New Live Show hosted by Mike Bettes

[Adrian]

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/the-pm-ticker-rob-melick-mike-bettes-unraveled_b250634

"Weather Channel’s Mike Bettes will host a new, live 2-hour show airing weeknights at 6pmET. The currently unnamed show will launch in March. The timeslot had been the home of former full-time mets Kelly Cass and Nick Walker."

Glad to see Bettes returning to Weeknights. Will the new show be like Abrams & Bette: Beyond the Forecast? And will Bettes be replaced on AMHQ?

[christina311]

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/the-pm-ticker-rob-melick-mike-bettes-unraveled_b250634

And will Bettes be replaced on AMHQ?

I think it's more likely AMHQ will be replaced. It will fall apart without him anyway.

[alex979]

Whoa!
I guess the other shoe has dropped regarding the demotion of Kelly and Nick. I'm just going to leave this right here...

Does this mean come 2015 they are done with live weather at 6pm and going to reality shows?

I hate to say it, but I think it's pretty certain that this is the case. Kelly has been the host of the 6-8pm edition. If they intend on keeping the show, why demote her? Does management just not like her as the host? That doesn't seem likely. So, unless they're doing something drastic like bringing back Abrams and Bettes: Beyond the Forecast , it's two more hours of longform. Amazing!

Seriously though, I didn't see this coming. A couple more thoughts...
1. This is awesome!
2. They really should bring Stephanie back down to Atlanta to be his co-host.
3. They better not name it Weather Center Live.
4. Don't think Mike will be replaced on AMHQ. It's basically turned into Morning Rush (with Sam instead of Mike) over the past couple of months, anyway.

[alex979]

Here's the full press release from TWC...

http://www.theweathercompany.com/newsroom/2015/01/08/weather-channel-launch-new-live-program-hosted-mike-bettes

Sounds like it will be a pretty cool show. It'll be in The Lab, and it's name will be announced later. So I'm guessing it won't be Weather Center Live, since it seems that it will be formatted differently too. In fact, "Beyond the Forecast" would be an excellent name, based on the description.

[Mike M]

I smell a carriage dispute coming again...

[jrhtwc]

I smell a carriage dispute coming again...

By who?  Because of Mike's new show?  It's just taking the place of WCL those two hours. I'm assuming It's a TWC run show so it will have LO8, LDL, WATT, etc.

[TJTWX]

2. They really should bring Stephanie back down to Atlanta to be his co-host.
3. They better not name it Weather Center Live.

I agree with that first point. If they brought Abrams back to Atlanta, the show would probably get good ratings. And I really hope it doesn't get named WCL.   There's already enough of that on during the day as it is.   

[alex979]

Wasn't this supposed to debut in March? I did some poking around and I wasn't able to find any information on this new show besides that press release from January. From what I've seen on Mike's Twitter and FB, it seems like he has been handling midday expert desk duties for a couple of weeks. I wonder when they're going to shift him to evenings (Carl Parker is usually in The Lab during that time.) Since Kim is the current evening co-anchor and she is leaving in early April, maybe Mike's show will start then.

[gt1racerlHDl]

Wasn't this supposed to debut in March? I did some poking around and I wasn't able to find any information on this new show besides that press release from January. From what I've seen on Mike's Twitter and FB, it seems like he has been handling midday expert desk duties for a couple of weeks. I wonder when they're going to shift him to evenings (Carl Parker is usually in The Lab during that time.) Since Kim is the current evening co-anchor and she is leaving in early April, maybe Mike's show will start then.

It might be delayed? i'm thinking if so it will debut in April or May.

[beanboy89]

Wasn't this supposed to debut in March? I did some poking around and I wasn't able to find any information on this new show besides that press release from January. From what I've seen on Mike's Twitter and FB, it seems like he has been handling midday expert desk duties for a couple of weeks. I wonder when they're going to shift him to evenings (Carl Parker is usually in The Lab during that time.) Since Kim is the current evening co-anchor and she is leaving in early April, maybe Mike's show will start then.

It might be delayed? i'm thinking if so it will debut in April or May.

There are still five days left in March... Anything could happen! It could happen tomorrow...! or Monday...

[gdpweatherman]

There are some talks of a "new show this summer". Mike Bettes and Sarah Dillingham have both mentioned a new live show coming this summer in their Periscopes. I would assume this is the same show we heard about that was supposed to be hosted by Bettes in March. Sarah seemed like she couldn't say much about it, just that there is a new show coming this summer. I wonder why the launch was pushed back until summer!

[alex979]

Hmmmmm....

@mikebettes: 360 degree view of Studio 1C at TWC. It's about to transform into something VERY COOL. Stay tuned http://t.co/zBVrXlDyol

[TheStormExpert]

The new show hosted by Mike Bettes will debut mid-August!  It will air from 6-8pm EST.

@nzimmett: Weather Channel wants to attract Weather Underground fans with new show http://t.co/6MkApjuMPF

[alex979]

Apparently this is going to be unlike anything TWC has ever done before. The studio will be a "casual clubhouse." The article says 3-5 PM pacific time, so I guess it's going to be geared towards Wunderground fans especially on the west coast. If so, I wonder if it's on a little too early.

IMO, this could either be really really good, or absolutely awful.

[gt1racerlHDl]

I really hope this show works, I barely watch the network anymore.