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:''This article is about the television series. For a list of current events that are currently in the news, see the article Current events or the "" column on Wikipedia's Main Page.''
'''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 Barbera Productions called ''In The Know'', featuring Josie and the Pussycats narrating educational news segments tailored for children. This was eventually metamorphized into a more live-action-oriented micro-series produced solely by CBS's news division.
''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.
In the late-1970s, CBS News would produce a Saturday afternoon news magazine for young viewers, ''30 Minutes'', which was along the same lines as ''In The News'' and the nighttime news magazine, ''60 Minutes''.
Repeats of ''In The News'' were seen during the commercial breaks on TV Land in the late 1990s.
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★ ''In the News'' audio excerpt
★ ''In the News: Teenage Health Care (1976)
★ ''In the News - Jimmy Carrter 'Peanuts and Promises' (1977)''
★ ''In the News - Cherry Blossum Time (1984)''
★ ''In the News - The Atom Bomb (1985)''
'''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 Barbera Productions called ''In The Know'', featuring Josie and the Pussycats narrating educational news segments tailored for children. This was eventually metamorphized into a more live-action-oriented micro-series produced solely by CBS's news division.
''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.
In the late-1970s, CBS News would produce a Saturday afternoon news magazine for young viewers, ''30 Minutes'', which was along the same lines as ''In The News'' and the nighttime news magazine, ''60 Minutes''.
Repeats of ''In The News'' were seen during the commercial breaks on TV Land in the late 1990s.
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★
★ ''In the News'' audio excerpt
★ ''In the News: Teenage Health Care (1976)
★ ''In the News - Jimmy Carrter 'Peanuts and Promises' (1977)''
★ ''In the News - Cherry Blossum Time (1984)''
★ ''In the News - The Atom Bomb (1985)''
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