Viewers hoping to bask in the final week with Sukanya Krishnan on the PIX Morning News are in for a rude awakening.
The longtime anchor, who emotionally told the audience earlier this month that she’s exiting Channel 11, was fired after Thursday’s broadcast.
Sources tell TunedIn, her exit is connected to Betty Nguyen, an accomplished former CNN, MSNBC and CBS anchor, as the replacement for Krishnan. We’re told that news director Amy Waldman forced talent to promote the new hire on their social media pages. Krishnan, though, balked, saying in effect, “I’m still here,”
That’s when the ugliness ensued for the 16-year PIX star.
Waldman, sources say, felt it was insubordination and led directly to her calling Krishnan’s agent about the termination.
But the embattled manager went one step further. In quite the Trumpian move, we’re told she ordered staff, in particular morning co-anchor Scott Stanford, to never mention Krishnan’s name on the air or face their own firing. As late as Tuesday, a PIX spokesperson confirmed she was staying through Friday, May 26, the last day of the sweeps period.
Kala Rama takes Krishnan’s spot at the anchor desk on a temporary basis.
However, Stanford’s future at PIX is still uncertain. Insiders say time is running out for him to decide between a sports return in the evening or leaving the station.
Krishnan joined PIX in 2001 and the became a mainstay of their morning newscast for 13 years.