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Those Aussies ripped off the NBC Nightly News theme...

Arrogant Yanks - maybe NBC ripped it off Channel 7!!

There is a bit of a viral campaign going on to save that guy's job after that. Apparently some of his mates sent the emails to him during the broadcast as a prank, knowing his screen would be in view. Classic setup if true.

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NBC commissioned it

"The Mission" is a television news music package composed by John Williams in 1985. Originally commissioned for NBC's national news programs, the theme has also been used on some NBC affiliates for their local newscasts.

The package consists of the following four parts:

(for NBC Nightly News, first aired on September 9, 1985);

Fugue For Changing Times (for Before Hours, a 15-minute early morning business news program hosted by Bob Jamieson);

Scherzo For Today (for The Today Show); and

The Pulse of Events (for special breaking news reports and later for Meet the Press).

The main theme was updated in 2004, in preparation of Brian Williams succeeding Tom Brokaw as the anchor on Nightly News.

Australia's Seven Network adopted the original theme for its news bulletins in the late 1980s. Seven has since updated its version of the theme thrice, independently from NBC.

(TV news and sports themes are an interest of mine)

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