Dismantling Begins On 10-Year-Old CBS Set.
There's a new camera shot opening to the CBS Evening News with Bob Schieffer. And there's a good reason for it -- nothing's behind him.
As the 69-year-old elder statesman winds down his interim duties as the anchor of the the Eye Network's centerpiece news broadcast, things are a changin'.
Computers and Desks have been ripped out of the newsroom portion of the CBS set which was home to Dan "The Man" Rather. All of this is part of the rough prep work which will transform the decade old set into something new and flashy for the "Perky One" -- Katie Couric.
Ironically, it may only be fitting that Schieffer is the man sitting at the desk while the place is ripped apart. After all, he was the first anchor to show off the new newsroom in February 1996.
Being the News Junkie that I am, I remember the unveiling well. It was on the CBS Saturday Evening News with Bob Schieffer that viewers first got a taste of the new set. What made it more exciting was the addition of the newsroom to the backdrop of the set. (Dan had gone it alone for some years with just a plain 'old set -- no newsroom.)
A complete story on the transformation of CBS News was logged by the Associated Press over the weekend. (The link from Yahoo! is below.)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060702/ap_en_tv/tv_sean_mcmanus_2
And so, the changes coninue in the halls where Murrow, Edwards, Cronkite, and Rather once reigned. What will the new set and new attitude look like? We'll have to wait until September to find out.
The Address Is CBS. Welcome Home.
Randy Gupton, fivesecondstoair.
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