BehindNYNews

If this is what the new graphics are based on, I would be very pleased.

A very interesting new top stories graphic and cue just played at the bottom of the 5pm hour. It even had the new logo. Could it be a preview of updated graphics, TBA.

September is coming to a close and while I thought at least the new opens would debut by now, I would be really surprised if they don't debut them before November sweeps. We will see...

Looks like Scott Clark is in New York, Diana Williams posted a picture of her and him on twitter. pic.twitter.com/7y3FSeSm88 I think dropping the Channel part would be very stupid as that is part of there main brand. If anything get rid of WABC-TV and just have Channel 7 Eyewitness News.

Here you all are... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0tSh1_3G3Q&feature=youtu.be

It just aired, I got a video of it, i'll have it up in a few minutes.

Just the new ID's tonight I guess.

No & It only had the logo, no graphics on it.

"New York's #1 news, Channel 7 Eyewitness News at 11" with the new shots of the anchors.

No but if I see it again (I'm sure I will, they air all the time during prime time) I will.

New 11pm ID just aired! Looks great! Be on the lookout for new opens tonight.

Very odd that in all but the 11pm newscasts the open says "Live from Studio 46" but at 11pm it says "Live from the CBS Broadcast Center in New York City." Me personally, I would combine them and say "Live from Studio 46 at the CBS Broadcast Center."

DAMN! They didn't get rid of "You've been watching CBS 2 News in High Definition" at the end.

I am very pleased that they changed the words to the open... no more "high definition" in the intro!!! It is horrible... way to distracting.

I wonder when the new opens and promos will debut. I find it hard to believe they are taking this long to just debut opens and promos.

I think Live will be ok once it starts to set in but I expect WCL to be dumped for a return of the news at 11am. Also, as an outsider (not in Chicago), I don't watch ABC 7 Chicago all that often but when I do, I get the feel of it being old. The set, graphics even the music (to a much lesser extent) all seem old. Maybe they should take a page from NBC 5 and do a bit of an overhaul and redo the set, get new graphics and maybe a small update to the existing music. I think the content is very good at WLS but I think it is just dying for an update. Of course I'm sure 24994J and CircleSeven have more of and idea of what WLS needs as they are in Chicago but that is what I see from my smaller perspective.

They are back to the new bug.

It's like that now at noon as well. I doubt they are going back so maybe a glitch or mistake, we will see what sticks...

You know, after watching Heather these past 8 months and having Joe back for the week, I have to say, I think both are great but I think Heather does just as well "bantering" or whatever you wanna call it with the team as Joe does. I think Heather is just a little more "fresh" in the morning. I really hope they aren't gonna try to put Joe back, I love watching him but I have really come to enjoy Heather in the mornings. And if you look at Lori, Ken, Bill and Heather's twitter pages, they clearly have a blast on and off the camera. Are WCBS and WNBC doing it this year as well? I assume so but haven't seen any commercials on it like WABC is running now.

I honestly don't think we have much to worry about. Ratings will probably not be as good as ABC 7 News at 11am and WCL will probably be shortened to 30min or cut for the news eventually.

Has WNBC decided what is going to happen to the 2p.m. time slot yet?

I agree with everything but an update to the music could be nice. I would love if they went back to ABC7 Eyewitness News instead of channel 7.

I'm getting a vibe from nynewsguy's post that suggests its more than that.

I wonder (but doubt) if they will go with the KABC graphics. Anyway truly looking forward to finding out. I assume they will also debut the new opens and promos this weekend too then?

Today Liz anchored at Noon, Liz and Rob anchored at first at 4 and Diana and Ken are anchoring 5pm. Fun day!