Studio B 20 Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 I think that Thomas Roberts, he filled in for Lester the past two days, should get the Saturday anchor position. He could keep his MSNBC show similarly to what Kate does. Jose is ok but he just lacks something for me. I think either Roberts or Diaz-Balart would make sense because it would then reinforce the notion of how MSNBC and NBC News are one (again) with having prominent MSNBC folks doing Nightly News on the weekends (including Kate Snow). Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13855-nbc-nightly-news/page/6/#findComment-141907 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Red 104 Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 I think that Thomas Roberts, he filled in for Lester the past two days, should get the Saturday anchor position. He could keep his MSNBC show similarly to what Kate does. Jose is ok but he just lacks something for me. Diaz Balart is being used to bring a sought after demographic and he is competing against Cecila Vega on ABC News. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13855-nbc-nightly-news/page/6/#findComment-141908 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Red 104 Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 I think either Roberts or Diaz-Balart would make sense because it would then reinforce the notion of how MSNBC and NBC News are one (again) with having prominent MSNBC folks doing Nightly News on the weekends (including Kate Snow). MSNBC has gone back to being a strict news format, giving leeway for NBC news talent to be on MSNBC. Kate Snow is going to be the shoe in fill in when Lester is away during the week on non holidays. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13855-nbc-nightly-news/page/6/#findComment-141909 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TVNewsLover 776 Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 I think either Roberts or Diaz-Balart would make sense because it would then reinforce the notion of how MSNBC and NBC News are one (again) with having prominent MSNBC folks doing Nightly News on the weekends (including Kate Snow). I know what you mean, but just for the record, Kate is an NBC person appearing on MSNBC, not the other way around. I think Thomas Roberts or Peter Alexander should get the Saturday spot. To me, when I see Carl Quintanilla, I think business and financial news as he is one of the main faces over at CNBC. When I see Jose Diaz-Balart, I think Spanish and Telemundo as he is the face of that network's news division. There's something about him that's not appealing. I don't like him on The Rundown on MSNBC either. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13855-nbc-nightly-news/page/6/#findComment-141917 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Red 104 Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 I know what you mean, but just for the record, Kate is an NBC person appearing on MSNBC, not the other way around. I think Thomas Roberts or Peter Alexander should get the Saturday spot. To me, when I see Carl Quintanilla, I think business and financial news as he is one of the main faces over at CNBC. When I see Jose Diaz-Balart, I think Spanish and Telemundo as he is the face of that network's news division. There's something about him that's not appealing. I don't like him on The Rundown on MSNBC either. Carl has branched out and he appears on Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel. I don't think Diaz Balart has the connection and he can talk kind of fast which is a turn off. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13855-nbc-nightly-news/page/6/#findComment-141918 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Studio B 20 Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 I know what you mean, but just for the record, Kate is an NBC person appearing on MSNBC, not the other way around. I think Thomas Roberts or Peter Alexander should get the Saturday spot. To me, when I see Carl Quintanilla, I think business and financial news as he is one of the main faces over at CNBC. When I see Jose Diaz-Balart, I think Spanish and Telemundo as he is the face of that network's news division. There's something about him that's not appealing. I don't like him on The Rundown on MSNBC either. That's a fair point, although my point was ultimately that they want MSNBC and NBC now to be more interchangeable, particularly in daytime. And to be fair, I'm not the biggest fan of Diaz-Balart on MSNBC but I do think he's better on Nightly. I do wish NBC would appoint a regular person to that gig instead of contuining this hodge-pose, if you will. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13855-nbc-nightly-news/page/6/#findComment-141921 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Red 104 Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 That's a fair point, although my point was ultimately that they want MSNBC and NBC now to be more interchangeable, particularly in daytime. And to be fair, I'm not the biggest fan of Diaz-Balart on MSNBC but I do think he's better on Nightly. I do wish NBC would appoint a regular person to that gig instead of contuining this hodge-pose, if you will. They are in no rush for an evening news hosts during the weekend. Weekend news wars are gone now that Lester Holt and David Muir have been promoted to the weekdays. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13855-nbc-nightly-news/page/6/#findComment-141924 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TVNewsLover 776 Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Kristen Welker anchoring NN tonight. She was also the newsreader on Today this morning. Raphael Miranda, who did the weather this morning on Today, is also reporting weather on NN. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13855-nbc-nightly-news/page/6/#findComment-141927 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Red 104 Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Kristen Welker anchoring NN tonight. She was also the newsreader on Today this morning. Raphael Miranda, who did the weather this morning on Today, is also reporting weather on NN. Welker has been showing up more often now, never seen her on Nightly but she is intelligent and prefer watching her on weekend Today over the primary hosts Erica Hill and Shenielle Jones. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13855-nbc-nightly-news/page/6/#findComment-141932 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoseRM303 171 Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 http://www.ftvlive.com/todays-news/2016/1/25/changing-jobs Jose Diaz-Balart has been named co-anchor of the Saturday versions of NN. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13855-nbc-nightly-news/page/6/#findComment-144223 Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5562 Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 http://www.ftvlive.com/todays-news/2016/1/25/changing-jobs Jose Diaz-Balart has been named co-anchor of the Saturday versions of NN. Anchor, not co-anchor. Wasn't it just brought up elsewhere that this is old news? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13855-nbc-nightly-news/page/6/#findComment-144224 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TVNewsLover 776 Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 http://www.ftvlive.com/todays-news/2016/1/25/changing-jobs Jose Diaz-Balart has been named co-anchor of the Saturday versions of NN. SMH. See the OUT AND ABOUT thread. Note that that appears like a press release, some of the other items are almost six months old, the word "a" is used instead of "the", and the response to rkolsen's tweet does not give us anything conclusive, and no other outlet has reported that he is "the" Saturday night anchor. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13855-nbc-nightly-news/page/6/#findComment-144230 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoseRM303 171 Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Anchor, not co-anchor. Wasn't it just brought up elsewhere that this is old news? Thank you captain obvious Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13855-nbc-nightly-news/page/6/#findComment-144232 Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5562 Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Thank you captain obvious If it was so obvious... 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13855-nbc-nightly-news/page/6/#findComment-144233 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Red 104 Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Jose Diaz Balart filled in Weekend Today last week. He did a nice job, he tends to use his accent when pronouncing Spanish names. I still believe he is part of the quota, since Lester became first African American solo news anchor, NBC now has a woman and now they need an Hispanic. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13855-nbc-nightly-news/page/6/#findComment-144236 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eat News 4745 Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Anchor, not co-anchor. Wasn't it just brought up elsewhere that this is old news? The press release I saw called him "NBC's own version of Jorge Ramos". 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13855-nbc-nightly-news/page/6/#findComment-144243 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Red 104 Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 Jose Diaz Balart comes from quite a family, they are like the Cuban political mafia. His aunt was married to Fidel Castro and his father was a Cuban politician. His brother work in Congress and I don't know if his marketability will help him overall nationally to an audience with how many political ties he has with his family. It does not help having family members as politicians at the same time trying to get people to be persuaded and trust him as a news anchor/commentator. NBC needs to tread lightly on this guy. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13855-nbc-nightly-news/page/6/#findComment-144272 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mannym13 15 Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 Slightly new graphics for Nightly. Lower thirds are touched up and feature a larger font size. They also now stay on the lower third of the screen throughout the entire story; they don't dissolve away (not a fan). The peacock also now only says NBC NEWS underneath it instead of the website and like TODAY and MTP it flips between that and the show logo. Looking online, these new changes debuted yesterday. Edit: Just saw this http://www.newscaststudio.com/2016/03/08/nightly-adds-story-banners-new-bug/ 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13855-nbc-nightly-news/page/6/#findComment-147137 Share on other sites More sharing options...
memnews 36 Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 I was noticing the same thing. I can't say I'm a fan either. Too much movement for an evening newscast, and the font for the headline (as well as the red color) doesn't match the font or colors used elsewhere in the package. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13855-nbc-nightly-news/page/6/#findComment-147138 Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5562 Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 I like the bug and the recoloring of the banners, but the font resizing looks really bad. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13855-nbc-nightly-news/page/6/#findComment-147140 Share on other sites More sharing options...
c.alexbrown 8 Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 I hate how the L3 stays up the entire time. What's the point of keeping one up if it doesn't have any real, valuable, worthwhile information. if there was a sub header with more information, I could deal with it, but there isn't. Plus the chasers and runner bars are toooooo busy. Way too busy. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13855-nbc-nightly-news/page/6/#findComment-147148 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkolsen 1684 Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 I don't care about it but my biggest complaint about the package is that the line that divides two lines of text on the lower third is still visible when the story title is double height. 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13855-nbc-nightly-news/page/6/#findComment-147155 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BehindNYNews 147 Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 I don't like the new bug or that the L3 stays on the screen. I think if the bug was REALLY slow and changed less frequently it would be alright but it's too much for a network evening newscast. I do like the new L3 though. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13855-nbc-nightly-news/page/6/#findComment-147186 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkolsen 1684 Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 Worth a read from the Hollywood Reporter about Lester Holt: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/lester-holt-his-rise-top-880720 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13855-nbc-nightly-news/page/6/#findComment-148621 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Red 104 Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 Worth a read from the Hollywood Reporter about Lester Holt: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/lester-holt-his-rise-top-880720 He is movie star handsome I love that young picture of him. Cool read about Lester he is doing a great job on Nightly News. I don't even miss Brian Williams, to me it seemed like Lester had that chair for a long time. I like what he said when he said "bosses are not your friends" that is true and that he understands he is working in a cold hearted business. Unfortunately in news business profit has gotten in the way of paying dues and Lester got the chair by being the best in the business. I hope NBC never mistreats Lester Holt, he seems like a good person and in a cold business like that it is easy for bosses to exploit and mismanage the nice people. They don't care about your resume unless it translate to their bottom dollar. Rooting for Lester Holt, very good article. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13855-nbc-nightly-news/page/6/#findComment-148639 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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