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I'm actually surprised by this.

I don't think GMA is all that great of a news/entertainment program anymore --- neither is modern Today. GMA's news product feels hard to sit through as half their stories go beyond the typically hyperbole. Basically, Inside Edition Lite. The only reason I suppose GMA is still number one is because ABC has strong local stations. The Robin/George/Lara/Josh/Sam period was strong. The addition of Strahan (however unnecessary) has as made their anchor line up even more recognizable. GMA is better at pop and out of studio segments like when they went to a school to promote Abbott elementary. Edit: To me, GMA has stronger personalities. Michael and especially TJ have great energy. Add them to George as the hard news man and Robin who's a great bridge between the serious and light stuff. Today however is better at news and feature stories, but it hasn't fully recovered from the Ann Curry debacle. The program has been significantly dumbed down since the fourth hour was added, even more so following Meredith and Ann's departures. Katie Couric said it herself in her biography: the hard news segments got shorter and true crime stories increasingly appeared in the 7:00 hour.

Yes. Prime example, most accounts posting clips of The Young & The Restless eventually get taken down.

I was wondering where Liz was so I understand public curiosity. In her position however, I'd do the same. Keeping my business private, and give a bland answer to explain my absence. I'd want the public more concerned with my journalistic work than my personal life.

It's Dick and Jessica at 11 according to the teasers.

NBC Nightly News (1991) my favorite of their various newsroom world map backgrounds. Love that the background changes based on shot, so studio segments dont look monotonus. Third image: I'm surprised the background had depth. I assumed it was flat and we'd see the newsroom from that angle.

NBC's Today (1956)

The upper floor couch area looks nice, I like the yellow one on one interview chairs. The tiled "GMA" video wall next to the carpeted group discussion circle looks nice. It works for today's video wall area but it's not superior to the textured living room sets from days past posted here earlier. The L3 graphics aren't all that.

Good Morning America revamp (1999). About as homely and middle America as it could get!

I feel the same. The video wall trend doesn't give the homely effect that the old physical living room sets used to.

I really wish Kaity and Brenda were given weekday slots, they could've anchored the 6PM news daily (if Pix had a 6PM newscast back then). Tamson & Korey are just there... PIx needs more faces in the evenings to mix things up. SUGGESTION: A team: 4 , 6 & 6:30pm B team: 5 & 10pm

I was wondering myself it it was a green screen. Aside from the headlines, IMO Sunday Morning doesn't really need to be live because it's primarily feature pieces.

Dick Brennan is who I ment to say, I confuse the names at times. The split is a good idea...or I would put them at noon & 6 to cut down on the morning crew being there from after about 3 am.

Shep Smith filled in for Lester Holt on Fri over on NBC. I wonder if this may open CBS's eyes as to his capabilities? Ideally since Bri Wi is apparently disinterested in returning to evenings, if CBS could get him, it might work to put him on Mornings with Gayle *alongside Norah* and have Shep handle evenings. But again, alot more than anchor line ups will have to change at CBS.

WNYW 2007. Before the set hung around too long and became outdated, it was well used in it's early days. Fox 5 had strong graphical transitions, great theme music and nice ornate camera angles. Modern WNYW should take a page from this. Loved "the most powerful name in local news" branding.

Not sure where the shouting trend began, I suspect ABC News on either WNT or GMA. Every newscast might have to add a little dose of sensationalism to make it more interesting, but the shouting just overdramatizes the news and makes it more stressful. Especially when it's the first thing you're watching in the morning or going to sleep at night. Add this to the every story for the first 15 minutes is breaking news habit. I suppose this is the popular cadence now, much like the Dan Rather type straight--unemotional--monotone delivery was the wave back in the 60s and 70s.

All of the stations minus WABC have had pretty substantial turnover when it comes to reporters, but it probably doesn't help that there are a lot of unfamiliar reporter faces at WCBS. When it comes to anchors though, Maurice, Kristine, and Lonnie are a pretty solid team however. It would be nice if Don Dhaler anchored with Dana Tyler at 6.

Shep is anchoring in what appears to be his studio on CNBC as of 7pm ET. I see he was doing the trademark shouting voice trend that the Evening News does now. Liked his enthusiastic delivery during the March madness segment.

John has the quintessential personality for morning tv. Elise is more fitting for an evening newscast. It is rather bland. Modern CBS O&O newscasts don't feel authentically like the cities they broadcast to. It just feels like a cooperate model duplicated in multiple markets (even though any o&o station on another network fits that exact definition). Fox 5 when Greg & Ro were on GDNY and Street Soldiers, WNBC with the whole 4 NY campaign and especially Eyewitness News feels more "New York" so to speak.

He needs to jump channels and guest host for Norah O'Donell, LOL.

CBS Evening News (late 80s to about 1991). Love the black background, wish the color was used more in news these days.

I think someone mentioned earlier that Nora was the only anchor not in Ukraine...I meeean I don't blame her especially after what happened to those two Fox News journalists.

Somewhat relevant but...as someone who's been in the audiences of both shows (pre covid) the Today anchors barely came on the plaza and the audience engagement was mucrr lower than GMA. GMA was better as they used to allow ticketed audience members to sit inside, sheltered from the elements, and a hype man the audience awake. Plus there was a smaller crowd that walk up to and stand by the forst floor window at Times Sq. I wuestion wether their in-studio crowd will ever return.

this is better than the mirrior within a mirror look. Agreed. The trend appears to be dying down. Even pre-covid "Today" was using the plaza much less than the past.

Pat Battle was in multiple scenes "The Batman" as news anchor.