Friday, February 15, 2008

Amy Robach Of NBC’s Weekend Today on MSNBC Daytime

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I rarely get a chance to catch much of MSNBC daytime programming. This week though, because of some breaking news, I had the volume turned up just enough to hear the latest developments. I’ve been posting a alot about Amy Robach on Weekend Today (Saturday) and whether NBC’s decision to have Jenna Wolfe anchor Sunday is appealing to viewers. This week, it was nice to see Robach fly solo on MSNBC daytime. She’s even more striking on that set that on the ‘Today’ set. I also believe its great training for her to handle repeated breaking news event coverage during the day. She’s has a good grasp of what she’s doing.. and is only going to be better. The hard news experience gives her more depth for the often soft and feature content of ‘Today”. By the way, here's a mildly interesting comment from the NY Post last year about Robach.

As I watched this week though, I also saw Tamron Hall once again. I blogged about her recent fill-in position as newsreader on ‘Today’. She has an even greater and more positive presence during the mid-morning shift on MSNBC than I recall on ‘Today’. She’s in control. She appears to know the news. She’s engaging. She looks very sharp with one exception. I don’t understand why some women on TV insist on wearing large hoop earrings. They may be fine in the office… but they’re distracting on TV. That aside, Hall and Robach have been a pleasure to during breaking news this week.

I haven't had a chance to really see much of the many hours of 'Today' this week. That's where Wolfe gets a lot of exposure doing feature stories. Robach and Wolfe have different strengths. But in the end, viewers of the weekend editions of 'Today' want to find comfort and re-assurance when they tune in for the morning news. Instead, there always seems to be an uneasiness on Sunday mornings's when Wolfe anchors. More reviews coming this weekend here at MediaAnswers.

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I really enjoyed the Sunday show today. It is those unpredictable comments that make it fun. Great show Saturday, great show today."
"If you enjoy Lester Holt squirming with confusion and confoundment as to what his role is when his co-host keeps trying to dominate the show, then the show was about as enjoyable as it can get."
"Sundays are just uncomfortable. It is like inviting over the crazy uncle for the Holiday's and being continuosly nervous about what might come out of his mouth. That is the same feeling I get with Jenna Wolfe."
"Jenna's voice is not soothing. She did a piece on a taser party and refrained from her most annoying humor. Howver, her piece on the "what I learned from women who dumped me" was dull. Also, she kept interrupting the guests with stupid mumblings.She soaked up ann curry advertising jenna's dating status."

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5 comments:

Anonymous said...

I enjoyed your comments on Amy Robach appearing on MSNBC this week. She has gained a lot of experience in that format and that has translated into her being a very well rounded anchor on Saturday Weekend Today.
I think your blogs on the other hand have been quite harsh on Jenna Wolfe.
While Amy Robach brings her style to Saturday’s show I think Jenna Wolfe brings a different but yet enjoyable style to Sundays show.
In disagreement with you, I think Jenna Wolfe has a unique personality and the more of her I see, the more I like her. Sometimes her comments are not professional, but on the other hand, I have seen a lot of professionals that are quite boring to watch. This is why as I think Amy Robach is great on Saturdays, I think Jenna Wolfe is perfect for the Sunday host job. Sunday mornings are cluttered with all the political, hard hitting shows, and to me the Sunday show should be a light start to the day. Plus it looks like she has calmed down quite a bit. She is young, but she will get there. Until then I am going to enjoy Amy Robach on Saturdays, and enjoy Jenna Wolfe on Sundays. I am going to enjoy the excitement that Jenna Wolfe brings. She is starting to grow on me

Jeff Parsons said...

I completely appreciate and respect your opinions. I also have posted several times that I appreciate and respect Jenna for her career position. No matter whether you like to watch her on Sundays, she's at a great spot in her career. I do respect that. Few if any rising on-air talent would turn down a job like that. I wish her luck. That said, I personally don't like it when Jenna, or any anchor for that matter, makes the news broadcast and the news segmnents about them. I hold out hope that there is still some real "news" approaches out there that have not become all entertainment.

Anonymous said...

i agree with jeff. jenna's personality is great for the occasional off-beat feature report, and that certainly can be a welcome distraction on sunday mornings. but a full hour of that as a co-host is annoying. jeff's right- her "me me" focus on the sunday show completely distracts from the actual stories.

amy & lester have a terrific chemistry as you can see by the way they're always teasing each other. on sunday though lester almost seems afraid to crack a joke, lest he open up the floodgates to a jenna-marathon of jokes.

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