{"id":4681,"date":"2014-08-26T06:00:50","date_gmt":"2014-08-26T11:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=4681"},"modified":"2014-08-26T06:42:21","modified_gmt":"2014-08-26T11:42:21","slug":"norville-renews-with-inside-edition-at-the-right-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2014\/08\/26\/norville-renews-with-inside-edition-at-the-right-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Norville renews with \u2018Inside Edition\u2019 at the right time"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a> Deborah Norville<\/p><\/div>\n

Happy to see our old friend Deborah Norville has extended her contract for two more years with the syndicated newsmagazine \u201cInside Edition.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

The start of Norville\u2019s 20th season as host September 8 coincides with the show\u2019s move back to its familiar 3 p.m. weekday time slot on ABC-owned WLS-Channel 7.<\/a> For the past two years it was on at 2 p.m. to accommodate Katie Couric\u2019s now-canceled talk show.<\/p>\n

The time period upgrade here and in several other cities bodes well for \u201cInside Edition,\u201d which Norville says remains \u201cvery much attuned to what the national sensibility is\u201d and continues to evolve.\u00a0\u201cI really believe in the power of television to make a difference and I still think that as great as \u2018Inside Edition\u2019 is, we can always do it even better,\u201d she told Paige Albiniak of Broadcasting and Cable<\/a>\u00a0magazine.<\/p>\n

Many Chicago viewers still have fond memories of Norville's five-year run as a news anchor and reporter at NBC-owned WMAQ-Channel 5. In 1986, her promotion to NBC News in New York prompted an official proclamation from then-Mayor Harold Washington, among other monumental tributes.<\/a><\/p>\n

After high-profile positions at three networks, Norville replaced Bill O\u2019Reilly as host of \u201cInside Edition\u201d in 1995.<\/p>\n

ABC 7 last week finally confirmed an earlier report<\/a>\u00a0that the soap opera \u201cGeneral Hospital\u201d would move back to 2 p.m., followed by \u201cInside Edition\u201d and \u201cJeopardy!\u201d at 3 and 3:30 p.m., respectively, effective September 8.<\/p>\n

\u201cWindy City Live,\u201d which retains its 11 a.m. time slot, will have a second daytime run at 1 p.m. for one week until \u201cRachael Ray\u201d moves into the 1 p.m. time slot on September 15.<\/p>\n

Here is ABC 7\u2019s Monday-through-Friday new daytime lineup for fall:<\/p>\n