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7 hours ago, MisterBill said:

Rosanna announced at the top of the 8am hour that Bianca is the permanent new 7-9 co-host. Not sure if she will be replaced on the early show or about 9-10 (or maybe she said 7-10 and I'm wrong).

I like Bianca but GDNY is still flat in the post-Greg era. IDK where the morning ratings stand but Pix 11 has a real opportunity here.

5 hours ago, carolinanews4 said:

In my opinion, the problems are rooted in the "old school" culture of CBS News. CBS has always prided themselves on valuing substance over style. The presentation - graphics, sets, even the on-air talent always play a distant second to the storytelling. On one hand, I applaud the commitment to substantive enterprise reporting. However, they are competing in a visual medium.  The reason why their primetime has done well is because it entertains. CBS News doesn't care to entertain. Content with no frills. It worked for Cronkite in the 60s and that's where their culture still exists...even if the world around them has changed. 

Agreed! CBS has the best reporting of the big 3 as evidenced by 60 Minutes, CBS Mornings and CBS Sunday Morning. They just need better on air presentation (graphics wise) and a strong lead anchor. 

As for CBS primetime, it's number one in my assessment because it has shows like SWAT, NCIS and FBI that an older somewhat conservative audience can still enjoy.  CBS primetime doesn't take risks. They stick to a formula that works for them: crime/law dramas and sitcoms.

On 10/25/2021 at 10:05 PM, TVNewsJunkie15 said:

It interesting isn't it? They are number 1 in Daytime, Late Nights, Primetime Newsmagazines shows and Primetime in general.  So why does it seem like they always struggle in Morning News (aside form CBS Sunday) and The Evening News? You know it must be driving them nits. 

 

Dan Rather was in  2nd place (I think?) in the 1990s.  My first thought is Not enough stability since he left. There been 4 Co-anchors since he left 15 years ago.  That a new anchor about every 3 years on average. My second though is problems or issues internally that maybe hasn't come to light.  

Dan was a solid anchor despite his moments. CBSEN under his tenure was just as good as NNN and WNT, I guess someone had to be in third place and it was him.

To me, CBS has remained third because of their competition. Brian Williams had a commanding presence and a narrative delivery style that made me at least want to tune in. Plus, NBC typically had the best presentation. ABC had more recognizable and better fitting anchors: Charles Gibson, Diane Sawyer and David Muir.

To me, Couric's tenure inserted too much soft news. Pelly came off as too stiff, Jeff Glor wasn't well known enough, and Norah is just another face trying the same format. She was better in the AM with Gayle.

Broken record but IMO, eighty-sixing Norah will accomplish nothing (ratings wise) without some major talent acquisitions and formatting changes on CBSEN. 

ABC is doing a good job of grooming talent like Whit Johnson, Linsey Davis and of course George Stephanopoulos if there is ever a vacancy in the evenings. NBC has really taken the time to build up Savannah Guthrie and Tom Llamas for prominent roles should any major anchor departures occur. They've even developed Craig Melvin, who I'd consider as a stand by candidate for future Today main anchor. CBS hasn't really groomed new talent effectively.

Personally, nether Couric, Pelley, Glor or O'Donnell were right for the CBSEN, but I did like Glor's neutrality in reporting.

I don't think either Savannah or Ann were the right successors for Meredith in 2011. Natalie perhaps, but I don't see many full episode clips on YouTube where she substitute hosted to make a full assessment. Amy Robach was solid when she anchored with Lester.

As for modern Today, Savannah has been trying and Hoda is okay. The biggest issue is story choice and on air appearance at this point.

It's just odd! One morning Michel or Darlene are anchoring alone with no subsititute, on 3 hour broadcast.

NBC 4 and Fox 5 are having some odd anchor situations at the moment. WCBS and WABC have been consistent for the most part with anchor arrangements, and making sure each broadcast has two hosts. 

Simplest arrangement Mon-Fri

Darlene & Michael 4-7am

Adam & Gilma at 11 and 4

David & Natalie at 5 & 11

Chuck & (anchor X) at 6&7

A Day with Dan Rather (1990), @5:34 Dan Rather & Tom Brokaw meet 

Dan Rather breaks down on Letterman over 9/11

10 hours ago, VHSgoodiesWA said:

Off the satellite feed, I see. As WABC was into live coverage, I doubt this got aired on any of their affiliate stations that day. Amazing to see this.

The only portion of Live's 9/11 episode I've seen was in the 9/17/01 episode intro in which aired clips of this. It was up on You Tube years ago.

I wondered why they went ahead with the show. Was it because the studio audience was there, for west coast stations, or they expected to air this the following day? According to an interview with Kelly Ripa they did so with the assumption that they wern't pre-empted in other markets and they continued until stations across the country took over coverage.

@8Viewer Odd but Interesting, WTEN an ABC affiliate using the CBS enforcer theme! 

Even more big name anchors filling in on the evening news:

Ted Koppel in for Frank Reynolds:

Connie Chung in for Peter Jennings:

Katie Couric in for Tom Brokaw

9/11/01: Live with Regis & Kelly featuring WABC news coverage

35 minutes ago, wabceyewitness said:

Starting this week, they’ve returned to the previous “CBS This Morning” theme for the 7am Eye Opener headlines segment. 

Great!

I preferred the CTM eye opener as it was more of a current events summary, than a promo for upcoming stories in the 7:00 hour like CBS Morninngs' is.

WXTV's massive flat white box look is terrible compared to WNJU Telemundo 47's graphics. 

The graphics from WNBC are fine.  The abrupt cold open with no announcer introduction is just too quick IMO, compared to their previous intros.

Better than some other intros on this list but...NNN's truncated open compared to their previous grand animated intro, or the late Brokaw early Williams era open, sucks.

On 9/27/2021 at 7:17 AM, wabceyewitness said:

The design company has this reel on their website showcasing the work they did for ABC. 

Not their best work, lol!

Though I prefer the placement of the ABC bug on KGO and KABC's logos over WABC's, it would be nice for WABC to keep it's ABC bug where it is to maintain some semblance of individuality from the other ABC 7s. It'd be cool if the different ABC 7s made the circles a different color or perhaps a different shade of blue for some uniqueness.  

A bit off topic but, out of curiosity did ABC deliberately go for the channel 7 dial in major markets?

More big name anchors filling in on the evening news:

Steve Kroft in for Bob Schieffer

Leslie Stahl in for Dan Rather

Matt Lauer in for Tom Brokaw

On 10/4/2021 at 1:42 AM, Megatron81 said:

From Page Six Nick Cannon maybe taking Wendy Williams timeslot if she can't come back they also stated in the article since both are syndicated and not on same TV station group that could cause problems.

Yikes! It has been season after season of unfortunate events for Wendy since she fainted on Halloween.

1 hour ago, Geoffrey said:

 

I think they both look nice, but I've decided that backgrounds that are just big skyline photos are boring. Putting a photo in a monitor does not take much effort. I prefer seeing some graphical design and physical set pieces.

My thoughts exactly. Some furniture, some trinkets, maybe a plant or too are my preference over soely video walls and a barren set.  Today's studio 1a being the best example of this. If they decide to go the video wall route however, it looks awkward to me when we can see the monitor frames on a skyline shot rather than the skyline occupying the whole backdrop.

Switched over to sister station Telemundo 47 for a bit and I must say their studio looks better than WNBC's. WNJU's set gives a terrace with a view kind of feel. I like that Ch 47's video wall occupies the entire shot, and you don't see the frames or wooden bottoms like Ch 4's set.

On 9/24/2021 at 12:37 PM, Kenneth Kissel said:

Here is the Opening and ticker for the WPCW newscast.

Love the black L3's on KDKA's newscasts over the deep blue tone in the other O&Os.

Big name anchors/reporters substituting on the evening news:

Barbra Walters in for Peter Jennings (1995)

Mike Wallace in for Roger Mudd (1971)

Ed Bradley in for Dan Rather (2002)

I'm surprised she 'd want worse hours (if) it were her choice.

I would have been pissed if I was in that studio audience thinking that I was going to get to see the first female vice president live in person. You could hear the disappointment in the crowd.

Sunny & Ana are revealed to have tested positive for COVID on LlVE tv, right before VP Harris' in studio appearance.

Today Show 9/17/01, the nation's reopening after the terror attacks. The intro was the only coverage I've seen of this day from NBC.

Today a screen banner on WNYW confirmed *new* episodes of The Real will be moving to 5PM on WWOR.

No more Jerry Springer re-runs on WPIX 11, the show airs exclusively on WLNY 10/55 now. That's Maury and Jerry both gone from Ch. 11.

@H-Town TV Fan it seems something similar is happening in the NYC market.  Nick Cannon is replacing The Real on WNYW Fox 5. According to my program guide, previous day repeats are still scheduled on WWOR MY 9. Cannon and Jerry O'Connel were being floated around for their own talk shows following their substitutions for Wendy Williams during her abense.

I wonder if The Real's numbers aren't that great for affiliates to experiment with Nick Cannon's new show?