JAMAICAN television fare got more interesting last Monday night when CVM TV unveiled its brand new reality series, The Anchor. The half-hour series aims to discover the next big television persona who will soon occupy the anchor’s rostrum at the station.

More than 250 persons responded to the advertisements and after two days of auditions before the teleprompter, the selection process began. Next Monday night at 9:00 pm, a second batch of ‘wannabes’ will demonstrate their presentation skills by reading a script laden with tongue twisters. All this is in an effort to win a piece of the $1,500,000 in prizes that will be divided among those who make it to the final rounds.

Very few of those who auditioned had any experience or training in television presentation but they all came with high hopes. Each episode has tremendous comedic value with many persons having difficulty with a word like “film” which they preferred to pronounce “flim”.

The audition gauntlet takes place under the guidance of a brand new host in the form of Noelle Kerr, who is better known for her role as Krista in The Blackburns of Royal Palm Estate. More recently, she appeared as one of the leads in the stage version of the White Witch of Rose Hall. The production team from Palm Productions is headed by Lennie Little-White who was commissioned by CVM TV to get the series in the can.

The Anchor has a repeat broadcast on Tuesdays at 6:30 pm.