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Something interesting I noticed on the 11AM news today... WMAQ played an excerpt of the Today show today, and the Today Show ticker text and time "pops" up. It "deactivates" seamlessly when they cut back to the anchor. (Pay attention to the ticker part in the video below...) This ticker is definitely not previously recorded - as implied by the time and the ticker text layer is above the Look N ticker graphic. I think it's generated automatically by their studio systems... The question is how does stations like WMAQ (and possibly other O&O stations?) handle the Today ticker text? I know some stations generate the text manually by the studio director. In this video it seems it's automatically handled by their control room systems... Do they have some particular software to detect something like the "color" in a particular screen region, hence when detected it activates the ticker text? It's just something I've been curious all day long... Maybe someone here can have better assumptions.

Other changes I have noticed on the TV Guide: Weekdays: Morning Joe First Look will be "cancelled" from Monday September 21, replaced by a new show (with an old name) Way Too Early with Kasie Hunt at 5 a.m ET. Weekends: New shows: MSNBC Live With Yasmin Vossoughia starting this Saturday 3-5 p.m. ET. American Voices With Alicia Menendez starting this Saturday 6-8 p.m. ET. The Week With Joshua Johnson starting this Saturday 8-10 p.m. ET. No more Kasie DC starting this Saturday.

NBC News NOW has been simulcasting "MSNBC International" at 9PM tonight to cover the protests across the state, which is essentially MSNBC but the commercials are replaced with its own trailers. Which platform is this "international" variant available? Is it like made for viewers in Canada because I don't see other cable providers from other countries carrying MSNBC...

Seems like MSNBC is dropping the “NBC News” branding for daytime newscasts in the last few days. They’ve been using this “MSNBC Live” sting graphic when returning from commercial breaks.