05-03-2024, 04:54 AM
(04-03-2024, 08:07 PM)sky303 Wrote: The original Studio 7 Newsroom theme and look were my favorite , hated when they changed the music later on. I remember the Brooke Baldwin newsroom having that nice yellow and blue look and a special intro that was neat. I miss most of pre Zucker CNN.
Yeah, when I read rumors online in 2009/2010 that "CNN Newsroom" was moving from the actual newsroom to a big, brand-new studio, I remember thinking what an odd choice it was to keep the show title. When it finally made air and moved to Studio 7, it was the entire look that still sold it and made it feel like you were truly still "in the CNN Newsroom" even though the show was studio-based. That monitor wall with the frosted panels, the live video feeds on the big video wall, the working space on one side of the studio, and the sharp and fast-moving animations all really gave it that immediacy that a rolling news block craves.
Now, it's been years of anchors on tight shots in front of cityscapes saying "I'm XXX and you're in the CNN Newsroom" and it doesn't nearly have the same effect.