"We have team coverage of the big storm"

Here in New England, TV stations love nothing more than a snow storm, or even a dusting of snow that hyperventilating meteorologists can inflate into a storm.

One of the highlights of this phenomenon is that local news anchors deck themselves out in colorful sweaters during storm coverage, apparently to create the illusion that they just raced in to the studio after shoveling out the station's parking lot.

Another highlight is a favorite of TV news directors whenever A Big Story breaks: team coverage. This involves sending multiple reporters to multiple locations to eat up 15 minutes of air time while providing 3 minutes of actual news.

We take you now to Apocalypse Center, where the team has geared up to report on The Big One.

Anchor sends it to Reporter No. 1 in Location No. 1.
"Thanks Biff. There’s a lot of snow out here, so if you have to go out, take it slow." (Repetitious blather in the same vein for another 5 minutes.)

Anchor sends it to Reporter No. 2 in Location No. 2.
"Thanks Biff. There’s a lot of snow out here, so if you have to go out, take it slow." (Repetitious blather in the same vein for another 5 minutes.)

Anchor sends it to Reporter No. 3 in Location No. 3.
"Thanks Biff. There’s a lot of snow out here, so if you have to go out, take it slow." (Repetitious blather in the same vein for another 5 minutes.)

Anchor sends it to Reporter No. 4 in Location No. 4.
"Thanks Biff. There’s a lot of snow out here, so if you have to go out, take it slow." (Repetitious blather in the same vein for another 5 minutes.)

Anchor: "We’ll be back with more after this."