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With anchor Rene Syler sashaying off The Early Show, it appears CBS may not bother to replace her, instead focusing on the remaining four nonpersonae on the program. That means more face time for Harry Smith, Hannah Storm, and Dave Price, not to mention Les Moonves spouse Julie Chen. Unless, of course, the CBS denials of further personnel shifts are horse pucky, as TVNewser hears. Regardless, the show's current forgettable set and graphics will be replaced with an all new and even more forgettable set and graphics, sure to draw legions of new viewers among mental patients and the superficially distracted. No change in the show's third-place ratings doldrums is expected, now or ever.

Let's Call It "Project Early" [TVNewser]
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