• Multichannel News, Monday, September 11, 2006 11:45 AM

The Weather Channel's fall programming will feature an overhauled lineup that will include more talking heads and fewer charts. As part of an attempt to bring in new--and younger--viewers, the network will launch a nightly news show, along with an original series focusing on climate change. President Deborah Wilson says the new programming will not move the network away from its primary task of forecasting the weather. But it will move two of its more prominent meteorologists--Stephanie Abrams and Mike Bettes--from the weather map to the couch when it launches "Beyond the Forecast" on Sept. 25. That one-hour series, to air daily at 8 p.m., will cover topical stories and go behind the scenes of high-profile weather events. It will also feature remote reports; the first, in New Orleans, will cover the first National Football League game from the Louisiana Superdome since it was damaged by Hurricane Katrina.

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