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I'm not talking just the box... They seem to want to go by "WBZ News Boston" and leaving the "CBS News Boston" as the title for the streaming side. Good catch! I did not notice that. It's still unfortunate that the bug is so huge. I know they wanted it to be the same size as the network (special reports and the CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell) and the streaming (formerly called CBS News) but there's just so much wasted space.

A classy farewell. I wonder if the next new CBS Evening News will go back to having the anchor's name in the title, or if it's easier to keep the name off of it as it's apparently a revolving door.

Is "WBZ News Boston" new? (These screenshots are from the online stream so I'm not sure how this might look on TV.) (Edit: Just did a quick search on their YouTube page and it looks like they made the switch on November 20th at 5pm.)

How do you know it's AI? Can you just tell from the sound of it or has there been some announcement or reporting?

So happy to see Cindy back. I think I'm not alone in saying that I was growing increasingly concerned. Cindy brings so much light and warmth to Channel 2's airwaves and the station is instantly better with her there.

I'm not sure Tony is any better than Bret when it comes to his on-air political leanings. Bari is apparently picking him for a reason. I just don't see him moving the needle in the right direction.

That doesn't look good.

John Dickerson with a classy post. https://www.instagram.com/p/DR2aCEkkaXb/?igsh=Zmpyc3R0aGFyMmN6

I'm sure this next shuffling of the deck chairs will be the one to stick! Viewers love change!

Maurice DuBois announces he is also leaving CBS News. A shame that CBS promotes people, sets them up to fail, then discards them when it doesn't work out. Too bad there isn't a better way to keep these people. https://www.instagram.com/p/DR2T2RhAPu_/?igsh=OWVmNjIzNmRhZHZ1

Happy Thanksgiving! This is the first time we've seen (or at least I've seen) the "MS NOW Reports" branding being used. I'm not sure when this happened but it looks like the bug no longer explains the backronym of their new name. Also, they're trying to promote their new website (msnow.com is taken -- I feel like they should have considered this) but it's so unnecessarily tiny in that graphic. What an odd design choice.

CBS had some trouble removing their tease squeeze that they use during the first commercial break. It stayed up for the whole next package.

And this is what it looks like when there are two people's names on the screen at the same time. Yes, the bug bar has been raised a few pixels. Not only does it take up way too much space, but now seeing the picture below the bar makes it look like a mistake. Either stretch the bar all the way to the bottom, or crop the left and right sides (similar to the CNN ticker). In my scanning of coverage the last few day, I've seen multiple instances where they used the wrong show's lower-thirds. Most of the time, it's most noticeable when a white box appears when it should be blue, but you can also see it when the banner first appears and displays the show's title. I saw The 11th Hour over the weekend, Way Too Early during Morning Joe (at least that's the same ugly color scheme), and The 11th Hour again during Katy Tur Reports. I know this is super nerdy but this is the only place to dump my nerdy observations.

Breaking news graphics turn red and black, with the "bug bar" also turning black. I'm still not sure how they decide where to put people's names/titles.

I'm not sure it was adjusted up so much as the black bar below was removed, exposing a tiny bit of the picture below. Alex Witt Reports had a new look, as expected. It looks like the newscasts (as opposed to opinion oriented shows) will use blue lower-thirds. I don't like how most of the headline texts appear squished.

First look at the new graphics as of 7 a.m. I like the idea of a "bug bar"... reminds me of the one "msnbc" had, except that one was at the top of the screen, but there's a lot of wasted space there. Maybe they'll have stocks there during the week, but then I'd have expected weather there on a weekend. It's very low on the screen. Otherwise, looks like they're keeping The Weekend's look and I imagine most shows will keep their designs as well. Maybe something new for the "[insert anchor name] Reports" shows since those were based around the MSNBC logo and peacock. The lower-third text is centered when the box is centered, but left-aligned when it moves to the left to make room for the promo box. But the name/title is left-aligned even when the box is centered. The name/title element is too far away when there's no "New This Morning" tab.

Trying to watch the 5:00 on YouTube TV but it's the CBS News 24/7 show The Takeout instead. But if I go to cbsnews.com/live, I can watch the broadcast. Earlier at noon, the YouTube TV feed was really bad and not really possible to sit through for more than a few seconds. I guess they swapped it with the national stream, but weird they didn't pick the NY one. (I'm not sure if the daytime programming aired or if this only affects news.)

I almost wonder if Saturdays will be pre-taped on Fridays using the weekday talent and be primarily a "best of" of the stories that ran during the week.

The Story Is' theme can be heard and studio seen here: https://www.instagram.com/p/DQMWr1hEZN-/ The small caps in the logo look weird to me. Feels a bit amateur.

It's a shame what Paramount is doing to CBS News.

Did Fox Sports get updated studio graphics mid-postseason?

CNN had team coverage at the top of the hour. Yes, it's a big story, but there's little additional information at the moment other than a social media post from a famously not very credible source. The country (and the world) is on fire right now. CNN can cover multiple stories at once.

Not a fan of how they love using the virtual studio to make the anchors look so small. Can't they reframe everything? It's also boring having just a single set design in there. It's virtual! They can use multiple sets at the flip of a switch!

How will CBS Mornings use this set at 7am if CBS Morning News is using it at 7am?

I agree! I only had it on in the background at work so I don't know if they mentioned a reason. I seem to remember something similar happening years ago and it was apparently so the anchors could meet the editorial staff who put the broadcasts together. I guess many shows are produced from Atlanta.