Tension at KGO in the morning between anchors Kristen Sze and Eric Thomas. It's not your garden-variety special either--just an overall distrust between the two and all the hotshots are hoping they can work it out. 
Here's the problem, among other things: both are high-profile anchors who've spent considerable time at 900 Front and from my spies both feel disrespect from each other. Thomas is pretty-much a straight-forward shooter who doesn't like gimmicks and drama. Sze is, supposedly "concerned" about her looks, (boobity-boob-boob!) which seems rather insecure and bizarre and that's drawn the ire of Thomas.
The two aren't into catfights --yet.
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Every day I watch ABC7 Morning News because of Eric Thomas. Eric is the Best Morning TV News Anchor & has been doing an excellent job for many years. I don't particularly care for Sze. In this Power Struggle, I Wholeheartedly Support Eric Thomas. It would be really Bad for KGO-TV if Eric is demoted or let go as their only other Male African-American Reporter Nick Smith recently quit.
ReplyDeleteIf ET was white, would he be more expendable? He's a talented guy with little competition...big fish in a small bowl
DeleteHell, in a position like they're in you'd think they'd kind of go along with each other's tendencies. Maybe the reason there is good chemistry on the air is because they're so different.
ReplyDeleteThey need to keep Eric. He has a great speaking voice and sets the tone for the morning show. Maybe it's time for a shake up. They've been together for what seems to be forever. How about Katie M.? And move Sze to Weekend evenings.
ReplyDeleteI can't imagine why all the Sze perkiness would drive him crazy.
ReplyDeleteI agree with all the comments about Eric. I've worked with him a little behind the scenes too and he's a gent and a great person to have around in the newsroom.
ReplyDeleteEric is a serious journalist, and serious about his job as anchor on the ABC7 Morning Show...For Kristen, I believe that its just a gig so that she can get her paper, (money).
ReplyDeleteI flip between KGO and KPIX in the morning and have watched KGO off and on since Sze and Janelle Yang shared the anchor seats. Playing Freud Jr. here, Sze comes across as very ambitious and contrived - kinda like the student who would remind the teacher that the class had a test tomorrow, trying to impress the teacher while pissing off her classmates. Eric Thomas is pretty straight forward but he will throw in a humorous comment from time to time which seem to go over the head of Sze and Mike Nicco. Nicco seems a bit like Sze, like a kid who wants to get along with everyone and not rock the boat.
ReplyDeleteMike Nicco couldn't tell me if it was raining if he was standing outside.
ReplyDeleteKristin Sze shops at ROSS Dress for less!
Yet Nicco has a job and Karnow is at home watching...go figure.
DeleteWorked with both them. Its a problem. Sze is pissed because she was passed up for the evening job. Eric is tired and sick. Those 2:30 AM jaunts through Walnut Creek road are literally killing him. Me see some Disney hatches just around the corner.
ReplyDeleteI thought Sze didn't want the evening spots because of her kids. Maybe Eric and Leyla would be a good team. She is the one person on the set that appears "normal".
ReplyDeleteTypical of TV anchors who think they are 'celebrities' rather than people who are given the responsibility to deliver the news. As someone who has worked on-air in this profession for over a generation's time, it absolutely blows me away how so many of my on-air fellow workers sometimes get caught up in their own 'celebrity' just because they happen to be in front of a mike or a camera. Unfortunately many of these folks, weren't good enough to make it in show business, so they did the next best thing; they got into broadcasting.
ReplyDeleteHey, don't forget about us in radio, the LOWEST rung of the show business ladder.
DeleteEh,why care they worry about there looks? Its when they DO something about it,I do a spitake. Ibanez,Ashley and the other guy at ch2 Ken, with their "eye lifts" . They look about as natural as Kenny Roger's eye job.
ReplyDeleteI will say though- I salute Frank Somersville for the best ever hair transplant job..looks great. You (rich) posted an old vid of Frank interviewing somebody..First thing I notice is Franks hair is so fine,the lighting lit up his skull. The man got his moneys worth. ...
Its almost impossible to see a bad boob job. I did notice that prim Cathy Lee went from flat Christian to buxom one day. And still Christian, I guess...
We love Kristen!! We enjoyed her morning news very much. She brought positive energy to us in the morning. You do not want to lose her in your station! Kristen is a great asset!!
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