ABCNews: Old Special Report Open w/ 5 Countdown

The old opening of a special report w/ 5 countdown from Charles Gibson's World News graphics.

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• abcnewsspecialreport
• abcspecialreport
• charlesgibson

[wwwy2000]

nbc has the best countdown

[TVNewsRI]

Never seen the countdown for ABC. NBC definitely has the best graphics and music though. Horrible story however.

[jjkaraokepro]

@Panthercrazy2 lucky you

[jjkaraokepro]

@NYNewsWATCH Really this is not that old. It's the only thing they can use. The countdown however is brand new. Originally, the countdown was in a different font type, they would swing left and snap back each change of the number (it was still 5 down to 1), and there was a kind of ring around the globe graphic, rotating clockwise around it. At 1 second, the ring was removed outward, and the globe would start to rotate. The camera pulled out and everything else happened as usual. Good video too!!

[nailqueen1000]

Yeah, it is extremly rare to see a countdown. I remember when this one aired. I also remember one on cbs during the late show back in 2003. At first I thought it was part of the program (it being letterman, of course) but it was breaking news about al quada. I notice it only occurs during national broadcast & not local or syndicated programming

[Panthercrazy2]

Your not supposed to see the ABC Countdown, It's supposed to be for the Master Control Operator to switch back to network feed from commercial or other programming, I worked at an ABC Station and I saw this for myself.

[JASONFIED]

It's a toss up between ABC and NBC intros...NBC's intro makes it seem very serious . ABC's makes it seem that it is highly informative and urgent. I like both! But I am more of a Brian Williams fan than Diane Sawyer...

[ClassicLoverA]

I just saw the new ABC News Special Report with Diane Sawyer, I was watching James Oliver's Food Revolution when it broke in about the Health Reform being pass.

[wwwy2000]

were can I find the new special report open?

[David9788]

abc has the best countdown

[azara95062]

nbc has the best countdown, this countdown seems more friendly to the control room. and i am quite surprised that abc news and nbc news countdowns were aired on a O&O, a very rare sight for me.