Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: CBS breakfast show shortening name

2021-09-02 Thread Diner
The show still does solid, in-depth reporting - David Begnaud in hospitals speaking to doctors, nurses and patients on Covid; Anna Werner's investigative consumer reporting; Jericka Duncan on #MeToo; Vladimir Duthiers on Haiti; Anthony Mason's pieces that treat musicians with the respect they d

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: CBS breakfast show shortening name

2021-09-02 Thread Paul Murray
I actually liked it in its original incarnation with Norah O'Donnell, Charlie Rose and Gayle King. It was calmer and more sober than the gigglefests on NBC and ABC. Then Charlie's off-camera tendencies came out and Norah moved on, and Susan Zirinsky decided that the answer was to build the sho

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: CBS breakfast show shortening name

2021-09-01 Thread Jon Delfin
Granted, they're news-heavier in the first hour each morning. At least, when they find time to do anything besides clip packages, promos, banter, and commercials (which leaves about half of the hour). On Wed, Sep 1, 2021 at 10:36 AM Ron Casalotti wrote: > At least equally newsworthy, Anthony Mas

[TV orNotTV] Re: CBS breakfast show shortening name

2021-09-01 Thread Ron Casalotti
At least equally newsworthy, Anthony Mason's already outta there. Gee, I didn't realize that he was the reason they're mired in 3rd place. Also heard that CBS says of the rebrand, "this way we align all the branding under CBS News." I still think that these shows are less news and more entertai