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OCMs & Personalities / Re: Jennifer Lopez

« on: April 17, 2008, 07:41:08 PM »

I'm wondering if Jennifer decided to seek other employment opportunities after she was taken off of PM Edition. It wouldn't surprise me if that was the case.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: Dave Schwartz is on weather.com tonight

« on: April 17, 2008, 02:03:02 AM »

Dave is doing weather.com tonight (and it's a Wednesday!)

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: April 17, 2008, 02:01:40 AM »

They just announced that tonight was Dwight Milliner's last night as master control operator on EEWC; he's moving to a different shift, they said.

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OCMs & Personalities / Re: Jennifer Lopez

« on: April 16, 2008, 10:34:54 PM »

I didn't know Dao left either; is there a link to where that is discussed? 

https://twctodayforums.com/forums/index.php/topic,759.0.html

And yeah, her name is gone from TWC Media Kit, so I think it's safe to assume she's gone, and Weekend View is now OCMs-only.

You know, I've noticed a lot of homogenization among TWC programming. Back in January, A&B dropped the Audience Barometer, added the Weekly Planner, and became a lot more weather-oriented. From watching this past weekend's show, I noticed that WV still retains some show-specific segments, but WV now seems to be much like any other show, just done from a fancy set with a couch.

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OCMs & Personalities / Your Weekend View Today?

« on: April 16, 2008, 07:14:40 PM »

Today's Your Weather Today featured the Weekend View team of Bill and Samantha; I don't believe I've ever seen that before.

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OCMs & Personalities / Re: Jennifer Lopez

« on: April 16, 2008, 07:12:15 PM »

This sucks. Jennifer was always one of my favorite OCMs at TWC. I was just thinking this past weekend how much I enjoyed her on Weekend View. Eboni better not take Jen's spot; if anything, Eboni should be fired for not speaking the English language properly.

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OCMs & Personalities / Re: "Yeah, let's do that."

« on: April 16, 2008, 02:05:34 AM »

"Okay, yeah let's do so."

Does he get off on coming up with all these variants?

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OCMs & Personalities / Re: "Yeah, let's do that."

« on: April 16, 2008, 12:45:22 AM »

It seems like he's always smiling and energetic these days. I wonder what they put in the water...

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OCMs & Personalities / Re: "Yeah, let's do that."

« on: April 15, 2008, 03:34:24 AM »

Rich: Let's go to the Northeast with Sharon...

Sharon: Yeah, and let's do that.

Oddly enough, I don't recall her saying it while Rich was away. I bet he'd still say it if she wasn't there.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: The Weather Channel | HD Discussion

« on: April 15, 2008, 01:23:30 AM »

Things got a little nuts on the HD channel from about 11:50 PM - Midnight CT. At 11:50, the screen started flickering black at regular intervals for about two minutes before finally letting up. Then, around 11:55, thin little "static" lines started jumping up the screen. Then when it came time for the 11:58 LF, the screen was black for about the first 30 seconds, then the LF flickered on, went away for another 30 seconds, and finally stayed on for the final minute of the LF. I'm surprised they didn't switch to the emergency feed amidst all of that. It seems like no one monitors the HD feed during the overnight hours.

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OCMs & Personalities / Re: "Yeah, let's do that."

« on: April 15, 2008, 12:02:22 AM »

Aye, it's good to have Rich back.

45 seconds into the show:

Sharon: Rich has a look at the high temperatures across the country.

Rich: Yeah, let's do that!

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: April 14, 2008, 11:41:57 PM »

I shouldn't have said "segment openers". I meant "regional openers." All shows still use their segment openers. (aside from Storm Watch on all shows and the TWC Travel Forecast on EE)

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Programming and Graphics / Re: New Q2 programming schedule released

« on: April 14, 2008, 10:43:49 PM »

ICHT and FFN aired this past Sunday. Odd...

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: April 14, 2008, 10:43:11 PM »

The segment openers on all shows except FO and sometimes YWT have been disabled since they stopped using animated keys. Even on FO, however, the openers don't animate back into the studio.

As for the custom openers: DP, WC, and all weekend morning shows use the light blue openers. WC, however, will sometimes use the PME edition openers.

I've seen FO's opener before; I'm pretty sure it's a sort of orange version of the YWT one.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: April 14, 2008, 09:43:20 PM »

Around 8:33 PM CT, they used one of those custom openers with an animated image in the "square".

The graphic was *slightly* different from the normal graphic, though. The squares that fly out of the center were more transparent, and the text looks bigger.