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Loved that package, especially on the WB 11 NYC.

Love that theme!

David Navarro, 65 is older than Sandra, 64. Both could leave in a few years. Going well past 65 is not uncommon for handsomely paid news anchors, but agreed that retirements are probably on the horizon. WABC has the strongest anchor lineup in the market, not one weak pairing! The sad part is, many of those anchors are approaching retirement age (Ritter, Bookman, Novarro, Torres, Champion) not to mention a host of veteran reporters aswell.

I see your point. Lead/primary anchor is more defined on national news. That person hosts and managing edits the evening news, is called into anchor special reports, and leads election night coverage. In local news, whatever anchors are in the building typically take up special reports, with less emphasis on specific anchors leading coverage. Whoever the pm team is typically does election night. Bill has a co-anchor on all of his broadcasts so his "lead" status is not as obvious. Not sure, but I'm guessing a producer managing edits 6&11, not Ritter. Lead implies power or prominence over other anchors. IMO, Bill Ritter was always one of an ensemble rather than a lead.

I didn't realize how old Bill was until he started graying a few years ago. It will be weird watching the six and not having Bill there. To think Chuck Scarborough will (hopefully) still outlast him. As much as we hate anchor predictions, simplest solution: David/Sandra Noon David/Liz 4 & 6 Mike/Sade 5 & 11pm

I'd like them to go the KABC route.

Ahhh! Makes sense!

Agreed. The CBS Overnight News method makes way more sense than World News Now.

Is World News Now obsolete? In the 24/7 news cycle where we have access to information on our cell phones, a live overnight newscast is unnecessary. None of the cable news networks that are "24/7" air live programming between roughly midnight and 4:00 a.m. ET. Why subject people to working the worst shift when they don't have to?

You're right! Its their in house produced "Off the Clock". Not a newscast but still KTLA produced. They're producing their own content from 4:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Insane.

Yup! WPIX has looked cheap since 2010 when they started doing newscasts from their control room. Ironically, none of the NYC stations are the best looking in their O&O groups despite being flagship stations. WTTG looks way better than WNYW. WRC looks better than WNBC. KCAL looks better than WCBS, and KABC & KGO look better than WABC. Back on topic...

Package as seen on their 2:00 PM newscast — here I was thinking KTLA was alone on that. Nexstar is really inconsistent. They can drop bangers like this on KRON 4 and WXIN, yet do a mixed job on WPIX, and totally suck on News Nation. At least their stations don't all look the same like Sinclair's. Ranking station group aesthetics from best to worst, I'd say: Tegna, Hearst, Graham (they're declining), Nexstar, Gray, Scripps, Sinclair.

Good point. CBS is paying Norah $8 million annually. Brian Williams made $6 million annually on MSNBC. Assuming they match his cable rate, CBS would be saving $2 million dollars on Brian (even more more if they go lower). In all fairness, Maurice and John are probably the cheaper option, and previous big name hires like Katie Couric have not elevated CBS from the perpetual third place. But if even Dan Rather, one of the biggest anchors in news history couldn't elevate CBS from third, maybe that's just their lot. Everyone can't be first place. At this point their goals should be to increase the ratings, and be more competitive.

I always wonder how the two stations navigate being a duopoly with separately branded newscasts on at competing times with what I presume are the same reporters. Are they both airing the same packages and then the reporters front them on both stations at different time slots?

Minor graphical observations. I like how NBC and MSNBC are navigating showing off their branding plus the competition's. The MSNBC box is more seamless compared to the redundant double lines that other networks like FOX News are using. Is this how presidential debates will be in future elections? One network controlling the event and simulcasting it to others?

The segment needed to be longer, they were getting into a real conversation and there was only 20 seconds left. When I say CBS Mornings is the smarter of the three morning programs, this is what I mean. These are the substantive conversations that Today used to have and it and GMA now lack. Tony asked good questions, and Coates gave good answers. I think what turned people off from Tony was the way he personalized asking his first question, rather than just lobbying a general question. It also seemed like Tony was advocating for one side in his questioning of why Coates only advocated for one side.

But if Vance says A and Walz says B, the average viewer may just believe whoever they're voting for. The purpose of network fact-checking is for a neutral third party to let the audience know what the truth is. As the old saying goes if one person says it's raining and the other person says it's sunny it's the journalist's job to clarify what's actually happening based on evidence, not simply afford both parties a soundbite. This is why social media companies are in such trouble. You cannot let people use your broadcast platform to spread misinformation and not do anything about it

Not fact-checking during debate leaves the American public at a disservice because it allows candidates to make any claims. I also wish CBS followed the other networks by muting mics to avoid cross-arguing

I'm tempted to call Margaret biased because of her combative interviews, but I'm torn because she hammers both sides. She gave the Republican South Dakota governor just as much toughness as she gave Wes Moore when he was downplaying Biden's debate performance. It's not really advertised that Margaret is as harsh an interrogator as she can be. I was surprised when I took the time to watch the program.

I love that Margaret Brennan is co-hosting the VP debate as she's usually a tough interrogator on Face the Nation. I'm surprised CBS isn't asking Maurice and John to do it to build boost their profiles before assuming Evening News. I suppose debate hosting is Norah's "last rights" for lack of a better term.

I can't believe that debacle was 12 years ago already! It was odd that they didn't choose Natalie after Ann. I love Ann, but she is more so suited for serious news. I enjoyed seeing her fill on on Nightly News in her later years. A lot of the light hosting duties, and her chemistry with Matt, didn't flow as easy as Katie and Meredith. Nonetheless she was better than Savannah and did not deserve what happened to her. Moreover, how much of the decline was really Ann's fault? George/Robin/Lara/Josh/Sam were a really strong GMA team at the time. Ann's ouster ended up being in vain because Today is still number #2, and NBC got a ton of bad press.

Not sure if this was posted...WSB 2 has added a 3pm newscast. The last time they did this was ad revenue during election season. Doesn't appear to be any live shots, many look live packages. Wendy Corona & Linda Stouffer are hosting. This puts them head-to-head with WANF.

Al is an institution like Willard Scott. I hope he stays forever. It seems like appears both Savannah and Tom Llamas are being groomed for the role. I'd say Charlie was way more loose than George as evidenced by his Rita Moreno birthday segment. Anyway, back to NBC before the moderators come lol.

Surprisingly for me, Fox 5 Atlanta went all the way down to Valdosta (3.5 hours away) for wall-to-wall coverage well past 2 am. I'll check to see if other stations did the same. I've spent a lot of time in ATL and never got the impression that the two areas were that culturally connected. Regardless the well-resourced O&O station filled the coverage gap in the Tallahassee market, and it built up to what was coming ATL's way.

Yes, it might be redundant if the same names are always in the mix. But, if we're talking about 'big name outside hires', whoever the well known current free agents are currently will constantly be mentioned. As for Anderson, he's a qualified talent, so again, people are gonna keep mentioning him for big national openings. Again, some of the other outrageous suggestions here should cause more of an eye roll.