If it hasn't already (and by all indications it has) KPIX should shuttle Allen Martin off the anchor desk -- and onto the Political Reporter beat (for the election) where he's much better for a variety of reasons. ONE is HUGE, but more on that later. Its Sweeps Time.
We're too late in the ballgame but PIX needs to look at things. Its newscasts have become boring. Serious-ass boring. There's no spark; no lightning in a bottle. It can say all it wants about Emmys and this and that but there's no there there.
Part of that is on Martin who comes off as brash and arrogant on camera. I've said many times that Martin doesn't smile often; that's not so much a downer but when he reads the news you don't see much glimmer of hope. Moreover, he makes everyone else look and sound just as gloomy and morose as he is, what a bummer.
Don't get me wrong, Martin is a decent newsman but that doesn't translate well on screen. You know it, I know it, but CBS-SF doesn't.
I like Juliette Goodrich, a lot. Well, what's not to like? She's sharp as a whip and camera-savvy and she's very good in the field too. Any anchor (as she is on the weekend) worth their weight usually is a good reporter too, and Goodrich is both. Plus, she knows her game. Better yet, she's a veteran PIX talent.
I would pair Juliette Goodrich and Ken Bastida as my prime anchor duo --no knock on Elizabeth Cook who I think is getting much better as a news reader--just more an endorsement for Goodrich who brings much needed cachet to the CBS5 table. And boy do they need it.
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I thought I was the only one who thought KPIX was stale. For awhile, they were hiring locals, but that seems to have fallen thru and it shows. Several mispronunciations per night. They need the following: local blood, good looking, and fresh/energetic. Right now they have none of that
ReplyDeleteBoy, I couldn't disagree with you more about Elizabeth Cook who I bestow the "Cheryl Jennings Inane In-Between Story Comments Award " to. She is appalling air-headed and makes the most vacuous and mind-blowingly stupid observations during the telecasts. She should host Romper Room.
ReplyDeleteI reserve, however, my real contempt for toothy, goofy and hair-coloring Dan Ashley at KGO who preens at the camera every chance he gets. Absolutely nauseating.
Put Goodrich on for Cook
DeleteLeave VDLC where she is until she decide to go back to NY
Tell the Disney Princess and her daddy she is going to mornings.
Fire Griego and send her off to do late night infomerials
Hire someone from hawaii.
Let me chime in on Liz The Cookie. She's the only reason I now watch KGO at 5pm.
DeleteRe Allen? After they fire the Valley Girl I'll return, and mainly for Allen's broadcasts. (You are seeing something in him I don't, or vice versa - more likely.)
If Griego were on late night informercials, she would put you to sleep before you could decide if you want to buy the product.
DeleteMake Hackney the main anchor. I know you're intimidated by him, Rich, but he's the best they've got.
ReplyDeleteYou just spoke for me! I had that same thought longer than I can remember. I had concluded that Juliette, who has two young children wanted to spend more time with them, so she only did the weekend.
ReplyDeleteBring her back as you had mentioned, bring Roberta back to the evening weather, where she BELONGS. They are both good friends and it's a pleasure watching them interacting with each other when they are teamed up on the same newscast.
It's a no-brainer!! KPIX just needs someone with "brains," to figure it all out!
I agree that Cook has been getting better with her news reading.
ReplyDeleteyes no longer Bakersfield Level at least up to Memphis
DeleteJuliette Goodrich is a genuine MILF, but I would only do it to her as a favor. She is one of those who thinks she is still hot, and while she is not totally burned out yet, she is getting close. It wouldn't be so bad if she clearly didn't think that her "shit don't stink", but that is how she thinks. Right now, the best reporters for KPIX are Betty Yu and Maria Medina. Now there are two totally hot babes who also are good at what they do.
ReplyDeleteSounds like you have a personal problem.
DeleteGoodrich = Good as it Gets!!! I don't know who the obsessed scorned groupie is at "2:00 pm".. But JG is as genuinely down to earth as she is a genuine "MILF"...and a bonifide genuine TALENT to boot!! Her best days are the present and future, as are KPIX'S IF the Suits follow Leib's advice.
ReplyDeleteHi, Julia!
DeleteThe thing about Allen Martin is that he purposely will end a sentence and then leave his mouth agape. Normal people will end their comment and then close their mouth, but he says the last word and then leaves his mouth open while he looks down at the monitor to make sure the package starts. Weird, bothersome, distracting and strange.
ReplyDeleteKPIX does not have ONE reporter with the chops to cover politics. Juliette Goodrich was a sharp reporter but has been promoted. Allen Martin is flat-out lazy. He has neither the sources nor the willingness to work. Bastida has been sleepwalking for years and could care less. Cook and VDLC were never expected to be able to report. None of this matters, because PIX has no desire to cover politics. The station is a corpse, being fed upon by hyenas.
ReplyDeleteBastida should re-grow his late-90s ballscrubber.
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