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When was the last time Sam Champion was on EWN This Morning? He’s been on GMA as a 6th host since early March with Brittany and Dani handling 4:30-7am. Not sure if he’s been on 10am but when I’ve tuned in it’s typically Dani.

This, their newscast has a corporate feel with no real personality. You can take WCBS and drop it in any other CBS O&O market without missing a beat.

Yeah I was surprised that he wasn’t strongly considered for CBS Sunday Morning after the final Early Show relaunch. He was easily the strongest of the network’s bench and was heavily utilized on Evening News, Face the Nation too.

April Fools joke?

They had a 4:30am show that was cancelled over a year ago.

KTRK bucking the trend and launching a 4am newscast on 4/1. https://x.com/abc13houston/status/1767178737487933540?s=46

When is this referring to? Sandra has been there with Bill most nights at 11pm while Sade has been on medical leave. The most likely reason she wasn’t at 11 yesterday is because she’s anchoring Sunday night’s newscasts with Joe for Oscars coverage.

Sade had been anchoring solo at 11pm on Fridays since last year, she’s out right now. Mike is also largely viewed as Bill Ritter’s eventual successor and they’re not subtle about how they’ve positioned him for that.

I really miss Sade. Hope she’s recovering well from her knee surgery.

This. Houston is a great example where the CBS affiliate historically struggled behind ABC and NBC stations until Oprah bolstered them into a competitive and then (although brief) a market leader. WFAA's lead in Dallas started to slip when Oprah ended her show. Outside of that, it was always puzzling to me why CBS News and CBS stations generally performed so badly despite having the dominating entertainment division.

Talent opens for the weekend morning shows debuted this morning featuring Michelle, Pedro and Dani. The only ones I’ve not seen at this point are the weekday morning opens.

I would doubt it. Hasn’t the JKL hour been fairly successful for ABC? Seems like they’d want to find a suitable replacement than abandoning it.

I’m all about a mandate if it prevents stations from the on-air presentation WABC had in place for a long time.

Yeah the new ABC O&O mandate has an element like this for bugs. I actually like it, it’s pretty utilitarian.

Been a steady and successful career for her since her GMA days.