A dozen staffers in Philadelphia got cut too, including four on-air people. One of them was adorable traffic reporter (and fellow SJU grad) Chandler Lutz, who I will definitely miss gazing at every morning. https://www.inquirer.com/business/cbs3-layoffs-viacom-lesley-van-arsdall-20200528.html
And your description of ABC-owned WLS makes it sound a lot like ABC-owned WPVI, which has owned the Philadelphia market for over 40 years. On Thursday, May 28, 2020 at 11:45:01 PM UTC-4, Mark Jeffries wrote: > > WBBM is on 30 years of bad luck, despite the steadily performing network > prime time lineup and the dominant daytime lineup nationally, of which > they've tried everything in the book from ultra-tabloidism to extremely > serious journalism to no success. The problem's been that even with a > aging-and-dying-off audience that would do this, ABC-owned WLS still has > people who turn the station on during the early morning local news and > leave it on until Kimmel, thanks to Oprah, Kelly Ripa (and three different > co-hosts of "Live!"), "Jeopardy!" and "Wheel." ABC performs better in > Chicago than many other cities, and although "Eyewitness News" has been > number one all through this time, it's been mostly because of those CBS > Television Distribution syndicated shows. > > Mark Jeffries > Saints Spotlight Editor > [email protected] <javascript:> > > > On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 11:10 AM Joe Hass <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Here's the Chicago angle: >> >> >> https://www.robertfeder.com/2020/05/27/mass-layoffs-cbs-2-hit-pam-zekman-valued-members-team/ >> >> On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 11:52 PM Doug Eastick <[email protected] >> <javascript:>> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> >>> https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cbs-news-hit-hard-by-layoffs-is-shocked-1296157 >>> >>> >>> my favourite quote is this: >>> She addressed that work-around on Wednesday's call, saying: "If you >>> would have told me I’d be in the Ed Sullivan control room for 11 fucking >>> weeks, I would have said, 'Give me some of whatever you’re smoking.'" >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Doug Eastick <[email protected] <javascript:>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAK5Q1BpqQuDdipdzTAUKxEnaw0Fad04Ms9c%2BAGSmkwc81%3D0%2B6A%40mail.gmail.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAK5Q1BpqQuDdipdzTAUKxEnaw0Fad04Ms9c%2BAGSmkwc81%3D0%2B6A%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CABru7%2Bcsuga_Le6XuCzZUhtKc2eUa479fkrBcpsX2Dk72%3DaWDw%40mail.gmail.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CABru7%2Bcsuga_Le6XuCzZUhtKc2eUa479fkrBcpsX2Dk72%3DaWDw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/8396c530-52a7-4111-9d3d-cabacfd4647e%40googlegroups.com.
