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Carrying this over to the WNT thread. I agree with @ns8401. The natural opposing answer is evening newscasts had to switch up the format because it's not the 1980s anymore. Except... Their formatting has largely remained unchanged. What's different is, less international news, reporters like Muir always speak in active present tense, and more stories are being overdramatized to qualify as "breaking news" . Yes things have to evolve, But don't change for a worse product. CBS Sunday Morning remains largely unchanged from 30 years ago and it's now the number one Sunday morning show. 60 minutes retains the same formatting as it has for decades, and it is still one of the best performing news programs. Quality stands to test of time. Cord cutting will always eat away at audiences, but giving them a reason to still turn on the TV matters.

I saw it live yesterday and it looked like he was sick. I do hope he is okay because he is a really good anchor.

Quality is subjective. Audiences are not looking for the same thing. If there was a big hole out there for something else each night, someone would have exploited it. The hangup over active tense that seems to permeate so often is kind of amusing. And that comes from someone old as darned dirt. Does it work for them? If not, they’d change. And the numbers bear it out. It isn’t what I was taught. It isn’t what I grew up with. That doesn’t make it wrong, and my professors weren’t god almighty. It sometime seems collectively that we’re “ok with change,” so long as it’s the change we deem to be ok. That’s not how life works, though.

Okay, I am so excited for this and this is stuff only public television can do. KTCA Twin Cities PBS has produced a three-part series called Broadcast News. Produced by Minnesota news legend Cathy Wurzer, It takes a close and unique look at the Twin Cities television market from the 1960s onward. I have yet to see them but I WILL be watching them. To paraphrase the descriptions of each episode a.k.a. TL;DR (these are my descriptions based on titles and descriptions used at TPT.org): Episode one mainly focuses on the 60s and 70s as Stanley E. Hubbard is a pioneer in broadcasting which leads KSTP to dominate until an unknown Dave Moore and WCCO take over, skyrocket, and create a fierce battle between the two. Also, women and POC fighting to be included into newsrooms. Episode two gets to the late 70s into early 80s, continuing to showcase women and POC fighting to be included, weather and meteorologists now becoming an important part of the news, and production values becoming more mainstream and polished. Episode three gets into local news from the 80s to today. KARE 11 is the laughingstock... until its no longer and becomes a major threat to WCCO and KSTP, the Hubbards are investing in their stations, and continuing shifts in the media landscape as newscasters have their private lives thrusted into public view. Watch them now before KTCA puts them into PBS Passport and then is paywalled. https://www.tpt.org/broadcast-wars/

Beyond the Gates will finally open on February 24th at 2pm.

Agreed. Of the big 3 I think ABC is strongest in terms of on air talent. They are the weakest journalistically however, given their flare for entertainment and tabloid stories. Examples being WNT, 20/20 and GMA. While CBS is the weakest personality wise, they are the best in journalistic quality as evidenced by Sunday Morning, 60 Minutes, and CBS Mornings. NBC is a good medium between the two.

His X bio says "was a reporter for WABC", so it seems he has parted ways with WABC without any mention. Since he was there so long, it must not have been an amicable parting if there was no send off.