Vantaggi
Stellar tech side. Thoroughly dedicated and able studio ops and adjacent departments made sure that each show was speedy, stable and brought to air without apparent cracks or glitches. More than an expected feat in GCs case because:
Svantaggi
the newsroom was a fraternal fiasco non-stop, wall-to-wall. Predictably, favoritism was a problem but only a side-effect of this department's spastic parade of failure. Old guard made the final year of pandemic broadcast much more difficult than it needed to be due to nagging facile attempts to reseat themselves on-site as Roastmasters of the Control Room. Before then, it was the typical local drama but cranked up to 11: stories of marital infidelity, hostile ostracization and cronyism were the norm in the House That Molly Built. All this speaks to the incredible efforts the production side made in making this clown house look way better than it deserved, and to the fallibility of an organization that would bring the problem element up to Olympics and leave the stable element behind. Tread lightly.