WFXT Boston ditching open newsroom for traditional set

[BostonMediaWatch 1]

Boston's WFXT FOX 25 is ditching it's open newsroom set that they have had since 2003 to construct a new set.

 

More from New England One: http://ne1.news/2arO7R7

[C Block 1566]

Hope it turns out well. That was one of the cooler sets in local TV in my opinion.

[Greggo 358]

I'm surprised it took so long. The newsroom set still has the "old" Fox 25 logo plastered everywhere.

[brb588 114]

I'm surprised it took so long. The newsroom set still has the "old" Fox 25 logo plastered everywhere.

... which is the most god-awful logo out there for a top market.

[JacobC 44]

Here's a look at last night's newscast with the green screen infront of the anchors

[Hexagonal10 84]

Here's a look at last night's newscast with the green screen infront of the anchors

Nice set, if only they fixed the green part.

[ProButtonPusher 230]

Nice set, if only they fixed the green part.

[Eat News 4745]

Boston's WFXT FOX 25 is ditching it's open newsroom set that they have had since 2003 to construct a new set.

 

More from New England One: http://ne1.news/2arO7R7

 

What is the point of an open newsroom set if there is nobody in the newsroom at showtime?

[bostonmediaguy 124]

The new set debuts tonight at 10pm.

 

 

I'll let others weigh in on the redesign. But I'll quote one of the comments: "Putting a cheeseburger on nice china still makes it a cheeseburger."

[JacobC 44]

3 months wow that's a lot of work since being O&O back then.

[brianpr3 178]

LAME! it is right about cheeseburgers and china

[atlnews2 596]

I kinda like it

[kimmykun 13]

Keeping that logo, eh?

 

Overall, tho, it's not bad. It does look kinda small, but that studio is huge, so that's probably why.

[Action Newsroom 1300]

I kinda like it too. Much more clean and streamlined (as it were). It's definitely that logo that takes it all down a peg, though. (...and I assume that where that "cheeseburger on a china" analogy came from.)

[Greggo 358]

Why debut it tonight, when everyone will be watching the Emmys on ABC? Unless they want to get the kinks out with as few people as possible watching.

[NewsMaster 226]

The only thing this set has going for it is that it makes the horrid logo look less "out of place". This set is extremely underwhelming for a major station in a major market. It would look good if it were in a smaller market, but Boston? Nope.

[jero23 105]

Cox should have did with what was down with WHBQ and just kept the O&O era logo and just modified the graphics. Their logo for WFXT and WFOX are GARBAGE, PLAIN AND SIMPLE.

[MorningNews 1500]

Meh. It's ugly.

[Weeters 1969]

I like the truss warmers. A completely unnecessary touch, but a nice one.

[MidwestTV 1247]

It's really not THAT bad. Truly, a different logo might make a difference for how some people here see it.

[MichiganNewsGraphicsJunkie 949]

I kinda like it myself.. but yes really wish that logo would just be burned at the stake in Salem.

[TheRolyPoly 2592]

My question is when will they finally replace that logo with one used with the "FOX" standard logo?

[KRAP-TV 146]

I've been watching some of the 9am news, and the set looks nice enough. They did not ditch the open newsroom layout, which I think is smart. The 2 shot of the anchors at the desk is underwhelming, and I think we've spilled enough ink about the horrific logo...

[TheRolyPoly 2592]

Yeah... they never really ditched the newsroom look after all and I'm glad they kept that because that's the way WFXT has done news since 2004 by having a newsroom look... basically copying WSVN/WHDH in the way they do news by having a newsroom look or in 'SVN and 'HDH's case... "The NewsPlex."

[Guest]

Looks like every other set I've ever seen. But at least they managed to scrub a little more of that Gregg Kelley funk out of that place.