*Liz Cook is expecting her second child and might be moved to morning when she takes leave; how that effects Michelle Griego, if at all, remains to be seen.
Griego's relationship with Kenny Choi is so bad she doesn't talk to him and he doesn't talk to her; in fact, I'm told Choi doesn't look at her other than when he has to, on the set and that's it. Why the bad blood? Griego has a habit of throwing everyone under the bus and Choi is the latest.
While I'm hardly a fan of Choi, nobody deserves the BS tactics put forth by Countess Griego. It stinks to high heaven and Choi isn't having any of it.
*The experiment of using weatherguy Paul Deanno as a hybrid (occasional news) is all but dead. Deanno was up for doing news but wanted more money and KPIX didn't budge. Neither did Deanno. It could still happen but that would require CBS to step up. It won't.
*Rumors continue to percolate that veteran news anchor Ken Bastida is either going to hang it up this fall and/or take a very generous buyout from CBS and retire. Bastida no longer carries the cachet of Bay Area bred and his newscasts have become largely forgettable.
*Dennis O'Donnell makes a lot of money anchoring sports; how much? Too much for CBS' taste. Either DOD takes a major pay cut or he can split. Reality bites for the sports guy unofficially tagged by staff as "The PIX Ladies Man."
> Bastida no longer carries the cachet of Bay Area bred
ReplyDelete> and his newscasts have become largely forgettable.
When was it ever otherwise? You could put a mannequin in that chair and get the same results.
Cook often looks fatigued, and at times she has a scratchy voice and cough. This is especially true during the later newscasts. Gives the impression that she doesn't get enough rest. Perhaps a shift change would help.
ReplyDeleteRecently, O'Donnell has had speech problems. To the point where it is cringeworthy. The guy's level of sports' knowledge has always been unremarkable. Like "Uncle" Vern and Raddy, O'Donnell's work is more like a stage act. In this age of readily available mass information, I can't fathom how that style is still acceptable.
Bastida is fine with me. No clue why your rag continues. Thank god Deanno is staying with weather. The hybrid thing really dumb and looks like a basement broadcast. OK for weekend
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