/GM Eric Meyrowitz will fire Bill Carey should the ratings get worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nynewslover 269 Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 So are Mr. G and Chris Knowles gonna stay where they are? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budtkaboy2000 0 Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Well, I've got a feeling that Jodi Applegate's PIX News at Ten will be just like Katie Couric's CBS Evening news...a ratings disaster waiting to happen--a perky morning news person not suited to take on such a serious news program. Hopefully, new VP/GM Eric Meyrowitz will fire Bill Carey should the ratings get worse. You're out of line comparing Jodi Applegate and Katie Couric, or WPIX and CBS News. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PIXfan 34 Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 What I was trying to do is demonstrate how Jodi Applegate is not fit to be lead anchor on PIX News. If you think I made a foolish comparison, I apologize. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anchorman 93 Posted October 5, 2010 Author Share Posted October 5, 2010 I agree with the general consensus here: this is a ratings disaster waiting to happen. But you can't blame Applegate for going back and taking a job in the nation's #1 market. She has been very good as the N12 Evening anchor, something I thought she would be too peppy for. Her and Ron had great chemistry, which certainly helped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYNews 54 Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 There was no sports tonight. Did they do away with sports? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest NewsHound Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 WPIX has screwed themselves over since they tried to urbanize and make themselves more "popular" with the younger crowd. I started watching on Dish Network (and I live over 8 hours away from the New York market) since 2008, even if the news only pertains to New York, I found the newscasts to be more interesting than my local news in the morning. I have watched them move people around, make changes to make themselves hip, and I have watched them try and fail a lot. This is going to be a messy combination, and I can only hope people protest enough and ratings go down enough that Kaity and Jim are back on at 10:00. Enough said. Oh and I found this to be very interesting: http://www.wpix.com/about/newsteam/ It seems that with the exception of James Ford that ALL of the morning news team are no longer listed, which makes me wonder if they will be demoted or laid off, and will the weekend team of Peter and Jackie be taking their place? WPIX leaves a lot of open ended questions. I guess we'll see next Monday what happens since it seems everything they have tried to do to at least keep some bit of journalistic integrity is going to be thrown into the fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMA 135 Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 More details:http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2010/10/08/2010-10-08_wpix_news_anchor_jodi_applegate_steps_in_as_veterans_jim_watkins_and_kaity_tong_.html?r=entertainment This is going to be a disaster...the only thing that I think is good is having a field anchor. I watched last night's 10pm newscast, there was no mention of anything, no goodbyes. They had an ultrawide shot, and about a quarter of the studio is now greenscreened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest NewsHound Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 More details:http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2010/10/08/2010-10-08_wpix_news_anchor_jodi_applegate_steps_in_as_veterans_jim_watkins_and_kaity_tong_.html?r=entertainment This is going to be a disaster...the only thing that I think is good is having a field anchor. I watched last night's 10pm newscast, there was no mention of anything, no goodbyes. They had an ultrawide shot, and about a quarter of the studio is now greenscreened. Yeah, I watched too. It was sad because you know toward the end they really wanted to say something. I'm sure they were told not to say anything. Meanwhile, a new open premiered tonight during the 6:00 news (which I find out of place since they don't air 6:00 news on weekdays?) but its very flashy and busy, and flys out in less than 3 seconds... which is what I guess they were going for. I really like the new high-octane cut of the WPIX Custom News Package they used in the open though, its agressive but has just a touch of a traditional theme and sounds way better than all that filler guitar riffs they would normally use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlad 276 Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 I doubt its gonna last, they'll end up losing their newscast if they do this. Very bad move. Jim and Kaity are veterans, I find it kind of disrespectful actually to do that without a formal ending. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYNews 54 Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 I still don't get the appeal of Applegate. Her looks are average and she's old too. I wonder how cold the introductions were when Jim and Kaity met their replacement? Is Emily Frances out? At the end of Thursday's broadcast Jim said they'll miss her. I think her job has been taken over by Amber Lee Ettinger aka Obama girl as the segments she has done are along the lines of Emily's reports. I must say though, she's not bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest NewsHound Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 Let's just face it, Bill Carey is going to screw WPIX in the you-know-where, just like he did with WCBS in 1996. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njlady 1 Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 I have watched channel 11 news since Kaity and Jim were put together and I think they are great - I will now watch him on the weekend and then watch channel 5 on weekdays. I find it very frustrating to see these changes, like the others I found them to be an excellent team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest NewsHound Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 I have watched channel 11 news since Kaity and Jim were put together and I think they are great - I will now watch him on the weekend and then watch channel 5 on weekdays. I find it very frustrating to see these changes, like the others I found them to be an excellent team. It's all down to tomorrow night. I guess it just depends. I'm going to watch and see what they do, see the changes, but I probably won't tune in again after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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