Filed under: Extracurriculars Admitting to drinking on the job during a live television interview would typically be considered a bad career move. Not for Sue Simmons, though. The WNBC-TV New York anchor recently appeared on a chirpy lifestyle show, LX New York , where she admitted that she used to have a drink or two before going on the air. So why hasn't the anchor been shown the studio door? Those...
Sue Simmons , a prominent news anchor at the local station WNBC-TV in New York, said she used to go on the air after having a few drinks. Simmons told LX New York that years ago, she would go clubbing in between shows, then return to the studio to do her evening broadcasts. "That stopped in the mid '80s, late '80s," Simmons said. "Because I looked in the mirror before -- when I was...
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Sue Simmons on on LX New York with fellow guest Andy Cohen , discussing her former drinking days Sue Simmons , the WNBC-4 anchor who gained infamy for using the F-bomb on live television almost two years before Jenny Slate , confessed last week on WNBC's new show LX New York that in the 80's it wasn't unusual for her to show up to work a little bit tipsy. According to Simmons, "...that stopped...
On Thursday evening, on live TV, longtime WNBC-4 news anchor Sue Simmons made a somewhat surprising confession. Back in the '80s, she said, she would on occasion drink cocktails before anchoring the news. Eventually she stopped, she continued to explain, because she noticed the alcohol was making her eyes red. The admission came during an interview on WNBC-4's new 5 p.m. show LX New York , on which...
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A New York FOX affiliate station's TV anchor flub has become a huge Internet comedy hit overnight. WNYW's Ernie Anastos was attempting to make some small talk about some chicken story, and meant to say "Keep plucking that chicken". Unfortunately the anchor flubbed the line and instead the "F bomb" came out creating nationwide laughter on viral videos on the Internet. The FOX station...
F-bombers, away! From left, Arthur Chi'en, Sue Simmons and Ernie Anastos (with co-anchor Dari Alexander) Everyone loves to "Keep fucking that chicken!" Well, at least say the bizarre yet irresistible catch phrase coined by WNYW Fox 5 anchor Ernie Anastos. If it's not Jon Stewart being jealous that Anastos got to use it first, then it's the Reverend Al Sharpton guessing that term's meaning....
By News staff NEW YORK (AP) -- A veteran New York City news anchor flubs a line and an obscene catch phrase goes viral on the Internet. Ernie Anastos of Fox affiliate WNYW was bantering with the weatherman Wednesday night when he cheerfully dropped an F-bomb on the air. What he likely intended to say was, "Keep plucking that chicken." Anastos didn't appear to recognize the error, though co-anchor...
Add Fox 5 New York’s Ernie Anastos to a long list of newscasters with on-air slip ups that will live in YouTube lore. Unlike Bill O’Reilly’s “ we’ll do it live! ” tirade or Sue Simmons’ outburst at her co-anchor, it doesn’t appear Anastos was intentionally profane on Wednesday night’s newscast (the shock and horror of his co-anchor is priceless),...
I watched Jay Leno’s prime time debut Monday night and learned: 1) Don’t watch Jay Leno’s new prime time show; it’s dull and overly scripted. 2) Don’t watch prime time terrestrial network TV entertainment programming; it’s not entertaining. 3) Don’t read about TV in the NY Times; its coverage is insipid and inaccurate. At 11:00 p.m. Monday night, after the...
I watched Jay Leno’s prime time debut Monday night and learned: 1) Don’t watch Jay Leno’s new prime time show; it’s dull and overly scripted. 2) Don’t watch prime time terrestrial network TV entertainment programming; it’s not entertaining. 3) Don’t read about TV in the NY Times; its coverage is insipid and inaccurate. At 11:00 p.m. Monday night, after the...
Well Ernie Anastos is the gift that keeps on giving in journalism circles in New York. This time, the legendary broadcaster forgot he was on the air. During some playful banter with the local meteorologist Nick Gregory, Anastos blurted out, "It takes a tough man to make a tender forecast, Nick." Somewhat confused, Gregory responded, "I guess that's me." Without skipping a beat,...
And courtesy of my own channel five here in NYC : Ernie, you have joined the ranks of Sue Simmons and Billie-O in anchor meltdowns. Much more to come today at The Whole Delivery.
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