Oregon Media Insiders

Every News Show Should Be Like Overnight

Submitted by ZehnKatzen on Fri, 04/04/2008 - 10:44am.

TALPDX wrote:

In the case of at CBS 5 San Francisco, I’m familiar in part with the career of reporter Bill Schechner. Years ago on NBC, he co-anchored “Overnight”. It was a class program – extremely well written with highly respected storytellers at the helm. So clearly, given Bill Schechner’s reputation as a superb and highly literate reporter, it’s clear his ability to relay information to his viewers didn’t factor into the equation when firing him.

ZOMG! I was wondering where I heard that name before! Back when I was still a young teenager I hit on NBC News Overnight, which still reigns as Wittiest. News. Program. Evar.

I learned that News can be witty and a little sarcastic and funny but still serious. Schechner was brilliant, the only problem he had was following the act of the legendary Lloyd Dobyns. And it's where I found out that My Kinda Girl was Linda Ellerbee (I had such the crush on her!).

About the next best thing after that was ABC World News Now, the Lisa McCree/Thalia Assuras/Aaron Brown days, before it got stale and predictable.

Samuel John Klein, a/k/a ZehnKatzen
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