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Let's get ready to rock and roll. Tally Atwater Affiliate Promo. Take one.

Okay, people, let's get it together. Let's do it.

We need Tally on one. I wanna hear the announce.

We'll take the announcement. Tally?

Testing one, two, three.

This is Tom Orr. Testing one, two, three.

You know those faces, you remember those stories.

They were the men and women who made I.B.S. News...

Okay, that's enough on Tom Orr. Let's go to Tally.

Hey, kill the music, guys.

Tally, could you give us a level on your mike, please?

- What we in the news business... - One second. Mike, raise her beam.

Again, Tally, testing one, two, three.

What we in the news business can never forget...

You're pickin'up shadow on her face. Tally, I need to see you at camera here.

Add some side light, please.

What we in the news business can never forget...

is we're only as good as the stories we tell.

Guys, you still got the shadow. A little more fill, please.

If you could talk a little about how you got started. Afew bio-bites.

Let's see.

I guess I always pretty much knew what I wanted to do.

Sallyanne knew what she wanted. And what she wanted was to be number 1.

- In neon lights. - The sister comes down to two bites.

There's something cute about how you got started. You went to college?

I tempted, waited tables. The minute I was old enough, I dealt craps.

I wanted deal baccarat, because you could make more money on tips.

But where we were living, in a little mining town in the West...

you had to be connected to deal baccarat.

And the only person I was connected to was my little sister, Luanne.

I was going to community college at night...

doubling up on communications courses, making up for lost time.

Everyone said...

"You wanna get a job in television...

you have to make a demo tape." So, I made a demo tape.

You might ask, "Out of the thousands of women that send tapes, why hire Sally?"

I sent it to thirty-seven stations. W.M.I.A. Miami...

was the only answer I got. So I said I said good-bye to Luanne and got...

on the American connection to Dallas with a four hour lay-over to Miami.

I wanted it to be four days, I was so scared of getting there.

So, you're Sally.

- Thally Atwater. - That's Sally with an "S", right?

- Do you thing l'm overdressed? - No. Not in the least.

I didn't know if it'd be... you know dressy or... cool...

Warren? Ms. Atwater is here.

Okay, go up those stairs and Warren's in the control booth.

- Hey. I'm Ned. - I'm Sally.

You majored in communications.

Yeah, Vic, listen. On that Coco Plum housekeeper murder...

- Wrap Patti, go to Rob. - Patti, wrap it up.

- For now, Rob. Back to you, Stewart. - Thank you, Patti, for that report.

You, over here. Rob, you're running long.

Further developments as they occur at the situation at Tamiami Middle School.

Further developments as they occur at the situation at Tamiami Middle...

A thirteen-years-old still holds his math class hostage with an A.K.

More coverage at six from the award- winning Channel Nine News Team.

This is Rob Sullivan with his touchy, feel tag. Good-bye. Be of good cheer.

I might get sick. Get me the six o'clock report.

- Come on. - About the Anders sentencing today...

Coming, sweetheart?

...is by calling attention to public servant violating the voter's trust.

No, Harvey, we play it straight.

"Harvey Harris reporting from the Courthouse where the Seminole School...

Principal was found guilty of banging the tenth grade class president. No more.

That accident in Homestead...

- Sweetheart, will you keep up? - Sally.

- Excuse? - Sally. Not "sweetheart."

Got it. Vic. Sally.

Sally's our new desk assistant. Do not call her "sweetheart."

- There's got a kid trapped. - No kid. Dad, Mom, Grandma in one car.

The driver, his wife or girlfriend in the pickup.

- There's some discrepancy there. - Run that discrepancy by me.

Lady calls, says the woman in the pickup was her "husband's whore."

Warren? Trish again on two.

Trish? Yeah, we'll send you references.

Weren't you and Trish... You know, if you don't mind my asking?

- I do mind. Who you got on Homested? - Nobody. Unless you unfire Trish.

We don't usually wear out credentials in the newsroom.

Oh, I'm sorry.

- Oh, that's good. - I'm sorry.

I'm from Nevada.

Okay, here's the rundown.

- We'll have the kid hostage story live. - No. It'll be "What-does-it-all-mean?"

Have Lou do it.

Consuela's doing the P.B.A. Endorsing the mayor for second term.

Bury that before the first commercial.

Harvey's doing Anders, and there's the Coco Plum housekeeper killing.

Lead with that. Because...

Come on. Let's have it. The golden rule of local news.

"If... it...

bleed, it leads."

- Your predecessor... - Trish...

Trish didn't think the desk had a whole lot to teach her. How 'bout you?

- I think the desk can teach me. - What?

- Everything. - Everything?

So... that later when I'm...

So when I'm ready, I'll be able to do a story.

Excuse me a second.

Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. This is a great honor...

...already a seasoned newswoman. She covered crucial...

Crucial California Youth Forum Elections?

You might ask, "Out of the thousands of women that send tapes, why hire Sally?"

Because I'm Sally, and I'm going to be a star.

If it is to tell me I have a lot to learn, I already know that.

- I'm going to learn it. - Noted.

Meanwhile, you answer the phones, work the data-base...

get the reporters what they need... addresses, numbers.

Who, what, when, where.

And you see that Mister Coffee machine over there? I like it strong.

Lleana, cancel my dinner. We're gonna have to go late.

You used to cover the White House.

- You'll tell me you watched me? - You asked George Bush how...

as former C.I.A. Director, he didn't know Noriega was on the C.I.A. Payroll.

Bush said, "No questions at photo op." And you put the whole thing on the air.

- It was in a course I took. - You still get the coffee.

- I could probably get the coffee. - Good.

Otherwise you'd just have the shortest career in W.M.I.A. Channel Nine History.

News Heartbeat of the American Riviera. Sugar, no cream.

You always wear that much makeup?

Turning to the weather front, looks like scorchers stacked up over Florida.

Newsroom.

May I have your name, please?

And what is the name of the hospital?

Does this person have a name?

No, I am trying to help you.

No, ma'am. I do not remember Miami before there were Haitians.

Thank you, ma'am. Happy Halloween to you, too.

- You're gettin' the hang of it. I am, yes.

Actually, I've been getting the hang of it since at least July.

- Here you go, Warren. - Thanks. Good, Ned.

This is not a criticism, it's more of an observation.

- You don't have a weather person. - I fired her. I don't like it.

But having the anchor do the weather reduces his credibility as anchor.

- Credibility? Rob? - Lf you wanted someone to do it...

...you think you might be ready to... ...take in a little more...

...responsibility? - Exactly. I'm already.

You know what you are ready for?

You can stop tomorrow morning on your way in. My cleaning. Shun Lee.

You want a ride home?

Otherwise I've just had the shortest career in the History of W.M.I. A...

- News Heartbeat of American Riviera. - The ride home is optional.

I opt no, thank you.

- You want Rob to wear that? - You know, weather is sponsored spot.

What if it's not raining, Dan? Any other costume ideas on tap?

I was thinking maybe big sunglasses if... Shit.

Warren, Three has happy weather.

Three? The night the Gulf War started...

they led with a Bal Harbour Winter Wonderland Shopathon.

And Three is the top-rated station in this market. What could it cost to try?

- It would could cost you nothing. - Give me a second.

- I said I wanted them boxed. - They still don't come boxed.

- I was watching the news last night... - Is that unusual?

...and I have an idea about something. I was rethinking the weather spot.

Yeah, everybody is.

I could do the desk and the weather...

...same salary. - Lf I could restate my point...

- I got it. Salary to one side, Sally. - I did some weather in Reno.

I wanted to hire regular weather, an Arnie Poole type.

San Francisco's got Arnie Poole. We've got Rob.

- All I ask to let Rob try this. - The weather in Reno. Let's see.

They must get some genuine weather there, huh?

- Oh, big time. - You prove me wrong, I'm easy.

Dan...

meet our new weather person.

Really? Really?

This is Dan Duarte, our station manager and my boss.

I go through life with a smile, try to spread a little goodness.

You know, some people in this business getjaded because...

it's always the same awful stories. And it is the same stories.

But they're happening to different people.

Our new weather gal seems to be under the weather.

Thirty seconds, Rob.

Focus on spreading that goodness, Rob.

What is this? Okay, come on. Let's get up.

- Now, what is it? - Oh, I can't do it.

Now, you've done this before.

If you're Sally, I want you in makeup now, please.

Not now. Wait outside.

- Say, "Sally Atwater." Say it. - Thally.

Thally.

- Say it. - Thally Atw...

- No, I can't do it! - Then don't do.

You don't have to do it.

- Yes, I do. - What?

- Yes, I do. - Okay. I'll get you through it.

I'm your floor manager. You're gonna be on camera two the entire time.

Okay, everybody, happy weather! In fifteen, fourteen, thirteen, twelve...

Okay, everybody...

Keep on your toes. Let's do this one for Uncle Dan.

Rob, check the prompter.

And now with the weather, here's Sa...

Tally Atwater. Tally?

It's your new name. It's easy to say. don't look at me, look at the camera.

You got twenty-nine seconds to commercial.

Talk straight into the red light. You will find you've got a new best friend.

Tally?

Come on, baby.

Thanks, Rob.

How long was that? Okay, we need to lake thirty seconds off the close.

What an idea.

We will want these, because it's heat, heat and more heat.

Oh, another good idea, Dan.

We're looking at an expected high of ninety-eight.

- Sunglasses don't look silly on Seven. - Will she come out next with a banana?

When the sun goes down, look for a balmy low of eighty-six.

- Pick it up. - More high pressure moving in means...

Pace yourself.

don't look at me. Look at the camera.

And so the five-day forecast is more...

...more, more hot, hot, hot. Thtay...

Stay inside, cuddle up and enjoy the air conditioning. Rob.

You made your point, Warren. This is a non-starter.

She eats the lens.

This is Robin Sullivan saying, for Adela Syms and myself...

and all of us here at Channel Nine News good night. Be of good cheer.

Won't want this.

Will need these.

Not to worry, Dan. Uncle Rob was there to step in if it got any worse.

- Good job, Sally. - I was betting she'd pee on air.

- I've never seen anything like it. - We'll do it again tomorrow, okay?

You don't have to put up with him, Lu.

Luanne, I hear it. I hear it.

No, it is not the guy from the sweepstakes.

Nobody but you believes in the guy from sweepstakes. It's like the tooth fairy.

Wait, don't hang up! I wanna talk to you.

- You're feeling sorry for yourself? - What are you doing here?

N.B.C.'s million dollar baby and how she got there.

No Miami Herald, no Washington Post, no Wall Street Journal?

You getting a cheap rush from this?

You know the demo tape I sent you?

I faked it.

I didn't do any of those things. I went to East Reno Community College.

I wasn't valedictorian. I didn't graduate. I rented a cap and gown.

I did the camera myself. I even threw the confetti myself.

No crucial California Youth Forum Elections? Big time weather?

Once when I was working at...

Cal-Neva, there, it got snowed in.

And a Reno station asked for some report...

phone reports, and I did one. It was forty seconds long.

- I know all that. I checked it out. - So, fire me.

If you're hungry enough to fake it, you might be hungry enough to do it.

- The weather is not gonna work. - You don't think I know that?

You come across on camera. I'm giving you a shot as reporter.

That's what I came by to tell you.

You thought I came by to fuck you, didn't you?

Lu! I think I just got promoted.

Actually, this is a set-aside.

Harvey's Belle Glade piece tells me a story. Yours doesn't.

Miami's beautiful people got an eyeful today...

- What's the story? - The story is...

The fashion industry comes to South Beach.

It came. It went. We did that story. It's gone.

Now let's lay in B roll and see if we can't salvage this thing.

Some of the finest cigar makers exiled from Cuba...

are making profitable businesses here in Little Havana.

As I quickly learned, it's not as easy as it looks.

What's the story here? Is it the Cuban? Or are you getting cute with the cigar?

This is Tally Atwater, Channel Nine News, in Little Havana.

The Cuban, of course.

Then you should've found out that this particular exiled cigar maker...

is not from Havana, but a Batista officer.

- Just do it better. - Right.

Harvey's truck is down. On his way to...

How long would it take us to get to Miami Beach?

I thought we're doing this bullshit boat show.

- This' a much better story. How long? - Half an hour.

Vic... Yeah, Tally.

Listen, Ned and I are moments from this Harvey story.

- Harvey's truck is down. - I'm covering till he gets here.

But if he doesn't get here you'll need an on-camera reporter.

You've never done a live feed. You don't even know what the story is.

Get the boat, get the cable, get the balconies. Get the spokesman.

Then tell me what the story is.

Okay, show me what you got.

Get in there. Jam the damn mike in his face.

Hey, wait a minute!

- We have to make a positive I.D. First. - How do you do that, Sheriff?

- Metro-Dade, missy. - How do you make a positive I.D.?

I know she's never done a live feed. So, if she can't cut it, I'll do it.

- We can call this one Juan Doe. - His name is Juan Doe?

Or is that your way of suggesting that this particular John Doe...

or unidentified person, or was Spanish speaking?

Cute, missy. I'm gonna ask y'all to bear with us and be patient here.

- First thing, stay upwind. - Which way is upwind?

Away from the sting. Floaters stink because their stomach's full of gas.

That's what brings them up. Sometimes they pop. We can shoot right here.

But they're over there...

Raul Sota, Domingo Katz. Colombians.

Deck hands on the S.S. Bolivar out of Barranquilla. Theyjumped ship.

I called the harbor master. Calling the harbor master what reporters do.

- Raul Sota and Domingo Katz. - We're still too close.

The storm that slammed into Miami yesterday...

Forget yesterday. Yesterday's history. News happens today.

- Forget yesterday. Today, okay. - Shoulder facing camera so Ned can...

- I'm gonna faint. Where's upwind? - Not where you're at. Vic?

Are you with me? How much time have we got?

A minute and twelve seconds to come up with the lead-in, okay?

This isn't about lipstick. This is about them. Two guysjumped ship...

for the land of plenty, and they drown 25 feet from getting it.

People like Sota and Katz don't get taught how to swim.

That's what this story's about, not makeup. Vic? One minute.

- In the blue water off Miami today... - Miami Beach today.

Raul Sota, Domingo Katz. What did they die for? What did they want?

In the blue water off Miami Beach today, divers...

Hold the divers. Lead with Sota and Katz. I'll tell you what to say.

- I know what to say. - Well, then say it!

Raul Sota and Domingo Ka...

25 feet from the big enchilada. 25 feet from the promise land.

25 feet from walking down Colliens Avenue and a job bussing dishes.

- Did you want something that bad? - Ten seconds.

- Answer me. Do you? - Yes!

- Then show me. - She's on in seven seconds. Six.

- Tell me a story. - Five. Four. Three...

Two men drowned today off Miami Beach.

Raul Sota and Domingo Katz...

didn't belong in the luxurious cabanas that line this beach. Theyjumped ship.

They wanted to come to America. And they died...

25 feet from what they must have seen as the promised land.

Were these men seeking asylum?

All we know is that a pilgrimage...

to El Norte that began in Barranquilla, Columbia...

spelled death today for Raul Sota and Domingo Katz.

This is Tally Atwater on Miami Beach.

Girl's got chops.

Thank you.

I was wondering if you could say that.

- It was nice work on the aliens. - Thanks.

It made me reflect on how many of them...

every day, actually get in. Food for thought.

I'd never thought of it that way, Rob.

A little advice from Uncle Rob?

Watch Warren. don't let him bring you along too fast.

You feel you need a mentor...

- Roberino. - Thanks.

On tonight's Assignment Earth, Selling Dirty Air."

When Oriana Fallaci interviewed Fidel Castro, she did it in Spanish.

Before you set up your one-on-one with Fidel...

you might wanna get a new jacket, or two.

We have a consultant that we use, Inez Cifuentes.

We have a budget for it. We don't want the look to get in the way.

Warren said to keep a little edge.

It's a when-did-you-stop-beating- your-wife kind of deal.

Diaz isn't doing to admit he's taking money from Cali.

If you can get him not answering the question, then you've told the story.

Another thing, if... Well, that's nice.

Edgy enough for you?

Inez, you can do something about the hair?

I'm not cutting my hair.

Ned, run, get ahead of me.

Excuse me.

Toda la familia...

How do you answer allegations that you profited from drug money?

That is no longer an issue.

Isn't it true that your campaign received sizable contributions...

Do you have vaginal or clitoral orgasms?

Isn't it true you prefer fellatio although you're a practicing lesbian?

Would you like to clear up these allegations?

Tell him I got the mother of the sex-change boy.

Because Donahe has the sex-change boy.

I know she's a second-tier get. I also she's available.

200 years of a free press and we've down to the sex-change boy?

There's nothing big here. Just get me into Havana on Thursday.

Three, two, one.

Behind those smoked glass windows in downtown Miami today...

I bet that one's yours.

- You win. - Got it?

Asshole Diaz.

Tally Atwater, Joanna Kennelly.

Joanna's my ex-wife.

Well, one of them.

The one that left me in Washington, not in New Orleans.

- Joanna's on her way to Havana. - Why don't you come with me?

- Do you expect to talk to Diaz? - Let me show the beauty of news.

- I wanted to get him on camera. I did. - Of course you did.

Get plenty of ambient noise, okay? And balloons.

- How would you do it? - Oh, perfectly.

I love balloons.

- Here, look at this. - Congressman!

Is it true you prefer fellatio?

Watch this.

And you dissolve from the window...

to you, like this.

And then...

I'm gonna lay in the sound.

Behind those smoked glass windows in downtown Miami today...

is Congressman Jorge Diaz...

So...

- You and Joanna... - Joanna...

thought I was a Capitol Hill insider, which, at the time, I was.

We were a cute couple on the Sunday shows for a while.

But being around in the morning isn't my long suit.

So, you got your questions...

you got your ambient noise at the rally.

I don't imagine it's your long suit either.

Maybe not.

So we keep it loose...

and we keep it open.

And if we get lucky...

gold.

Okay, here you go.

You and Joanna have any children?

- No. Iris and I had... - Iris?

My first wife. We had a little girl.

She lived a week. Eight days.

You have family?

- My sister. - You close?

I raised her, after my mother died.

Our mom totaled the car on Mount Rose Highway.

She always wanted to sing in a lounge, but she never did.

She had this whole Patti Page set.

She was okay.

Look...

I've been here before.

So have I.

Newsroom.

Just a minute.

- For you. - For me?

This is Tally.

I'll call you when I get home.

- I need to take a few days off. - Something wrong?

- No, nothing's wrong. - But you have to take some days off.

It's personal, okay?

Lt's okay.

It's gonna be all right, Luanne. I'll get the money. I'm here.

It's not about economic chaos or political uncertainty.

- Today at six, The Channel Nine... - About that Omega Seven story.

The Omega Seven parole hearing? Let Steve do it.

And if Tally's back tomorrow, she can do an action wrap-up.

I wouldn't count on that.

You want me to get Accounting to wire her the cash advance?

No, I'll take care of it.

Tell Dan I hear Arnie Poole"s contract's up in San Francisco.

And I just might get him a new weatherman.

One seventy-five.

It's not my problem if her boyfriend skips out on her and steals her money.

- I want the rent now. - I'll get it to you tomorrow.

I need it in full. I told her that, or else I gotta get the marshal in.

- I'll get the rest of it tomorrow. - Tomorrow's today. Pay up or out.

How much?

- What are you doing here? - I'm on my way to San Francisco...

to buy Dan some happy weather. How much?

She's five fifty short.

The extra goes on account. Let's go.

Did you interview you any celebrities, Sallyanne?

Come on.

- You get a rush out of humiliating me! - I didn't come here for a rush.

- The what did you come here for? - I had a hunch.

You had a hunch you'd walk in here and get the story on me and my sister.

I have no interest in your sister. I just met her a few minutes ago.

Why don't you get her in depth? Washing her underwear in the sink?

Look, you asked for cash, I provided it. Over and out.

You provided it? What exactly do you take me for?

- Wait a minute. - You come here and spreads bills...

around like you picked me up in some bar, in front of that asshole!

- You have no business here! - Hold on. You work for me.

You announce you're taking off, forget about the part, if it's okay for me...

shoot off a fax demanding cash.

And you figured you'd do me this big favor and l'd owe you.

- Well, that was my mistake. - Every girl I grew up with...

- ended up thinking she owed some guy. - This doesn't interest me.

I was gonna get us out of here.

I told Luanne, "We'll get an apartment on the Upper West Side"...

because I read some magazine that said Diane Sawyer lived there.

I didn't know the upper side west side of what. I just knew...

I had to get us there.

That's what happens. Some guy comes along and no more Upper West Side.

- Does that interest you? - That interests me.

I need another couple of days...

to make sure she's all right.

If that's okay with you.

It's perfectly okay with me.

This is the final boarding call for fight eight-oh, four to San Francisco.

All remaining passengers should board now.

- So, take as long as you need. - I didn't want you to see any of this.

So what?

He completely ignored the fact that this is a society divided by fear...

...hatred and violence. - Not true.

We haven't discussed...

"Promises and pie crust are made to be broken, "Jonathan Swift once said.

And the President's environmental package resembles cherry pie crust.

South Vietnamese planes struck the wrong target here today.

Their own village. Napalm burned civilians running for their lives.

Here's what we don't know, on this day where over 200 US Marines were killed.

With the death toll still rising.

There was no perimeter defense set up that might've stopped the bomber.

We don't know what roll these Marines were supposed to play here...

why they were even here. And so, at the end of this terrible day...

what we do know is that over 200 Marines died without knowing why.

This is Warren Justice, I.B.S. News, Beirut, Lebanon.

Warren Justice stepped down today as Chief White House Correspondent.

An award-winning journalist, Justice has been a prominent figure at IBS...

So, what's is it like working at the network?

You think you'll get to the network and look back at everybody that made...

you eat it and say, "Up yours." But it's not like that.

- What is it like? - It's hard.

It's fun.

- Then why did you leave? - It stopped being fun.

Tell me about these dumb contests you used to enter with Tawney Buchner.

- Why don't you tell me why... - How about the contests?

The contests.

Miss Stateline, Miss Truckee, Miss Tahoe, Miss Sierra Logger.

- I'll tell you a secret. - L'd keep Sierra Logger a secret.

No. The secret is, in not one of them did I finish in the top five.

So, what's you do for talent? Did you by chance sing, "Feelings"?

No. For your information, I did not by any chance sing "Feelings."

To dream the impossible dream

To fight the unbeatable foe

To bear the unbearable sorrow

To run where the brave dare not go

To right the unrightable wrong

To love pure and chaste from afar

To try when your arms are to weary

To reach

The unreachable star

This is my quest To follow that star

- Phone sex is on the rise. - Yeah? Warren won't touch that.

- Alaskan wolves. - As in the slaughter of?

We have tape of a wolf caught in a trap.

You got tape on that? Run it at six.

Metro-Dade reports tourist robbery complaints are up eight percent.

It's a story this town's talking about.

Correction. It's not a story his town wants to talk about.

I don't think Tally's her pulse on the finger of the community the way I do.

I think you mean finger on the pulse of the community, Rob.

Anyway let's get people talking about it. Harvey, you get into that.

It's your first step towards the Pea- body Award. Somebody makes me happy.

Wait! Here's a cross-dresser from Tallahassee who gets all the...

to the finals in Miss Florida contest.

- Boring. - Tally, maybe you wanna handle that.

- You'd do a real in depth piece on it. - I think I'll pass.

Think, "Cross-dresser from Tallahassee who dreams the impossible dream.

You cannot be trusted.

Okay, anything else?

- So, this is where I live. - It's...

- What? - 502, vehicle registered to...

Skylight Limo.

- You keep this on all the time? - I find it soothing.

The sound of human iniquity.

You know what a five-oh-two is?

D.W.I., driving while intoxicated.

Skylight Limo's the one the rockers use. Probably a drug bust.

Controlled substances.

Tally Atwater reporting live.

You better get goin'.

The night we did the Diaz story, in the editing room...

I didn't knew you then.

I'm not gonna be the guy that goes, "No more Upper West Side." So?

First on the scene? One-on-one with the lead guitar? Isn't that what you want?

What do you want?

I knew you'd go.

This is Tally Atwater saying Happy New Year form W.M.I.A. Channel Nine...

News Heartbeat of the American Riviera.

You give us thirty minutes, and we give you Miami. Yel mundo.

- We're back in Times Square... - Have you ever met Bucky Terranova?

Agents are for babes, Tal, not for grunts.

He's coming Miami next week for a panel.

So is Joanna Kennelly.

Tally, you and Warren...

you guys aren't having a... you know... thing, are you?

That's what I thought.

The usual deal is somebody ends up crying.

Nobody is going to end up crying.

And it's usually not Warren.

Happy New Year to all of you!

Okay, you got the baby? Oye... you got me, okay?

Fernando, you were convicted in July of armed robbery...

- your third felony conviction. - No... fourth.

So you get free baby clothes, toys, diaper service for a year, all for...

- what are you calling the baby? - Fernandito. My name.

And so, Fernando Buttanda heads north for Holmesburg Prison...

leaving behind wife, Augustina, and their five children in Cuba.

- Here's something from the booth. - And Rosario Mota...

who at twelve oh two this morning, gave birth to Fernando, Junior...

Miami's first baby of the new year.

- Sad story, Tally. - It is, Rob.

One with a New Year's twist. I was just informed that the local...

merchants association decided that because of the unusual circumstances...

the first-born layette should be awarded instead to Tiffany Policek.

Very nice.

- You might've cleared this with me. - Back to the two-shot.

Tiffany was the second. The layette was supposed to go to the first-born.

Well, I think I see the merchant's point, Tally.

- I'm not surprised you do, Rob. - Happy New Year. Go to commercial.

No go. It's thirty seconds till the credits.

Buttanda is an habitual offender. The woman has 2 children out of wedlock.

- After all, what? - Guys, cut it out.

- I don't think we need to go into that. - You got two cameras on 'em.

- Get one on something else. - What else is there?

Lt's a runaway train.

In the spirit of the new year and the whole idea of first-born...

I'm sure W.M.I.A. Would be delighted to...

honor Miami's true first-born, Fernandito Buttanda.

- She can't do that. - She just did.

- Fifteen seconds to credits. - That's all. I'm Rob Sullivan.

Tally will surelyjoin me in saying, "Be of good cheer.

And Happy New Year from all of us on the Channel Nine News Team."

Go. Matte it.

We gotta hold this for fifteen. Fill in mikes.

- This the last time you sit here. - I didn't know you'd been appointed...

- Commissar of Public Morality. - He's a criminal and she's a whore.

Well, only whores have babies out of wedlock?

- Warren, your protegee is out of line. - Protegee? Does that mean whore, too?

Tally, shut up and smile. Rob, we're still on air. Keep smiling.

- Warren, we've gotta talk. - She doesn't have the maturity.

- You're pushing her too fast. - Your protegee doesn't have maturity.

If you think that pompadour gives you maturity, you need professional help.

That's enough, Tally. Rob, handling the unexpected is what we call television.

- She has no right... - To what? Tell the truth?

Or change copy to something safe?

She's off reservation. And it's up to you to go...

To what? Rope her in? Cut her down to size? What size do you want? Your size?

Warren, I'm warning you.

- That's a wrap. Thank you. - This is unbelievable!

Childish and amateurish behavior. They would've fired her in Saint Louis.

- Right, Rob, though shop, Saint Louis. - I'm taking this to Dan!

If you don't, I will.

Listen, next time you want to embarrass the station, quit first.

- You want me to quit? - Yeah, that's what I want.

You don't go around changing station policy on air!

- I'm the one who has to... - This is a team!

But I'm not part of the team, am I?

I'll always be written off as the News Director's protegee.

So, fine! I'm capable of finding a job where I am nobody's protegee.

Feliz a�o nuevo.

You're right.

My sister has a baby. Her live-in has a record. That make her a whore?

- Right again. - He's just stupid.

He's an anchor.

- Mister Terranova, one photo, please. - Joanna Kennelly?

- Mister Terranova? - Tally?

Joanna Kennelly. We've met before. Hi.

- Have you know Bucky for long? - No, I don't actually know him.

But you want to. Bucky, come here.

Tally Atwater, Mister Bucky Terranova.

"News Heartbeat of the American Riviera.

You give us thirty minutes, we'll give you... el mundo"?

I was wondering when you'd walk into my life.

Oh, please.

I'm gonna need a suite at the Wilshire and a floor pass at the Forum.

Just tell'em it's for the day that the Lakers play the Phoenix...

- Suns. - Suns. No, I'll call you back.

"Sex and Drugs: The Downside of Basketball's Instant Millionaires.

- A Joanna Kennelly in-depth Report." - Those millionaires will love you.

You still got a nice ass.

But it's not this year's ass, is it? Not even last year's.

I am seven years and three dozen asses back.

The next time I see you...

it'll be four dozen.

Unless you're gonna tell me this one's different.

Wait a minute.

- Has somebody finally got to you? - This is not what you think.

Just good friends. That is novel.

What's it feel like?

It feels good.

You gonna go with her when she makes her move?

You need a year or two in a major market. Preferably at an O and O.

What's your feeling about Philadelphia?

A large city in Pennsylvania. I can put you there.

- It's a number four market. - It's do-able.

They're looking for a fresh face. Lucky timing.

Your vice is full of money. Anybody ever tell you that?

- I was having... - I know. I know where you're going.

I bet he said your voice was full of money.

That's what he always says.

He's famous for it. He even said that to Joanna.

It's actually not even his line. It's from a novel.

"Her voice was full of money. That was the inexhaustible charm...

that rose and fell in it."

Hemingway, right?

F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Cheap shot.

It's the right move.

Nobody ever called Bucky dumb.

I guess it's even the right time.

We had some fun, you and I. didn't we?

What is it you want?

- You know what I want. - You wanna go to Philadelphia.

So, he says to me...

"If you need a mentor... Roberino."

Roberino?

Will do me a favor? don't ever say that again.

You could come with me.

First prize: A week in Philadelphia. Second prize: Two weeks.

It's an old joke.

- L've already been where you're going. - You could go back.

- Why not? - I already told you.

All you told me is that it stopped being fun.

It was a good run while it lasted.

Then I made a mistake.

What kind of mistake?

I had and trusted a source. I went with the story and I got burned.

The source did what sources do. I missed the signals.

You're allowed to make a mistake once in a while.

Not really.

If you chose not to play on the team... you can't afford mistakes.

Why didn't we do this before?

Because it was always gonna be this hard to stop.

You know, we have some time before you go.

I don't wanna go.

Sure you do.

You know something? I never got a...

What've you got here? For me?

Miss Sierra Logger. Okay.

You better go.