"USA Today" the Television Show

From November 1988: Clip from "USA Today-The Television Show" that went through several format/anchor changes and eventually bit the dust due to low ratings. This clip features anchors Edie Magnus (formerly from ABC News) and Bill Macatee...Robin Young reported on LIFE from the field and Kenneth Walker reported on MONEY. A shame the show never made it, had a great concept.

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Entertainment

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• usa
• today
• bill
• macatee
• edie
• magnus
• robin
• young
• kenneth
• walker

[kapten32]

KYW-TV Channel 3 [NBC] in Philadelphia, P.A. carried that show

[TonyShow82]

Did you know the music for this show was composed by John Barry? The same guy who did music for the older James Bond 007 series. A little trivia for you.

[sctvhound]

Seems strange to see Bill Macatee on a news program instead of doing sports for CBS like he's done for two decades.

[Ian16545]

And with Paul Anthony's V/O, too?? Wow, some cast!

[wonderglory]

I wish there was this thing called 'Seamless Display' back then.

[jaybee1973jaybee]

Thanks for posting. I remember the great excitement when this program premiered in September 1988. This four-anchor format only lasted a few months, if I remember correctly. This program seemed so "fast-paced" at the time. It influenced the national network evening newscasts -- "NBC Nightly News" added a national weather forecast map as a pre-commercial "bumper" for a while in 1989. I look forward to more of "USA Today" on YouTube -I have a tape of a "Life" segment from Oct. 1988 on Jane Pauley.

[chyrongeek]

This show was ahead of its time, in terms of the set, graphics, etc. They must had been early adopters of the "video wall", esp when first forms were CRT based. That was so "cutting edge" at that time.