Friday, March 25, 2005

When TV news anchors are absent

When one of the two TV news anchors is absent, the other one starts the newscast with "Good morning, I'm Anchor One. Anchor Two is off today."

On a one-anchor show when someone is substituting for the usual anchor, they start with "Good morning, I'm Substitute Anchor filling in for Usual Anchor."

(Of course, they use real names in all cases.)

I wonder if there's something in the usual anchors' contracts stipulating that their names must be mentioned on air every day? Or do viewers call in and complain when the usual guy isn't there?

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