Not as promised, Rocketboom still isn’t back on air with a new host. It was supposed to be on Monday but then that slipped back to Tuesday and now could be Wednesday or later? They aren’t saying.

Here is the message on the site from Drew:

Rocketboom was obviously very dependent on Amanda’s role. Since she left so suddenly, I have tried to get the episodes up and running as soon as possible, though I am not comfortable with the way they are going yet.

In the meantime and in the spirit of fairness you’ll see a video below of Andrew Baron telling his side of the Rocketboom story at Eli Singer’s CaseCamp last week. Viewer beware it’s about 28 minutes long.

As promised, I’m not going to comment on the Rocketboom drama stuff any more until there is a resolution or new revelation in the events, but I do remain curious to see — as are many others — what the new Rocketboom will look/be like. Actually I’m glad to see that they are taking their time and not just rushing out some clone of the old rocketboom with a new host. The rumored (and confirmed?) new host is former MTV video jockey Joanne Colan. They even have a little v2.0 graphic. This is one of those rare times that I think a main version upgrade makes sense.

I have doubts about a former-anything but I suppose Congdon was a former-something so perhaps that’s the way it goes in show business. If Rocketboom is smart, and they have to be to get to the success level they were at until things started breaking down (and some are saying they are more popular right now than before), then they will go a different direction. Really, I hope that’s what they are trying to do. The sliding catcher/anchor outfit routine video today is a start … of sorts.

• Rocketboom v2.0 returns with new interim host, tradeup and pirates, arr!
• Rocketboom host Amanda Congdon rocketed out the door
• Day 2 of The Rocketboom Zone: the show must go on
• Hmmcast #15: Birthdays, Rocketboom fireworks and blogger obligations
• Video for Skype has arrived
• Google Labs strikes again with Google Video