On Aug 13, 2014, at 7:32 AM, JW <[email protected]> wrote: > I happened to be watching the CBS Evening News at 7:00 Monday, which is > (usually) the rebroadcast of the newscast that was done live at 6:30. (All > times eastern.) They broke in a couple of times with special reports to > announce Williams' death. It makes sense for stations that showed the > newscast at 6:30, but it's odd to have the newscast interrupted for breaking > news, and then be rejoined in progress.
We air the 6:30 edition here; Pelley didn't report anything on the story until the very last moment in the show, when there was just enough time to basically say "We've got breaking news--Robin Williams has died. Good night." (It wasn't really that abrupt, but you get the idea.) My guess is that, had word come down even three minutes earlier, Pelley would have skipped the fluff PKG at the end of the show, done more coverage on Williams, and there wouldn't have been a special report. As for special reports during the 7:00 show--they do that occasionally, and it's always as awkward as it sounds. I can't say as I've ever seen them do it during the 6:30 show. -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
