Although WLS, where Winfrey's been on at 9 a.m. every weekday since she took over "AM Chicago" in 1984, will air her final first-run show on May 25 (the last day of May sweeps--it's a Wednesday) in that time slot, instead of waiting for fall they are going to debut their new local morning show "Morning Rush" (which they say they have no intentions for syndication) shortly thereafter, although they will carry the summer reruns at 11:05 p.m. through the summer (which means that Kimmel fans in Chicago will have to wait until fall to finally watch him at 11:05):
http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/towerticker/2011/02/wls-channel-7-to-bounce-oprah-from-9-am-after-final-original-show-to-make-room-for-chiaverini-warner.html#more WLS has decided to go with two relative unknowns for "Morning Rush": WLS sportscaster Ryan Chiaverini and WGN early morning anchor and traffic reporter Valerie Warner. We shall see. (And I thought Oprah was going to air her last show as a first run in September, on the last day of the contract.) -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
