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RE: American News Presentation - mark - 21-01-2023

I saw NBC's Today show for the first time in a while this week. It's looking great and has a nice feel to it, but can anyone help me understand Craig Melvin's role?

To all intents and purposes, he seems to be a third main anchor like GMA and CBS Mornings have - yet he gets no mention in the opening titles and is absent for the first couple of stories (which was less than 15 minutes yesterday).

There's also Carson Daly pitching up about 45 minutes in, although his role seems better-defined as the entertainment guy, just like Al Roker is the weather guy.

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RE: American News Presentation - JosiahStuart - 21-01-2023

(21-01-2023, 01:11 PM)mark Wrote:  I saw NBC's Today show for the first time in a while this week. It's looking great and has a nice feel to it, but can anyone help me understand Craig Melvin's role?

To all intents and purposes, he seems to be a third main anchor like GMA and CBS Mornings have - yet he gets no mention in the opening titles and is absent for the first couple of stories (which was less than 15 minutes yesterday).

There's also Carson Daly pitching up about 45 minutes in, although his role seems better-defined as the entertainment guy, just like Al Roker is the weather guy.

Craig's role is news anchor. The didn't have one from the time Natalie Morales left the show in 2016 until 2018 when Craig joined the show.

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RE: American News Presentation - Medianext.MX - 21-01-2023

(21-01-2023, 03:55 PM)JosiahStuart Wrote:  

(21-01-2023, 01:11 PM)mark Wrote:  I saw NBC's Today show for the first time in a while this week. It's looking great and has a nice feel to it, but can anyone help me understand Craig Melvin's role?

To all intents and purposes, he seems to be a third main anchor like GMA and CBS Mornings have - yet he gets no mention in the opening titles and is absent for the first couple of stories (which was less than 15 minutes yesterday).

There's also Carson Daly pitching up about 45 minutes in, although his role seems better-defined as the entertainment guy, just like Al Roker is the weather guy.

Craig's role is news anchor. The didn't have one from the time Natalie Morales left the show in 2016 until 2018 when Craig joined the show.

Errr... Morales didn't leave the show altogether in 2016. She remained on the show until 2021 (when she moved to CBS) as Chief West Coast Correspondent, based out of the Brokaw News Center at the Universal lot; this move was due to Morales joining Access Hollywood as co-host. But, indeed, they didn't have a full-in news anchor in that time space until Craig joined the show's team.

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RE: American News Presentation - ginnyfan - 21-01-2023

The current Today team strikes me as boring and too fake. I know the friendly aspect is always overplayed in these morning shows, but I don't think any of them are real friends that they pretend to be. Just a bunch of people thrown in together, most of them ending in their positions cause of all the previous scandals, dramas and people who were fired or just left on their own.

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RE: American News Presentation - Medianext.MX - 23-01-2023

It's happening tonight.

https://www.newscaststudio.com/2023/01/23/cbs-news-detroit-launch-newscasts/ 

Their streaming channel is already up, simulcasting the main CBS News stream in the meantime...



https://www.cbsnews.com/video/live-detroit/ 

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RE: American News Presentation - mouseboy33 - 24-01-2023

Watching the new CBS News Detroit premiere. I can imagine that things will be tweaked after this premiere and they see what works and what doesnt work. Im sure they will throw everything at the wall tonight.

-Clunky version of the open
-I like the open to the jib shot, but it was too long and it hovered too high instead of moving toward the center and transitioning to the centre presenter camera.
-The camera blocking is strange for the right presenter. You get the strange white wall and part of window mullions.
-Strange sound in the background - A/C noise is VERY VERY LOUD! VERY distracting. They need to sorta that out immediately. Seems like the noisy problem that occurs when all the presenter mics are hot.
-Odd use of jib over to weather. Kinda of a plain looking weather corner, washed out graphics. Seems like the big CBS logo been seen all the way on the right wall behind the weather computers. Weather is done from a rolling screen against a white wall. You can see the screen cords plugged into the wall. (Looks messy)
The sports anchor uses the screen in the greenroom as sort of an OTS. They turn on blue lights in the green room for the 6pm.
- The centre camera shot is really nice.
-The story selection is strange and nothing ground breaking so far. Lots of national stories off the top. A local story about football coach and then a Narcan vending machine story was presented live from a local university. The reporter had on a boat load CBS Detroit gear.
-They did highlight the reporter that will cover a specific beat/region. Which i like. But then going into each break they keep telling you they are watching a specific community and they can watch CBS Detroit streaming. (gotcha)
So far going into the first advert break....its kinda ehhh.
-The transitions seem choppy.
-Umm not getting the point of the sports stories sprinkled thru instead of the main sports bulletin usually toward the end of the broadcast.
So far the "Detroit" stories is very very thin. Kinda expected them to have reporters live all over the place for the first outing. I know the they are still hiring but eek. They dont seem to have a full staff yet.
- The presenters seem to be a capable bunch, they seem to fit a large diverse market such as Detroit. It has the largest Arabic/Muslim population in the US and a large black population amongst others.

I have to say it could be an interesting enterprise. I was expecting a bit more newsroom movement, but it seems CBS didnt throw millions at the wall for this. I feel like this is more of down and dirty operation rather than being ultra flashy.

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RE: American News Presentation - mouseboy33 - 24-01-2023

Pics from TheTVNews

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RE: American News Presentation - sky303 - 24-01-2023

I didn't do too many shots since the graphics are the same as KCBS an KCAL/KCBS picked up, but here's some of the newscast , the weather graphics are different than the others 



















I  kind of like the slogan... and these little bumpers for different locations in the viewing area are a nice touch 

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RE: American News Presentation - Medianext.MX - 24-01-2023

Here's how the first 15 minutes of the inaugural show looks like. Damon Oaks is the VO for the open.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skESV3N5Pag 

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(24-01-2023, 01:04 AM)sky303 Wrote:  I didn't do too many shots since the graphics are the same as KCBS an KCAL/KCBS picked up, but here's some of the newscast , the weather graphics are different than the others 

These are set to be the new O&O weather graphics, however, they weren't ready for launch over at KPIX and KCAL.

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RE: American News Presentation - London Lite - 24-01-2023

I'm getting LCI vibes from one of the beds.

It's clearly first day issues when the fans are louder than the mics the anchors are wearing.

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