{"id":20752,"date":"2019-02-14T06:00:11","date_gmt":"2019-02-14T12:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=20752"},"modified":"2019-02-14T06:00:11","modified_gmt":"2019-02-14T12:00:11","slug":"tamron-hall-feels-truly-special-land-primetime-u","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2019\/02\/14\/tamron-hall-feels-truly-special-land-primetime-u\/","title":{"rendered":"Tamron Hall feels 'truly special' to land in primetime on The U"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a> Tamron Hall<\/p><\/div>\n

Tamron Hall, the former Chicago news anchor who rose to national stardom on NBC, is coming to primetime five nights a week this fall on WCIU-Channel 26, <\/a>the Weigel Broadcasting station known as The U.<\/p>\n

Hall's new syndicated talk show, which was being pitched as a daytime offering,<\/a> will air instead from 8 to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday on The U. It's a huge coup for Hall and an exceedingly shrewd move by the bosses of Weigel Broadcasting.<\/p>\n

\"Anyone who has followed my life and career knows how important Chicago is to me,\u201d Hall said in a statement. \u201cI would not be where I am today without the people of Chicago supporting me along my amazing journey. I\u2019m thrilled to join forces with WCIU, a Chicago legend, which has offered incredible support for our new talk show.<\/p>\n

\"Airing in primetime in a city like Chicago feels truly special. It\u2019s great to be welcomed home by friends with open arms, especially by my friends at The U, who know how much this return means to me and who appreciate my love of real Chicago-style pizza. Let\u2019s go!\u201d<\/p>\n

Earlier Hall described the show as \u201cunconventional, fun, intimate and sometimes even raw,\u201d saying: \u201cMy new partners appreciate and respect the relationship I\u2019ve built with my audience and know that if we create television worth watching, they\u2019ll join us for the ride.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The U<\/p><\/div>\n

Neal Sabin, vice chairman of Weigel Broadcasting, called Hall \"the real deal,\" adding: \"We are looking forward to reintroducing her to loyal and new fans in Chicago. Having her show on primetime will allow so many more viewers to see how special Tamron is on so many levels.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hall spent 10 years at NBC News, where she anchored a daily show on MSNBC and co-hosted the 9 a.m. hour of NBC\u2019s \u201cToday.\u201d She left in 2017 when the network dropped the third hour of \u201cToday\u201d and replaced it with a talk show hosted by Megyn Kelly, formerly of Fox News. Kelly washed out<\/a> after a turbulent two-year run.<\/p>\n

Hall has continued to host \u201cDeadline: Crime with Tamron Hall,\u201d a newsmagazine series she launched in 2013 for Investigation Discovery.<\/p>\n

From 1997 to 2007 Hall was a news anchor and reporter at Fox-owned WFLD-Channel 32, including a long run as \u201cFox News in the Morning\u201d host alongside Bob Sirott, David Novarro and Mike Barz.<\/p>\n

Hall's new show will follow \"ABC7 Eyewitness News on WCIU The U,\" <\/a>the one-hour nightly newscast produced by ABC-owned WLS-Channel 7. It\u2019s notable that Hall's producer and syndicator is Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer and International, a subsidiary of Walt Disney Co., the corporate parent of ABC 7.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are thrilled that \u2018ABC7 Eyewitness News on WCIU The U\u2019 will be leading into Tamron Hall,\" said John Idler, president and general manager of ABC 7. \u201cIt\u2019s great to have her back home and adjacent to Chicago\u2019s No. 1 news brand.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wednesday\u2019s comment of the day:<\/a> Tom Leykis:<\/strong> Will Boris Epshteyn be doing the postgame show?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tamron Hall, the former Chicago news anchor who rose to national stardom on NBC, is coming to primetime five nights a week this fall on WCIU-Channel 26, the Weigel Broadcasting station known as The U. Hall's new syndicated talk show, which was being pitched as a daytime offering, will air instead from 8 to 9... Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20752"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20752"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20752\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20762,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20752\/revisions\/20762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}