Former Good Morning America weatherman Rob Marciano is about to make a return to broadcast tv 5 months after being fired by ABC Information following an offended outburst in direction of a GMA producer.
In keeping with Oliver Darcy’s Standing e-newsletter, CBS Information has tapped Marciano to hitch its increasing climate community. Darcy studies that former ABC Information govt Wendy Fisher is overseeing the CBS Information climate operation and that Fisher and Marciano preserve a superb relationship.
Marciano was booted by ABC Information again in April after a number of complaints about his conduct through the years, to the purpose the place he was briefly banned from the GMA set. Sources later instructed The Every day Beast that Marciano was fired after he went on a tirade in opposition to one of many GMA producers.
The outburst was allegedly overheard by the community’s chief meteorologist, Ginger Zee, who reported the incident to higher-ups, noting that it wasn’t the primary time Marciano had crossed the road on set.
Earlier than becoming a member of ABC Information, Marciano served as co-anchor on Leisure Tonight and a meteorologist for CNN. He landed at ABC Information in August 2014, debuting on GMA on Saturday, September 6, 2014.
There have been combined reactions to Marciano’s firing from his former co-workers. Shweta Sharma, who beforehand labored on the identical firm as Marciano, instructed Folks, “He was good, however that additionally wasn’t everybody’s expertise with him.”
She added, “There have been all the time tales about him about his mood. Nobody that labored with him or witnessed his conduct is shocked by any of this.”
Nonetheless, one other supply instructed the outlet that the claims about his mood had been inaccurate based mostly on the Marciano they knew.
“Rob is all the time constructive, fingers on and by no means something however skilled. Folks take pleasure in working with him and he’s not troublesome to work with,” the supply claimed, including that the studies are “vicious” and the “Rob Marciano being portrayed shouldn’t be the Rob Marciano we all know.”
It has but to be confirmed when Marciano will make his CBS Information debut.
