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Chicago's "ABC7 News" Rebranding to "Eyewitness News"


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Is there any chance the new graphics would debut Saturday morning or will it be Saturday evening/night at the earliest? I'm regretting not recording tonight's 10pm just in case it's the last newscast with the old graphics/name.

 

From the last changes, they wouldn't do it on a Saturday morning, which were implemented on the Saturday Evenings' news, as per 6/3/05 graphics debut & 1/6/07 HD launch. Now the 2001 look debuted on a Monday, 4/2/01, which also debuted their current morning theme and the last set from upstairs.

 

I'm praying that News Series 2000 Plus survives this upcoming graphics change.

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Correct me if I am wrong, but this is the first time in don't know how many years that all 4 major Chicago O&O stations will have the newest graphics offered for O&O stations.

 

WBBM- Newest CBS Graphics

WMAQ- Newest NBC Graphics (Look F)

WLS- Newest ABC Graphics that are available

WFLD- Newest FOX O&O graphics

 

It seems like every time one station upgraded to the newest stuff, at least 1 stuck with their old graphics. WFLD update to the previous package, WMAQ stayed with Look A (Look B was available) and WLS with what they have now. WBBM upgrade to previous Arial package, again WMAQ (Look C was available) and WLS remained the same. NBC 5 seemed to keep Chicago outdated with their Look A package when every other NBC O&O was on Looks B, C, D, F and G.

During a pre-recorded package that just aired, Ravi signed off with, "Ravi Baichwal, ABC 7 Eyewitness News"

 

This really makes me think we'll see the change today on the evening show.

 

During a pre-recorded package that just aired, Ravi signed off with, "Ravi Baichwal, ABC 7 Eyewitness News"

 

This really makes me think we'll see the change today on the evening show.

 

My DVR is pretty much set for every weekend show, and morning, 4 and 10 through Thursday.

 

My family's gonna dislike me for this.

 

Tonight's evening show and late night show will air at ?:?? PM thanks to college football. grr. Gonna have to manually record them.

 

I recorded both the news at 6 and "Wheel" this evening. Later on? I'm going 10:30 to midnight, but I'll also be up that late. 12:15 might not be a terrible idea, if you're unsure.

 

Frankly, the football coverage is the main reason why I'm doubting a launch for tonight.

 

*goes to check on the status of the college football game*

 

Wow, the game only has 2 and a half minutes left in the 4th? I guess the news is gonna start on time. Wow.

 

That's unless they do bonus coverage. NC State vs FSU is on other ABC affiliates. Especially WABC & KABC.

 

*goes to check on the status of the college football game*

 

Wow, the game only has 2 and a half minutes left in the 4th? I guess the news is gonna start on time. Wow.

 

Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah...not so fast.

 

Don't be surprised if they jump to another game.

So, just caught a promo for "Judy Hsu...Weekdays at 4:30" promo, with ABC 7 News label. Yes, there's going to be some bleed-over, but I might be getting a little ahead of myself.

 

This is me trying to cover me ass if things don't go down tonight.

 

Under the old package, did they use talent opens in situations where the Saturday news was at 6 PM, or did they just use a generic "Chicago's #1 News, ABC 7 News" quick opener instead?

 

You're talking about the 2001 gfx package right?

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