Fox 5 KVVU-TV

The station is amazing and the studios rock having been to the studio more then once is great and the outdoor kitchen is a sweet touch

Spelling errors on the morning news, errors reporting the news, dumb jokes… how do the morning folks stay on air? How has Jason made it this far in journalism? When he reads the teleprompter it seems like he barely knows how to read! Jason and Monica together are total clowns. They don’t even pay attention to the other reporters or to each other. There was once a story about a street being named after Sammy Davis, Jr. The reporter was on scene talking about it. When we went back to Jason and Monica in the studio, it was clear they weren’t even paying attention… Jason asked, «Do we have a street in Las Vegas named after Sammy Davis, Jr.?» Uhhh, Jason, what in the world was your colleague just talking about? They are unprofessional and unprepared. I don’t know much about journalism, but I know I expect a certain level of professionalism. I feel like monkeys could more efficiently tell me what I need to know about local, regional, and global news in the mornings. Why do I even bother turning this channel on?

your phone number listed is not working today! you have a newscast that actually keeps you awake the whole show. ted is a jewel!!! i would so be grateful if you can tell me the e-​mail address of the person who decides what football game we see. if you look at the map, seattle is a lot closer than chicago. yet we did not get to see the seattle game. is the person who decides a failure in geography? i will provide him an atlas!
jim

When I watch the news I expect a certain level of professionalism. When I watch the morning news on Fox 5, I feel like I am watching a newcast done by high schoolers. News, to me, should be informative not necessarily entertaining (there are lots of other things to watch for entertainment value). If it’s both, great… But the former should always be of more importance then the later…
I have limited time to get ready for work and I only turn on the news to hear traffic and weather. Not celeb gossip. Not dumb jokes. Not stories about what one of the news anchors did the previous evening. Tell me what I need to know to get to work safe, and if something big happened overnight I’d like to hear about that too!
The idiots in the morning on Fox call Thursdays «Friday Eve». Imagine it’s 5 am, you are groggily trying to make some coffee to wake up so you ca drag yourself out the door for work, and you hear the newscaster say its Friday… Eve. It’s not cute or funny, it’s obnoxious.
That word sums up the Fox 5 News for me… obnoxious.

Yes, this is my favorite news station. I watch it in the morning, when I get ready for work. Jason & Monica are so funny together– he’s such a cutie with cheesy, corny jokes, and she’s a sassy, bubbly co-​host. Extreme Amy needs an honorable mention, with her many adventures in the mornings– she’s lucky! When I was unemployed, I watched the «More» show– nice idea to air it twice, BTW. Rachel is one of my favorites. She gets to go to all these cool places (premieres/​on location) and interview so many stars– great job. I watch it at night– the 10 pm show is a great time slot. I’m not saying I watch the news, day and night. If I catch it, I like this station, is what I’m saying.
I live Olivia, the pretty optimist, John Huck, he’s been here a while, Darren Peck is the happiest weatherman (I like that positivity– it’s genuine, it doesn’t come off as cheesy), and all the other supporting newscasters. I love the commercials– my husband said they ripped off ESPN, but who cares. I like that they can joke and poke fun at themselves– it’s real. I don’t like stuffy– I can’t relate. They are professionals who care– various fundraisers that they actively participate in, like the back to school fundraiser, Take 5 to care (donate school supplies). Also, they sponsor the popular «Pure Aloha» festivals.

Monica and Jason are the best morning hosts on TV… period. I always look forward to their morning show when visiting Vegas. Monica is especially hilarious. Way to go KVVU!

I love this news station. The anchors are so silly that it seems more like a talk show than a news channel. They make borderline inappropriate jokes, star in funny commercials and poke fun at each other whenever possible. They even give traffic and weather information!

There’s a major reason why I love Fox 5 news, but let me ramp up to that so I don’t shoot my review wad in one note.
What else… Oh, the 3 featured anchors.
1) Olivia: she’s cute in a morning talk show kinda way. Apparently she recently moved here. she appears to be learning about annual events and the others occasionally «teach» her on the air about what has gone on in town years past. She is un-​jaded. And instead of being cynical wondering when the bricks will fall on her, I actually like the newbie’s point of view. I had a lot more hope of things when I moved here. It is a tough time. It’s so easy to look on how we got out of recession in the past, but the truth is, we don’t know what to believe in the media. Or why spend the time looking? Why would it be easier to believe things will get worse and over question flickers of things on the rise? Okay, lil too philosophical before happy hour.
2) Darren Peck: this by far is the happiest weatherman on Vegas tv today. He is just happy about EVERYTHING, weather if the forecast has been the same for 3 months, or all hell is breaking loose. He has a vibe of «Look, the tsunamis are blowing all the roofs of the casinos off, better bring a jacket out there! Let’s go to the 3 day forecast…» I believe he was traumatized by by Casey Kasem’s Ponderous. Look for the clip online, infamous recording of Casey having a breakdown with what he has to read on the air. Darren must have vowed he would NEVER get caught in this situation. Someday, on another channel, we may figure out there is another side to Darren…
3) John Huck. Oh, there’s a 4^th… so, John Huck hosts my favorite segment on the news. He’s all over the social networking sites also, which I suppose is alright. The 4^th announcer is Stefanie Jay and there is a bit of sexual tension when they banter off each other. Every news team should have a will they/​have they couple. There will be a day when we see a split second eye rolling or tone of voice letting us know something betwixt them went overboard at the bar last night. and that’s why we race home every day to watch.
So, John Huck hosts the Rant, by far the BIGGEST reason to watch the news. People e-​mail and call in and basically bitch about what is going on in the news. Yes, there are unintelligible people and ones that have NO idea what they’re talking about. I just love that people can bitch on the air, I can see when the broadcasters want to and can’t. There are a few dj’s on the radio that do this and go thru suspensions and all that. there have been a couple of times where I had a real rigid opinion about something and someone ranted and made me actually change my mind about something. It was an angle I’d never considered before. And I don’t remember the actual news segments ever doing that. Ever.
It’s not all gloom, people thank others for helping them out when they were stuck on the road or something. I am so damn tired hearing about finances, there should be a required good Samaritan news story on every day. I had always hoped for a Good News show, but without all the over perkiness of the morning shows.