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...Rather, 48, the intrepid newshound of CBS's 60 Minutes, had three offers he couldn't refuse. ABC, NBC and his own CBS each sought to make him its evening-news anchorman. Each asked him to help shape its newscast. And each, before the bidding was over, had offered a staggering reward if he would just sign up: $8 million spread over five years...
...extended their evening reports from 15 minutes to half an hour in 1963. Shortly after the takeover, ABC launched an excellent nightly news special, The Iran Crisis: America Held Hostage, that has continued ever since. ABC will soon convert it to a regular 11:30 p.m. (E.S.T.) newscast; CBS and NBC are said to be considering late-night news programs of their own. Says PBS's Robert MacNeil: "TV has created a nation of news junkies who tune in every night to get their fix on the world...
Many of the press n hand patriotically swallowed Villareale's line--Channel 4 began its late newscast with the report that busloads of Bay Staters were "already en route" to Washington. (The station illustrated the story with a shot of an empty bus returning to tis Bristol, R.I., garage...
During Salant's reign, the CBS Evening News passed NBC'S Nightly News in the ratings (ABC has generally been a distant third), and became the first network newscast to expand from 15 minutes to half an hour. CBS News under Salant also launched the popular TV newsmagazine 60 Minutes, mounted controversial documentaries, and otherwise cultivated an image as the classiest of network news operations. A Harvard-trained lawyer, Salant was initially viewed with suspicion by CBS journalists, who feared he would succumb to commercial pressure from network higher-ups. But he won journalistic respect for his tough...
...bars" test pattern of a T.V. minicam about to feed a live report to the evening news. Cut to Kimberly Wells (Jane Fonda), a local reporter hired for her red hair, good looks, and ability to deliver a snappy, well-timed piece of fluff to end the evening newscast. After doing her usual competent but contentless job, she's told to spend the next day filming a special on energy at a nuclear power plant outside Los Angeles...