caliwxdude 254 Posted January 4, 2010 Posted January 4, 2010 Since this story was big enough to cross the Associated Press wire, I thought it was justified that I post something here as well. CBS News has tapped actor Morgan Freeman to provide the voiceover in the open for the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric, replacing the voice of the late Walter Cronkite that the network continued to use even after his death last summer. The first broadcast with Freeman's voiceover will be today, January 4. According to the AP story, "Having Freeman on board gives CBS the flexibility to record different intros when Couric has special reports and is on location."
CBS2LuvsU 0 Posted January 4, 2010 Posted January 4, 2010 Since this story was big enough to cross the Associated Press wire, I thought it was justified that I post something here as well. CBS News has tapped actor Morgan Freeman to provide the voiceover in the open for the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric, replacing the voice of the late Walter Cronkite that the network continued to use even after his death last summer. The first broadcast with Freeman's voiceover will be today, January 4. According to the AP story, "Having Freeman on board gives CBS the flexibility to record different intros when Couric has special reports and is on location." I'm a fan of morgan freeman as an actor but OMG I just heard the open and it sounded TERRIBLE!
NewsJunkie247 1 Posted January 5, 2010 Posted January 5, 2010 It isn't too bad, and it is better than Michael Douglas on NBC Nightly News. Still, Mike Rowe on World News is the best of the three.
alaskanews 123 Posted January 5, 2010 Posted January 5, 2010 It is pretty bad. They need to have him re-record it. A lot of people like Morgan's narrating, but narration and announcing are two totally different things.
Weeters 1973 Posted January 5, 2010 Posted January 5, 2010 Unfortunately, I can think of a number of announcers better than him.
TennTV1983 810 Posted January 5, 2010 Posted January 5, 2010 Even though Freeman was a good choice for CBS to use as a voiceover, his execution on that bit could've been much better (having heard his voice used in promos and all).
RGSJenkins 435 Posted January 7, 2010 Posted January 7, 2010 Morgan sounds like someone held a gun to his face and told him to read the script quickly before someone shoots him dead.
tw-804 194 Posted January 7, 2010 Posted January 7, 2010 Morgan sounds like someone held a gun to his face and told him to read the script quickly before someone shoots him dead. That's just wrong...
newscenter 0 Posted January 8, 2010 Posted January 8, 2010 That's just wrong... Talk about wrong. I'm a longtime fan of Walter Cronkite. I loved the Cronkite spiel better than Morgan Freeman's. Couric has an admiration for Cronkite, and so do I. It was more fitting to have Cronkite open for Couric when she premiered in 2006. Cronkite's voice adds a lot more dignity, rather than the Hollywood-style bulls---t, as if the news presented today wasn't more about that BS.
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