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I'm in the minority but I like the current WNT studio. I think its lighting could be improved but I like the dark aesthetic. IMO it looks better than studio 1A on NNN. My main issue is the graphics and lower thirds could use updating. I agree, it would be great to see David move around the set instead of staying static and being on one shot for the whole broadcast. When I realized this this look has been in place for a decade, I was thinking the exact same thing. They must think nothing major needs tweaking if they've been on top for so long.

Probably mentioned already but it looks like CBSEN has implemented it. A singular cover story tease is a nice touch, such as the Zelenzky Trump cold open.

It appeared before a while back. Not sure if it has permanent use on any platform. Wish they'd keep it as it's NYC flag /sports teams colors.

I thought the same about the optics. Bezos is a controversial figure, now King appears embedded with him. Secondly, Gayle is brave. My childhood dreams of seeing space as a civilian ended after learning about the Challenger Disaster... let alone all the plane mishaps in the news. As for copying, The Morning Show did the morning news anchor in space via a tech Billionaire's rocket already with Reese Witherspoon

The rendering for the bottom set looks significantly better than the actual thing did. If only it were actually lit that way. That zoomed out view in the rendering would make for a great opening broadcast shot.

Fair. I like WABC, they are probably the best in market right now, followed by WNBC then WCBS. But among the O&O group, WPVI seems to be the strongest that I've watched.

Yes I do. My apologies, I pasted wrong clip. Here is the correct clip, Also editing my earlier post to include the correct clip. Ritter's funny shocked fire remark is at 0:13.

I would hope that was sarcasm, lol. Final point. I agree with you that too much of modern local news is robotic and void of any engaging writing. It's x then y then z happened, next story. But again, we have to balance the line between flowery and editorialization. Regarding flat earth, that's an objective fact. You never want to tiptoe around objective facts for the sake of people who won't accept it. I think RItter however knows what he's doing. Agreed. I like Ritter's cadence. It's not monotone, it's engaging, the concern again is his opinion slips which have been spoken about by multiple people across this thread. @MorningNews Ill take RItter over Dari Alexander though. She is the definition of disjointed and unengaging delivery.

In my experience anchors often rewrite the intros (that producers originally wrote) in their own way. In comparison, WNBC did the same report and played it straight in the anchor intro. Even Andrew Siff acknowledged confusion over the round-up policy, without getting too subjective. Ritter's fire remark wasn't a problem, it was just funny and odd that he found it shocking for Los Angeles to be burning in a wild fire-prone state. Overall, (my opinion) flowery language (whether ad-libbed, written by producers, or edited by anchors in the copy) is OK until we start getting subjective on hard stories. And this isn't a political critique. I hate it when Rosanna Scotto problematically does this all the time on Fox 5 with her more obvious and right-leaning opinions.

Speaking of awkward ad Libs, Ritter went "Who would've thought, Los Angeles on fire!" I remember myself thinking, and a YouTube commenter writing, "literally everyone" lol. Ad-libbing is one thing, inserting your personal biases into hard news stories that require straight facts is another thing. Certain jobs like a morning show host such as Mike Jerrick gives you a little room to add a little extra flair on lighter stories. But to me, tenure is not a license to editorialize. No matter how you feel about the undocumented immigrant issue, Ritter inserted his own bias when calling them "critical to our economy" in the video below. Even his tonality in "now to the confusion that is the federal round up of undocumented immigrants", Small example among many. Ritter is not alone. Gayle King does it all the time, and Rosanna Scotto is the most obvious example.

Per her LinkedIn, she announced her role as an MSJ/Reporter. Although the bigger the market, the lesser frequency of MMJ/MSJing, it still sucks that elevating to market 1 is no longer an escape from one man banding.... and on a big three station not News 12.

I wish they would begin each broadcast with that fantastic shot of the celing circle seven perching over the anchor desk, rather than a wide shot of the anchor desk.

That would be a full circle moment as they were previously co anchors at 5.

Tom Llamas is the obvious choice. He's okay to me. Hallie Jackson has been heavily tapped for breaking news coverage so she's my next guess. Third option, based on her co-anchoring with Lester for big events is Savannah Guthrie. I'm guessing however than NBC doesn't want to mess with Today any further since Hoda left.

I like this. The L3s are better, not fantastic but better. It reminds me of the blue box O&O L3s. For some reason their sets always look like a temporary set to me. Cheap dark lighting, all encompassing video walls.

Somewhere the President is celebrating the upheaval at MSNBC. I'm no Joy Reid fan but I never expected them to outright cancel her show. Alex Wagner's bump also surprised me.

I agree. Begin the show with that daily news roundup, but instead extend it to 90 second VOs or VO/SOTs for the first 2-5 mins, then get into feature reporting for the remainder. If CBS torches their best revamp of EN since Bob Schiffer, that would be very unfortunate. To the critics: Every news outlet covers the same thing, it's not a sin that CBS decided to go in a different direction. I really hope the audience gives this a chance. It's a jolting transition because we've been hardwired to fast paced high story count newscasts like the competition. But this is a level of quality rare for American TV news that we'd more see from PBS or Europeran sources like BBC and France 24. I hope people will open their minds to this. If this crashes and burns, I don't think the evening news can get much better than this. Just give the timeslot back to the affiliates.

Was thinking that as well! I'm sure she worked side-by-side with those people at some point, now she's having to be hostile with them.

My only gripe with the weather area is that solid blue wall. The light reflects off of it, and it kinda looks like an element from the old set. I like that it forms a circle 7 though. Wow! For the first time in a long time we can now say every broadcast station in New York City has a decent set.

One big fix was the lighting! Dark: Vs brighter more even color The hollow Circle 7 with the clouds is also a great touch. My favorite element of the new set. The echo sounding mics remind me of KTRK and KABC's sound. I don't know if this is a carryover from ABC News, but the anchors asko seem to be talking very loudly. I noticed that on GMA and WNT, my assumption is it's for dramatic effect just like their overuse of breaking news.

The WABC facility move reminds me of when there were calls here for WNYW to move facilities after complaints about building construction. Is there a reason they never moved into the Fox mothership headquarters?

I was thinking the same thing. They might as well keep his name there because he showed up to work at that location for decades. Where are the new building move they can just name it "Peter Jennings Place" or something. Great moment. While it's melancholy to see this move happen, this is for the best. From what I saw of Tamron Hall and The View the lighting in the new building looks great.

Well if this is true that's a shame. She was a great morning personality. I will say PIX 11 is a station with relatively high turnover. From experience that's usually indicative of either a low-paying or toxic work environment.

This Is understandable as he had a full schedule and his daughter was juggling health issues. As for his replacement? Does there need to be one? GMA has enough anchors. Lara's role seemed redundant after Strahan entered.

Totally subjective but IMO it's the worst in the market. The modernized backgrounds however were a good touch.