12-01-2023, 02:10 PM
I really doubt it was Victor's choice to go back to Atlanta weekends, from NY weekdays. No one would want that. He's back where he started but it's not a surprise really. Both him and Ana Cabrera were Zucker's final act of promotions and both ended up badly. The fact is, CNN had too many presenters with various slots in daytime, who are much higher in packing order, who had to be satisfied with this new daytime reorganization. There was just no place for Blackwell in the new rota.
Overall, it all looks good and reasonable. No more co-anchoring from different cities, the slots are now clearly devided between NY and DC and people who live and work in those hubs will not have to share screens or travel to NY every few weeks/months.
I'm curious how this new Newsroom model will work. I hope it really means the anchors will use various presentation points in the newsrooms and not just be seated together at the desk. DC set is especially boring and cold and I can't see 3 presenters crowded at a desk working well there. As for NY, who knows what set they'll use, the situation there is confusing.
If this new Newsroom model turns out to work well, I wonder if they will try it on CNNI as well? 3 hour blocks from Atlanta and London, with 3 presenters, using actual newsrooms would be interesting.
Overall, it all looks good and reasonable. No more co-anchoring from different cities, the slots are now clearly devided between NY and DC and people who live and work in those hubs will not have to share screens or travel to NY every few weeks/months.
I'm curious how this new Newsroom model will work. I hope it really means the anchors will use various presentation points in the newsrooms and not just be seated together at the desk. DC set is especially boring and cold and I can't see 3 presenters crowded at a desk working well there. As for NY, who knows what set they'll use, the situation there is confusing.
If this new Newsroom model turns out to work well, I wonder if they will try it on CNNI as well? 3 hour blocks from Atlanta and London, with 3 presenters, using actual newsrooms would be interesting.