Television

Gretchen has a girl

Gretchen CarrI've mentioned before the strange fascination that some L.A. Observed visitors have with TV news women, in general, and especially with Gretchen Carr, the former CBS 2 News anchor. The last posting here that was actually about her ran back in January. In May I passed along that her name was still one of the top four search engine terms that brings new readers to this blog; last month she was #7 (behind Jennifer York who was #1, Sharon Tay #2 and Jackie Johnson #3). Now Ron Fineman reports that Carr recently had a baby girl, and he adds it's "still a mystery" why channel 2 let her go.

While we're at it, here's November's ranking of search engine terms (Mindy Burbano looks to be joining the list in December, based on early results):

Search Keyphrases
Top 10 of
14069 keyphrases

Phrases Searches Percent
jennifer york 1312 4.5 %
sharon tay 502 1.7 %
jackie johnson 393 1.3 %
ross porter 361 1.2 %
girl fights 358 1.2 %
la observed 347 1.1 %
gretchen carr 343 1.1 %
paul magers 315 1 %
kerry girls 257 0.8 %
indie 103 252 0.8 %
Other phrases 24682 84.7 %


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