“Later Today” Theme
Later Today was the second installment of the Today franchise that was created in 1999. It aired at 9 a.m. (in most markets), right after the...
Later Today was the second installment of the Today franchise that was created in 1999. It aired at 9 a.m. (in most markets), right after the...
In 1999 NBC replaced the long running News at Sunrise with Early Today, seeking to extend the strong Today-brand. This is not the first time that...
Brian Williams joined NBC News in 1993 and was quickly groomed to be the next anchor of NBC Nightly News. At first he was named White...
This is a well-known promo campaign used for a number of years: America’s First Family. It is composed by Jay Stollman, Fred Shehadi, Frank Radice and Peter Primamore....
NBC Nightside was NBC’s second overnight newscast. The program started in 1991 and was produced in Charlotte, North Carolina by the NBC News Channel. That is...
Start With Today is composed by Jay Stollman, Fred Shehadi and Peter Primamore, then of Kingsize Music, and was used in many promos for NBC’s Today Show. The show...
This theme has been used for coverage of the 1996, 1998, 2000 and 2002 elections. Generally the broadcast networks go all out for general elections and...
The News with Brian Williams was MSNBC’s signature news program, intended for viewers who missed NBC Nightly News. Shelly Palmer composed the musical identification package for...
In 1994 Dateline NBC commissioned Michael Karp to compose a new theme for them. The result is one of the best themes for a news magazine....
Dateline wasn’t NBC’s first news magazine: First Tuesday, Chronolog, First Tuesday (again), NBC Presents a Special Edition, Weekend, Prime Time Sunday, Prime Time Saturday, NBC Magazine with...
This theme, part IV of The Mission, was originally intended for the 1986 midterm elections. In 1990 it was adopted by Meet The Press as its...
In 1987 the Today Show expanded to six days a week: Sunday through Friday. The Sunday edition was a much more serious show. It was more...
Before Meet the Press adopted the Pulse of Events as its main theme, the show used other cuts from John Williams’ The Mission. At first they...
The program may have been forgotten, the theme certainly is not forgettable. This is Part II of The Mission by John Williams; originally titled as the...
1986 was NBC’s fourteenth attempt in seventeen years to launch a successful newsmagazine. It debuted in June of 1986 and lasted for only twenty broadcasts. The...