Don't foget about Les Moonves

Les Moonves

Don't forget about Les Moonves. He won't be having any of that, mind you. With all the attention ABC News has been getting since Peter Jennings death, we can't simply start ignoring CBS News' own efforts at reinventing its newscast.

(Oh wait, we can ignore it? Actually, it's in our contract to mention it.)

So here's the deal: Les and CBS News prez Andrew Heyward are trying new formats to see which clicks — while completely ignoring what their interns have to say, of course.. Among them:

One version opens with a five-to-seven-minute presentation of the news of the day by John Roberts, the network's chief White House correspondent, complete with "two-ways" between Mr. Roberts and several reporters. After a commercial break, the pace of the broadcast slows, and two or three "60 Minutes"-style segments are presented, albeit not at "60 Minutes" length, the last of them light and more humorous. After another break, Mr. Roberts, who is neither seen nor heard introducing those segments, returns to wrap up the broadcast with a good-night.

And then, at Jossip HQ, everyone does a Happy Dance. There, we've kept you up to date on CBS News. Next!

Aug 18, 2005 · posted by David Hauslaib, Jossip · Link · Respond
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