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Woahhhh......stong reaction. Easy, its just a discussion, just sharing ideas. 

 I did not write, nor did I mean to imply that Jim and Kaity were coming back. I simply suggested that seeing them at 10pm again would be great. Might not be realistic but nothing terrible about stating that it would be cool if they'd return. The last thing I would want to do is spread misinformation. And since Jim and Kaity were removed we havent had an anchor pairing that lasted as long as them, which isnt't fake.

The saturated 5-7 pm part is also not fake either. Channels 2,4,7, and 5 all have newscasts at 5 and 6pm so it was a suggestion that PIX stick to mornings and 10pm. Moreover there were two attempts at a 6:30 newscast which havent lasted. 

Awards dont necessarily equate to viewers or actual quality, there have been complaints in the thread about WPIX, there is even a how to fix WPIX idea thread which means  that despite awards there is some desire for change at the station amongst viewers.

As for the Barclays set, it was just a suggestion that they could go back to the idea, and build off of it. 

I like channell 11 news, and there is nothing wrong with sharing a desire for some tweaks at the station. 

Yes accuracy is important. Spreading "fake news" was not the intention of the post. We get passionate about this common subject of intrest but we can share ideas or unpopular opinions. 

4 minutes ago, Action Newsroom said:

You just noticed that?

Welcome to the club.

For a while actually, good in the sense that it allows the o&o's more of a measure of individuality.

Going waaaaay back here, the "steps"/platform leveling design of the 70s was cool, since every station set is the same these days (desk, video wall displaying skyline), a modern take on this might be a unique way to switch it up:

Noticing ABC's O&O graphics aren't as uniform as NBC & CBS. Liking KABC's on air look. It'd be cool to see this used on WABC.

At this point, WPIX might have to go back to news at 5-9 am and 10 pm only. The saturated 5-7pm slot is already dominated by WABC, WNBC, and WCBS, who all have basically identically formatted newscasts.

WPIX has always been a standout in the mornings and at 10. With Greg Kelly out at GDNY for about a year now, better graphics, a better set, and maybe (another major overhaul in the mornings) might give them a boost. A massive move would be to improve their street side studio at Barclays Center and do a Today plaza styled show. GDNY did this well when they went live from Times Sq for the super bowl. 

Likewise, a Jim Watkins/Kaity Tong 10pm reunion would be awesome and well overdue. WNBC pushed Sue Simmons out and hasn't had a solid replacement for her since. Just like WPIX pushed Watkins and Tong out for Applegate and we've had musical chairs at the anchor desk ever since. 

True.

The local news in NYC is feeling saturated with chs. 2 4 5 7 11 & 10/55 all having newscasts, with roughly the same reporting style (5 &11 having a few unique tweaks), plus 24/7 repeats on News 12 & NY 1, and CBSN NY

It would be nice to see WNBC relaunch a good quality version of the old "Live at 5" (before it became a regular style newscast).

The 4pm newscast is unnecessary. I can't see WNBC beating Eyewitness News or Judge Judy at 4:00. With all the news in NYC, more newscasts are just over the top. Perhaps the stations should adopt a less is more attitude when it comes to news output.

Hypothetical.....Today overhaul suggestion:

Anchors: Lester & Hoda

Newsreader : Natalie Morales 

Weather: Al Roker

Eliminate the 9-11am block, bring back the pre 2013 show format

GMA within itself became a clone of today when it moved to Times SQ in 1999, and now Today is getting beat in the ratings by it's once lesser duplicate

I miss how Today was up until Meredith left....CBS This Morning is almost the closest thing to that now, the more intelligent of the morning shows but it still pales in comparison to old Today

Yes, Fox stations are excessive with local morning news from 4:30-10am, or even KTLA 4am-12pm....local news is becoming saturated, GMA and Today should stay but CBS given their history might have to keep their options open in the AM

Scott Pelley is a decent journalist but he was a bit stiff/bland for the evening news....the broadcast hasn't been itself since Dan Rather cooked his own goose or even when Bob Schiffer left

I don't see Norah lasting long in the evenings...she can come off as snotty and biased at times...the evening news requires a "voice of God" personality like Jennings/Brokaw/Huntley etc...

The morning shows are really searching high and low as to how to get a better audience.....

GMA needs to lessen on the pop culture non sense and return to the Gibson/ London era format.

Today needs to simply go back to what they were doing when they were no.1: hard news, intellectual discussion/ guests, and return to 2 hours instead of 4 hours.

CBS....if having a national morning show hasn't been working for 50+ years now, just go the Fox/CW route and give the affiliates the airtime for a 5-9am local morning show at this point.

I like Gibson but moreso on GMA than World News

GMA has become so silly and tabloid, I like Robin George and Michael but the show could really use a bit more hard news and "intellectual" segments like it was under Lunden and Gibson

Liking that Fox 5 News is attempting to stray away from sloey fires, shootings etc..the typical local news coverage but the station still isn't the "go to" outside of GDNY in comparison to Chs. 2, 4. & 7.  

I would like to magically see Earnie Anastos & Kaity Tong perhaps reunited at 6:00 or 5:00

WNBC could use a lower third overhaul. The top graphics which displayed the date in the last image is basically unnecessary much like the gray bar at the very bottom of the screen beneath the crawl. Sounding old fashioned, but I liked when screen bugs were transparent, and only lit up when the "lower third graphic" popped up to display an anchor's name or informarion. I'm assuming the purpose for a lower third always displaying a headline now is so that audiences know exactly what the story is about when they turn to the station.

why has CBS had such trouble holding down a morning show? 

Regarding Jeff Glor, he is isn't that bad but lacks the Jennings/Rather/Brokaw spark. Personally since that trio era ended network evening news hasn't been the same.

The best evening host post that era has perhaps been Brian Williams who unfortunately messed up his career.

Likewise, since Dan Rather messed up and got axed the CBS Evening News hasn't been the same. '

On 2/7/2019 at 8:34 PM, anthonyz said:

Nothing beats the CG background in the 2003 set in 6B. This may be a placeholder for the early AM because the city lights are dark and its just a very dark background.

Agreed, 6B 2003 was awesome!

Kind of sad to see the Today Show become a shadow of it's former self 2013+, with Katy Lee & Megan Kelly gone the show should stick to 7-9A ET, and bring back elements of the old format.

Also, wish they'd utilize the plaza audience more, I've been to Rock Plz myself and audience engagement really lacks compared to GMA'S audience.