Kenneth Kissel 283 Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 According to the CBS News National Desk, Jeff Glor will start anchoring between Early to Mid November with an official date coming in days. I know because I called CBS directly. My personal guess would be November 6th. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15732-pelley-out-at-cbs-evening-news/page/6/#findComment-187482 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TVNewsLover 779 Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 On a side note, Jake Tapper or Shepherd Smith would have been solid choices. Or George Stephanopoulos or Anderson Cooper. Even Brian Williams would probably get better ratings. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15732-pelley-out-at-cbs-evening-news/page/6/#findComment-187485 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daybreak 288 Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 Really? These kinds of job openings don’t come up on CareerBuilder everyday....a once in a lifetime opportunity to anchor a network newscast! Who gives a crap if the CBS Evening News ratings are in the toilet. Half of the fun is in the challenge of turning the product around to make it more successful and bringing the numbers up! I know. I guess I always imagine me in the position and how I would react to the offer. I would see the job as a no win situation. If he works out, I'll be surprise. Knowing CBS history I'll probably wouldn't have taken the job because they are quick to fire you in a second haha! Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15732-pelley-out-at-cbs-evening-news/page/6/#findComment-187486 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eat News 4745 Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 [MEDIA=twitter]923211497551138816[/MEDIA] Â Am I missing something here? Interesting that Major Garret was the source for the announcement on twitter. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15732-pelley-out-at-cbs-evening-news/page/6/#findComment-187489 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCA TK47 277 Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 I know. I guess I always imagine me in the position and how I would react to the offer. I would see the job as a no win situation. If he works out, I'll be surprise. Knowing CBS history I'll probably wouldn't have taken the job because they are quick to fire you in a second haha!   You never know, you could’ve turned the CBS Evening News around! Truth is stranger than fiction! Lol!  Any company (in any industry, for that matter) is always quick to fire anybody (for whatever reason) in a second, whether it’s CBS or not. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15732-pelley-out-at-cbs-evening-news/page/6/#findComment-187492 Share on other sites More sharing options...
A3N 1002 Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 Am I missing something here? Interesting that Major Garret was the source for the announcement on twitter. Found it interesting as well. Â But I must say that Major is one awesome dude. If only because he's a Padres fan--but he's a pretty damn good journalist as well. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15732-pelley-out-at-cbs-evening-news/page/6/#findComment-187503 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breaking News 829 Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 Well, when forced to, both have shown some personality. I'm curious to know how many they offered the positioned to, and turned it down-- for whatever reason. I can't imagine them not even trying to lure a recognizable face.  On a side note, Jake Tapper or Shepherd Smith would have been solid choices.  Jake Tapper told many sources he wanted the job, and not sure if he had any outs in his contract at CNN. Now, if Jake Tapper was doing the CBS Evening News I would watch. CBS would have a ballgame if they went that route.  My old habit has been ABC WNT growing up with Jennings on WNT was top notch. Muir eeh, but prefer Lester Holt on NBC Nightly News. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15732-pelley-out-at-cbs-evening-news/page/6/#findComment-187512 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidwestTV 1232 Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 I actually prefer CBS’s boring style to David Muirs bizarre inorganic writing style “the images today, that mother clinging to her child as the flood waters raged around them, desperate for hope...” If WNT just said it plainly and wasn’t a hype fest I might consider it.  Unfortunately, ratings seem to indicate that's what the public enjoys. I loathe Muir. He seems smug and arrogant and is always leaning on his left elbow. It's as if the left side of his body is heavier than the right and pulling him down.  But back to CBS, it's a very unimpressive move. It'll be interesting to see what happens. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15732-pelley-out-at-cbs-evening-news/page/6/#findComment-187521 Share on other sites More sharing options...
C Block 1566 Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 We should all be relieved they at least didn't try to pull anything stupid by hiring someone from outside the company. Â Glor is a safe bet. When he did the Sunday edition during the Katie Couric era, I always thought of him as a David Muir analogue. They both have the look of someone born to be an anchor, whether or not they actually deserve it. (For the record, I think Glor does. Muir is still too self-serving for me. Talk about Me-Roll.) Â It would have been nice to see another woman anchor network evening news again. I think the best way CBS could have done it would have been to move up Norah O'Donnell and put Margaret Brennan on CTM. I think they must have considered this seeing as Brennan was O'Donnell's main fill-in this summer. But on the other hand, I can see how they wouldn't want to risk blowing CTM's momentum. At least David Muir has the gay thing going for him. Oops, did I say that? Â Jeff Glor is not a mistake. The mistake was getting rid of Scott Pelley. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15732-pelley-out-at-cbs-evening-news/page/6/#findComment-187530 Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5577 Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 Personally, I don't mind Muir, so I'm in a minority, but THIS... Jeff Glor is not a mistake. The mistake was getting rid of Scott Pelley. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15732-pelley-out-at-cbs-evening-news/page/6/#findComment-187531 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkolsen 1684 Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 I agree with what most of you said.  Unfortunately, ratings seem to indicate that's what the public enjoys. I loathe Muir. He seems smug and arrogant and is always leaning on his left elbow. It's as if the left side of his body is heavier than the right and pulling him down. But back to CBS, it's a very unimpressive move. It'll be interesting to see what happens.  I don’t think I’ve ever seen the left side of his face.  We should all be relieved they at least didn't try to pull anything stupid by hiring someone from outside the company. Glor is a safe bet. When he did the Sunday edition during the Katie Couric era, I always thought of him as a David Muir analogue. They both have the look of someone born to be an anchor, whether or not they actually deserve it. (For the record, I think Glor does. Muir is still too self-serving for me. Talk about Me-Roll.)  It would have been nice to see another woman anchor network evening news again. I think the best way CBS could have done it would have been to move up Norah O'Donnell and put Margaret Brennan on CTM. I think they must have considered this seeing as Brennan was O'Donnell's main fill-in this summer. But on the other hand, I can see how they wouldn't want to risk blowing CTM's momentum. At least David Muir has the gay thing going for him. Oops, did I say that?  Jeff Glor is not a mistake. The mistake was getting rid of Scott Pelley.  Have any of you seen his Instagram? Filled with highly posed photos looking for positive comments (maybe he’s still getting over Gio). Lester is in many of his own photos but they seem more to show the scene. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15732-pelley-out-at-cbs-evening-news/page/6/#findComment-187532 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivefromNewYork 37 Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 Even Brian Williams would probably get better ratings. I always had a soft spot for Brian, but I think now people either hate him or love him. Something about the newsman voice or the long drawn out questions. ( Really liked this interview he gave with Vanity Fair). I’ve never heard this guy’s name, has Jeff Glor been at CBS long? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15732-pelley-out-at-cbs-evening-news/page/6/#findComment-187536 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgie56 3304 Posted October 26, 2017 Author Share Posted October 26, 2017 Am I missing something here? Interesting that Major Garret was the source for the announcement on twitter. Â He wasn't. I just randomly selected him. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15732-pelley-out-at-cbs-evening-news/page/6/#findComment-187539 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickp 337 Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 CBS would have been bold and hired Brian Williams Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15732-pelley-out-at-cbs-evening-news/page/6/#findComment-187602 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfomspphl 490 Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 I myself was hoping for Anthony Mason to be permanent anchor of the CBS Evening News Chief Anchor for breaking news and election coverage, but my mind is already made up. Congrats, Jeff! No offense to naysayers who would be like "the new era of the CBS Evening News and CBS News itself will drool." Â I always get Anthony and Jeff confused. Â Nice enough guys both of them. I think Jeff's the one that looks like he's about to crack up on CBS This Morning, but manages to hold it together. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15732-pelley-out-at-cbs-evening-news/page/6/#findComment-187615 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Action Newsroom 1281 Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 While I agree that he is a safe choice, I think Glor is a good choice. I've enjoyed his tenure as anchor of the weekend News (back under the EN name) and was excited when he was chosen as the newsreader of the final years of The Early Show. He's a great journalist but it'll take a lot more than enough to try to fill the gaping mistake of letting another great journalist, Scott Pelley, go from the broadcast and waiting more than five months to find his successor (even if one possibility was right under their noses). Â Also...if some of you say you have nothing against him, but then post something that clearly says otherwise...it's fair to say you kinda do have something against him. And like any of the fantasy choices would make a big wave in the ratings like it would on social media. CBS has never made higher than third for years either way and never will. Just saying. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15732-pelley-out-at-cbs-evening-news/page/6/#findComment-187634 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvtime07 252 Posted October 28, 2017 Share Posted October 28, 2017 I also believe Glor is a good choice as well. He seems pleasant and versatile, he’s been groomed by CBS for better things. He’s done so many things internally: 60 Minutes Sports, pops up from time to time on CBS This Morning, does CBSN, and has done the weekend shifts for a number of years. The network is obviously going younger in order to make the broadcast appealing, I wonder if the show will somewhat evolve even more.  I think the next closest person internally was going to be Josh Elliott, but he obviously screwed himself royally by ego.  Personally, I think Ann Curry would have been suited, her strong journalistic personality would have been more suited at CBS News and it would have been great PR to give her another chance in the big leagues. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15732-pelley-out-at-cbs-evening-news/page/6/#findComment-187774 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Journalist 894 Posted October 28, 2017 Share Posted October 28, 2017 My money is on either Jeff Glor or Norah O'Donnell  Woo! Nickp's prediction from 4 months ago was actually correct! This must be a sign for something...  CBS would have been bold and hired Brian Williams  ....spoke too soon. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15732-pelley-out-at-cbs-evening-news/page/6/#findComment-187776 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fox2 191 Posted October 28, 2017 Share Posted October 28, 2017 I watch World News because of David Muir. If he's not on, I don't watch. I cannot staaaaaand David Muir - and that forest fire, and those horrendous winds, and that desperate woman's unforgettable cries for help, even when she knew that nothing could save those two desperate cats. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15732-pelley-out-at-cbs-evening-news/page/6/#findComment-187798 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daybreak 288 Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 Sorry to break this tread but I was looking at Demarco Morgan insta stories while he was anchoring CBSN, and he panned the newsroom. It appears that studio 47 is now closed off with a wall instead of the previous glass wall that was there before. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15732-pelley-out-at-cbs-evening-news/page/6/#findComment-188565 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenneth Kissel 283 Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 Here it is the NEW CBS Evening News with Jeff Glor Opening and closing. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15732-pelley-out-at-cbs-evening-news/page/6/#findComment-190610 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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