THE EAGLE: A Times Union Podcast
Jul 1, 2026 · 10 min · 9 segments
Kristi Gustafson Barlette joins host Jessica Marshall to talk about the latest trend of lifestyle shows on local TV, some extraordinary dogs they met recently on a video shoot for the Times Union, and…
Kristi Gustafson BarletteGuest
Jessica MarshallHostSo Channel 10 has Upstate Living and Channel 13 has Capital Region Lifestyle.
They say the shows are very different, but I've watched them both.
They're really celebrating the Capital Region, all the great things the Capital Region has to offer, whether that's the people in the Capital Region, the places, the things to do, the events on the weekend, that kind of thing.
So WMIT's primary anchors, they have Chris Onorato and Caitlin Erla, who do the morning news as well.
And then over at Channel 10, Anne McCloy came back from Channel 6 to do this, and she joined Billy Floyd.
And she actually used to co-anchor with Billy Floyd's father, Greg Floyd, at Channel 6.
They're really great about reposting and promoting on social media, and it's a fun kind of breakdown of what they're doing.
They both have only—one's been running for about a week, the other one for a couple of weeks.
Why all of a sudden are there two new shows that are focused on culture and lifestyle, whereas prior to that there hadn't really been anything like this? Why? I think it's a
I think, first of all, we know that features, the interest in features is ever-growing, which, of course, I love that.
So Channel 10 has Upstate Living and Channel 13 has Capital Region Lifestyle.
They say the shows are very different, but I've watched them both.
They're really celebrating the Capital Region, all the great things the Capital Region has to offer, whether that's the people in the Capital Region, the places, the things to do, the events on the weekend, that kind of thing.
So WMIT's primary anchors, they have Chris Onorato and Caitlin Erla, who do the morning news as well.
And then over at Channel 10, Anne McCloy came back from Channel 6 to do this, and she joined Billy Floyd.
And she actually used to co-anchor with Billy Floyd's father, Greg Floyd, at Channel 6.
They're really great about reposting and promoting on social media, and it's a fun kind of breakdown of what they're doing.
They both have only—one's been running for about a week, the other one for a couple of weeks.
Why all of a sudden are there two new shows that are focused on culture and lifestyle, whereas prior to that there hadn't really been anything like this? Why? I think it's a
I think, first of all, we know that features, the interest in features is ever-growing, which, of course, I love that.
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