Special Report during Evening News

[Stan S]

I can’t remember seeing this in the past but it has to have happened previously. 

A few minutes into the first story during NBC Nightly News tonight, Lester Holt said, “we have some new information on this story and we’ll pause to let stations join us.”  Then they played the NBC News Special Report billboard. 

Obviously this was for NBC stations that don’t play Nightly News at 6:30pm ET. I suppose there’s not a second feed where they wouldn’t have to play “Special Report” for stations already in a news report. 

Thoughts?

-Stan

[Kevin M.]

Different timezones?

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Kevin M. (RPCV)

[Jim Ellwanger]

Yes, it's definitely happened before (in similar fashion across all the networks), probably going back as far as the early days of network radio. There's also the case on the other end where the anchor explains that some stations are leaving the special report, but they'll be continuing for others (because it's time for the late local news in one time zone, for example).

Affiliates monitor NBC's main Eastern feed for special reports, so that's where they're going to run the special report graphics (and that's where affiliates are going to switch for the special report broadcast). I'm not sure how they'd coordinate things in a way where "NBC Nightly News" viewers wouldn't have to see the special report intro... and they'd be seeing Lester Holt sit silent for a few seconds and then having to re-introduce himself anyway.

[danieland...@gmail.com]

I don't remember it happening too often in the Brokaw era, but i do remember Brian Williams doing that at least once. Maybe it was during the Boston manhunt.

[Marti Lawrence]

The ABC evening news was the same. David Muir had started speaking following the standard opening, then he said there was a special report, and they had a different graphic that said "Special Report" and was followed by the reporting and footage of the President leaving Walter Reed Medical Center, video of the helicopter flying to the White House, and his arrival and walk up the stairs, then him removing his mask, and the speech he gave.  

~Marti

[PGage]

How did they used to break into the Evening News with developments on The Apprentice? I know The Apprentice plot twists had more actual news value than most of what Trump has done as President, but might provide some clues...

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[M-D November]

It's been a while since I last remember a break-in during the evening newscast, but it used to happen all the time during the morning shows; I remember watching the Today Show way back where they'd open the half-hour normally, mention that they were going to a special report momentarily, which would then queue the countdown and special report intro, followed by a new anchor slate. At the end of the SR, they'd mention returning to 'Today' or local programming, the SR end title card card would come up, and then it's back to normal.