what happened at 6ABC?

Submitted by Elderly_Bi t3_zfh6em in philadelphia

I seem to remember Rick Williams being announced as Jim Gardner's replacement on both 6pm and 11pm broadcasts. Now it's just 11, and Brian Taft will be at six.

I seem to remember a commercial with folks congratulating him, and now not a word from 6ABC.

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divacphys t1_izbue22 wrote

I think it was always just 11pm. Because he stopped doing 11 a few months ago, but Gardner is still doing 6

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Former_Ad7944 t1_izbvj52 wrote

I know I swore they said Rick Williams was taking over his spot?

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pianomanzano t1_izbxji2 wrote

They only announced Rick replacing him for the 11pm spot back when Jim stopped doing 11pm.

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eaglewatch1945 t1_izc9gso wrote

Marc Howard gets the 6:00 slot and Lisa Thomas-Laury gets 11:00.

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Hollow_Rant t1_izc9tmt wrote

I just want to go back to the 90s when it was Monica, Rick and Dave everyday.

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gusmoney t1_izcawjj wrote

If you are wasting your time getting "news" from these jokers, you get the TV-bozak.

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hbcadlac t1_izcc6ah wrote

I want to see a comedian do the news and ad lib along the way.

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bdixisndniz t1_izdixam wrote

Move closer to your world, my friend.

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fatandlean t1_izdk34l wrote

I like Rick but was always surprised Taft wasn’t getting more. Maybe he gave them an ultimatum.

Does this mean that Rick will have the 5 and 11? It’s a weird way to break up the programming. I wonder if Brian keeps the noon and 4 shows. Maybe Sara Bloomquist takes the noon by herself, Brian gets 4 and 6, and Rick gets 5 and 11?

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adamv2 t1_izdxqix wrote

Don’t worry everyone. Alicia Vitarelli will still be there doing nothing but hocking Disney crap and ABC’s reality shows under the disguise of news.

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DJRoombasRoomba t1_ize31r7 wrote

Most local news is garbage (not just in Philly but in most places, especially large markets) and has two purposes; one, to promote syndication and corporate synergy with their parent companies, and two, to spam stories of violent crime in the hood to scare white people in the burbs.

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dc122186 t1_izea2jt wrote

Replying to mbz321 (#883,001)

He was on Conan O'Brien's podcast a few years back explaining this. While negotiating the contract with HBO, HBO wanted more shows per year, but John held firm saying it would severely impact the quality of the show. Because of the time it takes to research and all of that, they really can only do so many shows per year.

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rodmandirect t1_izhgcqs wrote

I say, give Maggie Kent a shot at the main chair - she’s my fav

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