21 Emmy Nominations

The 53rd annual New York Emmy Award nominations are in and here's a look at CBS 2's 21 entries:

EVENING NEWSCAST: Under 35 Minutes

CBS2 News at 11: The Miracle on the Hudson. January 15, 2009. (WCBS-TV). Chris Wragge, Kristine Johnson, News Anchors.

CBS2 News at 11: The Passing of a Broadcast Legend, Walter Cronkite. July 17, 2009. (WCBS-TV). Chris Wragge, Dana Tyler, News Anchors.

EVENING NEWSCAST: Over 35 Minutes

CBS2 News at 5: The Miracle on the Hudson. January 16, 2009. (WCBS-TV).Chris Wragge, Kristine Johnson, News Anchors.

GENERAL ASSIGNMENT

Cop Puts Cameraman into Choke Hold. October 28, 2008. (WCBS-TV). Christine Sloan, Reporter; Jim Quodomine, Photographer; Chris McAnerney, Editor.

BREAKING NEWS STORY

Flight 1549 Lands in the Hudson River. January 15, 2009. (WCBS-TV). Andrew Friedman, Assignment Manager.

HEALTH/SCIENCE: Program/Special

Race for the Cure. September 6, 2008. (WCBS-TV). Franca Braatz, Executive Producer.

SPORTS PROGRAMMING: Program Feature/Segment

Jets 24/7: Kenyon's Dream. November 23, 2008. (WCBS-TV). William P. Zagger, Executive Producer; Cameron Gordon, Producer; Dominic Savio, Assistant Producer.

SPORTS PROGRAMMING: Special

That Super Season with Joe Namath. October 25, 2008. (WCBS-TV). Richard Gentile, Bob Parente, Executive Producers.

COMMUNITY/PUBLIC SERVICE (PSAs)

Summer Streets Campaign. July 27, 2009. (WCBS-TV). Lonnie Quinn, On-Air Spokesperson.

PROMOTION: News Promo

Bulletproof Your Job. November 10, 2008. (WCBS-TV). Bruce Erik Brauer, Creative Services Director; Tim Taylor, Writer/Producer.

Weather Team: Fun Facts. January 24, 2009. (WCBS-TV). Bruce Erik Brauer, Creative Services Director; Lee E. Grossman, Writer/Executive Producer.

PROMOTION: Image

Holiday Kids IDs. April 12, 2009. (WCBS-TV). Bruce Erik Brauer, Creative Services Director.

COMMERCIAL – Single Spot

New Jets Stadium Promo. September 4, 2008. (WCBS-TV). Richard Gentile, Producer/Director

COMMERCIAL – Campaign

Dial 7’s. December 1, 2008. (WCBS-TV). Bruce Erik Brauer, Creative Services Director.

FTI. February 1, 2009. (WCBS-TV). Bruce Erik Brauer, Creative Services Director; Jennifer Bennett Lee, Writer/Producer.

ON-CAMERA TALENT: News Anchor

Chris Wragge. January 15, 2009. (WCBS-TV). “Coverage of Flight 1549.”

ON-CAMERA TALENT: Weather Anchor

Lonnie Quinn. March 4, 2009. (WCBS-TV).

ON-CAMERA TALENT: Features Reporter

Scott Rapoport. August 18, 2009. (WCBS-TV). Composite.

ON-CAMERA TALENT: Live Reporter

Chris Wragge. January 16, 2009. (WCBS-TV). “Miracle on the Hudson.”

WRITER: News

Sean Hennessey. October 13, 2008. (WCBS-TV).

EDITOR: Short Form

Robert Sevilla. September 25, 2008. (WCBS-TV). Compilation.

Update on Glaros' Baby Girl

CBS 2 News reported the birth of Megan Glaros' girl this morning. Glaros and her husband Lance welcomed Lana into the world Thursday night. Little Lana weighs 6 pounds and measures 17.5 inches long. Mother and baby are said to be doing well.

Below are two pictures from the wcbstv.com video:

Glaros Gives Birth

CBS 2 News meteorologist Megan Glaros just tweeted the good news minutes ago:

Welcome to the world Lana! Little girl is gorgeous and healthy!

Glaros spent Wednesday afternoon reporting live in the snow in Montclair, New Jersey.

20/20 Updates with Ryan and Livingston

Jerry Barmash from NY Media Examiner tweets news that CBS 2 sports anchors Sam Ryan and Otis Livingston will anchor the 11:00pm "20/20 Update" on WFAN SportsRadio 66. This would appear to be the other part of the cross-promotion that began last week when CBS 2 began including the WFAN brand in graphics during sports reports.

Newsroom Renovation Update

Kristine Johnson tweeted this picture of the CBS 2 newsroom yesterday:

Newsroom renovation update: desk pods being assembled now. Some HD monitors up too.

If the remodeling is still on schedule, it should be ready for staffers to move back in about three weeks.

WFAN-Branded Sports Segments

As of Monday, CBS 2 News has been including the WFAN Sports Radio 66 brand in its sportscasts. The WFAN logo appears on the plasma monitor and over-the-shoulder graphics as well as on a new sports ticker/flipper on the bottom of the screen.

This isn't the first time WFAN, a CBS Radio station, has partnered up with CBS 2. During the Jets' playoff run a few weeks ago, CBS 2 News This Morning occasionally had reporters live at the WFAN studio to chat with morning hosts Craig Carton and Boomer Esiason. Carton also co-hosted a Jets playoff special with Sam Ryan. A similar special aired just before the Giants won the Super Bowl in 2008. And CBS 2 relied on WFAN team beat reporters Ed Coleman and Sweeny Murti to cover the Mets and Yankees at spring training last winter.

Ten Years of Eating Fresh and Staying Healthy

Last Friday, CBS 2 News at 5:00 took a look back at Tony Tantillo's ten years on CBS 2. Tantillo began first appeared on the station in January 2000 when "News 2" moved its broadcasts to The Early Show's Studio 59 at 59th and Fifth. His produce tips also appear on other stations but CBS 2 is his home base as he appears live in the studio with his best buys and fresh recipes as well as on location "Dining Deals."

Take a look back at The Fresh Grocer's decade at CBS 2 with this video.

Lighting Director Passes Away

CBS 2's Kristine Johnson reported minutes ago that a lighting director for the station passed away yesterday. Pat Ryan, who worked on CBS 2's weekend morning newscasts as well as for the CBS network, "worked tirelessly to make sure that our anchors and studio guests looked great," Johnson said. The Giants and Mets fan leaves behind a wife and five-year-old son. He was 45 years old.

Megan Glaros tweeted about Ryan's passing earlier today:

So sad one of the crew guys on our weekend show passed away.

Jets' Road to Glory

The New York Jets are one game away from Super Bowl XLIV and CBS 2 News is prepared. All this week, stories on Jets fever have been airing under a "Road to Glory" brand. Saturday night at 7:00, the station will put together a live one-hour special with Sam Ryan and WFAN Sports Radio 66's Craig Carton. Otis Livingston and Hazel Sanchez will report from Indianapolis, where the Jets will face the Colts in the AFC Championship, which is on CBS Sunday afternoon.

Should the Jets pull off a win, expect CBS 2 to go even crazier with coverage, especially because it's CBS's turn to carry this year's Super Bowl.

Newsroom Renovations

For the past two weeks, staffers at CBS 2 News have been working out of a makeshift newsroom in the former "Guiding Light" studio, which is right next to CBS 2's Studio 46. That's because the current newsroom is being renovated. Here's what it looked like on January 6th, thanks to Kristine Johnson's TwitPic:

Assignment editors, producers, writers, reporters and website producers are among those working from the temporary newsroom. The offices of the news director, assistant news director and anchors are unaffected, as are the edit rooms.

While the construction is going on, CBS 2's flashcam position has been moved from the newsroom to master control and is being dubbed the "news desk." Fake monitors appear behind the window to make it look similar to the old newsroom shot.

We're told that the new newsroom should be ready in about five weeks.