Program History
PM Edition and sister program Afternoon Outlook were launched in fall 2003 and helped finish the compartmentalization of the TWC programming day, which transformed the network from Weather Center to a myriad of different shows with set hosts and tone. The original pair of meteorologists for the program was Carl Parker and Kristina Abernathy.
The program, originally two hours in length airing from 6PM to 8PM Eastern Time was expanded to three hours, airing from 4PM to 7PM eastern on September 25, 2006 as a result of the cancellation of Afternoon Outlook and the debut of Abrams And Bettes: Beyond The Forecast. In September 2007, the program once again returned to two hours in length airing from 5PM to 7PM eastern. In March 2009, the show returned to three hours in length replacing the afternoon hour of Weather Center which was revamped as a primetime program. The format of the program is slightly different on the weekends as the program airs late at night during the weekends, starting at 11PM eastern and ending at 2AM eastern. The weekend format primarily focuses on the day's significant weather events similar to Evening Edition and the current weeknight version of Weather Center. In the event an ongoing significant weather event occurs (e.g., severe weather outbreak, winter storm, hurricane threatening the United States), the weekday edition of PM Edition may begin one hour earlier, preempting long-form programming during the 3PM-4PM eastern timeslot.
A major shift in The Weather Channel's programming schedule began on September 27, 2010. With this change, PM Edition became a weekend only show, airing one hour blocks at 4PM, 7PM, 10PM and 1AM Eastern Time Saturdays and Sundays. Carl Parker and Heather Tesch, the hosts of Weekend Now, became the hosts of the 4PM eastern hour, while Kim Cunningham and Adam Berg stayed as hosts of the remaining hour long blocks. PM Edition now only airs a one hour block at 4PM eastern on The Weather Channel and was replaced with Weather Center 2009-present|Weather Center the remaining hour blocks. Due to this, Maria LaRosa and Todd Santos began hosting PM Edition 4PM-5PM
On March 31, 2012, PM Edition came to an official end. A week prior, schedule changes were announced that involved moving the weekend afternoon schedule to all days, with Weather Center Live airing at 4 PM Eastern Time. The addition of Weather Center Live airing at 4 PM Eastern time was implemented into the weekend schedule, thus ending PM Edition's runtime.
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