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Everything Else TWC / Re: Changes in First Outlook come Monday...

« on: March 29, 2008, 02:41:51 AM »

Either what you said, or maybe the construction crews won't move in until Saturday afternoon, making Weekend Outlook the last show from that studio, but we'll have to wait and see. I really don't think me staying up through the end of WO would be a wise idea though; I need to get my sleep schedule back on track.

As far as I know, The WV/A&B studio seems to be staying for now since Mike and Steph didn't say anything about it; they're usually pretty chatty about that stuff. Who knows for sure, though? Anything's possible.

Kyle, as I posted before, there seems to be an HD camera in the WV/A&B studio based on an interview with Dr. Forbes that was done near the key wall in there. Perhaps there's 2 HD cameras in 1B and one in the WV/A&B studio? Could they have bought more since you left TWC without us hearing about it?

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Everything Else TWC / Re: Changes in First Outlook come Monday...

« on: March 29, 2008, 01:56:47 AM »

Well, they didn't say anything.

Now we wait until 4:30 ET...

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Everything Else TWC / Re: Changes in First Outlook come Monday...

« on: March 29, 2008, 01:51:37 AM »

Well, guys, we might be coming up on the last segment from Studio 1B; I guess we'll know for sure when Weekend Outlook comes on or if Rich and Sharon say something.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: Blooper Thread

« on: March 29, 2008, 01:46:53 AM »

At 1:20 AM ET, when going to Rich Johnson after LF, the Weather Update/severe weather lower third displayed.

The one with the EE background? They've been using that all hour, for whatever reason.

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General Discussion / Re: DVD Drive Problems

« on: March 29, 2008, 12:49:23 AM »

I think my HP drive might be failing as well. It can only read CD-ROM and DVD-RW and possibly DVD-ROM. With any other type of disk, it just perpetually struggles to read it before finally giving up. I've actually had a lot of HP hardware issues lately.

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OCMs & Personalities / Re: Rich Johnson is starting to go Cantore on us

« on: March 29, 2008, 12:44:45 AM »

Tonight, they started losing it only 11 minutes into the program when Sharon thought the wrong graphic was being displayed even though it was actually the right graphic. She sighed loudly and said "It's late and it's Friday..." to which Rich replied, "Yeah, but it's not late on the West Coast..." and Sharon replied, "Yeah, but we're not on the West Coast...Wait a minute...that was supposed to be your turn to talk over that graphic in the first place!" Rich responded, "Yep," and Sharon sighed again and said, "I guess I could just work for you tonight!" Rich said, "Ok," and Sharon said something like, "Yeah, you could just sit over there and relax, and I could just take care of things," and Rich giggled some more and was like, "That sounds good."

They got a little silly again at 11:25 PM CT when Sharon mentioned a game she likes to play with the kids on a rainy day. Rich looked at the camera and said with a lot of enthusiasm, "THAT is something that NEVER would have occurred to me!"

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Everything Else TWC / Re: Changes in First Outlook come Monday...

« on: March 29, 2008, 12:22:49 AM »

No, they used the evening backdrop, just as they do now. Perhaps you're remembering a night they forgot to change the backdrop; they do that at least about once every few weeks. A few weeks ago, they did it two nights in a row!

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Everything Else TWC / Re: "Find that front" and Steph's little games

« on: March 29, 2008, 12:20:32 AM »

Wasn't me!

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Everything Else TWC / Re: TWC going dark for Earth Hour

« on: March 29, 2008, 12:19:39 AM »

We don't know exactly what they'll do yet, but they are live during that hour, and they claim to be participating, so I'll record whatever it is that they do. IMO, they should set it up so that they go on the air at 7:59 PM ET and turn the lights off while they're on the air.

BTW, I don't know why they did this, but they left the lights for the TWC logo on the wall off after they did that example of going dark for the taped segment I mentioned earlier. They really should have turned that light back on for what might be the final broadcast from studio 1B.

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Everything Else TWC / TWC going dark for Earth Hour

« on: March 28, 2008, 08:05:22 PM »

Amidst the other happenings at TWC today, Abrams & Bettes announced that TWC will be going dark for Earth Hour tomorrow, which falls during the final hour of PM Edition Weekend. As a little preview, they turned off the lights in the Abrams & Bettes studio and also showed the lights being turned off in Studio 1 in a recorded segment. They left the A&B studio pitch black for several seconds before turning the lights back on. After that, they omitted the check in with the EE team and went straight to the Photo Finish, after which they went to a wide shot of the studio and turned the lights back off as Steph waved goodbye.

It should be interesting to see what they to with PME Weekend tomorrow, as well as what studio they use for the show.

BTW: I can get a video of this segment later after my recording stops.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: "Find that front" and Steph's little games

« on: March 28, 2008, 07:11:42 PM »

Anyone notice this before?

Sorry, what? I was too busy up in the lettuce layer of the atmosphere to hear you.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: Changes in First Outlook come Monday...

« on: March 28, 2008, 06:24:18 PM »

If they follow through with using 1A, Weather Center would use the cloud backdrop, and PM Edition would use the evening backdrop, just as they do now.

I'm curious what they'll do with First Outlook and possibly WV and A&B. It sounds like First Outlook might be moving to the new studio, because why would Kim say "I think you'll like it," if they're just moving to 1A, a studio we've seen for 7 years?

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Everything Else TWC / Re: Changes in First Outlook come Monday...

« on: March 28, 2008, 05:39:39 PM »

Doesn't the Weekend View/Abrams & Bettes studio have HD cameras as well? (As mentioned in a previous posting of mine) Does this mean that those shows will move out of their studios, too?

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Everything Else TWC / Re: Changes in First Outlook come Monday...

« on: March 28, 2008, 04:43:10 PM »

Guys, I should mention that Vivian Brown just announced that after 11 years of Weather Center in Studio 1B, today is their last day in that studio, but they're going to be staying in that room for right now while they work on the transition to HD. It sounds like all shows might be moving to Studio 1A (the big desk) during this upcoming transition period. I wonder what they could possibly be doing that requires them to decommission these old sets. AFAIK, nothing will be happening in the old building in regards to HD.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: Blooper Thread

« on: March 28, 2008, 05:26:54 AM »

Then at 3 AM CT, they cold opened First Outlook; the opener never played.

BTW, why is it that the Friday edition of FO always uses the main theme for the teaser instead of the normal headlines vamp? Different audio tech on Friday?