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Ken Pritchett and Eric Rasmussen are OUT at KTVU-- Fox 2, according to two independent broadcast sources.
Word on the street: FOX offered both reporters contract extensions and they were rejected by both.
The bullies at Fox are now going after the talent. Cutting pay and treating employees like crap. Fox is beginning to become the Walmart of TV.
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| Ken Pritchett |
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| Eric Rasmussen |
WTF!?! Did the evil Dickey brothers get hired by fox? Those two reporters are probably the best ones KTVU has with John Sasaki a close third. I'll check Frank Sommervile's feed on Facebook to see if he has a reaction....
ReplyDeleteI'm glad the Dan Noyes-wannabe Eric Rasmussen is gone...bunghole.
DeleteFox is the Walmart of TV. That's a good comment Rich, a very good comment.
ReplyDeleteIndeed, not "becoming," already is.
DeleteFOX should have done everything they could to keep Eric… Eric is an epic talent…Every ND should be banging down his door… you don't simply replace him… major loss for Channel 2
ReplyDeleteInevitable, I guess. The level of talent has slowly but surely started to head south ever since Dennis Richmond retired, and as ad dollars keep getting siphoned off by Facebook and other social media/Internet outlets, the news operations keep pinching salaries of rank and file--presume the anchors are still getting lion's share of what $$$ there is to go around, but it's a shame those two can't be rewarded for their work/skills.
ReplyDeleteabsolutely insane that FOX would let Eric go, they should have done anything in their power to keep him, unless he just said screw FOX. Don't underestimate the loss of Pritchett either, a seasoned vet with many many Sacto connections/sources, and a stable steady presence in a sea of unqualified glitz
ReplyDeleteKen Pritchett maybe going back to work that KCRA TV in Sacramento,
DeleteThat's where his wife work is a reporter.
Pritchett is good, and I think 4:05's description is spot on.
DeleteIt is all about 'DOLLAR$". Not only in TV, any business which can save a buck will do so. Hard work and loyalty doesn't mean JACK anymore. I hope that someone will pick these guys up.
ReplyDeleteCOX is decimating WFXT in Boston, too, so it looks like the worst tendencies of both owners are being manifested at both stations.
ReplyDeleteI hate to see Eric go. He is one of my favorite reporters. His latest tv commercial was epic! The commercial where he's walking side by side with a lady he's interviewing. In the short clip he has the microphone in her face and with a slight smile he says to her, "In the last few days I've heard people call you a grifter?! A freeloader?!" Such a loss of a great professional journalist who has a subtle sense of humor in his reports.
ReplyDeleteSince it is now a FOX station, I expect a more "sexy" presentation (male and female). However, which is hotter, Heather or Gasia M?
ReplyDeleteGasia got the morning gig and H* has been doing the 5,6, and 10.
Maybe Ken P, Eric R, and HH need a performance incentive ($$$).
Gasia is hotter, by far.
DeleteHolmes is iceberg lettuce.
I did enjoy Rosemary Orozco in her red dress this morning.
KTVU once paid reporters the negotiated AFTRA buyout. (Above the lowest contract pay but usually one dollar below the amount required for overtime pay.) It meant the reporters could be required to work 24/7 with no overtime. That seems insanely foolish now, but there was a long time when it was appealing.
ReplyDeleteEric Rasmussen is leaving? Damn! And I just noticed him. Mmm...talk about eye candy!
ReplyDeleteWhy do we assume that Fox is treating them like crap? If these two studs are worth more, the market will pay them more. Let's stay tuned.
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