And Mike Mibach continues to be a TOTAL DISASTER. Women, men and all age demos, he's just plain NOT a winner.
And The Firm is stuck becuase they gave Mibach keys to the kingdom.
The "10 o'Clock News", one of KTVU's vaunted franchises is a MESS and Mibach isn't helping matters.
Greg Lee is more than capable of replacing Mike.
ReplyDeleteGreg Lee is AWFUL. OMG you can't be serious. He has no neck. Just a chubby odd person.
DeleteGreg Lee looks like he’s gonna explode if he eats one more burrito.
DeleteI hear Greg Lee and Andre Senior swap suits—extra tight around the neck.
Delete@ 7:02 PM What makes him odd? He speaks clearly, has smooth transitions with reporters, and doesn't have strange smirks like Mike. Sure, he's chubby, but that doesn't make him awful.
DeleteYou haters suck. Greg is the nicest guy you’ll ever meet.
DeleteThe guy has the weirdest hair. It's parted in an odd way down the middle. Hey Rich -- You should do a report on best and worst hair in Bay Area media.
ReplyDeleteIt’s what the 50 year old divorcees in Marin like.
Delete6:54 essentially what you’re describing is Mibach’s weird take on the ‘duckass’ hairstyle, which fell out of favor in the 1950’s.
Delete6:54 essentially what you’re describing is Mibach’s weird take on the ‘duckass’ hairstyle, which fell out of favor in the 1950’s.
DeleteI've said it here before plenty of times, he's Burt from sesame street and Frankensteins love child and as Rich has pointed out he's got an endlessly constipated look along with a smarmy attitude. He's probably a great father and husband for all we know but a qualified news anchor he is not.
DeleteIt’s the same hair style Sean Hannity has which was mocked by Michael Savage when he called him “Lou Costello”. Mibach is the constipated version of Costello
Delete9:49, he's got the reverse duckass, with the split on the top instead of the back.
DeleteAfter reading all these comments about Mibach’s hairstyle, I couldn’t unnotice it when I watched the news tonight. It’s most certainly an oddity.
DeleteSwayback Mibach speaks out of the side of his mouth and has the weirdest hairdoo this side of the Pecos. I think there is some scarring that explains the speech styling, and likely a genetic
ReplyDeleteimpairment in the hair department.
He’s perfect for the Noon newscast, where breaking news gives his style a sense of urgency. The Depends commercials add to the urgency.
Not sure that ratings slip is on Mibach. More like years of bad management at KTVU finally catching up. Of course just as the worst manager slipped out the door. They're a hollowed out shell of what they used to be. It's actually amazing it took this long for things to fall apart on the ratings side. They've been falling apart for years inside the building. And if they put Ambers #2 in charge it will be a swift ride to the bottom. The question is who is the next #1 in town cause it ain't KTVU.
ReplyDeleteCan someone put the dream team of Mibach and Yamamoto together!
ReplyDeleteSeems like the suits are always, always, ALWAYS making the wrong decisions. They wouldn't know talent if it bit them on the ass.
ReplyDeleteYou know Mike reads this. Hey Mike, change the hair. Gavin Newsome finally did. Might help your career.
ReplyDeleteSommerville was a rare talent. NO ONE could fill his shoes. Haener is the weak link and exposed without AA Frank.
ReplyDeleteFarhan Zaidi is running KTVU isn't he?
ReplyDeleteIs Heather Holmes being punished by being pushed alone into KTVU's new 7:30 PM newscast? Appears to be a low budget attempt to fill up the time slot. Same for the preceding half hour with a solo West Coast wrap up.
ReplyDeleteKTVU loads up their newscasts with tons of meaningless, non-local stories from random Fox affiliates. Stories that have zero relevance to the Bay Area. The West Coast Wrap Up is a nightly collection of all those crap stories, and then some. Lucky us.
DeleteHeather Holmes punished? Interesting take, but I see what you mean... However, I like seeing HH all the time.
DeleteMibach has bad hair and appears to be a cover job. KRON with Vicky and Ken are much better. Plus KRON adds a few extra minutes of sports. KTVU is a disaster from what it once was years ago.
ReplyDeleteMike Mibach is a total hunk.
ReplyDeleteHunk of what?
DeleteAlthough I'm indifferent as to Mr. Mibach (I have a hard time ginning up feelings about any news reader) isn't the drop in ratings due to the fact that people that watch appointment TV, and especially the old, stale news, just dying off? I'm a Boomer and I get more news in 5 minutes when I wake up from my phone than I do waiting until 10pm to turn on Mike and Julie and have them tell me about some entirely formulaic human interest story about a trans person being "courageous". Ain't nobody got time for that.
ReplyDeleteYes and don't forget all the poor lost dog stories. Now that is real news!
DeleteMike Mibach looks like your average FOX news anchor.
ReplyDeleteIt’s a shame that somerville had mental health and alcohol problems. Otherwise he’d still be there. But I follow him on Facebook and he is talking about his recovery. He’s now about 100 days clean and going to meetings five days a week. So good for him.
ReplyDeleteSo happy to hear that. Really good news.
DeleteI think Mibach is great, and he lights up when he's talking sports. I forget who it was this morning who talked about the "tremblors" when referring to the earthquakes. It's temblors. Come on, people.
ReplyDeleteIf Somerville had a social disease, an STD, would he be publicizing 100 days not oozing? No. His disease deserves the same anonymity. Proud of you Frank, now move on to your next phase. Get back to us in 10 years.
ReplyDeleteMike needs to slow down...he talks too fast and doesn't pause to let the viewer digest what was said. And yes, the hair is weird but I'll take him over a slurry Frank S any day.
ReplyDeleteSame. I'll take Mibach's reverse duckass hairstyle and constipated-esque grin over Sommerville's antics and criminal conduct any day.
DeleteFrank deserves another chance. They could work his alcoholism into the newscast. Set up a coffee maker on the set and Julie could bring him a cup of coffee when he starts to show. They could have a graphic showing how many day's he's been sober. Remember how, in the late 1970s, Ted Koppel's "Nightline" would begin with the number of days those 52 Americans had been held hostage by the Iranians. KTVU could do something similar by opening with "The 10'O Clock News starring Frank Somerville, now in his 9th day of sobriety."
ReplyDeleteI don't believe Mibach is specifically "bad" in some way, but is it contractual that KRON must air him at 10pm vs moving him to AM/Noon or some other days of shifts? I don't know these things. Perhaps others in the know can elaborate. On another city/state/station, I noticed one person is a weekend anchor, but the other 3 days, she's a field reporter. I think Cristina Rendon has the same type of position.
ReplyDeleteMibach must be a damn good anchor if the worst thing anyone can say about him is his hair is odd and the occasional (played-out) remark about constipation.
ReplyDeleteIn the newsroom's eerie, dim-lit clamp,
ReplyDeleteMike Mibach stands, a figure, strange and damp.
His haircut weird, his visage quite absurd,
A constipated look, as if he's perturbed.
With each report, he casts an eerie air,
In his presence, an unsettling, creepy stare.
Mike Mibach, a news anchor, so unique,
In his strangeness, a mystery to peek.
Oh Shakey, you outdid yourself on this one !! Good one 👍👍
DeleteI’ve left two complimentary nice comments about Mibach that Rich has refused to post. Nothing negative or nasty about my comments. I just tried to explain why I like his style. Guess Rich is too much of a grumpy curmudgeon to allow a nice comment on his blog.
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