TVNZ confirms Wendy Petrie out, Simon Dallow staying at 1 News

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#272869 21-Jul-2020 13:57

Yes I still watch TV One's news and I could care less what people think of that but I do think tvnz are a bunch of cocks dropping Wendy Petrie out I enjoy both of there presenting styles

https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/tv-radio/300062002/tvnz-confirms-wendy-petrie-out-simon-dallow-staying-at-1-news

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#2526550 21-Jul-2020 14:03

i asked my wife how long she had be doing it , she said 14 years and i realised it was that long since i watched the news at 6, i have never seen her present the news.

Common sense is not as common as you think.

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#2526564 21-Jul-2020 14:23

Petrie has been on NZ TV news and weather for a lot longer than 14 years. She was also on TV3 in the 1990s.

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#2526573 21-Jul-2020 14:37

I never understood why NEWS presenters stay at the job forever. They got old, people got tired of them. TV bosses should sing new people every year or so. it's not super-duper-exclusive job, which makes you celebrity, well not in my opinion.

Some youtubers are better presenters without professional training and without years of experience.

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#2526574 21-Jul-2020 14:38

But, diversity............

What possible defence can TVNZ have for 100% of the presenter being white middle-aged (boomer) male?

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#2526577 21-Jul-2020 14:40

Dingbatt:

What possible defence can TVNZ have for 100% of the presenter being white middle-aged (boomer) male?

Because we're all awesome?

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#2526579 21-Jul-2020 14:40

I think the reduction of 2 anchors to 1 is the problem here...tvnz tried it once before, people don't like it. It needs the ability to swap between two presenters. It adds a bit to it, rather than just the solo voice (which is what they have in the weekends with Melissa Stokes)

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#2526583 21-Jul-2020 14:45

Handsomedan:

Dingbatt:

What possible defence can TVNZ have for 100% of the presenter being white middle-aged (boomer) male?

Because we're all awesome?

I would say Dallow is technically not a boomer, just.

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#2526585 21-Jul-2020 14:46

Dingbatt:

But, diversity............

What possible defence can TVNZ have for 100% of the presenter being white middle-aged (boomer) male?

Yeah this, TVNZ are going to get themselves into such a twitter pile-on....or maybe even slammed on tic-tok,

There is gonna be woke pixie dust all over this before long

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#2526587 21-Jul-2020 14:50

davidcole:

I think the reduction of 2 anchors to 1 is the problem here...tvnz tried it once before, people don't like it. It needs the ability to swap between two presenters. It adds a bit to it, rather than just the solo voice (which is what they have in the weekends with Melissa Stokes)

TV3 do 1 for Newshub late.

The make up for by by dropping all the cameramen and have robots doing it. Kid you not, they sit in control and drive them around the floor or using defined set of sequences, even slow tracks across the desk to mix it up

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#2526588 21-Jul-2020 14:57

kotuku4:

I would say Dallow is technically not a boomer, just.

I took the bracket to finish in 1964. I’m aware these things are as rigid as jelly though :-)

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#2526589 21-Jul-2020 15:03

vexxxboy:

i asked my wife how long she had be doing it , she said 14 years and i realised it was that long since i watched the news at 6, i have never seen her present the news.

Anyone remember who did it before Simon and Wendy? Was it Peter Williams? Pretty sure Hillary did it on and off for a while at one point as well no? or was that on 3news? 1news denied it publicly but it kinda makes me think they've been trialing new presenters the past couple of weeks. Got a surprise the other night seeing John Campbell co-presenting.

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#2526609 21-Jul-2020 15:17

Zepanda66:

vexxxboy:

i asked my wife how long she had be doing it , she said 14 years and i realised it was that long since i watched the news at 6, i have never seen her present the news.

Anyone remember who did it before Simon and Wendy? Was it Peter Williams? Pretty sure Hillary did it on and off for a while at one point as well no? or was that on 3news? 1news denied it publicly but it kinda makes me think they've been trialing new presenters the past couple of weeks. Got a surprise the other night seeing John Campbell co-presenting.

Was Judy baily before them wasn't it? their last attempt at the single presenter.

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#2526610 21-Jul-2020 15:20

davidcole:

I think the reduction of 2 anchors to 1 is the problem here...tvnz tried it once before, people don't like it. It needs the ability to swap between two presenters. It adds a bit to it, rather than just the solo voice (which is what they have in the weekends with Melissa Stokes)

I'd guess that they've done the market research and calculated the likely net benefit makes this the best option to achieve cost savings.

If many or most of their current viewers won't change from TV1 news then one presenter might generate a net benefit to them. I haven't seen any 2020 viewer stats but TV1 news was dominating and increasing market share in 2019 with lead in programming of The Chase so this may be a good time to do this.

Dingbatt:

What possible defence can TVNZ have for 100% of the presenter being white middle-aged (boomer) male?

I guess that it is like white bread.

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/11/03/454316172/why-the-history-of-american-white-bread-is-anything-but-bland

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#2526611 21-Jul-2020 15:20

Dingbatt:

kotuku4:

I would say Dallow is technically not a boomer, just.

I took the bracket to finish in 1964. I’m aware these things are as rigid as jelly though :-)

Technically, the US baby boom end is 1964 but NZ's baby boom finished five-years later: https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/28730/baby-boom-generation-about-1969

I think that the problem with using either of these dates is that the generational shift in values occurred years earlier and that is more relevant when defining the boomer cohort.

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#2526626 21-Jul-2020 15:50

I guess it's the term/insult Boomer I have a problem with. What was Winnie's slap back the other day..."Woke pixie dust". Very helpful.

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