January 29, 2007
Televison Watching: Stormy and Spiked
Meteorologist Audrey Puente, who has not been seen for weeks on WCBS, is going to be going to WWOR to replace the suddenly fired Storm Field. Field, the veteran meteorologist and son of the legendary Dr. Frank Field, was abruptly let go after last Wednesday’s 10 p.m. newscast. The firing of Field is reminiscent of the firing Warner Wolf by WCBS in 2004 who also was let go without warning.
The Daily News reported that Field was working without a contract at WWOR.
On WCBS, Puente has been replaced mornings and at noon by the insipid John Elliot who makes Dave Price look like a serious competent forecaster. It looks like it is more of CBS 2 trying to cut costs by replacing veteran talent with younger and cheaper talent which they have done without much success in the past.
NBC Spikes Lee
Spike Lee will be directing a pilot for NBC called “M.O.N.Y.”, which is reportedly about a normal person becoming the mayor of New York. The show comes from the creative team of Tom Fontana and Barry Levinson who are responsible for the critically acclaimed 1990s police drama Homicide: Life on the Street and the HBO prison drama Oz. Given the track record of all three we can expect something good.
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Hmmm, I thought Storm had another job lined up. You want to do a little research on this one.
Back off of Dave Price! And writers who can't spell shouldn't throw stones about job qualifications...
Dave Price = Milhouse Van Houten
How is it the WNBC has kept almost the exact same lineup for 25 years while WABC and WCBS are revolving doors?
Why does gothamist suddenly give a shit about tv weathermen and Homocide: Life on the Street. And how about throwing in a comma every once in a while? Hmm, seems I might have seen a help wanted ad on craigslist recently - local blog looking for new writers...
Yeah back up off Dave Price, he's a cool dude!
Speaking of weather---is Sam Champion still dating Mike Piazza or is that finally over? They made a cute couple.
spike lee hasn't done anything great in a long time, maybe he will stage a comeback with this, but I doubt it.
Spike Lee hasn't done anything great in a long time??? "When the Levees Broke..." was a masterpiece of documentary filmmaking. It told a story nobody else could possibly tell as well.
Re: TV Weathermen...bring back "Uncle" Tex Antoine!!