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Yavin4

(37,182 posts) Thu Nov 19, 2020, 11:13 PM Nov 2020

Linda Ellerbee discusses "NBC News Overnight" [View all]

For those of you too young to know or went to bed like a normal person, there was a news show on NBC called "Overnight". Before Rachel and Olbermann, it was one of the best tv news programs that I have seen in my lifetime.

At the 2 minute mark in the clip, Linda Ellerbee, the show's co-host, explains how because they had no money would play foreign tv reaction to the confirmation hearing of the Secretary of State. Imagine that. A U.S. news program giving you an international perspective on important news.

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The final broadcast of "Overnight":

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Linda Ellerbee discusses "NBC News Overnight" [View all] Yavin4 Nov 2020 OP

I've never seen anything as informative as "Overnight" . . . Journeyman Nov 2020 #1

It was news for people who wanted to be informed. n/t Yavin4 Nov 2020 #3

Here's something from a post I made down thread . . . Journeyman Nov 2020 #8

Still the best in my opinion Midnightwalk Nov 2020 #2

"And So It Goes" Was Her Catchphrase At The End Of The Show. TrollBuster9090 Nov 2020 #4

Ellerbee was great, don't know why she faded from journalism. Nt Fiendish Thingy Nov 2020 #5

Before retirement, she put together an award winning news program for children . . . Journeyman Nov 2020 #7

I'm 43, and Linda Ellerbee will always be.. BasicallyComplicated Nov 2020 #6

OMG I loved her as a kid Tien1985 Nov 2020 #9

you young'uns missed something fine.... nebby70 Nov 2020 #10

I remember that. It was a good show, and she was good. nt Hortensis Nov 2020 #11