6.2 /10 1 Votes
Country of origin United States Running time Variable Picture format 480i (SD)
1080i (HD) Final episode date 1 March 2009 Language English | 6.3/10 IMDb Camera setup Multi-camera Original network The Weather Channel First episode date 10 March 1998 Production location Atlanta Genres News, Talk show | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Similar Weather Center Live, America's Morning Headquarters, Wake Up with Al, Weekend Now, PM Edition Weekend | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Weather Center (originally WeatherScope) was a news/weather program produced by The Weather Channel in Atlanta, Georgia. Initially, Weather Center was the lone news program for The Weather Channel. By 2000, the show had started being significantly pared down. By the end of 2008, Weather Center only aired for one hour a day during the week and two hours on weekends. The 4pm hour of Weather Center (2006 to 2009) was replaced by PM Edition.
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History
In 1995, The Weather Channel introduced WeatherScope, programming on an hourly "wheel" format. WeatherScope was carried through the 1996 channel redesign. In its early days (before 1996), WeatherScope This Morning was a morning version, differing only in presentation. In 1997, the weather wheel system was retooled with a new TWC programming schedule.
WeatherScope was renamed Weather Center on March 10, 1998. The show continued to be the bulk of the channel's schedule, running for the entire program day (excluding the 30-minute overnight The Weather Classroom program for Cable in the Classroom). TWC's meteorologists would show weather forecasts and current conditions around the United States as well as international forecasts. From its debut in 1998 through early 2000, the program was divided into 3 blocks: Weather Center AM at 5am to 12pm, Weather Center 12pm to 7pm, and Weather Center PM at 7pm to 4am. In February 2000, much of Weather Center AM was replaced with First Outlook and Your Weather Today, and in August 2001 much of Weather Center PM was replaced with the Weather Channel Evening Edition. In April 2001, Weekend Now replaced the entire Weather Center AM block on weekends. A revamp of the channel's presentation in June 2001 dropped the "AM/PM" distinction; this revamp also saw a slew of programs to erode the Weather Center evening and weekend time slots; by 2008, only one hour remained.
Beginning in September 2003, the official hosts were Rich Johnson and Jeanetta Jones. On September 25, 2006, TWC announced major PM changes. Both hosts departed as a result of this. The new hosts became Vivian Brown and Jeff Morrow. Johnson left for Evening Edition and Jones left TWC altogether. In May 2008, Morrow moved to First Outlook, and was replaced by Nick Walker. Brown and Walker were the last official anchors.
On Sunday, March 1, 2009, the original Weather Center was discontinued and a new program with the same title debuted with an entirely different format.