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This, their newscast has a corporate feel with no real personality. You can take WCBS and drop it in any other CBS O&O market without missing a beat.

It looks pretty cool I will definitely have to tune in and watch it at some point, it’s definitely something different even from the channel 5 format. As for the “no tie” I’m a little surprised that Maurice would go more casual where this morning Chris is still in a tie, I could see the morning show being a bit more casual or even if Maurice anchors the new 6 show (Sam Champion, Mike Woods and of course Mornings at 10) but I’m surprised for the 5pm show

I didn't get to watch the new broadcast, but I found a screengrab from a website video. I must say that backdrop is beautiful.

Captured from the 6pm show tonight

Looks like they got sick of being on the viewer's side and decided to instead tell them 'here is your news now, now shut up and watch!' Seriously though, massive improvement; the box logo aesthetic just never aged well and finally the 36 can breathe. It's good for a square app icon, but now that we're moving into circle icons in the Google Play ecosystem they pretty much had to change. Expect many more logo changes of this type.

Cox isn’t mentioned, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that WSOC/WAXN won’t reup.

Spectrum is claimed to be carrying it, but I haven't seen any PR or channel notices from Spectrum noting it (though it is interesting they removed Enlace). Merit Street also has a plus app which requires email login, which I'm not giving to TBN; not seeing any AVOD availability so far where you don't need an account.

Sherri back for a third season.

WHDH-TV Boston.

I mean... WGN hired a then-newcomer morning meteorologist from Rockford almost eight years ago. She jumped from market #137 to market #3 and I think people criticized that because she wasn't market-ready to go from small market Rockford to big market Chicago. Today, Morgan Kolkmeyer is one of the best home run decisions WGN made to hire for their morning news program within the past decade. I wouldn't have known her otherwise had she not gone to WGN.

April Fools Day fun at the CBS Duopoly

Sounds quite a bit like the format that KPIX has been doing for the last 18 months or so.

We should probably shift this to the WNBC thread before the moderators step in. I will say that Sue definately wasn't ready to retire. She said at 10:58 that she hoped to be employed elsewhere, even at least once a week.

Sidebar: This actually reminds me of the joke Bob Barker would make on TPIR whenever a contestant would take too long to do something (or if they spun the big wheel so hard, it spins around for a longer time than usual): "We're going to have to cancel Young & Restless today!" or variations thereof. It used to always confuse me when I was a kid, knowing that in Atlanta, the news comes on directly after TPIR, not Y&R. Of course, I know now he was referring to the West Coast timeslots.

I wouldn't put money on B&B going to an hour. Brad Bell has been adamant that that's not going to happen, and I think the actors like the half-hour format because, normally, they can rehearse and tape the show in an eight-hour working day rather than the 12-14-hour days common on the hour soaps. 0p-

I would love to see The Talk go . Let's be cautious about speaking in absolutes when you also absolutely said soaps were done for. You've also questioned wether CBS would actually get rid of The Talk. The fact that they're even entertaining the launch of an hour long soap in 2024 is indication that wildcards are possible at this point.

John was always one of my favorite SC anchors and I wish him the best of luck in retirement. So many longtime ESPN personalities over the past few years it seems.

It's probably nothing more than something nobody would notice on air such as accounting issues for the pay period/time clock; also, the women's NCAA tourney is partly in Albany this year so with that going on they didn't want to switch things around during a big market event.

This would not push the line up into 9am. All this is doing is splitting Y&R in half to fit The Gates. But yes, what confuses things further is that the CBS daytime lineup isn't standardized across timezones. Y&R aires at 11 AM PT, then news, then B&B which screws up the carry over audience method.

Yeah I was surprised that he wasn’t strongly considered for CBS Sunday Morning after the final Early Show relaunch. He was easily the strongest of the network’s bench and was heavily utilized on Evening News, Face the Nation too.

I always rhought Harry would have been great anchor for Sunday Today or CBS Sunday Morning. Reminds me of the Charles (Kuralt/Osgood).

As an elder millennial who spent more than a decade in the business, burned out, and quit without a plan, solving this problem is a complex puzzle—and to be quite honest, I don't think there is a simple fix if there is one at all. Some key points from my experience... 1. The business expects people to treat it as a lifestyle, not a job. People coming out of college recently have (SMARTLY!) refused to accept this, which leads to potential broadcast journalists not entering the field. And those who do enter still have their priorities in the correct place of needing balance. Just as an anecdote, in late 2016, when it appeared the minimum salary to be exempt (salaried) under Fair Labor Standards Act regulations was going to go up, producers where I worked at the time were switched from salary to hourly pay. They were upset they would get overtime pay for working over 40 hours a week instead of getting a comp day for an extra day or double shift. 2. The quality of life is crap, and the have/have not with desirable schedules is ugly in a 24/7 business. People would weaponize incompetence themselves into roles where they had maximum supervision but desirable schedules rather than advance into roles where they could be trusted with less management intervention. Drive and ambition lead to a lower quality of life, and if you say "yes" too much to management's requests to work a shift that isn't normal for you or an extra day - you'll get guilted if you stand up for yourself when you need to prioritize your life over work. Refuse to help, and you'll get left alone. 3. Every role in the newsroom is doing more with less, and every added platform needs your full attention and dedication - even if it is of minimal value to the operation. Does TikTok generate revenue? No. But it still matters for some reason. 4. The industry is delusional about its prestige and standing in 2024. Companies are still convinced there are 1994 levels of job applicants and still try to sign employees to employment agreements with MASSIVE financial penalties should they resign or quit—even if they leave the industry. Those tactics drive people away before they even start. 5. There's no delicate way to say this, but the only way to survive in TV news as you start your career - is to have financial support. Even as companies have pushed minimum salaries higher - they still aren't matching the escalating cost of living. This leads to newsrooms full of people from privileged backgrounds who don't understand what matters to the audience members living paycheck to paycheck. An anchor once told me the only place they got recognized was at Walmart or K-Mart, and smartly reminded our team we must keep that in mind as we decide what we will cover. 6. COVID-19 opened a lot of eyes and accelerated the brain drain. The people who got to work from home realized a higher quality of life was possible and were inspired to find their next career because of it. Many people who were forced to come into the station or work in the field during lockdowns felt like bosses considered their health and safety less important than the people who got to stay home. They got (very understandably) frustrated and left. The list could go on and on... But those are the big factors in my mind.

Pay raises shouldn't be the only part of an answer. Extra pay is always nice. But there needs to be a larger more complex answer, and one person shouldn't make the decision. Station groups need to add to newsroom staff. But again, that's not sole answer. I think the two bits I mentioned above are small pieces to the overall answers. Many newsroom staff members feel like the entire shift rides on them. It's a feeling that is very overwhelming and quickly draining.

And another.

Notice they had something different underneath the path in '85 Station priorities at the time were not to change their slogans often. We're in different days. We don't lock in slogans to the logo because the slogans will change more quickly than the logo does.

As much as we should be focused on journalistic quality rather than wardrobe, it does impact viewers in part. If CBS was trying to make things feel different with no tie, I don't really think it's effective, because so many reporters already do it. I enjoy when male talent like Shannon Sharpe or Nate Burleson stepping out of the conventional blue/black/gray suit look. Sports anchors do this well. We have a very homogenous news talent style and newscast format across the industry---I won't declare that switching up style will add more viewers, but adds personality at least.

I like anchors sitting on a desk... but NOT on Citytv.

It's Nice to Come Home... to TV 3! (KORK-TV Las Vegas, better known as KVBC and today's KSNV).

Love the dim, warm lighting and the blue/purple gradient of the set. Hope they use it for the 11:00 news. I liked the sit down debreifs with Elle McLogan and Tim. I also like that they're trying the borough *reporter concept such as Elle covering Queens. Not bad changes. They *add a little variety to the standard format. I thought the point of removing Dick and Dana was to have their full A-team on at at six, not just Kristine solo. I still don't see why Dick and Dana couldn't do this? Perhaps to give off a more informal vibe? If they're tweaking wardrobe to affect viewer perception, Nate Burleson does it well! Overall CBS 2 News is a clean cut solid news product. I definitely watch them more than I do Fox 5 or PIX 11. But again their presentation feels stiff minus a few personalities like Lonnie, Marcia and John Elliott.

I've had trouble logging in here over the last week but just figured out a way... I was in shock when Dana signed off from the station. Others have already said it better but it felt so abrupt. I've been a fan of Dana's for nearly 28 of her 34 years at WCBS-TV and even had the honor of working with her for a few years. Yes, she is a perfectionist but she makes everyone better and most people really appreciated that. That's exactly the kind of person you'd want as a captain of a news organization. Dana deserved better, as did the viewers. Wild speculation time: Might she somehow end up with WPIX? Their ND is a WCBS veteran and goes way back with Dana. I believe they have a lot of respect for each other. Not sure they'd have the budget but I could see *something* being worked out somehow. Even if it's just weekly Broadway reports and maybe serving as a fill-in. I don't know. The new 6:00 is interesting. Looks like Maurice and Kristine will take turns anchoring it. Tonight was Kristine's turn. Nice use of different areas of the studio. Colors look nice, though weird to go with dark colors and a sunset photo when the sun is now setting well after 7pm. Couldn't tell if they had more sit-downs with reporters, or if they would have done those anyway but at the desk. Maybe a bit of both. Also, there was no sports. I can't help but think Dana would have pulled off this modified format brilliantly, but I guess Paramount really needed those budget cuts. Quite a shame.

WCBS debuted an entirely new 6pm newscast tonight, anchored solely by Kristine Johnson. Kristine stood throughout the studio, with an entirely new intro, skyline backdrop, color scheme, and format. Tonight’s broadcast did not include sports. Additionally, Maurice went without a tie and open collar for 5pm today, which was… different.

By WKMG you mean WCPX or WDBO in Orlando FL?

Oh, yeah, I did forget about Texas. Its creation also led to Another World being cut down from 90 minutes back to the then-newly standard one-hour format, after only 17 months in the longer runtime, and contributed to the half-hour Doctors' demise by bumping that soap from its 3:00 p.m. ET slot to 12:30 (where it would be more vulnerable to preemption by some affiliates), putting it in direct competition with Ryan's Hope and (within a year of moving to that slot) The Young and the Restless. Search for Tomorrow's move to NBC soon prompted The Doctors to move up a half-hour to noon ET, dragging down ratings even more in its final year.

Only four soaps ever started as hour-long programs, all on NBC: Texas, Santa Barbara, Sunset Beach and Passions. All three were at or near the bottom of the daytime ratings throughout their respective runs, but only one never lasted longer than four years. (Santa Barbara ran for nine years and Passions ran for eight years, followed by an ninth that aired on what eventually became the now-defunct Audience Network after NBC dropped the show in 2007 to make room for the fourth hour of Today.) I'm not sure if Santa Barbara (1984–93) was ever dead last in the ratings at any point, given there was a lot of low-rated competition at various points during its run (Loving, Generations, Ryan's Hope, Capitol and, having spiraled into its nadir during its final years following its 1982 move from CBS to NBC, Search for Tomorrow). The Aaron Spelling-produced Sunset Beach was technically the least successful of the three serials, only lasting for three years from January 1997 to December 1999. (Fun Fact: It was the only conventional daytime show to ever be featured on the overnight block once known as "NBC All Night".) Oddly, despite consistently having poor ratings throughout its run, NBC chose to give Sunset a few multi-month renewals toward the end of its run because it performed well among younger audiences. That decision to renew the show short-term in early 1999, along with NBC and Sony securing a deal to renew Days of Our Lives after settling disagreements during contract talks (including issues over same-day PPV rebroadcasts on DirecTV, with speculation that it somehow would end up being picked up by ABC should NBC drop it, despite a lack of room on ABC's daytime schedule at the time to allow for a fifth soap), contributed to Another World getting the axe. Passions (1999–2008; until 2007 on NBC) had similar issues as Sunset Beach, finishing at of near the bottom of the ratings (and doing at least slightly worse in total viewers than the soap it replaced, Another World (which placed eighth in the ratings out of the eleven soaps on the air at the time of its cancellation, ahead of only Sunset and Port Charles), did during the last couple of years of its run); it didn't land in last place among the soaps until ABC canceled Port Charles in 2003, reducing the number of daytime serials from ten to nine. Like Sunset Beach, Passions stayed on NBC because of its performance among teenagers and women 18-34 (it typically placed first among both demographics).

One problem with this schedule is that CBS affiliates in the Central & Mountain time zones may balk at the idea of having a network show at 9AM.