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2 hours ago, T.L. Hughes said:

Looks like KMVT is switching to GrayOne, ‘cause their apparent new logo is now live on their website:

Had to Google their outgoing logo... This is an impressive change for a market their size!

2 hours ago, EVVTV12 said:

No, Tom isn’t the king of Chicago weather… he is the God of Chicago weather and the God of local TV weather. 

Indeed the God of Weather in a market that has been more or less blessed with a number of strong meteorologists (Jerry Taft, Steve Baskerville, and Jim Ramsey are honorable mentions)

11 minutes ago, mre29 said:

 

As an aside, I'm surprised CBS hasn't put more of their back catalogue on Pluto TV, particularly The Pat Sajak Show and the post-2014 late-night shows. Older episodes of 60 Minutes could also be worth putting up, too.

 

PlutoTV has a Johnny Carson Channel, why they haven't struck a deal with WWP/Letterman for is tenure of Late Show episodes and Snyder/Kilborn/Ferguson LLS is beyond me. Yes... They have to scrub the titles to "Letterman" like they did with "Carson", everything else should be playable for the most part.

Can't wait to see what Today comes up with to counter... Oh wait...

22 minutes ago, FiveNews said:

...and we wait for the "A McKinnon Broadcasting Company" header to be taken off of the website. It's still up as of 9/1/23 at 2:20pm PST.

It'll be up until Nexstar changed the website over to their platform. Who knows when that will be- probably bigger fish to fry.

Huge improvement! Less "PowerPoint-y" and looks like it fits a major market much better than the previous graphics.

1 hour ago, mre29 said:

 

Funny, WBZ doesn't seem to have a problem shoving CBS programming over to WSBK when needed.

 

Also, WCCO doesn't seem to have any issues breaking in with weather programming as needed- and they don't have a second channel to throw CBS to either...

Wondering how TPIR will commemorate this... They've moved from "The Bob Barker Studio", does the new studio get dubbed the same? Do they go the "Bob Barker Stage" route like Jeopardy did?

I feel like Fremantle/CBS can't not do something here...

As for how local affiliates cover it, many should be able to take playbooks/graphics from sister stations (KNBC & KNSD can take from WTVJ, KFMB can take from WJXX and WTSP, etc.) Granted the anchors, reporters, and mets in CA, for instance, are probably about as comfortable with covering a hurricane as their FL counterparts are with covering an earthquake, but most stations have the "how to cover a hurricane" playbook at their disposal.  

WCCO unveiled their Minnesota State Fair plans and they still won't give CBS News Minnesota hardly any mention. It's all WCCO and "Next Weather" this year.

Also... PlinCCO... Not as clever as when viewers could dunk the anchors, but not bad.

https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/state-fair/ 

Hutch Johnson is out as Chief Met at KVLY/Fargo after 16 years.

All comes after Gray posted for his job Apperantly much to his surprise. Lots of rumor locally about what really happened

Edit: The job is still posted on Gray's website. Weird they're getting rid of the (arguably) most recognizable face and name the station has with seemingly no replacement plan...

On 7/17/2023 at 5:33 PM, tyrannical bastard said:

It wouldn't surprise me to see a primetime newscast or magazine extension (cough cough dateline, 2020, 48 hours mystery) fill some holes in the schedule as well.

Rock Center with Brian Williams Lester Holt!

20 hours ago, WNPM Newswatch said:

I’d include a link, but doing a quick search I couldn’t find anything; not even on nbcnewyork.com!

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/pioneering-former-wnbc-meteorologist-dr-frank-field-dies-at-100/4471040/

4 hours ago, Horizon said:

They didn't use the simple two Ns more than I thought they would.

Who says they don't slowly integrate them more over time?

3 hours ago, ATLNewsExpert said:

Are they staying in 1A?

All he said was "Join us Monday when our studio will look a little different". I don't think there has been anything thus far to suggest a move from 1A

Nightly did a retrospective of the last 75 years- kind of interesting how much they featured Brian given his unceremonious exit from the anchor chair (it feels like Today has snubbed former hosts for less).  
 

Lester ended the broadcast hinting at Mondays changes before stepping off and showing an empty Studio 1A with the old look

Apologies if someone has noticed this move already, but waking up in Wisconsin this morning and noticed that Nexstar is relating NewsNation on their local Fox station in the mornings… local bug (bottom right) and all. 
 

Watching a bit last night and their 9pm show is WEAU’s (Gray) 10pm show/set/anchors/reporters with Nexstar’s graphics. Interesting moves?

KTTC (Rochester, MN) is getting ready for Gray One.

Ami late to the game on this? Or did the ABC logo bug just get smaller?

26 minutes ago, Geoffrey said:

Where do we see NewsNation one year from now? Bigger or smaller than today?

Bigger, marginally. Primary season will be in full-swing and Nexstar will dump money and affiliate's resources into it just to move the needle a little (and get that beautiful political ad money)

10 hours ago, Mrtraveler01 said:

Looks like the logo is getting a slight tweak too.

Matte look, eliminated the bevel effect. Nice modifications to give some more cohesiveness to GrayOne. 

Note- I don't believe that is the new and improved peacock. 

Missing from the new look- a severe weather ticker, apparently. 
 

17 hours ago, techteacher50 said:

Besides, WJZ is always the last to get upgrades, yet it is among the highest rated CBS Owned and Operated Stations.

So let's look at this from the management/money POV (not that that is the correct way, but I like being devil's advocate)- Don't fix what ain't broken.

Money is a rare, mystical thing in broadcasting (preaching to the choir, I know...) But the other top O&O ('CCO) has used the same set for over a decade. With the branding and graphics change, the set got some minor updates to cover up the old logo (new hockey glass)  but otherwise, they continue to use a set that has aged incredibly well even though it does not entirely match the new look and feel of the station (example: all the dark blue and copper looks a little out of place now). As long as the ratings remain, and the billing is there, CBS will pour CapEx money where they feel it's needed more- like building an entire operation in Detroit, blowing up LA, etc.) 

15 hours ago, hmaxhanson said:

Back when the 1988 writers strike put the Tonight Show and Late Night into reruns, Fox's Late Show stayed on air, with freelance comics Jeff Joseph and Jordan Mulrooney writing:

And on '07, Letterman and Ferguson were able to return sooner than the rest because World Wide Pants (Letterman's production company) owned the shows- not the networks and were able to create their own temporary agreement with the writers (Guessing Letterman himself must have funded that?). Not sure if any of the late night shows can pull that now with their respective networks owning production rights?

17 minutes ago, TVLurker said:

i thought about making this thread but didn't think it would fit the topic of TV News. still sad to see it come to this though

It's news. It's about TV. It's relevant. You're fine!

We were just discussing the Late Late Show ending over the weekend after all...