General TWC Discussion

[IceManNYR]

Mike Bettes
4 hours ago via mobile
Off to NYC to anchor Your Weather Today for a few days.

Weather Center Live was odd Monday.
4pm Crystal and Chris.
7pm & 10pm Crystal and Paul subbing for Chris with Kim and Adam doing reports.
1am Kim.

It's odd that Adam is there with Kim at 7pm, 10pm and did the Weather Now segment at 1:59am yet Kim was solo for WCL at 1am.

[Mike M]

Jeff Morrow and Vivian Brown on Day Planner, classic pairing! 

[IceManNYR]

Is anyone else annoyed with the non weather travel segments added to last week TWC?
Why do we need segments on friends, families and couples traveling?
They have nothing to do with weather.
This is one of them airing on every broadcast,
http://www.weather.com/travel/hit-the-road/main

[gt1racerlHDl]

Is anyone else annoyed with the non weather travel segments added to last week TWC?
Why do we need segments on friends, families and couples traveling?
They have nothing to do with weather.
This is one of them airing on every broadcast,
http://www.weather.com/travel/hit-the-road/main

Add Pyros to the list that isn't weather related either.

[IceManNYR]

For me the start of non weather related regular programming was the addition of "From the Edge With Peter Lik".
When they announced he was joining the weather channel it was strange and when they announced that he would have a show and it had nothing directly do with weather it was a show to ignore.

Most of the Braving The Elements series have nothing directly to do with weather and should not be on the weather channel.
Those shows should be one of the Discovery Networks.

[KevOwensby]

If you're talking about "Hit the Road" segments, they're advertised. Much like The Home Depot tips of the week. Not to mention the whole grilling thing they do outside on weekends.

[ap215]

For me the start of non weather related regular programming was the addition of "From the Edge With Peter Lik".
When they announced he was joining the weather channel it was strange and when they announced that he would have a show and it had nothing directly do with weather it was a show to ignore.

Most of the Braving The Elements series have nothing directly to do with weather and should not be on the weather channel.
Those shows should be one of the Discovery Networks.

I hear what you're saying NYR i actually liked Peter Lik's show because of his photography & i took photography class in JHS but you're right about the rest they're a drag plus i don't like the profanity they do on those shows that's not twc way & unfortunately they're not going away.

[twcfan68]

I prefer keeping Mike in Atlanta for some reason. Now I feel that Stephanie and Al should do their show together but Mike in NYC just seems weird.

Also, does Jen Carfagno ever get a break? I wasn't watching this morning, but I see her on most weekdays and on Weekend View.

[IceManNYR]

Jen was off Monday and Tuesday.
TWC has schedules where some OCMs work 3 weekdays and weekends.
Here's the schedule, it might not be 100% correct.
Maria is Monday-Friday.
Jen is Wed-Sunday.
Eric is Sunday-Wed.
Kelly is on Thursday-Sunday.
Kim is on Saturday-Wednesday.

[Stephen]

Is anyone else annoyed with the non weather travel segments added to last week TWC?
Why do we need segments on friends, families and couples traveling?
They have nothing to do with weather.
This is one of them airing on every broadcast,
http://www.weather.com/travel/hit-the-road/main

"Non-weather" segments have pretty much been increasing throughout the past 5 years alone. And at the rate TWC seems to be going recently, they seem to be adding non-weather related shows literally every week. I see promos for things like "Pyros", "Iron Men", and "Turbine Cowboys", and I think, 'What the  does this have to do with weather?' 

It's exactly why I hardly watch TWC anymore these days.

[IceManNYR]

Mike was back at TWC Today and the schedule was,
4am Alex.
5:30am Jen and Maria.
6am Al and Stephanie NYC.
7am Stephanie NYC, Mike and Jen TWC.
9am Mike and Maria with Jen doing the 7 Day Forecast.

Since around 3pm EDT there are very severe storms in the north east and nothing on TWC.
Not even a scroll on the LDL. I'd rather have Weather then an old episode of Ice Pilots.
Most of the NYC stations broke in with special reports.

[toxictwister00]

HD LDL is red/black for what will soon be Tropical Storm Debby within the hour.

EDIT: Hmm, weird, they turned it off.

[Adrian]

Kelly Cass said in her Facebook that she will be on-air from 5PM-8PM ET for Tropical Storm Debbie. They are over-hyping the storm but that's a good thing. Long-Form is going to be pre-empt. 

[Zach]

Kelly Cass said in her Facebook that she will be on-air from 5PM-8PM ET for Tropical Storm Debbie. They are over-hyping the storm but that's a good thing. Long-Form is going to be pre-empt. 

Debby hasn't even formed yet, nor did she say that 

I'm in a little early today to cover the tropics, and what will likely be TS Debby. I'm with Adam Berg from at least 5pm to 8pmEDT on The Weather Channel! Bryan Norcross is also joining us for expert analysis.

[Adrian]

Is anyone else annoyed with the non weather travel segments added to last week TWC?
Why do we need segments on friends, families and couples traveling?
They have nothing to do with weather.
This is one of them airing on every broadcast,
http://www.weather.com/travel/hit-the-road/main

The segment is airing because of a deal between TWC, Toyota and Allstate
Press Release: http://press.weather.com/press_detail.asp?id=401