Not a fan of the opener, it’s too much and the way it animates doesn’t look great.
Yeah I gotta agree there. A bit too much
I feel like their basing their new graphics as the same as nightly news
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It’s more a feature of the 8am hour.
Apparently they didn’t want to have a screaming crowd right before introducing the today’s top stories (as it’s pretty much at the start of the show now, whereas before they had more story previews after the opener and some host banter, they’ve done the same here).
It’s been like that since before Matt Lauer was fired.
Looks like they are trying to go very GMA with the circles?
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They don’t draw nearly the same crowds (or viewership for that matter) as they did in the first 15 years of Studio 1a unless there’s a major guest or concert.
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it is quite similar isn’t it!
I miss when the presenters names were a strap over a pan, not full screen.
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the 7 am hour used to have a longer pan showing the crowd at 30 Rock though
wonder why they changed that
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Yeah the full screen is a bit much. Makes it look like a variety show.
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I just think its a show structure. 7am they get all the hard news through, then 8am is a little lighter, entertainment, consumer etc.
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I really liked their angle package. Its a shame they ditched it so soon.
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This transition to the headline doesn’t look great either. It’s badly placed. Full circle transition to then a semi circle on the left of the screen.
There’s just too many circles now
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Not a fan of any of those, less is more.
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I just wish the Today Show here in Aus have that exact graphics. Like tone down the blue and bring on yellow and white.
Now updated to the new one:
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Interesting, they brought back the pre-2004 headline bed!
Comparison from 2016 which used the current Nightly News version:
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I quite like the 2016 tbh.
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