{"id":1543,"date":"2013-12-05T21:00:50","date_gmt":"2013-12-06T03:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=1543"},"modified":"2013-12-05T21:09:32","modified_gmt":"2013-12-06T03:09:32","slug":"hats-and-horns-janet-davies-is-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2013\/12\/05\/hats-and-horns-janet-davies-is-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Hats and horns: Janet Davies is back!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a> Janet Davies<\/p><\/div>\n

Good news, fellow merrymakers: The lovely and charming Janet Davies, who\u2019s helped Chicagoans ring in every New Year since 1991, will be right where she belongs on WLS-Channel 7 for \u201cCountdown Chicago 2014.\u201d<\/p>\n

Word at the ABC-owned station is that Davies again will host the local New Year\u2019s Eve special with longtime partner Mark Giangreco. They\u2019ll be joined by Val Warner and Ryan Chiaverini of \u201cWindy City Live.\u201d Of course four hosts for a one-hour show may be a bit unwieldy, but half the fun of watching the live broadcast is to see what goes wrong.<\/p>\n

Plans for the Dec. 31 special are still being finalized, but producers say Hosea Sanders and Ji Suk Yi also are expected to return as contributors.<\/p>\n

Davies\u2019 role this year was far from certain after the cancellation in March of \u201c190 North,\u201d the weekly lifestyle and entertainment magazine she\u2019d hosted and produced for 14 years. With her contract up at ABC 7, it was unclear whether she would continue in any capacity at the station, where she\u2019d been a feature reporter and program host since 1984.<\/p>\n

Last year\u2019s New Year\u2019s Eve broadcast made its way into more than 600,000 households and onto four out of every 10 TVs in use at the stroke of midnight. It also generated a flurry of activity on Twitter, including these notable tweets:<\/p>\n