Super Tuesday coverage gets high production values

On CBS, Norah O’Donnell anchored coverage from the new studio the network built in Washington, D.C. that is used by both “CBS Evening News” and “Face the Nation.”

O’Donnell alternated between standing and sitting on a stool at the end of the anchor desk the network first introduced at its Feb. 25 debate and moved to D.C.

The desk itself was home to a panel of contributors and analysts, while Major Garrett was on hand across the studio provide exit poll updates using one of the studio’s four larger video walls.

.@NorahODonnell compares #SuperTuesday to '#Survivor' — #Synergy at its finest, we suppose, but where's the tribal council? pic.twitter.com/vN5L6gP0OD

— TVNewsMix (@TVNewsMix) March 4, 2020

O’Donnell would sometimes walk around the space to join the panel or Garrett.

The network also used stingers for Garrett’s segments as well as projections and when cutting to its decision desk in the “news hub” in Studio 57 back in New York.

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All of the graphics were updated to the new “America Decides” branding the network rolled out ahead of the first round of primaries and caucuses.

Meanwhile, the corner LED panels in the studio were fed 3D graphics matching the new branding that also served as virtual set extensions of sorts thanks to their 3D look.

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CBS also tried using the Washington Monument with added augmented reality to showcase delegate projections — but it came off as gimmicky.  

CBS AR Washington Monument graphic was cool to look at — but confusing