As Meredith gassed up the pink slip express and drove it around to their stations, they stopped off in St. Louis.

It is there that they whacked Steve Savard, one of the premier faces in St. Louis TV news at KMOV. Savard had worked at the station for more than a quarter-century.

“I’ve had a good run, and nothing I did led to the dismissal today,” Savard said to the St. Louis Post Dispatch.

And, he wasn’t the only one.

Savard was one of about 16 people let go from St. Louis station.

Morning anchor Marissa Hollowed also caught the falling blade.

“These decisions are always difficult to make, and we will miss our colleagues. We are appreciative of their contributions to KMOV and our St. Louis viewers and wish them well in the future,” said KMOV General Manager JD Sosnoff.