Good Day L.A. Expands to 3 Hours

[heywhatsupglenn]

Starting next week. 7-10 AM. With The Fox 11 Morning News, they'll now have a 5 hour AM news block.

Wouldn't it have made more sense to do this when nationally syndicated Good Day Live! was axed instead of bringing back "I Love Lucy" reruns?

Lets see if KTLA reacts. KTLA failed with its 9-10 AM expansion many moons ago of the KTLA Morning News. KTLA's numbers have rebounded as of late but the show still lacks vs. when it was anchored by Carlos Amezcua and Barbara Beck.

 

[Joseph_Gallant]

KTTV-11's only over-the-air news competition from 9 to 10 A.M. would be the third hour of NBC's "Today" show on KNBC-4, which is broadcast on a three-hour delay.

Additionally, "Good Day L.A." and KTLA-5's morning show probably both do very well in the local ratings because their network competition is (usually) three hours old.

This may actually be a good move for KTTV.

 

[ShawnHill]

> Starting next week. 7-10 AM. With The Fox 11 Morning News,
> they'll now have a 5 hour AM news block.
>
> Wouldn't it have made more sense to do this when nationally
> syndicated Good Day Live! was axed instead of bringing back
> "I Love Lucy" reruns?
>
> Lets see if KTLA reacts. KTLA failed with its 9-10 AM
> expansion many moons ago of the KTLA Morning News. KTLA's
> numbers have rebounded as of late but the show still lacks
> vs. when it was anchored by Carlos Amezcua and Barbara Beck.
>
I almost forgot about that additional hour of the KTLA Morning News way back when. Anyways, I don't see KTLA doing anything right now, I don't see them moving Maury, unless they want to get rid of one of their three reruns of Jerry Springer (10, 11am and 1pm) or replaced the cancelled (but still in reruns) Home Delivery at 2pm. As for KTTV, I've reading these rumors of Fox starting up a morning/midday news program, and it's possible that the 3rd hour of GDLA is a placeholder for that new Fox morning program, if or when it ever happens. What KTTV should do is start-up an afternoon or early-evening newscast, they're the only O&O in the Fox family that doesn't have either. But if Lucy, Divorce Court, Cops, and or those makeover show they have in the mornings makes more money, all power to them.

 

[heywhatsupglenn]

> KTTV-11's only over-the-air news competition from 9 to 10
> A.M. would be the third hour of NBC's "Today" show on
> KNBC-4, which is broadcast on a three-hour delay.
>

But the really big competition is Regis and Kelly on ABC 7.

> Additionally, "Good Day L.A." and KTLA-5's morning show
> probably both do very well in the local ratings because
> their network competition is (usually) three hours old.
>
> This may actually be a good move for KTTV.
>

I just wish Fox 11 would have a higher quality group of people on their morning show. John Beard, Christine Devine, Mark Thompson and Rick Garcia on the 10 PM news are great but those on Good Day L.A. can be embarassing. At least more embarassing than the KTLA Morning News (when John Beard filled in on the AM show about a year ago or more it was GREAT).

I wish Fox 11 would enter the early evening news race here in L.A. Given we have a lot of news between CBS 2, NBC 4, ABC 7 and (thru 3:30 PM now and 5 PM this September) KCAL 9. That 6:30 PM to 8 PM block is still wide open for a local newscast. At some point, Fox 11 has to make the move like their sister original Fox o&o's nationwide.

CBS 2 was the last station to run 6:30 PM newscast (Dan Rather was run at 6 PM) and only UPN 13 (then Crist-Craft KCOP) has ever run a 7 or 7:30 PM news in this market that I can recall.

Anyway, Fox 11 is currently running a heavy schedule of promos for the June 20 start of the 3-hour Good Day L.A.

 

[Eros]

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