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OK this is from waaayyyy out of left field - or "right field", I should say - but how about Steve Doocy? I am half joking, and half serious.

I guess you could call it the 'Australian option'! Obviously, the announcer would still say "with Jeff Glor" in the intro and local promos and that sort of thing. I'm just talking about the "real estate on the screen" idea - and a "less is more" philosophy. I don't know about the U.S. but here in Australia, McDonalds has just started to use this sort of approach - driving on the highways these days, most of the restaurants have removed the actual lettering "M-c-D-o-n-a-l-d-s" with the only signage now being those big "Golden arches".

This is a comment out of left field, but I'll say it anyway. I think the CBS Evening News is better off calling itself the "CBS Evening News" - if you know what I mean. Leave out the "with Jeff Glor" part. And just focus solely on the "CBS Evening News" part. Period. I think it's a stronger brand like that.

Ten Russia Coverage Promo 1991 (TVQ10 Eyewitness News Brisbane) Seven News Perth 1990

ITN Morning News 1989 - as a primary school kid, I used to sneak out of bed before 5:00am and was mesmerized by this program. Everything was cool to me - the graphics, the open, the presentation and the epic theme. What made the ITN Morning News at 5:00am special was its incorporation of elements only seen on this program - the ITN World News (which was broadcast to Europe the previous night) and segments from CNN (only seen here in the pre-subscription TV days). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=oQsmTWyiEXM;m=3;s=50 ITN also had these awesome updates at 1:00, 2:00, 3:00 and 4:00am (I remember them from the age of 12!): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=iummcxLpKC8;m=3;s=12 And a very early edition of the program in its first year, with some teething issues with the open and theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=9FjZlI3ptVE;m=7;s=13

TEN Sydney 1991

ITN celebrates 50 years of News at Ten - one of my all-time favorite programs. Special original closing theme Recorded by yours truly in elementary school - w/Alastair Burnet and Alastair Stewart By the way, that interview with Trevor McDonald features cameos from some ITN greats - Sandy Gall, John Suchet, Carol Barnes and Michael Nicholson.

Couple from TCN 9 Sydney - #1 for most of its time on air. I recorded this from the other side of the world in London in '88, when it was (lovingly) featured on a morning show. A classic. TODAY promo featuring dream sequence with the anchors oversleeping, recorded by yours truly.

WOTV now WOOD-TV 11PM News ATN 7 Sydney 1989 - matching station ID BTQ 7 News Update 1982 TVQ Eyewitness News 1987 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNzbTC_yJAk TVO Eyewitness News 1988 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zB08v9RVLg

cool clips: WTAE 4 News Pittsburgh 1989 - low-key set WFLD First newscast 1987 KTVV (KXAN) News 36 1986 w/Tonia Cooke and Anne Fulwood! WTAE 4 News Pittsburgh 1983 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVAHDZjW5g4

KDKA 2 News Pittsburgh - classy and serious (how I like my news), and a killer open: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4slgbhQUoNk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYrRrKjUX20

WCBS 2 News New York 1993 - great news set:

Where they are healthy is in morning programming ('Studio 10' has built an audience from nothing, and with no lead in, to beat Nine's 'Today Extra' on occasions). Their early evening doesn't set the world on fire, but if you look at demos, their key hour of 'The Project' from 6.30 to 7.30 does very well, and that show is something that is always talked about as likely being copied by other networks (because it attracts exactly the right type of audience). In fact, they just exported the show to New Zealand, where they make their own version. In prime time, Ten has some big hits and some mild hits and then a lot of not much. Masterchef, Have You Been Paying Attention and Gogglebox all win their time slots. I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here is not as huge, but it's still a hit. The strength of those shows - particularly the game show HYBPA and Gogglebox - is that they have Ten stamped all over them.. they are very funny and cheap and irreverent (like a Japanese panel comedy game show) and the show just built and built from such a low base, but Ten stuck with it. And, now, in this era of downloads and streams and TV dying, these topical, funny, news-related comedy shows are proving to be what young people like to watch and Tweet about at the same time. So there is still hope for Ten. As for news, Ten is not in the same league as Seven and Nine, but, in reality, it abdicated this responsibility when it took its news to 5PM in 1992. For now, Eyewitness News is STILL their highest-rating program on many nights (or second-highest after another news program, The Project 7PM). The dilemma for Ten is if they cut their news operation further, they risk a massive drop in their 5-6PM audience. For example, a networked newscast from SKY (as some have speculated) would be a disaster. They will have to come up with a very good plan to both save money and keep their news strong in the early evening. Here is an example of 'Studio 10' changing gears and going into Breaking News mode for daytime coverage of the Manchester Bombing:

This has happened time and time again. They will come back - like they always do. My tip is they will reinvent themselves - again - and probably merge their news operations with FOXTEL to cut costs.

ITN News at Ten 1989 - anchor, and all-round classic British reporter, Sandy Gall files a 5-minute special report from Afghanistan interviewing Mujahideen leader Ahmed-Shah Masoud. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=hmmfsIL0un4;m=1;s=55 And Here Is The News - ITV documentary featuring 60 years of news anchors. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=_jLzKD3h69s;t=15 Newsflash: Stories That Stopped the World - ITV documentary on the history of "breaking news".

TVQ Eyewitness News Brisbane 1982 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niTIxrKvxBY Eyewitness Newsbreak w/Kay McGrath (now Ch 7 veteran) As stated by uploader Australian TV Fan, the open featured the "Eyewitness News" helicopter, speedboat and even a 4WD.

TEN10 Sydney 1979 ("Come up to TEN", fly past Channel 2, 7 and 9) Eyewitness News w/Rob McNeil, Ron Wilson 1980 You can feel the U-Matic with the first clip

Ten Melbourne 5PM 1993 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=lpl2gY5gsCk Seven Nightly News Melbourne 1988 Ten Sydney Weekend News 1991 (recorded by yours truly) Eight News Darwin 1999 - yes, Darwin! Thanks for indulging me, as I post some classic Australia clips.

ATV News at 8 Hong Kong 1989 Surely one of the coolest opens of all time.

ABC News Brisbane 7PM - new graphics ABC News 24 - last newscast before name change ABC News 12:30 Headlines ABC News Channel - 3PM Close [MEDIA=youtube] s8FHFhAE4GU[/MEDIA] ABC News 15 Second Ident

Current affairs from Australia: ABC 4 Corners 1983 4 Corners Opener 1997 7 Brisbane Today Tonight 1995 Real Life 1992 The most famous, and successful, show - "A Current Affair" 1992 ..and one more, , also recorded by me.

Incredible classic opens from the UK: Weekend World The London Programme - as a young kid, this open was spellbinding. The fact that the show aired late on Friday nights, and it was so gritty, made it even more cool. World in Action - early 80s

Just published by yours truly. Enjoy 'CNN' and 'NBC Today' as "interpreted" by comedy show Fast Forward (from my 1990 tapes. Anyone who remembers Desert Storm should get a kick out of them.) "Bobby Battista at the Center, Atlanter..." Bobbie discusses "smart bombs" with 'General Guthrie Phalanx' at Fort Kaboom, Twin Barrels, VA. Funny "anchor chat" sketch impersonating the NBC Today show. Classic... and close to the real thing! While we're here... one more (from another channel), a classic:

Just uploaded from tape: ITN and Thames News in 89 (I lived in London as an elementary school kid). TEN Morning News 1990 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=V3dSPeeXII8 and for what it's worth, C4 The Business Programme close

"Thames News" was probably the first news program I really liked as a kid. Here are some of my recordings from back then! They had a pretty "unique" news theme in '89! And you'd have to say that long-running Thames River ID (in your clip above) must be one of the all-time greats. For what it's worth, I was fascinated by the retro, minimalist, vaguely "Eastern Bloc" vibe I got from this as a primary school kid.. and their timeless ID in 1989 - elegant and stunning to this day. (and the great News at One)