Sue Simmons

Sue Simmons

Infobox Person
name = Sue Simmons


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occupation = Newscaster
nationality = American

Susan "Sue" Simmons (born May 27, 1943) has been the lead female news anchor at WNBC television in New York City since 1980.

Background

Simmons grew up in the New York City neighborhood of Harlem. Before joining WNBC, Simmons was with WRC-TV in Washington, D.C., from 1976 to 1979, where she co-anchored with Jim Vance. Before her arrival at WRC, she was with WBAL-TV in Baltimore from 1974 to 1976. There, she was an anchor for the station's Action News and Baltimore At One broadcasts. She began her career as a consumer action reporter at WTNH-TV in New Haven, Connecticut. [ [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0799905/ IMDB: Sue Simmons] ]

WNBC

From 1980 to 2007, she was a co-anchor for Live at Five with several co-anchors, including Jack Cafferty, Tony Guida, Matt Lauer, Dean Shepherd, Jim Rosenfield, and Perri Peltz. In 2007, Live at Five broadcast for the final time. [ [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/28/arts/television/28wnbc.html?_r=1&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print WNBC-TV in New York to End 5 P.M. Newscast, New York Times, July 28, 2007] ] Weeknights at 11 p.m., she co-anchors with Chuck Scarborough. "Chuck and Sue" (as they are affectionately known in New York) have been together since Simmons' arrival at WNBC — the longest run for an anchor team in New York television history. [ [http://gothamist.com/2005/01/07/silver_anniversary_for_wnbcs_chuck_and_sue.php 2005 article on the 25th Anniversary of their pairing] ] She is one of the highest paid anchors in New York, making $2.5 million a year. [ [http://nymag.com/guides/salary/14497/index1.html New York's Salary Guide 2005] ]

Each Groundhog Day, Simmons does an on-air facial impression of a groundhog for fun. [ [http://www.wnbc.com/news/10915417/detail.html WNBC Tradition Like No Other] ]

On-air profanity

On May 12, 2008, as a live news teaser was played, Simmons can be heard saying "The fuck are you doing?!" She said this after the on-air video changed to the second news topic. At 11:06 p.m., during the newscast, Simmons made an on air public apology for her inappropriate language. [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJth1P5w-X0 Video of outburst and apology] ] [cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2008/05/13/2008-05-13_curses_anchor_sue_simmons_slips.html|title= Curses! Anchor Sue Simmons slips|publisher="Daily News"|last=Huff|first=Richard|coauthors=Standora, Leo|date=2008-05-13|accessdate=2008-05-13]

The incident has been mocked in several sketches on CBS's "Late Show with David Letterman". [ [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/05/22/letterman-mocks-sue-simmo_n_103148.html David Letterman's Views on Sue's Slip!] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.wnbc.com/meetthenewsteam/1169220/detail.html WNBC Talent Biography: Sue Simmons]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0799905/ IMDB: Sue Simmons]


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