Amanda Congdon, formally of RocketBoom, has most definitely landed on her feet just fine as a new face for ABCNews. The result is may be a boom for ABC but for viewers its just RocketBoom redux.
Despite the vast resources and money that ABC News offers, the first (and only show to be fair) indicates that Amanda has not grown at all as a performer (for lack of a better word) using the same tired tricks that she used on Rocketboom. The same wip pans, camera jerks, jokes and stories that where Amanda's bread and butter are being repeated for this new show. She literally has taken everything she did and developed in style over at RocketBoom and just repeated it here. Nothing new has been added except an increased budget, but that increased budget has been used poorly.
In its current form, the vblog appears to be a pass but hopefully that will change as the possibilities exist for this video blog simply because its on ABCNews.com. The real question is will Amanda learn, grow and tap the possibilities or just stay in her safe place she has grown accustomed to. Time will tell.
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