Broadcasting & Cable reports that CBS will flip the switch of the “CBS Evening News with Katie Couric” in HD July 28.

The broadcast’s set was HD ready and the show’s graphics package will be presented in HD as well.

It’s also interesting to note that the lease for the studio space used by “The Early Show” is apparently up for renewal sometime next year — keep in mind that CBS just installed a new set in the General Motors building windowed studio.

Coming on the heels of a new set earlier this year and a new EP, CBS’s “The Early Show” has debuted a new graphics package.

Over all the package seems brighter but still accomplishes a serious, “newsy” look through the use of sans serif typefaces and hints of gray.

The new look morphs the CBS eye into a “sunrise,” a theme that is carried out in the open with footage of a warm sunrise added behind the show’s logo (more images after the jump).

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