Why is maggie rodriguez not on the early show

Rodriguez is a native of Miami and earned her masters degree in broadcasting from the University of Miami. Join the New Times community and help support independent local journalism in Miami.

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Kyle Munzenrieder. Contact: Kyle Munzenrieder. Follow: Twitter: Munzenrieder. Rodriguez, who was born in Miami and grew up in South Florida, anchored the news at CBS4 prior to being selected to co-anchor anchor the Saturday edition of the Early Show in She was soon promoted to anchor the weekday broadcast with Smith.

He also hosted a previous CBS morning show from to All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report. And if ratings are any indication, the third-place Early Show, has struggled to find that elusive morning show simpatico.

Last season Sept. Still, Friedman said the new anchor configuration does not come with a strict ratings mandate from his bosses at CBS News. But as a producer I focus on the content and the quality of our broadcast. No one has said to me, hey in the first six months after this change you need to hit this and in nine months you need to hit this.

That being said, we obviously want to see our ratings grow.