CBS Morning Shows
This morning , morning television has a new addition , "CBS This Morning" which replaced the "Early Show". It so far is a big difference to the old show and the others , NBC'S "Today Show" and ABC'S 'Good Morning America' , it starts with a mash up of the day's top stories called "Eye Opener" . It's anchoring setup is different as well Charlie Rose, Erica Hill , and Gayle King all stared the show off, then after the "Eye Opener" it was just Rose and Hill, King returns in the second hour. The desk is not square or rectangle ,it's round with a CBS eye in the middle, and the anchors sit across from each other instead of next to each other. "This Morning" removes some of the many features on the other morning shows have made use off for years, the news update desk and anchor is no longer a feature, the national weather , which was removed during the last months of the "Early Show", is gone, going outside and having people stand around is also not there.
The Studio is a wonderful improvement , the real brick, the objects on the shelves, and the coloring is very inviting and also shows the tone of the show. It also adds a flavor with in-studio interviews of CBS NEWS correspondents . The 3 host format does need bit more work to adjust the balance , but that looks easy enough. The most seeming difference a viewer could tell was the show didn't go into the lifestyle area that many other shows rely upon, the anchors didn't do much witty-banter and cheesy lines. "60 minutes" stories, politics , an interview with Julianna Margulies (The Good Wife) ,they also had singer Melissa Etheridge to discuss issues of the day.
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