In the News
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In the News was a series of two-minute televised video segments that summarized topical news stories for children and pre-teens. The segments were broadcast in the United States on Saturday mornings on the CBS television network from 1971 until 1986. In the News was broadcast between animated cartoon programs, as were the arguably better-remembered Schoolhouse Rock segments on competing network ABC.
The "micro-series" (as it would be labelled today) had its genesis in a series of animated interstitials produced by CBS and Hanna Barbara Productions called In The Know, featuring Josie and the Pussycats narrating educational news segments tailored for children. This would eventually be metamorphazied into a more live-action-oriented micro-series produced solely by CBS' news division.
What were now called the In the News segments attempted to explain the essence of complex news stories to children, and to do so in a way that might engage a young audience. Video clips of national or world events and special-interest stories were shown with voice-over narration specifically written with children in mind. Although news stories deemed to be inappropriate for children were not covered on In the News, the series did feature a wide range of then-current events.
CBS News journalists Christopher Glenn and Gary Shepard narrated the segments.
