Deborah Norville/Jane Pauley Award: Fox-Philadelphia replaces 45-year-old anchor Jill Chernekoff with 37-year-old Dawn Stensland as weekday news anchor.

Undercover Angel: Philadelphia city councilman Angel Ortiz gets caught driving without a license by Fox-Philadelphia investigative reporter Jeff Cole.

Tom Green/Drew Barrymore Award: 6ABC news anchor Monica Malpass and real estate developer David Cutler file for divorce.

You are the Weakest Link: CN8's Robin Stevens, CSN's Pete Christy, the entire Channel 3 sports staff.

All in the Line of Duty: KYW-3's "Mighty" Marge Pala fought off a punk on South Street during the Mardi Gras South Street melee and threw up on camera while reporting from a plane.

Most Improved: Fox-Philadelphia's Joyce Evans.

Called up to the "show": Weekend anchor Denise Saunders gets promoted to the 11 p.m. weekday news on KYW-3.

Goodbye: News directors Melissa Klinzing of KYW-3, John Mussoni of Fox-Philadelphia and Steve Schwaid of NBC 10. Anchors Dave Frankel, Jill Chernekoff, John Stehlin, and Derek Castillo.

Saddest Goodbye: KYW-3's Siani Lee dies in a car accident in October.

Best Hair: Scott Hanson- CSN, Dorothy Krysiuk - Fox-Philadelphia, Tracy Davidson - NBC 10

Worst Hair: Gerald Kolpan, Fox-Philadelpha; Beth McDonough, NBC 10; Karen Thomas, Fox-Philadelphia

Didn't Your Mother Tell You To Sit up Straight?: WB17's Toni Yates and her propensity to lean into the camera.

Best Comeback: Connie Colla

Worst Comeback: Anytime Craig Weber pops up on a station

Welcome to Philly Award: Fox-Philadelphia reporter Claudia Gomez calls the Spectrum the "Spectrum Center."

Marcia and Jan Award: Leslie Gudel and Dei Lynam of CSN.

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Thursday, December 27, 2001