“Campaign 2000” Theme
This theme was used during the last elections that Dan Rather covered for CBS, 2000, 2002 and 2004. It’s composed by Michael Colina, who had done...
News theme music
“ABC 2000” Theme
To celebrate the start of the year 2000, ABC News sent reporters to notable places in every time zone to cover New Years celebrations. It was...
“Primetime Thursday” 2000 – 2004 Theme
In 1998 Primetime Live disappeared in name but stayed around in spirit, only to make a full comeback as Primetime Thursday in 2000. All of ABC’s...
“20/20” 2000 – 2001 Theme
In the fall of 2000 the Barbara Walters news magazine was given a totally new theme for the first in its history. Previously they had used...
“World News Tonight” 2000 – 2012 theme
This is the version of the World News theme by Edd Kalehoff that was used in a period during which the broadcast underwent significant changes. Longtime...
“World News Tonight” 2000 Open (Unused)
This theme was supposed to debut when World News Tonight premiered its new graphics in 2000. It didn’t. While Peter Jennings, then-executive producer Paul Slavin, and...
“Seven News” (Australia) 1999 – 2004 Theme
Seven News in Australia uses this contemporary remix of John Williams’ The Mission. In terms of branding, Seven News has always been closely aligned with NBC...
“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...
“Early Today” 1999 – 2004 Theme
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...
“The Early Show” 1999 – 2002 Theme
On November 1, 1999 a new morning show debuted on CBS: The Early Show. The name was chosen to reflect that it should be considered a...
“48 Hours” 1997 – 2002 Theme
With the introduction of this theme, 48 Hours was given a makeover. The opening graphics showed us traveling at high speed through busy city streets. It...
ABC News 1999 – 2001 Tags
“More and more Americans get their news from ABC News, than from any other source,” according to the voice over that accompanied these tags. They played...
“Good Morning America” 1999 – 2004 Theme
In 1999 Diane Sawyer and Charles Gibson were named interim anchors for Good Morning America, filling in until ABC found new permanent anchors for the breakfast...
“The News with Brian Williams” 1998 – 2002 Theme
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...
“America’s First Family” 1998 Promo
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....