Alycia Lane era ends at NBC4

Anchor Alycia Lane arrived from Philadelphia with such hoopla back in 2009 — I believe I called her the most fun TV hire ever — and a year later Sean Murphy followed her from KYW to do the traffic reports here. Both have left NBC4 as of Wednesday. Off the website, everything — pfft. "Alycia Lane and Sean Murphy’s last day was today, October 16. We are grateful for the contributions they have both made to NBC4 and wish them the best in their future endeavors,” a station spokesperson told TVSpy, which broke the story. Lane had recently been co-anchoring the morning newscast, after the whole idea of grooming her for big things in LA didn't really work out. KNBC's morning team willnow be co-anchors Michael Brownlee and Michelle Valles — the latter had recently been the morning weekend co-anchor.

Lane's firing rates barely a blip here, but it's news in Philadelphia. She was a hot property there even before the tabloid entanglements that came with her to LA as baggage — and which prompted NBC4 to issue a statement of support on the day after she was hired: "We're aware of her background and have looked into the claims against her, and we are very comfortable with our decision to have her join the station." Let's let TV Spy summarize:

During her five years in Philadelphia, Lane landed in the headlines for a highly-publicized tryst with co-anchor Larry Mendte and for her involvement in an altercation with a female New York