TVNewsLover 652 Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 (edited) 5 hours ago, phillynewslover said: They definitely must be shortstaffed. Matt O'Donnell is anchoring the 5p news tonight with Alyana Gomez. So far today: Morning: Matt & Alicia Noon: Alicia (solo) (also said Sarah would be along later) 4pm: Matt & Alyana 5pm: Matt & Alyana 6pm: Matt 10pm: Nydia (solo) 11pm: Matt Edited April 9, 2022 by TVNewsLover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrknowitall526 92 Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 What a ridiculous day for Matt!!!! Adam Joseph is doing the weather from home. Maybe a covid outbreak? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddaniels20 60 Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 18 minutes ago, Mrknowitall526 said: What a ridiculous day for Matt!!!! Adam Joseph is doing the weather from home. Maybe a covid outbreak? I could believe that. Just seems like an extremely unusual amount of absences this week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillyWatch 212 Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 Adam mentioned earlier this week on Twitter that him broadcasting from home is only a precautionary measure due to an uptick in covid cases. Perhaps that's been broadened out to the rest of the newsroom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TVNewsLover 652 Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 And the odd fill-ins continue into the weekend. Jaclyn solo anchored Saturday morning, Alicia solo anchored Sunday morning and noon, and Nydia is in for Walter on Saturday and Sunday evening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 4773 Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 On 4/8/2022 at 4:20 PM, TVNewsLover said: So far today: Morning: Matt & Alicia Noon: Alicia (solo) (also said Sarah would be along later) 4pm: Matt & Alyana 5pm: Matt & Alyana 6pm: Matt 10pm: Nydia (solo) 11pm: Matt https://www.facebook.com/100044407330467/posts/524312242392349/ 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TVNewsLover 652 Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 (edited) This Monday morning Jillian Mele and Alicia Vitarelli are in for Matt (who will be along later today) and Tamela. Also, Gina Gannon is doing traffic. Alicia also anchored the noon solo (but did say Sarah would be along later). I'm wondering if there’s been a COVID outbreak. There’s been way too many people off, with Sarah putting in a marathon shift Thursday (and was supposed to be on Friday), and Matt pulling a marathon shift on Friday. Edited April 11, 2022 by TVNewsLover 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yankees4life 480 Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 On 4/8/2022 at 5:20 PM, TVNewsLover said: So far today: Morning: Matt & Alicia Noon: Alicia (solo) (also said Sarah would be along later) 4pm: Matt & Alyana 5pm: Matt & Alyana 6pm: Matt 10pm: Nydia (solo) 11pm: Matt Poor Matt. That is overkill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrknowitall526 92 Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 12 hours ago, TVNewsLover said: This Monday morning Jillian Mele and Alicia Vitarelli are in for Matt (who will be along later today) and Tamela. Also, Gina Gannon is doing traffic. Alicia also anchored the noon solo (but did say Sarah would be along later). I'm wondering if there’s been a COVID outbreak. There’s been way too many people off, with Sarah putting in a marathon shift Thursday (and was supposed to be on Friday), and Matt pulling a marathon shift on Friday. That's what I'm thinking... Nothing else seems to make any sense. I doubt they would schedule THAT many vacations / days off all at once. Nydia Han is currently on with Matt and Brittany is doing the weather. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TVNewsLover 652 Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 (edited) Update for today (Monday): Morning: Jillian & Alicia (Gina Gannon also filled in on traffic - Karen did weather) Noon: Alicia (solo) (Chris did weather) 4pm: Matt & Nydia (Sarah did multiple stories from home - Chris did weather - Gina on traffic - Rick did a short report from Maryland) 5pm: Matt & Nydia (Brittany did weather - Gina on traffic - Rick did multiple “road trip” reports from Maryland - apparently he’s taking a road trip all week) 6pm: Matt (Brittany weather) 10pm: Nydia (solo) (Brittany weather) 11pm: Matt (Brittany weather) Edited April 12, 2022 by TVNewsLover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TVNewsLover 652 Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 (edited) Tuesday’s lineup: Morning: Maggie, Alicia, Karen - weather, Jessica - traffic Noon: Alicia (solo), Karen - weather (Jillian was in the sat center) 4pm: Jillian, Nydia, Brittany - weather, Sarah working from home, Jessica - traffic, Rick also did a brief report, Christie also did a report from the Ben Franklin Parkway 5pm: Jillian, Sharrie, Brittany - weather, Jessica - traffic, Rick on his road trip 6pm: Sharrie, Brittany - weather, Jillian did a story in studio, Tamela Edwards did a story from South Philly 10pm: Nydia, Sharrie, Brittany - weather 11pm: Sharrie, Brittany - weather Edited April 13, 2022 by TVNewsLover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillyWatch 212 Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 Tamela is promoting an interview with VP Harris; I wonder if they kept her out of the studio for a while as a way of quarantining her before the meeting. Whatever the situation is, it's a weird one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susquvalleywgal 451 Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 31 minutes ago, PhillyWatch said: Tamela is promoting an interview with VP Harris; I wonder if they kept her out of the studio for a while as a way of quarantining her before the meeting. Whatever the situation is, it's a weird one. I'm surprised that they are not having Jim Gardner do the interview. -- Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 4773 Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 2 hours ago, susquvalleywgal said: I'm surprised that they are not having Jim Gardner do the interview. -- Matt Last I saw on the socials was that Jim is out if the country. Besides, these interviews are frequently granted to those whose profiles are looking to be boosted...and not the guy retiring within a year. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TVNewsLover 652 Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 A return to almost normalcy today?: Morning: Matt, Maggie, Karen weather, Matt traffic Noon: Alicia (solo), Chris weather 4pm: Walter, Sarah, Chris weather, Alicia feature anchor, Christie reporting on the street, Jessica traffic 5pm: Alicia, Sharrie, Brittany weather, Jessica traffic, Rick road trip 6pm: Sharrie, Brittany weather Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillynewslover 123 Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 Walter Perez is doing sports tonight. He used to be a color commentator for "Princeton Football Radio Network" according to Wikipedia, but I don't think I've ever seen him sportscasting on Action News. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtmclaug 35 Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 46 minutes ago, phillynewslover said: Walter Perez is doing sports tonight. He used to be a color commentator for "Princeton Football Radio Network" according to Wikipedia, but I don't think I've ever seen him sportscasting on Action News. I remember several years ago he once filled in for Keith Russell one Saturday night. He wasn’t that bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TVNewsLover 652 Posted April 16, 2022 Share Posted April 16, 2022 9 hours ago, phillynewslover said: Walter Perez is doing sports tonight. He used to be a color commentator for "Princeton Football Radio Network" according to Wikipedia, but I don't think I've ever seen him sportscasting on Action News. Ducis has been out the entire week. With Jamie now handling weekend duties as well, just seems wrong to make her work 9 days straight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WCAUTVNBC10 368 Posted April 16, 2022 Share Posted April 16, 2022 This talent shortage isn't just limited to Action News either. Saw a promo for this week's FYI Philly with TaRhonda Thomas hosting with Alicia. You know it's bad over there when they have to have a hard news reporter host the station's entertainment show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRob 849 Posted April 22, 2022 Share Posted April 22, 2022 (edited) One of my co-workers will be showing up soon. I don't know what shift she will work. She said PVI tries to match the personality with the shift and existing staff. https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=410403580899005&set=a.215219893750709 Edited April 22, 2022 by TheRob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddaniels20 60 Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 (edited) Starting tonight, 6abc will be launching a 6:30 PM newscast on their streaming platforms, anchored by Gray Hall and Cecily Tynan. https://www.facebook.com/100044373881642/posts/549296043226187/?d=n Edited April 26, 2022 by ddaniels20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 4773 Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 (edited) I was gonna say, there had to be more to Gray's promotion than just the 10pm show. I believe WABC is the only other O&O programming against World News Tonight, but that's in the form of The Countdown, which has rotating anchors and long-form stories/interviews, even though their initial announcement mentioned Bill and Sade as anchors. Edited April 26, 2022 by 24994J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SF1964 53 Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 I saw it mentioned elsewhere, but they could possibly put Gray on the 5PM show later this year, when/if Rick Williams is given the 6PM after Jim retires. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SF1964 53 Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 Christie Ileto has been doing her 3rd wheel/feature reports on the 4PM show from outside the building. Either she lost her key or there's more Covid precautions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newscopter7 158 Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 On 4/26/2022 at 7:50 PM, SF1964 said: I saw it mentioned elsewhere, but they could possibly put Gray on the 5PM show later this year, when/if Rick Williams is given the 6PM after Jim retires. I think I’d be pissed if I were Matt O’Donnell or Brian Taft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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