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ref1997

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  1. I don't get the rationale of having a weird "off air" hour from 4-5PM every weekend... The "best of" fillers should either be at 10PM or 6AM...
  2. Hmm I'm wondering which studio will "NBC News Daily" be produced in... Will it be a big production like the Today show and Nightly produced from 1A, or it's gonna be small scaled like Early Today produced from 3C (3A Annex)...
  3. Ugh I hate the branding confusion now… we have replacement names “MSNBC Reports” for the generic dayside newscasts, “MSNBC Prime” for the prime time shows, and now we have “MSNBC Live” which I have no idea what purpose this branding is trying to serve Plus the bug is also confusing for repeats because the word “LIVE” (show name) is throughout the show but it’s not actually live…
  4. IMO Chris has been with MSNBC since day 1 and I think she's qualified to replace Brian Williams as the new chief anchor, taking over rolling coverage whenever there's breaking news.
  5. The camera aspect ratio tho is messed up... His face is sooo stretched lol...
  6. No, it already ended and back to Craig Melvin Reports this morning~
  7. I kinda like the idea of having a 1 hour newscast live from the White House anchored by the two chief WH correspondent... will be awesome if they have a more permanent setup~ Sadly they have Saturday Today duties so it can't be a long term thing...
  8. MSNBC is launching a temporary newscast "White House Reports" at 11AM next week Mon - Fri, anchored by the Saturday Today anchors. It's featuring the regular MSNBC Reports graphics... Probably used as a temporary fill-in show to cover Craig Melvin's long break after his duties at the Winter Olympics.
  9. A peek at the new modified logo for the new "The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle"
  10. Meh FTVLive has an piece on this and quoted @sanewsguy's video for their article https://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2022/1/21/they-lost-their-cbs-affiliation
  11. So some time ago KNTV updated their closing theme... It's one of the new cuts from LA Groove: https://streamable.com/qzwo58 The full ver can be heard from GrooveWorx's website: https://grooveworx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/NBC-KNTV-Deadroll-60sec-full-mix-V-2.m4a
  12. It seems like Kendis resigned himself… oh well I’m gonna miss the Reison & Gibson duo on weekend mornings… https://thehill.com/homenews/media/590217-former-msnbc-anchor-laments-hyper-partisan-cable-news-world?amp
  13. I think it will, WBTS just got the "tumor treatment" in their bug too...
  14. The thing I don't like with MSNBC is that they don't notify viewers on programming changes... especially on weekends... The whole weekend primetime block can get pre-empted with repeat programmes without prior notice to viewers by anchors on certain days... When the network goes "off air" with repeat programmes earlier than usual, the anchors usually just sign off with "more news right after this" (but what follows is a repeat of a newscast or Dateline)... It's like they're trying to hide something. Local stations tend to be more caring in notifying viewers when newscast times are changed...
  15. A minor update to Look S on WMAQ - there is now a blue/red background behind the bug that is attached to the lower third graphic, similar to the blue/red bug background previously on Look N. The bug's background will turn to transparent when the lower third is removed, similar to Look N. This may be rolled out to other O&O stations in the future...
  16. I can't tell if this is chroma key'ed or a real studio backdrop because the background seemed a bit too "high quality" but I don't see any chroma key flaws or tid bits of green... If this is green screened I think they're doing a great job lol...
  17. Classy yet emotional sign off by Brian Williams... Words can't describe how I feel as he signs off the network for the last time, with the election theme and NYC skyline shot fading in. I don't know how to describe it but there's just something that fascinates me with BriWi's ending sequence "On behalf of all my colleagues at the networks of NBC News, goodnight" accompanied by the election closing theme every weeknight and I'm gonna miss it so much (maybe Brian's style is just so breathtakingly verbose and it just blends in so well with the election closing theme every night). I wish whoever that take over his position as chief anchor will continue to carry on his narrative and verbose style of anchoring.
  18. Seems like MSNBC is cutting back programming on weekend mornings... According to TVPassport and MSNBC.com/schedule, starting from this Saturday (December 4th), the 6AM live hour will be replaced by a repeat of "Zerlina" from The Choice Peacock channel. The 7AM hour is also renamed "MSNBC Reports" rather then "Reiser and Gibson Report" so maybe they have stepped down from their duties. This arrangement occurs for the following week's schedule too so I think it's not something temporary...
  19. On a personal note I'm gonna miss BriWi so much... Some of you here might not agree with me but I really enjoyed his narrative style of anchoring. IMO he fits his role in MSNBC serving as the chief anchor perfectly. Back in his Nightly News era, I always feel like Brian Williams' expertise was constained by the format of Nightly News. The newscast was only about 20 minutes long (minus the total of 10 mins ads), which he was often required to rush through the stories on NN, not allowing his narrative style of anchoring and reporting to shine. When he transferred to MSNBC, I started to like him more. The less constrained format of MSNBC allowed Brian to really show his expertise in anchoring. Whenever breaking news occurs and I see Brian Williams I always tune into him, because I really enjoyed his narrative tone and the dynamic feel in breaking the news... Unlike most of the daytime anchors who sound very uptight and "anxious" when breaking news is developing... The 11th Hour was always like the "flagship newscast" for MSNBC in my eyes - it's like the equivilent of the flagship shows "Nightly News with Lester Holt" on NBC or "The News with Shep Smith" on CNBC. There's just something different from other shows in the primetime lineup... He is not too overly opinionated like the rest of the primetime hosts, yet the nature of the show allows Brian to loosen up and gives him more flexibility and time to narrate stories... and occassionally add a little bit of sacarasm. Guests on his show are also given more air time to voice out and sounded more "rational" in discussions. I'm also one of those viewers who liked "hard news" newscasts rather than opinionated newscasts and perhaps that's why that makes me like Brian's show more... I know some of you here may disagree with me but I think Brian has redeemed his mistakes from Nightly News. I know Brian William's might sound overly confident and perhaps has too much ego during his Nightly News Era... but ever since his transfer to MSNBC I can see he has significantly turned more humble and "low-key" from his interviews and media presence after 2016. His "record" is also clean without any huge controversy ever since he took his new role at MSNBC... and he helped MSNBC built the 11PM market and scored new viewership. I'm gonna miss him signing off as the network goes off air, accompanied by the dramatic election closing theme every weeknight at 11:59PM ET. "On behalf of all my colleagues at the networks of NBC News, goodnight from NBC News World Headquarters in New York City" *cue the election theme and the skyline photos or live shots of NYC* Speaking of signing off, here's a long close of the 11th Hour featuring Brian signing off into the dramatic election theme I've captured some weeks ago... I've always hummed the theme whenever I get to catch the end of the show at night... If you like the election theme I hope you'll enjoy: https://streamable.com/gr3khz
  20. Some O&Os are reporting about this too after Brian announced his resignation last night.
  21. Seems like the double anchor arrangement is permanent. Yesterday's 5PM news have Adam Kuperstein and Gilma Avalos anchoring too... Gilma is still anchoring the 6PM and 11PM every weekend too.
  22. The 11am intro is "News 4 Midday" instead of "NBC 4 News Midday".
  23. Oh god the inconsistencies in logos...
  24. WRC is STILL in Look N but hey it seems they've started to import little tid bits of Look S graphics into their rundown templates... Take a look at the Look S banner below the top bar from this morning... Feels like they're switching to Look S very very soon...
  25. Some extra screenshots if anyone's interested from this morning's newscast... So far I don't see any fancy new bumpers or variations in design... However, a point to note is that they've removed the "San Diego" part of the logo in their news open, while they added back the "San Diego" part of the logo in their bug. (In Look N this was reversed). Speaking of the logo, I think the KNSD logo is refreshed... It seems like the they have a new font for the letters "San Diego". The top right part of the "7" on the left logo is also "cut apart", unlike the one on the right where there is an angle visible in the top right part of the "7". I'm not sure if this is just a bug or it's a new logo designed by NBC... Tbh I hope they used the new LA Groove update cuts on KNBC and WTVJ but oh well I guess they stayed with the old one...
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