newswatch 1 Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 As you see in the photos below, there are some anchors and reporters that NEVER SMILE Examples Include: Chuck Scarborough (WNBC) Tom Brokaw (NBC News) Jim Payne (WESH Orlando) Peter Jennings (ABC News) - God Rest his Soul Bill "$#@! Things Sucks" O'Reilly (FOX News) Roger Grimsby (WABC) Maybe it's because they want to be taken seriously - breaking the stereotype that people put on news anchors, especially the smiling Ted Baxter typecast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
first on fox 18 Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 All of WPXI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Lampstein 6 Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 I dunno.. I've seen plenty of those people smile plenty of times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMA 135 Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 Chuck has smiled... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thafernykid 2 Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 So has Brokaw... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAVY 10 Fan 232 Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 As you see in the photos below, there are some anchors and reporters that NEVER SMILE Examples Include: Chuck Scarborough (WNBC) Tom Brokaw (NBC News) Jim Payne (WESH Orlando) Peter Jennings (ABC News) - God Rest his Soul Bill "$#@! Things Sucks" O'Reilly (FOX News) Roger Grimsby (WABC) Maybe it's because they want to be taken seriously - breaking the stereotype that people put on news anchors, especially the smiling Ted Baxter typecast. I thought those guys WERE examples of the stereotypes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewsJunkie247 1 Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 All of WPXI. You are so right! I hardly ever watch them because they are always SO SERIOUS!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PitCleTV 9 Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 You are so right! I hardly ever watch them because they are always SO SERIOUS!!! Damn! You both beat me to it. But I agree 110%! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
News24/7 3 Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 Vicky Ngyuen on NBC Bay Area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGSJenkins 432 Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 I saw Grimsby smiled once in video I used to have on my old computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Lampstein 6 Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 Jenning's smile was almost magical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess 1110 Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 Jim Gardner smiles. If we're talking more recently, Gardner smiles a lot. I don't know where Chuck came from, frankly, as he always seemed like one of the warmest, friendliest anchors on television and would always chuckle or smile. Same with Brokaw and Jennings... serious newsmen yes, but friendly in their own ways. Now there's a few people that more legitimately fit this criteria... Grimsby's on-air persona was built on rarely smiling, even though he had that legendarily quick and sarcastic wit. This was part of the Eyewitness News formula, where everyone had their own personality. He would smile during lighter moments, such as the end of a newscast, when something went wrong, or occasionally during a quip - i.e. "as Mara Wolinsky would say, 'we're number one'." - but it wasn't really much of a habit. Jim Jensen probably embodied it the most. Jensen personally saw the idea of news being an "entertainment" program as sheer heresy, and his presentation reflected that. I've only seen him smile once, and that was during some off-the-cuff commentary with Rolland Smith as they tossed to break during a newscast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbhcity 3 Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 Anchors who don't smile in Los Angeles (especially now) would be castrated. Unless we're talking about a business reporter, commentator or news director or one of the higher ups. Although I do recall quite a few past anchors who never smiled but maintained a friendly down-to-earth tone such as Warren Olney, who anchored at almost every station town and now hosts "Which Way LA/Two the Point" on KCRW Public Radio. The news directors and consultants in Los Angeles really force these ridiculous ideas on anchors, which is why many leave or get let go. Although, I'd rather not speak poorly of KNBC's Bob Long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jestbiteme 13 Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 If I have to pick an anchor, I'd have to say KDKA's Stacy Smith, although he does smile in the talent open... sort of. It looks more like a grimace. Stacy's old school, though. Now reporter Andy Sheehan must have some form of maxillofacial paralysis, as his face is always screwed up in an almost Botox-addict-looking form of some sort. I have never seen him smile, once. Then again, one must have a personality to smile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TVNewsWatcher 6 Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 Jim Dial, doesn't smile...Just kidding.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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