I wake up (kinda sorta not really), and there's the Double M and Rich. Wowzers.
We got two days of Mark Mancuso this week - he was with Ray Stagich on Saturday.
I'd expect to see a much better utilization of the OCMs with Cheryl, Eboni, and Dave gone.
There are five weekend/fill-in OCMs that I'd expect to see picking up the slack:
*Mancuso - He'll be on at least Sat & Sun, plus hopefully a few weekdays again.
*Abernathy - Almost totally absent from weekdays in recent months, I'd expect to see her regularly filling in.
*Seidel - He makes a blue screen appearance about twice a month, and really, isn't in the field that much. What does he do?
*Dodd & Berg - If TWC was smart, they'd move them so one has MTu off and the other ThurFri off. The current set-up leaves EEWC without a fill in on MTu.
Rich Johnson has been all over the map the last two weeks - I wonder if he's just filling in all over the schedule because of the holidays or if he's been pulled off of EEWC... I'd hate to loose his pairing with Sharon. In reality, Rich and Sharon should be given the PM Edition slot - Betty and Sam just aren't working.
It was great to see Rich on with Mark again - used to see it occasionally when Mark would fill in for Jeanetta on Weather Center. Both of them are extremely good OCMs - watching them was watching two pros doing a great job (unlike the Betty and Sam amateur hour). They both give just enough science to make it interesting without being overwhelming.
