In the News facts for kids
Quick facts for kids In the News |
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| Narrated by | Christopher Glenn Gary Shepard |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 15 |
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| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 1 min. and 30 sec. |
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| Original network | CBS |
| Original release | Original series: 1971-1986 – Revived series: 1997–1998 |
In the News was a short TV show in America. Each episode was about two minutes long and explained important news stories for kids and pre-teens. It aired on the CBS TV network from 1971 to 1986. You could watch it on Saturday mornings, usually between cartoons. Other networks like ABC and NBC had similar short shows, like Schoolhouse Rock!.
This show started from an earlier animated series called In the Know. That show featured characters like Josie and the Pussycats explaining news for kids. Later, In the News became a live-action show, made by CBS's news team.
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Understanding the News
In the News tried to make complicated news stories easy to understand for young people. It used video clips of national and world events. A narrator would explain what was happening in a way that made sense to kids. The show covered many different current events. However, it avoided stories that were not suitable for children.
Show's Look and Feel
The show had a famous logo with a sphere (like a globe). There were two versions of this logo. The first one had a still sphere, and the title "In the News" would spin around it. The second logo showed a spinning sphere, and the title spun in the opposite direction. At the end of each segment, this logo would appear again before fading to the CBS Eye logo.
Sometimes, a special segment called In the Future was shown. These segments looked at new inventions and ideas that might exist soon.
Who Narrated In the News?
CBS News journalists Christopher Glenn, Doug Poling, and Gary Shepard narrated the segments. In the early 1980s, a cartoon character from CBS's Saturday morning shows would often introduce it. Characters like Popeye or Bugs Bunny would say, "Next, another interesting story that's In the News!"
30 Minutes News Show
In the late 1970s, CBS News also made a longer news show for young viewers. It was called 30 Minutes. This show was similar to In the News but was 30 minutes long. It was also like the adult news show, 60 Minutes. 30 Minutes aired sometimes from 1978 to 1982. Christopher Glenn was one of the anchors for this show.
Return to TV
In the News came back for a short time in 1997 and 1998. It was part of CBS's Saturday morning shows that were made for education. The original narrators were not involved this time. Instead, CBS Radio News reporter Dan Raviv narrated the new segments.
Later, repeats of the original In the News segments were shown on the TV channel TV Land in the late 1990s.
