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Weekend View
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Presented byJen Carfagno
Eric Fisher
Jeff Morrow
Alex Wallace
Country of originUnited States
Production
Production locationAtlanta
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running timeVaries
Original release
NetworkThe Weather Channel
ReleaseOctober 1, 2005 (2005-10-01) –
present

Weekend View is a weekend weather program on The Weather Channel, airing from 5-7 a.m. and 7-11 a.m. Eastern Time. Because of this timeslot, it can be considered the weekend equivalent to Your Weather Today, although it airs for six hours in comparison to the three-hour time length of Your Weather Today. Weekend View includes local and national outlooks for the day as well as lifestyle segments.

Program history

Weekend View's initial launch date was planned for September 17, 2005, but its premiere was delayed two weeks due to the busy 2005 hurricane season. Initial plans for the program, then hosted by Dao Vu and meteorlogists Bill Keneely, Kelly Cass and Stephanie Abrams included an accompanying primetime talk show to debut in the second quarter of 2006, though those plans never came to fruition.[1].

In the fall of 2006, meteorologist Stephanie Abrams left the program to co-host Abrams & Bettes: Beyond the Forecast with Mike Bettes and was not replaced. Later, in September 2007, meteorologist Samantha Mohr joined The Weather Channel to replace Kelly Cass, who moved to PM Edition. This move proved to be short-lived, as Cass returned to the program in May 2008. In April 2008 Vu, only the second non-meteorologist to ever host a live weather program on the channel (the other being Liz Jarvis-Fabian, who worked for the channel from 1986–1989) left and was not replaced. On March 7, 2009, Weekend View expanded by two hours from 5-11 a.m. Eastern Time. At this point, Bill Keneely, the only host to remain with the show from the beginning of its run was moved to the weekend late night edition of PM Edition, while Betty Davis joined Kelly Cass on the 7-11 a.m. block. Jeff Morrow and Alex Wallace host the new 5-7 a.m. block. On July 31, 2010, Betty Davis left Weekend View, and departed from The Weather Channel as well; Maria LaRosa became her official replacement.

Schedule

All times are eastern time.

Weekends

  • 05:00am–7:00am with Jeff Morrow & Alex Wallace
  • 07:00am–11:00am with Eric Fisher & Jen Carfagno

Former hosts

  • Stephanie Abrams - Left on September 14, 2006 for Abrams & Bettes: Beyond the Forecast, which was cancelled on February 28, 2009. Became coanchor of the new reformatted version of Weather Center on March 1, 2009, but ultimately became the co-anchor of Your Weather Today with Bettes on June 22, 2009, and also took on a co-host role on Wake Up With Al with NBC's Today show personality Al Roker on The Weather Channel.
  • Kelly Cass - Left for PM Edition in September 2007, but returned to Weekend View in May 2008, and is the only original meteorologist on the show from the day it started. Left in November 2010 for Weather Center and PM Edition.
  • Betty Davis - Left in July 2010 from the show, and The Weather Channel.
  • Maria LaRosa- Left in November 2010 for Weekend Now and PM Edition.
  • Bill Keenely - Left the show in March 2009 for PM Edition Weekend (Part 2).
  • Samantha Mohr - Left in May 2008 for PM Edition on the Weekdays, but in March 2009, she left for the of PM Edition Weekend (Part 2), and anchors alongside Bill Keneely.
  • Dao Vu - Left the show and The Weather Channel in 2008.

References

  1. ^ http://www.multichannel.com/article/80736-Weather_s_New_Views_.php
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