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(unintentionally came out as two separate posts) IMO Bob Schiffer should have stayed on until his retirement in 2015. We can go on to eternity as to what anchor might bring CBS to the promised land. Besides changing who anchors the show, what other changes can be made to CBSEN to make it a better program. Formatting, graphics, theme music, story choice, presentation, reporter and correspondant roster?

Yes to 1 and 3. Broken record but: Shep Smith, Bri Wi or (iffy choice) Chris Wallace or Ann Curry. Radical choices: George Stephanopolus (not that success elsewhere would necessarily translate to CBS as we saw with Katie Couric), or even Wolf Blitzer. Any other names I'd have to think more about. Perhaps CBS getting big names needs to extend to other broadcasts such as Mornings alongside Gayle. Maybe the goal at this stage shouldn't be to get out of third place but at least inch the numbers up and be competitive (assuming they're not already "compeditive"). Similarly if CBS Mornings were to be canceled tomorrow and replaced, I'm sure the broadcast would still be third because GMA and Today have what CBS's AM slot lacks --- name brand recognition from longevity.

this NBC has Savannah Guthrie, Tom Llamas & Jose Diaz-Balart on standby, not to mention Craig Melvin for Today. ABC has Lindsey Davis, Whit Johnson and George Stephanopoulos on ice, even Terry Moran is a suitable host for WNT. Add TJ Holmes as a great "spare heir" for GMA.

I may be in the minority but did anyone else find Scott Pelley kind of stiff. IDK if that's the exact word I'm looking for but I didn't feel like he added anything to the newscast.

Questions: Despite being in 3rd place, is 5 Mil viewers a night that horrendous? I doubt Tony D taking over (as rumored by the NY Post will solve anything). Nora did give off an intense vibe ocassionaly during her time on CTM.

3D with gloss and shine! Puts high definition tv's to great use over the dull flatness we usually get.

I always wonder about the social distancing set ups that they do on the news. I know it's to set an example but do they actually do that off-camera? For example, do they not interact within less than 6 ft of each other in employee areas, and do people socially distance in the newsroom?

WSVN pre-newsplex newsroom sets (late 80s, early 90s)

Looks like the b2tmc or whatever it's name was YT channel that featured classic newscasts has been taken down.

Today Show late 90s to approx. 2002 Early Today (2009) Beautiful, glossy, 3D, detailed and HD WNBC 2003-08 3D, blue spectrum shine, and hd My thoughts exactly!

WNBC Approx 1981-93 Love this set, didn't realize it lasted so long. I wonder what prompted them to rebrand from News 4 NY to News Channel 4.

MSNBC 1996. Amazing, futuristic and internet oriented. Nothing compares to it on tv today. WABC "Channel 7 Eyewitness News" late 80s-late 90s. Plain and simple but I like the frame consuming blue background, reminds me of interview sets from the 70s.

WCBS short lived 2 News era (1997). The station was going downhill at the time, the news theme wasnt all that, but the graphics package was great. Wish the graphics and logo had remained longer.

WCBS short lived "2 News" era (1996-97). Wish it lasted longer! Though the station was going downhill in the ratings at the time, this graphics package was much better than the News 2 era that followed it.

The 1990s and 2000s were a very creative era in graphics packaging. Stations has more of a degree of appearence individuality and flatness wasn't as widespread. Post your favorite news graphics packages from the 90s or 2000s! Image or Video: WNBC 1990: WSVN 1993:

Cool! up until recently it was hard to find any WABC news clips from about 98-04!

Today Show (1990-94): faux wood, ice cubed windows, landscape wallpaper window pane walls, ambersome vintage world maps, designated news desk area, and a grand piano. The mid 80s set was my favorite set but this was beautiful!

Good Morning America, Christmas 1993. Ornate decorations creating depth. These days all of this elegant detailing would be done on a video wall.

My guess is, 6-7am is a critical hour on the big 3 networks because it's their audiences' last chance to get local news before the switch to a national morning show. Stations like Fox & The CW might want their A-Team anchors in that slot to be more competitive. In that case, a decent split would be B team 4-6 am, A-team 6-10 am and have your traffic, weather, entertainment anchors handle the fluff from 10-11am.

Exactly. why not make your actual TV channel better? Their reaction to Zucker's firing is giving me Fox News hosts crying about Roger Ailes's passing vibes. Is CNN talent not cognizant of how bad their network actually is?

WCBS "Channel 2 News" 1993: Appears to be a 2 set arrangement like WNBC. Top set: features the common multi monitor background of that time period. Great detailing with the Rather era CBS Evening News like world map. A black accent instead of blue on a different newscast. Bottom set has window pane like elements with crinkle cut fry shaped beams featuring a monitor on each "fold".

WNBC "News Channel 4" (1995) had 2 sets: Set A: Live at 5: detailing with legal books, plants and a window blinds type blue glass, with a few statuettes. Set B: News Channel 4 at 6pm Most stations I see today have only 1 set

WSVN Newsplex mid 1990s! Very CNN. It matched with their hard/tabloid news station format they were aiming for. Today (NBC) 1990. Gorgeous Manhattan apartment style set that was used from the mid 80s until Sep 1990. Love the window level view of the skyline, and the sunrise toned rainbow behind the anchors. The living room area was very detailed with various trinkets and pieces that make it look realistic as if it were going to be used for a soap or sitcom.

Jumped the gun. From the quote below I inferred that the earlier time slot would coincide with the possible new name. The question remains though. As many stations across the country are adopting earlier start times it leads me to wonder where the AM. personal stand on this. But that's probably best for the speculation thread.

Yet another station at 4am. I wonder how the talent feels about having to get up even earlier? Moreover if 4am becomes the industry standard, will those national morning newscasts like CBS Morning News or Early Today will still be around in the years to come?