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Abby Phillip has this odd disinterested expression on her face. She comes alive a little during panel discussions, but otherwise there's something off about her anchoring. I like Muir, he has a great switch between soft news, roving reporter, and hard newsman. These days I find myself going to ABC for breaking news coverage more than NBC. In theory, I think a cable network with partisan hosts from both parties could work. Something like Ben Shapiro and Rachel Maddow having primetime slots on the same channel. It's sad that cable news must resort to partisanship for profit, while companies like News Nation, and sometimes CNN, who play the middle, fail. Yes, both liberals and conservatives deserve a space to broadcast to like-minded individuals. The problems come when facts are twisted to support a certain narrative, and audiences only get their news from bias sources clouding their view of reality. Fox, MSNBC, and CNN all need to go. But this is about money, so the first two on that list will be sticking around.

I was using leftist and liberal interchangeably but I suppose there is a difference.

Exactly! How many cable networks/ota syndication channels air Friends and Law & Order SVU reruns?? Too many. I wish cable executives acknowledged that the abandonment of niche programming in favor of reality shows, syndicated sitcom reruns and movies also killed cable. Well looks like MSNBC's shelf life just got extended another four years. I don't like MSNBC but I can see why they're popular. Like Fox and unlike CNN they have strong personalities that can pull an audience and market projects like books and podcasts. A podcast by Rachel Maddow is more of a draw factor than Who's Talking to Chris Wallace. MSNBC is also leftist comfort food. It's an echo chamber where they don't bring on dissenting voices. Because everyone mostly agrees you don't get smackdown scream TV like CNN.

Granted I don't like MSNBC but I found myself tuning into them and Fox News (not for neutral information) but to get both sides of election analysis commentary. Where was Fox getting their information from to call the election earlier than other networks? I tuned into CNN's panel discussions particularly with Abby Phillip. While I appreciated their attempt to have diverse opinions unlike the echo chamber on MSNBC, the conversation was messy and argumentative. NBC used to be my go-to for elections and I loved how they went all out with the ice skating rink and Democracy Plaza. But things have been so subdued since 2016. At least the ice skating rink and projecting results off the side of the building are still done. The ABC lead coverage by David Muir was pretty good, CBS not bad as well.

Savannah giving a tour https://youtu.be/ulH9ASXRaLc?si=UqoR7z_x_TvXkN1F

Brian and Shep together. How I wish this were on a broadcast network! It looks like NBC News is consolidating their feeds. NBC News now is simply branding his NBC News. MSNBC amd CNBC are doing their own thing.

CBS's interactive VR background (/weather center?) pulling extra duty as an Electoral Map. It looks great, and I think it should be utilized more during standard Evening News coverage.

Jesus those L3s are awful. They paid a design firm to make those — let that sink in. Yes, I think they should merge or at least have CNBC simulcast CNBC World after 7pm. Show foreign market coverage like Bloomberg does, instead of Shark Tank and American Greed.

Strange to hear MSNBC is losing money. Statista puts it as the #3 rated cable network behind Fox News and ESPN. How are some of these cable channels like SyFy still on the air making advertising profits with viewership below 1 million, in some cases below 500,000? I agree with shutting everything down that isn't MSNBC, CNBC and USA. I don't think merging MSNBC with CNBC would work...but I would love to see all propaganda cable news channels shut down. This is about money however so.... CNN and MSNBC have such a complex relationship with Trump. They want him out of office because of his ideology, yet his presence is fueling their viewership. If Trump looses, MSNBC will a) focus on Trump's legal battles, b) return to their pre 2015 strategy: non-stop criticism of Republican policy and congressional legislation blockage, c) they could simulcast NBC News Now and leave the opinions to Primetime.

Will we get Democracy Plaza back this year or will it be the same lackluster video wall backdrop in studio 1A?

Tom is the best choice to me. He's got that David Muir/Anderson Cooper dualism about him. In a suit discussing politics one minute, then out in the middle of a natural disaster in a black T-shirt the next. ***Grooming of Tom I should say. Voice to speech is the worst.

And now the New York Post reported this just yesterday about Lester Holt supposedly retiring. This could all be speculation and sources say, but the grooming of Tom as a successor has been obvious. I just did not expect talk of Holt's retirement to be happening now. He's a very stable presence at the network. Overall I think Nightly News needs better graphics, a better studio, and they need to tweak how they edit their packages. I appreciate their visual aids and graphics but sometimes their transitions are head spinning, it's almost ADHD pacing. As for why NNN dropped to #2, I think it's the loss of Brian Williams. He had a very grand and narrative style of writing, which were exemplified in his anchor intros before packages. Lester Holt is more straight to the point.

I'm months late seeing this comment but Lester???! I'll pick this up in the NBC Nightly News thread. Wolf is iconic. Hard to imagine CNN without him.

Undoubtedly, hiring transplants leads to reporters unfamiliar with the market. But that's just the nature of the business. Yes experience is beneficial, but denying someone a chance because they're young, or thinking someone would be less error prone because they're older is unfair. Devlin wasn't my favorite anchor in ATL, and I'd rather Dick Brennan as anchor, but I won't say Devlin's unqualified for NYC. This looks like an MMJ package shot on cell phone based on video angles. If so, it's unfortunate that one man banding has crept as high as Market #1. The incentives to become a tv journalist are shrinking. More responsibilities for declining pay and tighter deadlines. Anchoring is an escape from the hassles of field reporting but companies like Scripps are eliminating that position in some markets.

Background feels busy.

If they can afford to operate one these days.

Adding to that, something I learned... Metropolitan areas, and DMAs are not necessarily coextensive. So a metropolitan area can have a higher population than another metro, yet still have a lower DMA rank. Our example... The Miami Metro is bigger than the Tampa Metro, yet Tampa's DMA ranks higher than Miami's. Why? The Miami metropolitan area includes the population of Palm Beach County, but the Miami DMA does not. This is probably because the entire metropolitan area would be too massive for the stations to drive to get to stories.

I've been there before as a journalist and in all fairness it is a lot to learn pronunciations of EVERY place as soon as you get the job. He probably wouldn't have known the pronunciation because he's never had to say the neighborhood name before plus most people simply call it The Village. Speaking of reporter mistakes, I've seen long time journalists at some of the stations call anywhere in Central Brooklyn "Flatbush". Yes, little details like this matter, but no one is perfect. Someone should point at the mistake to him, correct this and any more potential mispronunciations, then move on. The producers can also assist by putting pronouncers of tricky town names in the prompter.

As election day approaches, here's an Election I don't really hear people talking about ... 1996! It's surreal to see an election called at 8:00 PM considering how much later the past few elections have dragged.

I don't mind it. I think the virtual weather studio is cool, and the virtual news set that's used on CBS 24/7 is even better. It sets their weather presentation apart from the other six stations in NYC. From questionable graphics choices (as shown in that debate pic) to questionable talent changes. Just a series of clueless missteps by CBS O&Os and WCBS itself. Who is their news director???

Copy. It feels weird, the distinct lack of publicity about this. It's almost as if CBS is embarrassed to be retooling its evening show yet again.

I've watched Mike and remember him from WSVN. He seems fine. He's a great personality in the mornings and I'm confident he can get the job done on evenings. It's understandable why Michelle wouldn't want to be a weekday AM host. It requires waking up around 2:00 a.m. five days a week. Getting up at about 4:00 a.m. just two days a week is much less taxing. Some talent also don't want to be confined to the desk. The ability to split their time anchoring and reporting is a best of both worlds scenario.

Toni is excellent and filled with perosnality. She was especially good with Rob Nelson. This question has been asked before and the typical answer is that she may not want to. Overall I think WABC has the strongest bench by a long shot, WNYW has the weakest.

Wow! Star was growing to be one of the station's popular personalities. She had gone viral on social media for her outfits.

Not a bad idea at all. I just question if said programs would do well as we're already overloaded with national news.