CBS 46's Better Mornings

[ATLinsider]

Michael Brooks (co-anchor)


Trayce Hutchins (co-anchor)


Dagmar Midcap (weather & traffic)


Corina Allen (lifestyle and entertainment reporter)

I assume the show starts next Monday (4/30) at 5AM?

[atlnewsfan03]

I'm hoping that 46 will be bringing back the morning newscast any day now. 46 nearly ran me off when they ended the previous morning newscast in 2005. I never really cared much for 2 and 5's morning newscasts. I'm sort of losing touch with 11's morning newscast.

I'm hoping that we'll be seeing new commercial spot promos of the new morning newscast as well. I just wish CBS 46 would bring back the morning newscast already. Just my opinion.

[atlnewsfan03]

I saw a commercial spot promo during CBS 46 News at 11 tonight (April 28, 2007). I'm waking up to this new morning newscast next week.

[teodoro1188]

I'm not a huge fan of the new show. While it was better than nothing, I was hoping for a little more "hard news". Also, what happened to Dagmar?

[atlnewsfan03]

I agree with you 100%, teodoro1188. I'd like to see a little more hard news in their morning newscast too. I notice that we saw Laura Huckabee, instead of Dagmar Midcap. Hmmm?

I also notice that we're seeing a different set, separate from the main anchor desk set. The Better Mornings set looks sort of bland to me. Don't particularly like to graphics all that much... the name bar graphics especially. The morning show logo looks really nice to me.

Other than wanting to see a little more hard news. Would also like to see some live reports, from news reporters covering the news stories.

[newsdudeatl]

The show is completely unwatchable. I really don't understand how a station in a major market can get the basics so wrong. They may as well run reruns of 'Extra' for 2 hours instead. Awful.

Edit: And where is Dagmar Midcap? She must have jumped off the Titanic before it left the dock...

[atlnewsfan03]

I agree with you newsdudeatl. Entirely too much fluff, and all we want is a morning newscast that doesn't waste our time... and it seems like CBS 46 just isn't getting it.

I'd really like to see CBS 46 overhaul this morning newscast. They can keep the Better Mornings branding. The fluff has got to go. I want to see some hard news... including recaps on important news stories (local, national, and world), updates on breaking news, and weather and traffic reports every 10 minutes. CBS 46 hiring on 2 more general assignment reporters, to cover news stories from out on the field... and Joy Barge coming back for a 3rd time around as traffic reporter. It's a thought.

[atlnewsfan03]

I notice that Dagmar has finally showed up. I wonder if she may have been on medical leave, or was in the process of moving... something that would probably explain why she wasn't able to make the April 30 debut.

I began seeing her around June 4.

I've not been waking up all that much to see the morning program in its entirety... IMO, Bettter Mornings doesn't seem much like a morning newscast, except for the weather and traffic reports.

[wnd]

i don't mean to be ugly. but better mornings icky icky icky.
bring back lori and laura and some news. i don't have time for entertainment when i'm getting ready for work.

[saxman]

I have to say I agree, this show, from set to format, to "substance", just doesn't work at all.
Right off the bat, the set looks like a low-budget, amateur, public access station, not a major market, network one. I like Tracye, her partner is a nice guy, but flavorless, and the "stories" & little tidbits are just not very interesting, and again, just seem like a do-it-yourself, low-budget production. This makes me, as a viewer, feel like management cares nothing about creating a worthy product, but decided to just put something in there, that won't cost 'em too much. Either put some more thought into it, or show a network feed, or something....

Also, Dagmar has not been there lately, don't know if she's just on a holiday break, or jumped ship. I know she's used to doing more "hands-on" reporting, and simply repeating weather & traffic for hours must be terribly stifling....