New schedule to come June 2nd?

[ABC7]

There might have been more complaints. Are they covering severe weather to pre-empt ICHT or are they putting in those two hours of WC?

[Mike M]

They might just be pre-empting the long-form today. We'll see how it goes in the days to come, though.

[Mike M]

Just got a reply from Chris. I think he misunderstood me. I told them about getting rid of the 3PM long-form, not just pre-empting it more often.

Hello Mike,
 
Thank you for contacting The Weather Channel.
 
I will forward your email message, expressing your frustrations with the lack
of severe weather coverage due to the airing of our long-form programming to
our producers and programming directors. When there are widespread outbreaks
of inclement or severe weather, our producers are given the option of
pre-empting any scheduled programming features or going live to Dr. Forbes in
our storm center. Hopefully, they will choose the later option more often in
the future!
 
We are always happy to hear from our viewers and hope you will continue to
watch The Weather Channel for many years to come.
 
Sincerely,
 
Chris Hoitsma
Solutions Center/TWC
choitsma@weather.com

[Stephen]

Now Betty and Samantha are hosting the 2 PM CT hour of Weather Center. Looks like we're seeing a schedule similar to pre-September 2006, where the Weather Center OCMs would host the first 2 hours of Weather Center, then the AO OCMs would take over for the 3rd hour, and the WC OCMs would return for the 4th hour.

[Mike M]

Hmm, maybe they did remove the long-form programming. Usually if they were to pre-empt long-form, the PM Edition team wouldn't step in until 4PM ET.

[Spring Rubber]

Mike, that was definitely a canned message you got there; I got the exact same message verbatim during a severe weather outbreak in May. Here's what I got today...

Hello Steve,

Thank you for contacting The Weather Channel Interactive.

I will forward your email message, expressing your disappointment with the
recent increase in long-form programming features on the network, during the
afternoon block (2pm - 4pm EDT) to our producers and programming directors.
Needless to say, it greatly concerns us that these additions to our
programming line-up have negatively impacted your TWC viewing experience.

We are always happy to hear from our viewers and hope you will continue to
watch The Weather Channel for many years to come.

Sincerely,

Chris Hoitsma
Solutions Center/TWC

I guess I'll see what happens...

[Spring Rubber]

Weather Center is back on today at 1 PM CT, and there's no severe weather, either. (Yet I'm scared to get my hopes up)

[tpirfan28]

Weather Center is back on today at 1 PM CT, and there's no severe weather, either. (Yet I'm scared to get my hopes up)

If it is, then raising hell DOES get you somewhere.   

[WeatherWitness]

Whoa! Weather Center is on at 2 PM CT!  It looks like we're getting three hours of WC Center today! 

My only question: If Betty Davis and Kristen Dodd are doing Weather Center as of 2 PM, who's doing PM Edition? Guess we'll just have to see!

[Spring Rubber]

Whoa! Weather Center is on at 2 PM CT!  It looks like we're getting three hours of WC Center today! 

My only question: If Betty Davis and Kristen Dodd are doing Weather Center as of 2 PM, who's doing PM Edition? Guess we'll just have to see!

It should be Betty and Kristin again. Nick and Vivian should be back for the 3 PM CT hour of Weather Center. This schedule is much like what Rich and Jeanetta & Jeff and Vivian used to do with Weather Center and Afternoon Outlook, just replace AO with PME and shift the schedule forward an hour.

[WeatherWitness]

It should be Betty and Kristin again. Nick and Vivian should be back for the 3 PM CT hour of Weather Center. This schedule is much like what Rich and Jeanetta & Jeff and Vivian used to do with Weather Center and Afternoon Outlook, just replace AO with PME and shift the schedule forward an hour.

Whoa, that's a confusing schedule.  So Nick and Vivian are on Day Planner from 12 PM CT to 1 PM CT then on for Weather Center at 1 PM CT until 2 PM then take a one-hour break. From 2 PM CT to 3 PM, Betty Davis and now Kristin Dodd are on. Then from 3 PM CT to 4 PM, Nick and Vivian are on again. And FINALLY, at 4 PM, the PME crew is on. Is that right?

[Stephen]

Whoa, that's a confusing schedule.  So Nick and Vivian are on Day Planner from 12 PM CT to 1 PM CT then on for Weather Center at 1 PM CT until 2 PM then take a one-hour break. From 2 PM CT to 3 PM, Betty Davis and now Kristin Dodd are on. Then from 3 PM CT to 4 PM, Nick and Vivian are on again. And FINALLY, at 4 PM, the PME crew is on. Is that right?

Correct. It's not really confusing at all. The schedule is done that way so that both the WC and PME crew work 3 hours, and so that the WC don't have to work all 3 hours of Weather Center + the final hour of Day Planner.

[Spring Rubber]

At the end of Day Planner, Vivian reminded us that "Of course, it's not over. We're back at the top of the hour with Weather Center."

[Mike M]

So I guess the long form has indeed been discontinued. If this is the case, then shouldn't Weather Center start at 1PM again? This way Nick and Vivian wouldn't have to host two shows, which is kind of odd IMO.

[Stephen]

Still long form programming at 1 PM CT on weekends.