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17 minutes ago, Eat News said:

If CNN is so concerned about global warming , then why did they move to a location that's only 1 foot above sea level?

 

So Amusing.

 

 

 
 

Yeah but the building is elevated probably 20+ feet above sea level.  It is over a train yard after all.  I do wonder how safe it is if there was a big train crash or some terrorist attack underneath. 

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7 minutes ago, DMA said:

That looks virtual to me - the reflections on the floor seem a bit off?

I also got the virtual vibe from it for a second but I'm pretty sure it's a physical set. 

 

Interested to see how Cuomo Prime Time looks, assuming they use the same set. The bricks of the old set heavily inspired the graphics. Curious if they use a partial brick background on the screens or if they redo the graphics.

8 hours ago, mountainave said:

On what basis are you making those comments?

It was meant as a joke.  He makes a ton of money but they seem to constantly lay-off people.  And as for cheap they once bought a $160 desk from OfficeMax for a studio.

9 minutes ago, rkolsen said:

It was meant as a joke.  He makes a ton of money but they seem to constantly lay-off people.  And as for cheap they once bought a $160 desk from OfficeMax for a studio.

 

Is that true?

 

To be fair, Officemax has some pretty sweet executive desks...

Chris Cuomo was still at Columbus Circle tonight but will apparently move next week. Don Lemon's CNN Tonight is sharing the Erin Burnett studio. 

 

I wonder how many more studios are left. New Day, Anderson Cooper 360 and Cuomo Prime Time are yet to move. I'm guessing 360 and CPT won't share a set because the broadcasts air consecutively, so it seems there are probably at least a couple left to debut.

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This second studio is fairly nice. Simple and looks like mostly video walls with graphics to change the look. I wonder if some sort of desk would go on that platform area at the base of the stairs.

 

I haven't seen any video clips yet so I may change my mind once I do, but in the stills with Erin Burnett the desk looks oddly tall. Optical illusion?

 

And as I was scrolling though the photos, it looked like those stairs were the epitome of "stairs leading to nowhere" until I saw the wide shot that showed the "workspace" up there. But the stairs still look like they just lead into a wall in many of the shots.

8 hours ago, Northerner said:

Would anyone put it past CNN to recreate the New Day/Cuomo studio at Hudson Yards?

 

 

I doubt they will recreate it.  I was once in that CNN Studio in NYC on a day trip.  I had a connection at the time who worked for CNN, now works for WaPo.  

 

It was a nice studio.  Tried to find a pic or two I took of it.  Even with me behind the anchor desk.  Can’t find it.

 

— Matt

My understanding is that those stairs were originally supposed to rise to 3 stories in a "super news  deck"...

 

But the liability insurers insisted it be kept to one flight of stairs...

 

In case the anchor(s)...or a guest... decided to jump.

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Just noticed this tweet from Kate Bolduan the other day that says the newsroom is just "my new temp home until the new studio is ready!"

 

Her show "At This Hour" didn't use the newsroom at Columbus Circle so I was a bit surprised to see it using the new Hudson Yards newsroom. This seems to make more sense.

Alisyn Camerota and John Berman debuting New Day's new studio. As mentioned earlier, this one looks familiar but is still very different. I'm guessing this one will be shared with Cuomo Prime Time and possibly At This Hour.

 

I was underwhelmed by their newsroom set so I'm impressed that they managed to pull off the other studios nicely.

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Wow! This one's awesome. A much needed refresh of the old set -- which I loved.

 

Honestly, I'm glad the newsroom set came first, because while I really like it, these other sets are masterpieces in comparison. CNN has done it visually in my book.

On 5/17/2019 at 8:22 AM, Geoffrey said:

Looks like New Day (and probably Cuomo Prime Time and maybe At This Hour) will still have brick studio! Had a feeling they might try to go with a similar look.

 

CNN seems to really like the screens on the floor.

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On 5/13/2019 at 10:20 PM, Northerner said:

Would anyone put it past CNN to recreate the New Day/Cuomo studio at Hudson Yards?

 

Called it!

Anderson Cooper is using his new studio tonight. Once again, it looks familiar as it uses similar graphics for the background as the previous studio (which was very small -- at least the part used on air), but also very different and modern.

 

Interestingly, the broadcast opened with some soft music playing as Anderson began. I don't believe 360 has used any sort of theme music in years. No open. No bumpers. Nothing.

 

(I'll update this post with more screenshots throughout the hour.)

 

CNN really likes those floor monitors.

 

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