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We're about a year into Norah as chief/evening anchor. Has she grown on you all or you think CBS News got it wrong? How would you say she compares to Katie Couric?

I was in an academic seminar from The Information where Marcus Marby from CNN digital was the guest speaker. A sentiment I hear echoed constantly across academia from the newer generation, is that objectivity serves no one and should be abandoned. I fear that hyper partisanship may further become the norm. There is a definitely a place for clearly defined subjective commentary but it's 'mixy' to present partisan opinion as fact. While I agree that flat-out calling out the truth is important, I hope the idea that that journalists should try to minimize their personal biases in reporting isn't lost. This especially so that the public can get raw clean information to then create their own well informed personal opinions.

I can only imagine. GDNY was the best part of Fox 5, but since Greg Kelly left, the show is just regular now. The comedic dynamic of Greg and Rosanna made that broadcast. Anytime one of them was absent the energy was off. I don't believe I've seen Sukanya and Greg anchor together in Rosanna's absence before both of them left the station. I wonder how their energies would have played off of each other.

Noticed that too. There are a lot of unknown generic feeling faces at WCBS.

As Newsjunkie 24 said, I'm referring to Trump and yes MH-370 as well. COVID is justifiable.

No matter your politics, imagine seeing one subject dominate a 24/7 News Network day in and day out. Are there not hundreds of countries in the world from which we can gather interesting stories to air on a Non-Stop News Network ( this goes for Fox and MSNBC as well). Its sad how far modern tv news has spiraled.

Best looking set in the market! I like the idea of separate anchors from the morning crew doing the noon news. I've brought this this up before, but it seems like a lot for the anchors to have to be at work from pre 4/4:30am to post 12:30/1pm (if it exceeds 8-9 hours basically)

I wonder amongst the vets: Dana Tyler, Chuck Scarborough, and Earnie Anastos, where the ratings stood between the 6PM newscasts.

Earnie leaving was so quiet. Did WCBS or WABC give it a mention?

I'd take AMC & OLTL back with good writers in the 1/2 hour format at 1:00. Due to financial reasons many have addressed, thats unlikely.

I like Michael Strahan but he's not needed at crowded GMA. He was good with Kelly Ripa, but Ryan Seacrest is working out fine. Another issue was that GMA 3 was just another face in the already saturated lighthearted--opinionated banter--current events--games and celebrity guests talk show circuit. But hell, I can stomach them over The View. Had Kelly Ripa decided to leave LIVE instead of Michael, I could definitely see Kiki and Sarah working out as his co hosts given their chemistry.

Strahan, Sarah & Keke had good chemistry. I think one weakness was the program being disjoined from the first two hours of GMA. Since OLTL and AMC were axed the time slots have been unstable. Yet, ATWT and Guiding Light's repalcements The Talk & Lets Make A Deal have some how managed to last a decade now.

WNBC always had the best sets and graphics in NYC (minus studio 7E and 3K maybe).

Studio 3C looked good when it debuted back in 2012, and was a definite upgrade from Studio 7E. 3K however looks cheaper in comparison.

Wouldn't want to see Bookman and Toress broken up.

How long are some of these morning news anchor shifts? I've been seeing Mary Calvi introduce the Phil Murphy press briefings during Y&R at 1 pm. Being that AM anchors shift would start prior to 4:30 a.m. , I would have assumed that they'd be off work by now.

Come to think of it, home boradcasts wold have been a great idea all along. Then again, there could be logistical issues (if any).

With the internet (which includes WCBS's website) functional 24/7, and both WABC & WNYW having 12pm newscasts, plus WNBC at 11am, WCBS temporarily omitting a 12pm newscast isn't that critical. It might reflect on some less than stellar internal management as some suggest, but it's nothing that serious. I will concede that should a situation like this arise again, WCBS, including the other stations/networks need solid contingency plans for backup studio space. Did people really take time out of their day to call the news station because regular news presenters weren't on air?

Looks great! The main desk & backdrop tops that of channels 4, 7, 5 and 11's sets.

It was a joke on the irony of the situation. There was so much controversy here surrounding studio choice and outsourcing their newscasts only to have the broadcast ultimately end up on the sidewalk. It's humoros to see how the crisis has forced big network broadcasts to improve by filming from the simplest of locations. Ultimately they got on the air and that's what counts.

I'm about a month late but...in regards to the Gayle/Kobe situation. The cancel Gayle, revoke her black card, social media push is extreme and an overaction. This situation displays how rapidly the court of public opinion flips these days. Everyone loved Gayle after the R Kelly interview but were quick to cancel her after the Lisa Leslie interview. It was also irresponsible of CBS to selectively post that part of the interview online with a clickbait headline given the rush to judgement nature of social media. However the backlash isn't unwarranted. Gayle basically interviewed Lisa because she was Kobe's friend, then invalidated Lisa's responce about 'not seeing that side of him' because she was Kobe's friend. So why ask her? Gayle's questions weren't outrageous, the issue is a matter of time, place, and person. If this was an ESPN round table talk on Kobe's life, that's one thing to bring up the charges, but asking his good friend about it merely 2 or so weeks after his death was insensitive. She and Norah are good at their jobs but you can see their bias coming out on many occasions. It showed when Gayle kept attempting to invalidate Lisa's answers on Kobe's allegations. Furthermore, Jada Pinkett Smith framing Snoop Dogg's (unnecessarily vulgar) comments as an attack on all black women when they were very clearly aimed at Gayle, was an overreach.

They're on the sidewalk tonight, is the struggle that critical

The new graphics look nice and clean. The on screen bug when the lower thirds aren't on are on point: small, not too intrusive or distracting, and uncolored. The 'fraction styled' degree/temperature bug is also a cool and uncommon touch. The graphics would look better though if the screen bugs were colored when the lower thirds are on screen. TV graphics however are getting very generic with this flat trend. Mix it up a bit, and add richer color.

Said the same thing to myself, would love to have so many of them back. Sadly soaps have displayed poor writing & budget in the past 15 or less years so we may face the same dilema as bad talk shows. (BUT) If we were to reboot any soaps Id say bring back 30 min reboots of All My Children and One Life to Live, if NBC could get the rights. They have a decent amount of fanbase and momentum left behind them, and the 30-minute format should help cut down on the actors and overall budget to deliver better produced programs. But again from that pesky business perspective networks most likely wouldn't do it. The other hour in the gap could be filled by bringing Steve Harvey's talk show back. He was better than a lot of the newer talk shows, and that's a safe bet, because if I'm not mistaken he had decent ratings. (Kelly Clarkson's show is surprisingly not terrible though). I'm sure NBC wouldn't do that given the behind the scenes production dispute.

I get the business perspective. IDK if others agree, IMO the reason there is a call for axing the last two hours is from a content POV. Unfortunately in broadcast news these days, quality and profitablity seem to be mutally exculsive (CABLE NEWS). I'll agree that yet another generic talk show isnt the answer. But as you both pointed out they will most likely go with the cheaper option.