NBC Nightly News

NBC Nightly News
NBC Nightly News
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NBC Nightly News titlecard.jpg
The title card for NBC Nightly News, as of October 22, 2007.
Format News
Created by Reuven Frank
Presented by Weekdays:
Brian Williams (2004–present)
Weekends:
Lester Holt (2007–present)
Voices of Bill Hanrahan (1970–1983)
Howard Reig (1983–2007)
Michael Douglas (2007–present)
Weekends:
Bill Wolff (2007–present)
Narrated by Bill Hanrahan (1970–1983)
Howard Reig (1983–2007)
Michael Douglas (2007–present)
Weekends:
Bill Wolff (2007–present)
Theme music composer John Williams
Opening theme The Mission, John Williams
Ending theme The Mission, John Williams
Composer(s) John Williams
Country of origin United States
Language(s) American English
Production
Location(s) Studio 3B, NBC News Newsroom, GE Building
30 Rockefeller Center
Midtown Manhattan, Manhattan, New York City, New York 10112
United States[1]
Cinematography Reuven Frank
Camera setup Reuven Frank
Running time 30 minutes
Production company(s) NBC News
Distributor NBC
Broadcast
Original channel WNBC-TV
Picture format 480i (16:9 SDTV),
1080i (HDTV)
Audio format Stereo
First shown in August 3, 1970
Original run August 3, 1970 – present
Chronology
Preceded by Huntley-Brinkley Report
External links
Website

NBC Nightly News is the flagship daily evening television news program for NBC News and broadcasts. NBC Nightly News has aired from Studio 3B, located on floors 3 of the NBC Studios is the headquarters of the GE Building forms the centerpiece of 30th Rockefeller Center it is located in the center of Midtown Manhattan is an area of Manhattan in New York City. It has been known by this name since August 3, 1970. Currently, weekday broadcasts are anchored by Brian Williams, and weekend editions of the television show are anchored by Lester Holt. Until October 23, 2011, the weeknight and weekend versions of the program originated from NBC's Studio 3C, which is connected to the television network's central newsroom. As of October 24, 2011, Nightly News now originates from Studio 3B, which is also the home to NBC's news magazine Rock Center with Brian Williams. On weeknights, it is broadcast live over most NBC stations from 6:30pm to 7:00pm Eastern Time and occasionally updated for Pacific Time Zone viewers in a "Western Edition." Its current theme music was composed by John Williams. As of 2010, it is the highest rated broadcast news program in the United States.[2]

Contents

The John Chancellor/David Brinkley era (1970–1982)

NBC Nightly News open, 1972-1975.

The Huntley-Brinkley Report was renamed NBC Nightly News in August 1970 upon the retirement of Chet Huntley. At first, David Brinkley, John Chancellor, and Frank McGee formed a rotating troika, only two of whom anchored the program on a given night. Each evening's program included one news anchor in New York and one in Washington, as had been the case on Huntley-Brinkley. Brinkley's appearances were always from Washington and McGee's from New York. Chancellor moved between New York and Washington depending on his partner for the evening. Newscasts on Saturday and Sunday were known as NBC Saturday Night News and NBC Sunday Night News, respectively, until sometime in the 1970s.

David Brinkley provided commentary several times per week during the 1970s on NBC Nightly News.

With network executives perceiving the instability of this arrangement as a factor in Nightly News losing audience share to the CBS Evening News, NBC discontinued the rotation, and McGee eventually took over for Hugh Downs as host of The Today Show. Chancellor became the sole anchor on August 9, 1971, with Brinkley providing three-minute commentaries from Washington several times a week under the title David Brinkley's Journal. On June 7, 1976, NBC returned Brinkley to the anchor desk and tried the dual-anchor approach once again. Initially, Chancellor and Brinkley both reported from New York City, but Brinkley later returned to Washington. Chancellor again became sole anchor on October 10, 1979, and Brinkley provided commentaries again until leaving NBC for ABC in 1981, where he became host of that network's Sunday morning interview show This Week. On November 17, 1980, Roger Mudd, after CBS passed him over as successor to Walter Cronkite on the CBS Evening News in favor of Dan Rather, took over the NBC Washington desk, co-anchoring with Chancellor.

Despite the various changes, Chancellor was never able to break the grip Walter Cronkite and the CBS Evening News had on the American news viewer. After stepping down from the anchor desk on April 2, 1982, Chancellor remained as an editorial commentator on the program until his retirement in 1993.

The Tom Brokaw era (1982–2004)

On April 5, 1982, Tom Brokaw, who had been anchor of The Today Show since 1976, took over in New York, while Roger Mudd continued in Washington. He became the solo anchor of Nightly News on September 5, 1983, the same day that his ABC competitor, Peter Jennings, became sole anchor of World News Tonight. Brokaw's presence slowly attracted viewers, and during the 1990s, NN battled for the viewership lead with ABC World News Tonight. By 1997, NN had solidified its first place rating, a spot it would retain solely for ten years. The once-dominant CBS Evening News, anchored by Dan Rather, had lost a substantial portion of the audience it held during the Cronkite era and slid to third place in the viewership wars.

In May 2002, Brokaw announced his retirement as anchor of NN, to take effect shortly after the Presidential election of 2004. During this last presidential election coverage, NBC graphic designers created images of a giant electoral map on the Rockefeller Plaza ice-skating rink, and cherry-pickers tallied the electoral vote count on the GE Building. Brokaw's final broadcast took place on December 1, 2004, ending 22 years on the NN desk and a 21-year run as the network's chief newsman—a record tenure in NBC's history. Brokaw was succeeded by Brian Williams the following day.

The Brian Williams era (2004–present)

Former NBC Nightly News title card, used from November 29, 2004-March 25, 2007

Brian Williams, a frequent substitute anchor for Brokaw, became the newscast's permanent anchor on December 2, 2004. The program held onto the number 1 ratings spot from Williams' start in December 2004, averaging about 10 Million viewers weekly, until February 2007, when it slipped behind its closest competitor, World News with Charles Gibson. However, after a few months, NN regained its lead. Since, NN is the only evening newscast to increase its audience, and has now been America's most watched evening newscast for over a decade. According to Nielsen Media Research, NN once again, currently averages a weekly audience of approximately 10 million viewers.

A blog, The Daily Nightly, has been started to add insight into how the broadcast is put together. In addition, each full weekday broadcast is available for viewing that same night after 9 p.m. Eastern time. Because Brian Williams introduced to the audience the daily blog "The Daily Nightly", he also announced the arrival of a vodcast of NN.

Williams rose to new levels of popularity for his live spot reporting during and after the 2005 Hurricane season. Lester Holt, Ann Curry and Kate Snow often substitute for Williams when he is on vacation or on assignment, with other substitute anchors include David Gregory, Harry Smith, Carl Quintanilla, Hoda Kotb, Natalie Morales, and Amy Robach. Previous regular substitutes for Williams included John Seigenthaler and Campbell Brown.

On December 4, 2006, NN was presented with "limited commercial interruptions" by Philips. This marked the first time in its 36-year history that the newscast has experimented with reduced advertising.

NBC Nightly News control room

With the transition to Williams, the show recognized its past in its opening seconds, with small photos of past anchors and sets and the voices of John Cameron Swayze, Huntley, Brinkley, Chancellor, and Brokaw, as well as an orchestral version of the "G-E-C" NBC Chimes, before going into the opening headlines read by Williams. This montage was discontinued beginning with the September 17, 2007 edition.

The NN set, in use since January 27, 1992 (Studio 3C), was retired on the broadcast of May 4, 2007. The broadcast's temporary location, Studio 8G, featured the same set used for Sunday Night Football broadcasts by NBC Sports. It was where NBC's 2006 congressional election coverage originated. The newly inaugurated Nightly News studio (3C) was reopened on October 22, 2007, after months of construction, along with a cable network MSNBC at Studio 3A.

Nielsen ratings for March 2009 showed NN finishing third in the New York City market, behind ABC World News and the CBS Evening News.[3] This is in conjunction with news programming instability at WNBC.

Currently, NN is the most watched newscast in the United States.[4] However, since Diane Sawyer began on ABC World News, the gap between the two newscast has become smaller. For the week of April 5, 2010, the gap between the NBC and ABC newscasts stood at 780,000 viewers.

Weekend editions

NBC first offered a Saturday evening newscast in 1961, with Sander Vanocur anchoring the NBC Saturday Night Report. Four years later, NBC correspondents Ray Scherer and Robert MacNeil were partnered at the anchor desk on The Scherer-MacNeil Report on Saturdays and continued until 1967. At that time, the network replaced it with a second weekend airing of The Frank McGee Report, which had been airing on Sundays for several years by that point.[5] The Saturday edition of the Report ran for about a year and a half.

On January 4, 1969, the Huntley-Brinkley Report was expanded to Saturday evening, with the main anchors working solo on alternating weeks. When lower-than-expected ratings occurred, the network pulled the pair off Saturdays and assigned others such as McGee and Vanocur. On August 2, 1970, two days after the weekday Huntley-Brinkley ended, the network expanded newscasts to Sunday evenings; this replaced the Sunday broadcast of The Frank McGee Report. For the first year after the Sunday night report began, NBC had Chancellor, Brinkley, and McGee rotate in the same manner as on weeknights; there were no separate weekend anchors.

When John Chancellor became sole anchor of the weeknight editions in August 1971, Garrick Utley anchored both weekend broadcasts until he was assigned to London two years later. He later returned as anchor of the Sunday broadcast, later becoming the main weekend anchor. Utley (Saturdays and Sundays, 1971–1973; Sundays, 1987-1989; Saturdays, 1989-1993). Former anchors in addition to Utley include Tom Brokaw (Saturdays, 1973–1976), Floyd Kalber (Sundays, 1973–1975), Tom Snyder (Sundays, 1975–1976), Cassie Mackin (Sundays, 1976–1977), John Hart (Saturdays, 1976–1977; Sundays, 1977–1980), Jessica Savitch (Saturdays, 1977–1983), Jane Pauley (Sundays, 1980–1982), Connie Chung (Saturdays, 1983–1984 and 1988), Chris Wallace (Sundays, 1982–1984, 1986–1987), Bob Jamieson (Saturdays, 1984–1987), Maria Shriver (Sundays, 1989–1993), Brian Williams (weekends, 1993–1999), and John Seigenthaler (Weekends, 1999–2007). Lester Holt is the current NN weekend anchor. Brian Williams anchors the weekend editions if there is major news to report.

Nightly News is the only network evening newscast that airs at the same time, 6:30/5:30 p.m. ET/CT, seven nights a week thus allowing Nightly News to lead into NBC's Sunday primetime lineup at 7/6 p.m. ET/CT (in comparison, some ABC stations air the Sunday edition of ABC World News a half-hour earlier and all CBS stations air the Sunday edition of the CBS Evening News air a half-hour earlier also). A small number of NBC affiliates preempt one or both telecasts of the Nightly News weekend editions; the number was much larger prior to the 1980s.

Announcer

In the early years of NN, Bill Hanrahan handled the announcing duties for the newscast, as he had done for the previous Huntley-Brinkley Report. Following Hanrahan's retirement in 1983, the announcer for the program was long-time NBC staff announcer Howard Reig. He retired to Florida in 2005, but a recording he made before his retirement was used until December 14, 2007. When the show was on the road or a new substitute anchor was used, Reig recorded a new introduction in a Miami studio. Since Holt took over as anchor, the weekend editions have been voiced by Bill Wolff, who had also worked occasionally on special weekday editions when Reig was unavailable. On December 17, 2007, NN debuted a new announcer: Academy Award winning actor/producer Michael Douglas.

Sample announcer intros

Weekday

"From NBC News World Headquarters in New York City, This is NBC Nightly News, with Brian Williams." - Michael Douglas
"This is NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams, reporting tonight from Washington" - Michael Douglas
"This is NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams, reporting tonight from Los Angeles" - Michael Douglas
  • When anchoring from elsewhere:
"This is NBC Nightly News, with Brian Williams;" - Michael Douglas; Brian Williams then greets viewers, mentioning where he is (" Good evening from London...")
  • When the broadcast has a substitute anchor (on weekdays)...
"From NBC News World Headquarters in New York City, This is NBC Nightly News, with Brian Williams." - Michael Douglas; The substitute anchors introduces themselves.

" Good Evening, I'm Lester Holt in tonight for Brian Williams." - " Good Evening, I'm Kate Snow in for Brian Williams. /Daily Edition.

Sample announcer intros

Weekend

"From NBC News World Headquarters in New York City, This is NBC Nightly News, with Lester Holt." - Bill Wolff
"This is NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt, reporting tonight from Washington" -Bill Wolff
"This is NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt, reporting tonight from Los Angeles" -Bill Wolff
  • When anchoring from elsewhere: On weekends, a location is named in the announcer intro.
"This is NBC Nightly News, with Lester Holt;" -Bill Wolff, mentioning where he is ("reporting tonight from Afghanistan...")
  • When the broadcast has a substitute anchor (on weekends)... On weekends, a substitute anchor is named in the announcer intro.
  • Weekend substitute " This is NBC Nightly News, with Lester Holt Substituting tonight Kate Snow." - Bill Wolff/Weekend Edition.

"Good Evening" /Weekend Edition.

Theme music

  • "Huntley-Brinkley Report/NBC Nightly News Ticker" (August 3, 1970–November 10, 1972); the theme had been used since 1962, when the program was still known as The Huntley-Brinkley Report)
  • "NBC News Ticker" (November 13, 1972–April 22, 1977)
  • "NBC TV-Radio Newspulse," by Fred Weinberg Productions (April 25-September 5, 1977)
  • "NBC Nightly News," by Henry Mancini (September 6, 1977–April 2, 1982)
  • "NBC News," by Joseph Paul Sicurella, Tony Smythe, and Bob Christianson (1979–1982 as a bumper; April 5, 1982–September 6, 1985 as the main theme)
  • "The Mission", by John Williams (September 9, 1985–Present)

Correspondents

National correspondents

  • Peter Alexander (New York)
  • Miguel Almaguer (Los Angeles)
  • Ron Allen (New York)
  • Lee Cowan (Los Angeles)
  • Tom Costello (Washington)
  • George Lewis (Los Angeles)
  • Ron Mott (Atlanta)
  • Michael Okwu (Los Angeles)
  • Mark Potter (Miami)

International correspondents

  • Tom Aspell
  • Richard Engel (Chief Foreign Correspondent)
  • Stephanie Gosk (London)

Specialist correspondents for NBC Nightly News

  • Robert Bazell (Chief Science Correspondent)
  • Tom Brokaw (Special Correspondent)
  • Meredith Vieira (Special Correspondent)
  • Rehema Ellis (Education Correspondent)
  • Lisa Myers (Senior Investigative Correspondent)
  • Mara Schiavocampo (Digital Correspondent)
  • Dr. Nancy Snyderman (Chief Medical Editor and the host of MSNBC's Dr. Nancy)
  • Anne Thompson (Chief Environmental Affairs Correspondent)
  • Pete Williams (Chief Justice Correspondent)
  • Savannah Guthrie (Legal Correspondent)

Political correspondents

  • Andrea Mitchell (Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent/host of MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell Reports)
  • Chuck Todd (Chief White House Correspondent, Political Director, NBC News)
  • Pete Williams (Justice Correspondent)

Daily news anchor

Weekend news anchor

  • Lester Holt (NBC Nightly News weekend edition) (weekday substitute anchor)

Substitute anchors

Nightly News in HD

Previous NBC Nightly News title card, used from March 26, 2007-October 21, 2007 during the broadcast in HD.

NBC Nightly News began broadcasting in 1080i high definition on March 26, 2007. Most field footage is still shot in standard definition while the network bureaus complete their own conversion to HD, set to be completed in 2009. The CBS Evening News began broadcasting in HD on January 7, 2008. ABC began broadcasting in HD on June 7, 2008, during its coverage of the 2008 Democratic National Convention.

International broadcasts

In Europe, NBC Nightly News is broadcasted live on CNBC Europe at 12.30am GMT. It is also aired on the 24 hour news network OSN News in North Africa and the Middle East Monday through Friday as soon as the telecast finishes in the U.S; the weekend edition with Lester Holt is simulcast live.[6]. In Italy it is broadcasted, translated into Italian, twice daily by ClassTV MSNBC.

In Philippines, NBC Nightly News is shown Monday to Sunday at 06:30 am for the live broadcast with replays at 07:30 am, 11:00 am & 07:30 pm local time on Talk TV, it was formerly shown on GMA Network from 1970 to 1993, 2nd Avenue from 2005 to 2007 and C/S (now Solar TV) from 2008 to 2011.

In Japan, it is broadcasted live on Fuji Television daily at 06:00–06:30 am.

In Singapore, it is broadcasted live on MediaCorp TV Channel 5 and MediaCorp TV HD5 daily at 06:00–06:30 am.

In Hong Kong, it is broadcasted live on TVB Pearl daily at 07:30-08:00 am.

In Indonesia, it is broadcasted live on RCTI (relayed on RCTI; recorded on SCTV and Indosiar (simulcast on RCTI)) which network by SCTV and Indosiar (relayed on RCTI; recorded on RCTI (simulcast on SCTV and Indosiar)); carrying simulcast relayed and recorded network on RCTI daily at 05:30–06:00 am local time, former daily broadcasting times form weekday every Monday to Friday at 12:00-12:30 pm local time was relayed on RCTI (relayed on RCTI; recorded on SCTV (simulcast on RCTI)) which network by SCTV (relayed on RCTI; recorded on RCTI (simulcast on SCTV)); carrying simulcast relayed and recorded network on RCTI from 7 November 1988 was test of transmission, later on 24 August 1989 was officialy public innaugurated until 17 January 1993.

Notable incidents

In September 2001, a letter containing anthrax was addressed to then NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw as part of the 2001 anthrax attacks. Brokaw wasn't harmed, but two NBC News employees were infected.

On April 18, 2007, NBC News received a package containing a "multimedia manifesto" from Cho Seung-hui, the gunman responsible for the Virginia Tech massacre that occurred two days earlier, the largest school shooting and spree killing in American history. Upon the package's discovery, NBC News handed the package over to federal authorities. The specific details of the package contained a DVD disc of Cho reading from a typed manifesto (also in the package), as well as more than forty pictures of Cho brandishing weapons, including the two handguns believed to have been used in the massacre. Some of the packages contents were shown, albeit copied from the originals and edited for profanity, on the April 18th edition of NBC Nightly News, with anchor Brian Williams and NBC chief justice correspondent Pete Williams (no relation to Brian) examining the package's contents in the opening moments of the broadcast.

Credits

Weekdays

News Anchor & Managing Editor

Executive Producer

  • Pat Burkey

Senior Broadcast Producer

  • Aurelia Grayson
  • Jamie Kraft

Director

  • Brett Holey

Associate Director

  • Judith Farinet
  • Roberta Spring

Senior Producers

  • Andy Franklin (Foreign)
  • Tracey Lyons (Domestic)
  • Mike Mosher
  • Albert Oetgen

Anchor Producer

  • Subrata De

Tape Producers

  • Anne Binford Allen
  • Robin Skolnick

New York Producers

  • Maria Eugenia Alcon
  • Laura Allenbaugh
  • Donna Bass
  • Clare Duffy
  • Mario Garcia
  • Joo Lee
  • Amber Payne
  • Kelly Venardos
  • Robert Windrem

News Writers

  • Christine Colvin
  • Barbara Raab

Editors

  • Beverly Chase
  • Bob Croce
  • Jody Henenfeld
  • Rob Kaplan
  • Maggie Kassner

Website Producer

  • Vacant

Music by

Graphic Designers

  • Joe Incorvaia (Art Director)
  • Collin Pisarra (Senior Artist)
  • Corey Hall (Senior Artist)

Weekends

Anchor

Executive Producer

  • Sam Singal

Senior Broadcast Producer

  • Mark Hudspeth

Director

  • Stephen Lucas

Associate Director

  • Roberta Spring

Producers

  • Buba Adschiew
  • Carol Eggers
  • Tom Dawson
  • Victor Limjoco
  • Mary Beth Toole

Graphic Designer

  • William Donovan (Art Director)

Tape Producer

  • Lauren Fairbanks

News Writer

  • Barbara Bernhard

Music by

See also

References

  1. ^ Source: USPS.
  2. ^ Carter, Bill (2010-04-01). "Olympics Help NBC’s News Shows to Ratings Win". NYTimes.com. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/02/business/media/02tele.html. Retrieved 2011-08-15. 
  3. ^ [1][dead link]
  4. ^ Ariens, Chris. "Evening News Ratings - TVNewser". Mediabistro.com. http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/evening_news_ratings/. Retrieved 2011-08-15. 
  5. ^ Castleman and Podrazik, The TV Schedule Book, McGraw-Hill Paperbacks, 1984
  6. ^ http://www.osn.com/onlineguide/schedules/News_en_gb.aspx

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