By Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, Film The coronavirus scare directly hit the Friday night newscast for WCBS-TV in New York.
Instead of the newcast opening with regular anchors Maurice DuBois and Kristine Johnson, there was Pat Harvey, who said she was sitting in tonight, anchoring the local New York newscast from Los Angeles.
Harvey said the CBS Broadcast Center in New York was being disinfected because of three reported cases of coronavirus. She didn’t say who, but added that “both Maurice and Kristine are doing fine.” Scary.
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