CBS News Unveils Morning Show Changes - New Name, Look And Studio

[genius]

What is Paula Zahn doing these days? I remember during the disastrous Newman/McRee era of Good Morning America it was Zahn’s This Morning that went to #2.

The Rose/King combo was very successful in gaining momentum but we all know that went off the rails.

 

[Rusty Muck]

CBS News, which has gone through how many evening news anchors since Dan Rather left? Four? Five? No wonder ABC and NBC beat them for the evening news crowd. Which for the most part is 60+. Look at all the commercials. Medications, prescription medications, more medications, Salonpas, and more medications.

In an alternate universe, Russ Mitchell is celebrating his 15th anniversary anchoring CBS EN after a slowly drawn-out Brokaw-esque retirement for Dan.

 

[Mediafrog+]

I remember vaguely the reboot.

If you do some digging there are some episodes of the 1997 Captain Kangaroo reboot on the internet. As they are of dubious copyright status, I’ll refrain from posting links. You can also find a 1996 unaired pilot with yet another person playing the Captain.

 

[PTBoardOp94]

Turned on the TV this evening after getting and saw Jane Pauley, and "CBS Sunday Morning" on CBS. At 10pm on Friday. I feel like that slot would typically belong to "48 Hours".

Is something up with 48 Hours production?

 

[seatownmedia]

Jane Pauley is a broadcast treasure. She was great at WMAQ in Chicago at a very young age. Her talent pushed her to NBC and the rest is history. Talent is something age defies. One of the great talents of our time.

 

[gr8oldies]

Sheesh, the sun logo and 'Sunday Morning' music, on weekdays? Seems like they really are targeting the older population! At least, what's left of the TV population altogether. How many don't even bother with the morning shows anymore? Or even local news morning shows (like Q13 News This Morning in Seattle)?

CBS tried that once while Kuralt was still hosting the Sunday show.

 

[AbrahamJSimpson]

Turned on the TV this evening after getting and saw Jane Pauley, and "CBS Sunday Morning" on CBS. At 10pm on Friday. I feel like that slot would typically belong to "48 Hours".

Is something up with 48 Hours production?

48 Hours is Saturday nights. This was late summer filler.

 

[Kemosabe]

What is Paula Zahn doing these days?

She's a cohost on THIRTEEN's NYC-ARTS.

 

[crainbebo]

In one of the biggest changes yet to the overall look of the network, CBS's logo bug has been moved to the lower left (ala NBC). And it shrinked big time. I hope this is not CBS trying to say adios to their 70-year-old eye.

 

[Cool_guy81]

In one of the biggest changes yet to the overall look of the network, CBS's logo bug has been moved to the lower left (ala NBC). And it shrinked big time. I hope this is not CBS trying to say adios to their 70-year-old eye.

After saying that since their 70 years old maybe CBS is going blind.

 

[TheBigA]

I hope this is not CBS trying to say adios to their 70-year-old eye.

I doubt it. They did a redesign on the logo with a new typeface, and they specifically put limits on its use for Entercom. Those rights have now lapsed. I notice CBS News makes more use of the "eye" than the other divisions.

NBC still uses the peacock, and they took a lot of heat when they replaced it with the big N.

 

[Y2kTheNewOldies]

CBS to Phase Out CBSN Name for News Streaming Service

CBS News will phase out the CBSN name for its streaming-video news service and simply call the outlet CBS News

variety.com

CBSN will face a rebranding for the CBS News app.

 

[bmasters1981]

Already been done. In the 1979-82 time range CBS had a weekday companion of the Sunday morning show that used the same theme music (usually shortened) and similar graphics. At first the weekday version ran 60 minutes and was later expanded to 90 minutes for a year or so. Originally anchored by Bob Schieffer, later by Charles Kuralt working a long week.

Here is an example of the Schieffer Morning (Tuesday Morning, Apr. 17, 1979):

And here's one of the Kuralt weekday Morning (Wednesday, Jan. 21, 1981, by which time it started simply to be called Morning; this was also when Charles Kuralt was running alone, and before Diane Sawyer joined him later in 1981); this is the first 15 min., roughly: