He will not be back after all.
A KTVU veteran staffer told me just moments ago that the station schedule which details the anchor who is working various time slots does NOT have Somerville's name on tonight's schedule. It is not clear at this point if either Frank was plannng on working or was taken off the schedule tonight in lieu of his being removed from last night's 10 PM newscast. Somerville was told to leave the 10 after he looked haggard and disheveled.
In texts to me today, he told me me accidently took the "wrong meds" and that he'd be back on KTVU's newscasts tonight.
Now it appears he will not be. Somerville has not responded to texts from me within the past hour. I reached out to KTVU and they have not responded.
As someone who is in recovery since 2019, I wish Frank all the best.
ReplyDeleteNow it all makes perfect sense.
DeleteBingo! I found the video from the 10 O'Clock News on KTVU-TV Channel 2 from Sun 5-30-21. It is not easy to navigate; you may have to review a minute at a time, but only the first few (painful) minutes are relevant. If you didn't see it on air, watch it yourself and then decide what's up with Frank.
ReplyDeletehttps://archive.org/details/KTVU_20210531_050000_The_Ten_Oclock_News_on_KTVU_Fox_2
Honestly, he sounds even worse here than I remembered last night. YIKES.
DeleteThanks for posting the link, 6:04.
DeleteThe part that cracks me up the most is when he tries to say Azenith's name in the toss back. "Zha-zzz-the Zthmith, thankths."
DeleteHe looks alert for someone who is drunk - this is not the George Watson look - but struggling with the delivery and messing up the script
ReplyDelete:50 into the 10:09 clip is more telling - there's the slurring
ReplyDelete"Frank is on assignment..."
ReplyDeleteHe looks drunk with a red face and luckily he did not do something wild on LIVE TV like attacking someone trying to escort him away from Julie.
ReplyDeleteNone of us is perfect. I hope he gets his private issues sorted away again. Everyone has their level to where it all seems to be too much.
ReplyDeleteNone of us is perfect. I hope he gets his private issues sorted away again. Everyone has their level to where it all seems to be too much.
ReplyDeleteIf you look at Heather's FB , she posted 2 nights ago that she would be "filling in for a while " on the 5,6,10 and 11 pm news in addition to her normal shows. Something was already planned.
ReplyDeleteThen why did Frank say he'd be on?
DeleteFrank Somerville continues to struggle with life off the air more than he is letting on. It is now hurting his work on the air.
ReplyDeleteFOX has a horrible habit of forcing their weeknight anchors to anchor on Sundays. Remember when it was simply Monday thru Friday? Why does The Firm continue to disregard this? They're culpable, too. Oh Wait! That's never been their nature to take responsibility! No wonder our nation is so split down the middle!
Heartsick to watch the iconic 10:00 News turn more dysfunctional than the great Simpsons. Thankful that I limit my KTVU viewing to internet headlines from interviews or East Bay-centric stories.
Julie and jealous Heather tonight on KTVU 2
ReplyDeleteCAT FIGHT!
Delete"FOX has a horrible habit of forcing their weeknight anchors to anchor on Sundays. Remember when it was simply Monday thru Friday? Why does The Firm continue to disregard this? They're culpable, too. Oh Wait! That's never been their nature to take responsibility! No wonder our nation is so split down the middle!"
ReplyDeleteFox has nothing to do with it. That policy was started more than 25 years ago, long before Fox owned the station, by then-news director Fred Zehnder. He felt since ratings are low on Friday as people are out and higher Sunday nights as people are preparing for work Monday and staying home, it made more sense to run the anchors that way. Other stations in the U.S. do it as well. Has nothing to do with Fox, or culpable (of what?) or anything else you nonsensically wrote about.
This is exactly the lucky break Heather Holmes has been dreaming about for some time.
ReplyDeleteUnless his meds are downers, Frank was drunk. I do not say that with glee; I hope he gets proper help for his problem. But no one should want him on the air slurring his words and having trouble getting through a sentence. Least of all Frank. Best that he go away for 30 days and get clean.
ReplyDeleteDrunk, schmunk - what is important is that his anchor hair was on point.
ReplyDeleteComment of the year.
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