Back to the Office

As New York slowly opens back up, some Anchors are reporting back to the office for the first time in months.

The AP writes that two-thirds of the “CBS This Morning” hosts, who had taken brief trips to Washington and a New York theater before settling in at home after being chased out on March 18.

“I can’t even tell you how good I feel today,” said CBS’ Gayle King, who made little secret of her distaste for working at home.

The morning team on “Fox & Friends” returned for the first time Monday to the midtown Manhattan studio vacated in March because of the coronavirus pandemic.

“To be in the building, you need to have a mask on,” Doocy said. “We’re free not to wear it on the air because we’re socially distant.”

Monday represented a key phase in New York City’s reopening, with many offices bringing employees back for the first time. Despite the CBS and Fox moves, most news employees continue to work remotely, and the television programs that originate here have a patchwork of approaches that have quickly become familiar.

For instance, ABC’s “World News Tonight” anchor David Muir has remained in his upper West Side studio, since he has no guests to interact with on-set. NBC “Nightly News” anchor Lester Holt works from home, while “CBS Evening News” anchor Norah O’Donnell works out of the network’s Washington bureau.

Although journalists are exempt from stay-at-home orders, most networks have a skeleton crew of behind-the-scenes workers in the office.

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