▁broadcast , ▁including ▁Los ▁Angeles , ▁Las ▁Veg as , ▁San ▁Francisco , ▁San ▁Diego , ▁Phoenix ▁and ▁Port land , ▁Oregon . ▁ ▁Rep la cing ▁Perry ▁Form er ▁Much Music ▁and ▁V H 1 ▁video ▁j ockey ▁Rach el ▁Perry ▁served ▁as ▁the ▁original ▁news ▁reader ▁on ▁the ▁show . ▁On ▁March ▁ 2 7 , ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁the ▁show ▁noted ▁that ▁Perry ▁was ▁absent ▁for ▁a ▁few ▁days ▁to ▁work ▁on ▁a ▁TV ▁pilot ▁( a ▁show ▁titled ▁Bey ond ). ▁ ▁However , ▁a ▁few ▁days ▁stretch ed ▁into ▁a ▁few ▁weeks , ▁during ▁which ▁the ▁show ▁featured ▁several ▁fill - ins , ▁including ▁Str asser , ▁former ▁MS N BC ▁anchor ▁Claud ia ▁Di F ol co , ▁and ▁actress ▁T racy ▁Metro . ▁ ▁The ▁show ▁also ▁had ▁guests ▁and ▁a ▁few ▁of ▁their ▁rec urr ing ▁characters ▁fill ▁in . ▁ ▁In ▁late ▁April , ▁Perry ' s ▁pictures ▁and ▁bio ▁were ▁removed ▁from ▁the ▁show ' s ▁website . ▁ ▁Finally , ▁on ▁May ▁ 1 , ▁Carol la ▁announced ▁that ▁the ▁show ▁had ▁taken ▁the ▁opportunity ▁to ▁use ▁Perry ' s ▁absence ▁to ▁drop ▁her ▁from ▁the ▁show , ▁as ▁they ▁felt ▁that ▁the ▁chem istry ▁wasn ' t ▁quite ▁there . ▁ ▁On ▁May ▁ 8 , ▁Str asser ▁was ▁named ▁as ▁Perry ' s ▁official ▁replacement . ▁ ▁F iring ▁of ▁D ames he k , ▁Br us ca , ▁and ▁New comb ▁In ▁a ▁December ▁ 1