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Is there someone new at the helm guiding the ship there for the morning show? There are new elements there that look weird…the traffic light graphic for traffic reports, the weather “what to wear” segment (Mike Thomas showing off his Air Jordans), split-screen graphics on general news items red-bann ...

I wonder why there aren't more free options for Detroit sports. Limiting it to those with cable, satellite, or premium services severely limit the product. It's why boxing hadn't enjoyed mainstream success becasue it was all pay-per-view for so long. Thankfully, UFC has some free options, granted ...

You'd think they'd air this infomercial in the 7:00 hour leading into primetime. Very weird and this is a new Shark Tank episode too. I’m not privy to all aspects of affiliate agreements BUT generally I believe we are allowed a certain amount of pre-empt every year. It’s probably the same deal with ...

Big time Blaha fan. When I was a teenager, I went to a Pistons game with a sign that said “BLAHA FOR PRESIDENT!” Fast forward about 30 years and I meet George Blaha at a charity event. When I tell him about my sign, he laughed and then made me tell the story again to his wife. He’s a great broad ...

ecsuser wrote: ↑Sun Feb 16, 2025 9:56 am One can't help but wonder if some at another station might not have come to know that same doctor.

Could you elaborate?

Lyons is a top GM and is a massive improvement over Watson! She did good at WGN and is slowly cleaning up a disaster at WBBM. Turnarounds are not a quick fix. This is why one can’t expect a quick fix in Detroit. I do like some of the moves she’s made so far at WWJ. The reporter hires she’s made have ...

Personally, I think CBS News Detroit has vastly improved since Lyons took over. The pacing is much better, the quality of stories is better, and the overall presentation is much better. While I do think the overall talent needs improvement, I think anchors like Friday, Humphries, and Ali all need ...

The story WXYZ’s Simon Shaykhet did with the family affected by the Rochester Hills splash pad shooting was touching. It’s one of the more real, actual journalism stories I have seen on 7 in quite a while. I think Simon Shaykhet was an excellent choice for the 5pm anchor. He has been a solid rep ...

I tuned into channel 7 very briefly three times between 4PM and 4:30PM that day. Your 4PM newscast was on. Each and every time, I saw zero info on screen. Was the graphic supposed to be shown continuously? No warning map, no crawl. I did not check channel 20, admittedly. YTTV does not carry WMYD ...

MWmetalhead wrote: ↑Fri Jul 26, 2024 6:58 am There was zero warning info on screen on 7 during the 4PM newscast (round one of the severe weather).

The nighttime storms were handled much better.

I can assure you that we had crawls running on 7 and 20. I pushed the button myself.

We were on the air with updates. When a warning was issued, we even cut in on 20 with our weather update. We were running crawls in both stations. How were we a lazy control room? What more could we have done?

TeleCine wrote: ↑Sun Mar 31, 2024 12:44 pm Brian would be great in TV car ads!

He did the Auto Show gig for a while, so you’re probably right.
Brian would be great at pretty much anything he decides to do.

sinklair wrote: ↑Sun Mar 31, 2024 1:58 am Herm: you do realize that most GMs don’t interview for anything other than department heads and maybe top anchors. Murri is a control freak.

I’ve told you this before, I do not trust uncorroborated information from anonymous sources.

Oh I don’t know Herm. Let’s start with Murri weighing in on — and frequently torpedoing — hiring decisions made by current and former department heads. You work there and could add context. But you won’t. Keep defending the bad practices that have led WXYZ to being third place in ratings for more th ...

The problem is GM Mike Murri. He’s involved in newsroom decisions that are well below what a GM should be weighing in on. Plus the goals move depending on which way the wind blows. I agree that I don’t think the issue is with the journalism or talent. They just can never stick with a plan. Like it o ...