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Speaking of building conditions at Fox O&O's FTV live suggested (make of that what you will) anchor Christina Park left WNYW out of frustration with building conditions/construction. https://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2018/5/18/new-york-anchor-quits-fox-oo

I would respectfully disagree. I like what I've seen of Steve's personality, but seniority isn't a pass to insert editorialism as fact. Keep tonality neutral and as others have said, if you insist on giving your opinion, have a clearly labeled commentary segment. In this divided age where we have so many pundits, clear concise and non biased information is important.

While we're here, when is KDFW gonna update their 2006 era set? It's perhaps the worst in the group at this point...(WAGA's heavy blue set isn't fantastic either).

Anchor Steve Eager basically says "despite claiming his hands were tied for years regarding border security a looming election likely changed President Biden's mind..." during a report on Biden's new executive order. I know this is a Fox O&O and it's Texas but I'm still surprised to have this level of editorialization (wether or not it may be true) written into the script on local news. Typicay you'd get this as an adlib from anchors like Rosanna Scotto in NYC, and we don't even have to mention cable news. If I repost content from a local Fox station, I end up having to explain to people bias is generally centered at the Fox News Channel not really on the local level but this doesn't help lol. Note: this is not a critique on political policy or viewpoints just an observation on inserting editorial language into a newscast.

While I tune into the networks no matter who anchors during Special Reports, I do like to hear from the main anchors. While I notice when anchors are absent, everyone has a life so I don't fault them. I enjoy going to heavyweights when news breaks. When reviewing historic events on YouTube like 9/11, though there are a plethora of outlets with uploaded footage, I primarily look for Rather, Jennings and Brokaw's coverage from that day. Talent matters from the pov of having consistent voices with you during major events. It amazing that during everything from Challenger to OJ and Iraq those same 3 men ushered millions through coverage. During the Trump guilty verdict, I was thinking of George during Muir's coverage. All in all both are very capable but Muir is more flexible in balancing light hearted and serious stories. David has a good voice, great presence, I just don't care for WNT's doomsday overly sensationalistic tone.

And despite all the similarities now the sets are sill different. KABC *tops WABC in that reguard, although their *video wall feed is beginning to look grainy.

Agreed I suppose they initially wanted to emphasize network branding more, then opted to return to their roots. Instresting observation. The the flagship NYC ABC/NBC and CW stations really don't verbally emphasize network branding. In PIX's case not even the network logo. But NYC has long been like this. Look at WABC, it barely featured the abc logo until the mid 90s. Desite the current ABC O&O streamlining they're still less identical than the 80s when they all had nearly identical sets.

This looks better than when it extended leftward. The time/temp bug would look better in black like the screen crawl.

Yeah I feel you on that. LA's theme worked for LA.

The WABC theme is still powerful and catchy... the bumper theme is still pretty good. The *only thing I'd want to see replace it is the return of Cool Hand Luke....the orchestral bumper theme for that was the best.

Not sure. If they're salaried probably not. There is no traveling involved as CBS 2 and CBS News are in the same building.

A lot of criticism about Nexstar stems from their treatment of employees. Do you have any issues with Nexstar's newscast quality? I definitely like the production value of tegnestations but a lot of them seem to suffer from the CBS O&O syndrome: generic-ness

I agree. This package was an upgrade for the visually stunted WABC but a downgrade for KABC & KGO that already had solid appearances. I did like that the ABC O&Os — despite duplicating ABC 7 Eyewitness News in multiple cities —let each station still maintain some uniqueness. As someone said, the average viewer doesn't care... but us niche crowd comes here to harpe about these things lol.

All in all If Sports will fill this gap as others say then cutting the third hour is unnecessary. But all three networks should consider this in the future as they continue to struggle to fill programming.

IMO, CBS Local and National don't necessarily need to be under one brand. I get why CBS is doing this because they need something to boost their station's performances. The brand unification would be better if national CBS's product (outside of 60 Mins/Sunday Morning) were stronger. As I've said before, I think the national/local synergy is hurting CBS O&Os as it further rips them of local flavor. In contrast, Fox O&Os are especially adept taking the adding local spice to the corperate station blueprint. That being said I do love seeing the national talent anchoring the local newscasts.

If he's solid in his position as lead co-anchor at their flagship station, I would assume they don't want to mess with his role. And Maurice hosted again tonight!

What is the issue? So no one can comment on a thread that hasn't been active in a while? And I think my comment fits because many people in this thread have discussed the hesitancy to break up the Dick Wolf blocks as an obstacle to slashing 10pm. I'm just mentioning that they have. So I see no issue with what I've commented.

Well one of the solid Dick Wolf blocks has been broken up. Law & Order Organized Crime is moving to Peacock. I'm surprised by this because the strength of this block came from having Stabler and Benson on back to back shows. Admittedly I find myself having to rewatch during streaming because if you miss details during an episode you might end up lost. To your point yes, it would probably work work better as 10-episode show focused on one crime ring for the entire season rather than moving on to a new crime ring after 2 to 3 episodes. Interesting thought on sports.

Hopefully, they don't move Chicago PD. The Chicago and Law & Order blocks are one of the few reasons left to watch live prime-time drama.

Don't know where else to put this but surprisingly NBC is breaking up the 3-hour Law and Order Thursday block to put Organized Crime on soely Peacock. According to execs it does well on streaming. https://collider.com/law-and-order-organized-crime-peacock-explained/ The strength of this block was having Stabler and Benson together on back to back shows. SB: *The Dick Wolf blocks were thought to be so solid that when we discussed wether NBC would cut the third hour of prime time, many said they wouldn't do it just because of the Chicago/L&O lineups. I too though those blocks would say in place for a while.

I thought Sunday Morning was going to address why they've been on green screen long term. Jane just said they're on green screen for today's "By Design" episode so they can change between backgrounds done by a featured design firm. SB: Sunday Morning uploads stories to their YouTube 5 to 10 minutes after they've aired. This really gives people no incentive to watch the show live on TV. SNL is the same way.

Not to mention Maurice DuBois Hosting CBS Evening News.

Good to see Maurice hosting tonight!

Yes! I didn't realize how many countries he had an entertainment segment in.

Sibila Vargas has reappeared in NYC and on NBC ---on Law & Order SVU