world news with diane sawyer evidently DOES have a new announcer
Well color me surprised and perplexed.
I did not expect that with so many changes NOT being made (set, theme) that ABC News would replace Bill Rice with a new announcer for World News with Diane Sawyer.
I said so. I meant it!
This made me feel that we would be in good taste running our unofficial audition for the announcer job for World News with Diane Sawyer. It would be fun, harmless fun which is the point of the whole exercise.
I didn’t see the first show tonight but reports are coming in that indeed there IS a new announcer. No video yet as I think we have to wait for the west coast feed to be done at 9:30 PM ET. I’ll update it when I find it.
I am stunned and feel kind of bad about the whole thing.
Nobody and I mean NOBODY was gunning for Bill’s job with this silly event and in fact I think to a person we all respected his work. But somebody at ABC decided on a new voice and made that call.
So should we continue with the faux-ditions or is it now in bad taste? Is it a matter of ‘that’s the way our business goes’ or should we, as peers show more respect?
Kudos to the new person who got the gig. I hope it turns out to be one of my friends who has kept a great secret.
Were we merely being naively prescient with this new outcome or are we now dancing on a great announcer’s career if we keep this going?
Seriously, give me your thoughts!
P.S. 12/22/09: Here is the first video I could find of the new open.