More Of The NBC Studio 6E “News Nooks”
Earlier in the week, we saw Lester Holt’s main ‘Nightly News, Weekend Edition’ location in 6E’s Media Room 1. Today, we’ll look inside the back up studio for that program…6E’s Media Room 2. This is a secondary production space used for interviews, and a times for live reporting. Thanks to Dennis Degan for taking these new pix earlier this week. We’ll see the other two rooms soon.
A Fuller History Of NBC Television News…Some New Surprises! After further research, I now realize that last week’s story on this subject only scratched the surface or a much deeper history. Today, we set the record straight. The most widely celebrated dates in NBC news history are February 16, 1948 and February 16, 1949. In […]
Eric Shapiro’s Final Fade To Black As ‘CBS Evening News’ Director Well done sir…well done! Hail and farewell. “CBS Evening News” director ending 51-year CBS career at the top Director Eric Shapiro started at CBS in 1963 as a mail boy, working his way up with legendary director Don Hewitt as his inspiration Source
August 13, 1950: Hayloft Hoedown Brand new in March of 1950, here’s real ingenuity at work at WHAS in Louisville, Kentucky. These Dumont 124s are shooting a Saturday night country music show and to get the great high shots without a crane, rolling scaffolding is pretty good alternative. Thanks to Craig Harper for the photo. […]
September 21, 1963…”The Jerry Lewis Show” Debuts On ABC This is a strange tale, but you’ll love the video of Jerry riding the crane and singing. You would have thought that one of the worlds top comedians would have been a natural hit, but the show only ran 13 weeks. ABC originally had high hopes […]
So cheap and so dirty as they say! What was the name of the Show that had an Animated Newsperson? Max Headroom? One step closer to that!
So they don’t have to pay anyone. The cost of a studio as opposed to the nook is the reason.