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Is any part of Times Square visible from the set? If not, what was the point of moving to Times Square if they weren’t going to utilize it as a backdrop?

Obviously ABC doesn’t Times Square but it feels a bit duplicative to center another morning show nearly across the street from GMA, and have Nate (who I like) taking on a similar role to Michael Strahan.  

On the flip side Fox & Friends is also at Rockefeller Center (just not that adjacent) so touché.

On 8/31/2021 at 6:40 PM, freelanceproducer said:

Tom Llmas is anchoring Nightly News tonight for the second night in a row. He has become the primary fill-in on Today and is having a growing presence on Nightly. His new NBC News Now primetime show is expected to launch this fall, so this wide-ranging presence on the linear channel is great marketing for that. 

 

As a side note, the patriotic color elements (mainly on the floor) in the Nightly News studio have been removed. The wood elements remain silver and gray. 

He’s a pretty decent substitute anchor. It feels like he’s being groomed for any future vacancies either at Today or Nightly News. Always good to have decent talent in the reserves, similar to Whit Johnson on ABC.

Wish it were a total overhaul. The desk looks nice, unfortunately the studio is still barren in favor of that giant video wall. I’m glad their utilizing the plaza especially filming outside during the 9am hour. 

6 hours ago, tjt24 said:

It needs to be bigger. You can barely see it. I literally had to zoom in to this picture to actually see it. 

Just like abc, a giant graphical step backwards. The tiny bug looks right for a streaming service not network tv. 

1 hour ago, ABC 7 Denver said:

 

About bloody time. The logo always seemed dated.

I liked the serif looking font for CBS, but this is a nice look as well.

Of all the Morning show attempts CBS has has was CBS This Morning (2012) the most successful? and I’m curious as to which morning show attempt do you think was CBS’s best?

22 minutes ago, hfiles said:

The lower thirds look like it should be called "CNN Mornings." Especially when there's breaking news and the orange turns red.

 

Also, my local affiliate still has the wrong time zone and wrong weather on the ticker.

Agreed. The graphics are very CNN and the CBS bug is too small, otherwise the lower third is a nice look, much improved!

The name change however was utterly unnecessary. If this fails, give up the morning attempts and hand the slot to the local cbs affiliates.

17 hours ago, MorningNews said:

Well both Sandra and Joe were off this weekend, they’ve both been filling in all week.

Sandra & Joe solid pairing that would work well on weekdays, but the current line up is already solid. WABC really has strong anchor talent currently. 

3 hours ago, CircleSeven said:

 

I'm glad the O&O's are pulling from the "oversized" standard the network is pushing.

Good because this new logo is a massive step backwards graphically. WABC in general has been the lesser of the big 3 stations graphics and studio wise, none the less they’re still on top!

Does WPIX really need another newscast? Their morning news is alright but the rest is just okay quality wise. From a business standpoint I suppose it’s beneficial to them.

On 8/23/2021 at 6:12 PM, NowBergen said:

It is a homecoming for Tom.  Prior to ABC News, he was at WNBC.  He is also NBC's national correspondent.

Tom is really being featured prominently. He anchored a special report on the end of the Afgan war. CBS could take a page from NBC and ABC, take the time to really boost and develop talent incase you have to fill a more prominent vacancy in the future.

Didn’t CBS already try and fail to use the Sunday morning formula/brand on weekdays back in the 80s??? Similarly didn't they switch from the name CBS This Morning to “This Morning” in the 90s? History repeats itself.

The new studio looks better than the current, and Nate might be a better fit than Anthony but the name change was unnecessary. You’ve had the title CBS This Morning for 9 years now, keep the consistency. They would have had me with “Sunrise”, “Daybreak” or “Dawn” but CBS Mornings is bland.

Hopefully they leave Jane in the OG set on Sundays and continue to top Today and GMA content wise on the weekdays.

3 hours ago, cbs2idiots said:

I think hot bench would be a good spot at 4pm, one of Judge Judy creation.

i wouldn’t mind hot bench at 4 and a Judy rerun at 4:30 as the lead in to the 5:00 news.

Keep Judge Judy at 4! Then again how long can a daily syndicated  show remain popular in reruns only.

plus Steve did the 10 pm that night too! Crazy schedule.

On 8/23/2021 at 7:33 AM, fox5fan said:

They brought Steve Lacy in. Interesting.

Also, seems like Nick and Mike (in Italy) are off. Audrey (and Reagan) have been holding it down.

seems like they have a staff shortage and it’s showing.

Give Regan Medgie the spot with Bianca. She has a vibrant personality for for mornings.   Find male co-anchor for Rosanna. Sad about Kerry though.Robert Moses might work on “The Noon” though.

3 hours ago, Liugrad2020 said:

I guess you’re not a fan of WCBS. What do you think WNBC can do to improve their anchor rotation? 

Add another female anchor to cover 5 and 7pm is all they need to ensure that all newscasts from 4-11 have an anchor duo. With this method, each individual anchor would have a relatively even distribution across newscasts. That way (for example) Natalie wouldn't have to be on at 4,6,7 and 11.

As for CBS 2,  I think the issue is the newscasts feel a bit corporate at times rather than genuinely New York. It’s hard to explain but I see CBS o&o stations are struggling in other big markets too, so there is that factor about there is newscast that doesn’t beat out the competition.

With all this talk about past anchor teams I’m surprised Roz Abrams and Bill Beutel were never official  co-anchors, granted that they were two large presences at Eyewitnesses News during that time period. It would’ve been like Chuck and Sue, the straight-laced news man with the more vibrant and personable female coanchor. I grew up on Diana Williams who was awesome, but I feel like Roz would’ve been a stronger presence with Bill B at 11.

The desk standing looks bad, the solo anchoring isn’t the best, the “COVID” desk looks very mediocre especially because we know WNBC is capable of much more based on studio 6B and earlier sets.

To their credit News 4 is the second best news team in the market after Eyewitness News they just have a few kinks when it comes to their anchor rotations and visual presentation.

Wow! Nate seems like a cool guy so he should be a cool addition. Hopefully CTM's move to Times Square doesn't begin a directional change that dumbs down the program.

GMA is already the Times Square morning show so this will be interesting.

so abc really paid a graphics agency to do this

From WABC during General Hospital today. Not awful, but certainly not better than what they had before. Arguably, the previous gold red blue ABC design was the best logo in the network’s history. The onscreen bug during WNT looked like it was made on Microsoft paint.

On 8/8/2021 at 11:20 AM, mountainave said:

 

The anchors at WNYW control the teleprompter themselves with a remote, which would probably screw with anyone's delivery.

Really? I would think that would make an anchor feel more comfortable and in control. 

On 8/8/2021 at 11:12 AM, MorningNews said:

And despite Lori being a really nice and genuine broadcaster, Sade is much more polished in her presenting style.
 

I don’t remember Lori being as woeful reading the news at channel 7 as she is at 5. It must be something in the air at Fox.

Dari and Steve are the same way. Lori does sound a bit choppy sometimes. 

For whatever it’s worth Sade was a solid choice for the evenings.

On 7/24/2021 at 3:16 AM, Liugrad2020 said:

I don’t think you need two anchors at 11pm as it’s only a 35 minute newscast. 

As much as I see what you're saying, a dual anchor team feels stronger to me on a local newscast.

4 hours ago, MorningNews said:

While Katie and Matt were a great duo, Today’s best pair in my opinion were Matt and Meredith. The way they played off on one another and weren’t afraid to take it a little more risqué in the morning was fun to watch (maybe less so following Matt’s inappropriate BTS behavior).

I can't decide between Bryant & Jane or Katie & Matt as Today's greatest pairing. The Bryant/Jane years to me was the most refined , intelligent and sophisticated era of the program. The Matt/Katie years had the best pacing however.

14 minutes ago, Newsjunkie24 said:

I also don't care that they sort of copied WNT's method of "shouting" the headlines at the beginning for drama.

I noticed that too. On the contrary I can’t stand it for the same reason, drama. It makes the news seem more stressful, if that makes sense.