Sad news: Kathryn Humphreys left CITY :(

[goobelygoop]

Most of you probably know her as the kick-ass sports reporter on City TV. I'm a girl and have like ZERO interest in sports, but her little segments/reports always made me laugh and she actually made sports seem interested to someone even a non-fan like me! Wonder where she'll end up next? TSN? ESPN? (probably not Sportsnet)

>> http://www.torontosun.com/Entertainment/Columnists/Harris_Bill/2007/11/08/4639628.html

EDIT: She returned to City today!

[aimfox]

She's probably going to the states. I have seen her sometimes in the TV.

[Pedroo]

Most of you probably know her as the kick-ass sports reporter on City TV. I'm a girl and have like ZERO interest in sports, but her little segments/reports always made me laugh and she actually made sports seem interested to someone even a non-fan like me! Wonder where she'll end up next? TSN? ESPN? (probably not Sportsnet)

>> http://www.torontosun.com/Entertainment/Columnists/Harris_Bill/2007/11/08/4639628.html
*** That is what exactly i said a few posts, she is the bets sports reporter CITYTV has, she can explain and make the sportsnews very INTERESTING, ever herd JIM MCkenny do the casts BORING AS s***t, JUST LIKE HOW HE USED to play HOCKEY for MAPLELOSERS....Best people always leaves and the boring ones stay back...my 2cents

[Talamasca]

Oh no! She was by far my favourite sportscaster. Beautiful and hilarious while also knowing her sports. She had fantastic chemistry with Mark Dailey as well. In the overwhelmingly male-dominated world of sports broadcasting, it was refreshing to see someone like her do so well. Anyone know when her last day will be?

[V A N Q U I S H]

http://jefflittle.ca/images/Kathryn_Humphreys.jpg

[goobelygoop]

Oh no! She was by far my favourite sportscaster. Beautiful and hilarious while also knowing her sports. She had fantastic chemistry with Mark Dailey as well. In the overwhelmingly male-dominated world of sports broadcasting, it was refreshing to see someone like her do so well. Anyone know when her last day will be?

She's already gone! :mad:

[coopaloop]

Sorry to hear that, I'm going to miss her!!
She "soo cute" when she wears her baseball cap on her sport segments....

[Carpe Diem]

She's probably going to the states. I have seen her sometimes in the TV.

http://tinyurl.com/2wal2m

[tubs]

She's probably going to the states. I have seen her sometimes in the TV.

http://tinyurl.com/2wal2m

:lol:!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[originalnutta]

She's terrible.

When i saw her asking other players about Jose Calderon's ass, i gave up on City TV.

[thelefteyeguy]

well it is CityTV sports...it is jokez to begin with...a whole 30 secs of sports news.

[Mr. Robo]

Kathryn was just eye candy and that's it.

[Menace]

+1

Kathryn was just eye candy and that's it.

[glaswegian]

Kathryn was just eye candy and that's it.

Hmmmm...was she though? I didn't even see her like that, no junk in the trunk and bazookas

[wisdom_kid]

She used to lisp a lot, it was quite annoying at times.

[The_Professor]

I actually found her quite annoying, though I can't blame her for leaving as City is not exactly the best station to be on if you're in the field of sports broadcasting.

[AzN_RiverdaleCI]

I say good riddance
(yes this is because of the fact I found out some girl was a porn star)

[sandytravis]

this is sad news :( she was great. I could actually sit through the sports segment when she was reporting.

[mrbeng]

According to today's Sun, the producer that didn't renew her contract was let go or quit. And now CityTV or Rogers is back in talk with her to stay on.

http://www.torontosun.com/News/TorontoAndGTA/2007/11/14/4654535-sun.html

[michael_wong_e]

i didnt know that too

[Atomic Chip]

Very bad news. :cry:

[Ziggy007]

If you are bad at delivering the news (which she certainly was) you better at least be nice to look at (which she certainly was not).

Good riddance.

[goobelygoop]

Looks like there's a pretty good chance that Kat will be back soon. And looks like there was a MASSIVE amount of drama behind the scenes regarding this and the subsequent firing of the VP of News at City

Read here: http://www.blogto.com/city/2007/11/another_one_bites_the_dust_stephen_hurlbut_gone_fr om_citytv/

[Emancipated]

Looks like there's a pretty good chance that Kat will be back soon. And looks like there was a MASSIVE amount of drama behind the scenes regarding this and the subsequent firing of the VP of News at City

Read here: http://www.blogto.com/city/2007/11/another_one_bites_the_dust_stephen_hurlbut_gone_fr om_citytv/

If the responses in this thread are indicative of her fan base, I'd say nobody cares.

I remember one year when someone won the Stanley Cup and they were doing post-game interviews (LIVE), some guy walks into the shot in the background with his wang hanging for certainly, most of Canada to see. I wonder if she's a chick, can she still go into the dressing room to do interviews? I doubt that. By default, that disadvantages her.

[goobelygoop]

If the responses in this thread are indicative of her fan base, I'd say nobody cares.

Well to be fair, 1209 views on a 23 post thread would suggest otherwise ;)

[Gloaming]

errr- most of those post were probably people like me going "who the heck is she?"

[sportmiester]

errr- most of those post were probably people like me going "who the heck is she?"


haha...same here

[goobelygoop]

She came back to City today!

[glaswegian]

Bring Liza back for the breakfast show, the chick there now thinks she is all that. Liza and Kevin had good chemistry

[The_Professor]

Oh man, Liza was brutal.....I'm glad she's gone. Dina is a step in the right direction, but I still think they can find somebody better.

[kleptodathief]

she wuz always one of the hotter tv local news chic! is/was she preggy?

i guess citytv cudn't give her enuff $$$? or shes greedy? :idea:

[goobelygoop]

Oh man, Liza was brutal.....I'm glad she's gone. Dina is a step in the right direction, but I still think they can find somebody better.

Oohhh I agree! Dina's tolerable most mornings, so I'll take her over Lizzzzzzza anyday.

[kleptodathief]

did she get rehired? cuz i c her on the tv right now...cp24

[mrbeng]

Yeah she got rehired
here is the full story

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/MediaNews/2007/12/12/4720671-sun.html

Looks like Rogers hired her back so they can use her for their other radio show Fan 590 and maybe Sportsnet!

[kleptodathief]

kewl...im always a fan of a chic that knows her sports! :cheesygri so now ROGERS owns citytv:idea:

[chrza]

I remember one year when someone won the Stanley Cup and they were doing post-game interviews (LIVE), some guy walks into the shot in the background with his wang hanging for certainly, most of Canada to see. I wonder if she's a chick, can she still go into the dressing room to do interviews? I doubt that. By default, that disadvantages her.

So you think women shouldn't be able to be Sports Reporters because you want to be able to see hockey player's wangs?

[champlinD]

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EDIT: She returned to City today!

Yeah I watched her interviewing Sundin. Wondered what the hell happened here.

[ephemera]

I say good riddance
(yes this is because of the fact I found out some girl was a porn star)

Wha? Who was a porn star?!

[goobelygoop]

Here's another neat little article about her (from Thestar.ca):

`Home-girl' Humphreys back with a bang

Dec 14, 2007 04:30 AM
Chris Zelkovich

After almost a decade of trying, the sports broadcasting establishment finally has a piece of Kathryn Humphreys.

But it only has a small piece and even that required a series of behind-the-scenes moves worthy of a soap opera.

After a month on the sidelines after what was termed a contract dispute with Citytv, Humphreys brought her unique sportscasting style back to the local station on Monday. But she'll be doing more than just conducting whacky interviews with Wade Belak.

She'll also do reports for Rogers Sportsnet's and make weekly appearances on The FAN 590 with more to come. She may even take a turn or two as a Sportsnet anchor.

"Any sort of shows they want to involve me in, for me it's icing on the cake," says Humphreys. "As long as I get to play on my beloved Citytv."

The sports world started showing interest in Humphreys not long after she started her TV career in 1996. But she spurned all suitors, partly because she didn't want to leave and partly because she didn't think her irreverent style fit in the oh-so-serious world of sports.

Over the years, she turned down every Canadian sports channel as well as sports jobs in Dallas and Chicago.

She passed on a few more during her recent hiatus and even rejected a lucrative offer from Fox Sports Net in Los Angeles a few years back.

"I was standing in my hotel room, looking over the city of L.A. and I realized that I couldn't wait to get on the plane to come home," she recalls. "And that's when I knew.

"It was the city, Citytv, family. I guess I really am just a home-girl."

Humphreys says she can't talk about what happened last month other than to say, "It was never my intention to leave. Things went awry and Rogers came and fixed it."

But sources say news boss Stephen Hurlbut played hardball in contract talks. Humphreys walked out, prompting somebody at the upper levels of Rogers to wonder why somebody had let one of the company's best assets walk.

Out went Hurlbut and back came Humphreys, with a lucrative long-term deal that will give her the national profile she deserves.

With her sense of humour and looks, she'll have fan clubs from Moose Jaw to Miramichi in no time.

But don't expect there to be a tongue-in-cheek City Kathryn and a dead-serious Sportsnet Kathryn.

"I definitely haven't changed," says Humphreys, who's married to Tragically Hip drummer Johnny Fay. "I still treat sports as if it were entertainment.

"If they want me on Sportsnet, I'm flattered. I'd absolutely love to be part of it, but it's still going to be the same Kathryn."

While that might spark a few problems if she wears a Leafs jersey on a Sportsnet set, it can't help but boost the fortunes of Rogers' properties.