About the new changes, I shall be watching and waiting. So far I don't see anything that makes me gasp or dismayed, which I suppose should be counted as good news. The scaling back of long-form programming is also good news. Perhaps the trend is now turning ever so slightly in our favor?
As for YWT being cancelled, it's pretty much still there, only under a new name. If A&B still host it, it will certainly be just a new name for the same thing. If they get a different format and different hosts, then it will be something quite different. Whether it will be better or worse is the question.
The "talk show format" bit is quite interesting. Dayside is currently rather bland (vs. Weather Canter and the morning lineup), but "talk show format" could mean many things. IF they do it right, the results will be fascinating to behold and could mean a new and better era for daytime programming (or perhaps a milder version like Weekend View used to be like). If they do it wrong, it will turn into something like "Wake Up Access", only much worse.
