PBS Newshour intros - 1975-2017

All intros from the PBS Newshour, which passes through various eras.

[@mattschap2042]

In memory and honor of Jim Lehrer one final "DUN DUN DUN".

[@mtw251]

The official music of "dinner's over, time to do homework." Every once in a while you'd get to watch The Rockford Files instead.

[@coraggio93]

Rest in peace, Jim Lehrer (1934-2020)

[@jeffreydahmer6547]

yeah, ikr? rip Jim Lehrer (1934-2020) & Rosalind P Walter (1924-2020):(

[@Angie2343]

We'll see him again. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nXLEiKFuiriBlbM

[@evanshiong3557]

It’s sad that he died just a month after his final public interview and only 3 after his final speech. It turned out that he died of a heart attack despite the fact that he had been doing awesome up until so.

[@jeffreydahmer6547]

@@evanshiong3557 & ironically, tha SAME DAY that i found out about Jim Lehrers death, my NOW-DECEASED step-father & i were discussing Jim Lehrer & his show, & then a couple of hours l8r, i find out he passed away. rip Jim Lehrer (1934-2020):(

[@moeviaduay-akue9182]

R.I.P Robert MacNeil.

[@taydrabrookshire347]

2:11 MY CHILDHOOD, especially when the PBS Kids block used to sign off and I never bothered to change the channel afterwards 😂

[@averywilson-hayes6027]

Sounds like the end of kiddie shows for the day

[@jeffreydahmer6547]

@ Taydra Brookshire, 1:36 - 1:51 was MY childhood!! i remember growing up on 'MacNeil-Lehrer newshour', 'cuz i used 2 c my parents watching it every single nite, that & 'Washington Week', & tha stockbroker show 'Wall Street Week w/ Louis Rukeyser', i was actually KINDA PISSED when Robert MacNeil retired:(, 'cuz he was my favorite news reporter, i mean 'newshour w/ Jim Lehrer' was OKAY, but my favs are tha current 'PBS newshour' & 'MacNeil-Lehrer report' from way, way back in tha 70s!! i was born in tha 90s, but i wish i were a TEENAGER in tha 80s or 90s, so i could enjoy all tha ENTERTAINMENT of tha 80s or 90s!!

[@jeffreydahmer6547]

@none of your damn business my favorites are tha current 'PBS newshour' & tha 'MacNeil-Lehrer report' going was way back 2 tha 70s, @ 0:08, tha 1 w/ tha apples!!

[@jeffreydahmer6547]

@@averywilson-hayes6027 lol!! yeah, i know rite?

[@jeffreydahmer6547]

@none of your damn business well, @ 1:51, i was eleven, that was 9/11, i remember VIRTUALLY ALL tha television stations were pre-empted w/ tha 9/11 news coverage, & ALL tha wonderful music on tha radio stations were CANCELLED:( i was so SAD about that, BURN IN HELL OSAMA BIN LADEN (1957-2011), Osama Bin Laden FINALLY GOT WHAT HE DESERVED TEN YEARS L8R!!

[@markbrown4039]

Rest in peace and thank you, Robert MacNeil (January 19, 1931-April 12, 2024).

[@jeffreydahmer6547]

@MarkBrown4039, actually Robert 'Robin' MacNeil was born January 19TH, NOT 13th.

[@DanknDerpyGamer]

2:46 Having that piece of music, IMO, is a nice psychological throwback to the 1980s-early 2000s version of the News Hour theme, IMO.

[@OohMitch]

RIP Gwen Ifill 💐💐💐

[@jeffreydahmer6547]

& most recently, rip Jim Lehrer (1934-2020) & Rosalind P Walter (1924-2020):(

[@jamesthewineguy]

Edd Kalehoff's PBS Newshour is one of my favourite music intros - his updates are captivating and truly fits the brand of the Newshour.

[@vinkoivomilicdiaz6932]

Very interesting. The first NewsHour in the current studio ends with a fist bump between Judy and Gwen. What a remembrance!!! #PBSNEWS

[@MinifigNewsguy]

Every time I hear it, I say "NBR is on! Wait, the Newshour??? What???" I suspect Edd Kalehoff was too lazy to make a new cut using the Newshour "signature" (the last 4 notes)

[@ChewMadeNew]

In Memory of Gwen Ifill and Jim Lehrer.

[@jeffreydahmer6547]

@ Dave Chew, & Mark Shields (1937-2022):(

[@CenTexElevators489]

Robert MacNeil (1931-2024).

[@ChewMadeNew]

@@CenTexElevators489 Yes. Absolutely. Now Judy is the only surviving former co-anchor left.

[@riley1049]

​@@ChewMadeNewRay Suarez is also still alive.

[@dcbandnerd]

Came here when I found out Jim Lehrer died. He was a beacon of integrity and fairness in a bleak, TV news landscape. May he rest in peace.

[@GaboTV1]

Wait, he died?! Damn dude, life's rough :c

[@dcbandnerd]

@@GaboTV1 Yup - was announced a few hours ago. Lehrer was one of the best. He will be missed.

[@coraggio93]

@@GaboTV1 -- Jim Lehrer (1934-2020) May he rest in peace

[@solami89]

2000-2006 was always my favorite. When I was a kid it would come after the kids shows and I would wait just to listen to the intro

[@averywilson-hayes6027]

Anthony Butler Mine too! When I was a child, I very much remember listening to this on my nearby PBS affiliate WOSU-TV 34 in Columbus, Ohio when I was either 4 or 5 years old at either my parents or grandparents' house either 2003, 2004, or 2005. At 4:30 P.M., Arthur came on, then Cyberchase came on at 5:00 P.M., and ZOOM came on at 5:30 P.M. (which I saw the 2005 WOSU logos video that came from May 12th, 2005, as well as both program breaks before and after ZOOM), and after those shows, at 6:00 P.M., The News Hour With Jim Lehrer came on, and I would just wait to watch the blue screen, listen to the show's trumpet fanfare and hear the intro, and then after that, because for the rest of the day that marked the outro to children's shows, it was time to change the channel and turn off the TV. Oh, the great childhood memories back then! NOSTAAAAAAAALGIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@averywilson-hayes6027]

Clifford the Big Red Dog on my local PBS station (WOSU-TV 34) in Columbus, Ohio aired at 3:30 P.M.

[@fernandoifill-ruiz6410]

Same here the 2000-2006 was my favorite one the most.

[@jeffreydahmer6547]

RIP ROBERT 'ROBIN' MACNEIL (1931-2024), YOU & JIM LEHRER ARE TOGETHER AGAIN. watching this pbs newshour stuff is the only thing thats helping me get thru COPING w/ the loss of Robert 'Robin' MacNeil.

[@coraggio93]

Thank you, thank you, thank you for this music! Love the music and the show so much!

[@megamanj2004X]

That 2nd intro in this was first used from October-November 1981 until September 1983.

[@kaila.k5876]

Today I would always be hoping to get home before 6 just to hear the theme that should be played at my funeral.

[@frontrow9978]

Jim Lehrer was my childhood

[@riley1049]

RIP Robert MacNeil (1931-2024) Jim Lehrer (1934-2020) Gwen Ifill (1955-2016)

[@necelticsox]

1:51 I can remember this from my childhood.

[@AnxietyfromInsideOut2-p8i]

Rest In Peace Gwen Ifill, Jim Lehrer and Robert MacNeil.

[@jeffreydahmer6547]

@AmericaArchives, yeah, ikr?

[@AnxietyfromInsideOut2-p8i]

@@jeffreydahmer6547 Yes.

[@jeffreydahmer6547]

@@AnxietyfromInsideOut2-p8i yeah

[@robertdubs9466]

Convenient that they expanded to an hour in 1983. When they started with the half-hour formant in 1975, that just focused on news story, it was basically a supplement to the network news. But back then there was still Walter Cronkite on CBS, and MacNeil and Lehrer presumably didn't wish to compete with him, so they were satisfied to just supplement him. Cronkite retired in 1981, and after some more time, MacNeil and Lehrer decided maybe they could compete with network news, so they expanded to an hour in 1983.

[@vinkoivomilicdiaz6932]

Very interesting job by @Hari Sreenivasan. He anchored several times in D.C., now since 2013 til today is anchor of the PBS NewsHour Weekend. #PBSNEWS

[@imanerd36]

In case anyone was wondering, the first intro was from April 19, 1977.

[@averywilson-hayes6027]

And also, the first News Hour with Jim Lehrer intro from 1995 was from November 10th of that year, the second News Hour with Jim Lehrer intro was from September 12th, 2001 (the week of the 9/11 terrorist attack on The World Trade Center in New York), the third News Hour with Jim Lehrer intro was from June 26th, 2008 (when Jim Lehrer returned to daily anchor duties on the News Hour after surgery for an aortic heart valve replacement) and the PBS News Hour intro (the one from 2009, not 2015) was from December 8th, 2009.

[@averywilson-hayes6619]

Can anyone confirm the air date for the intro for the PBS News Hour at the end of this video (the 2015-present one)? And the second News Hour With Jim Lehrer theme was actually used 1999-mid-May 2006

[@frontrow9978]

MacNeil Lehrer was better that today’s anchors

[@phileasfogg5785]

This feels more like a theme from European public broadcasters than American. Clean&effective.

[@RG2k07]

PBS is the American equivalent of the BBC. It's publicly funded with minimal advertising

[@jeffreydahmer6547]

my favorite 1's are tha current 'PBS newshour' & tha 'MacNeil-Lehrer report' 1 w/ tha apples from way back in tha 70s, as a matter of fact, i was KINDA pissed off when Robert MacNeil retired, 'cuz i

[@liammcclure1085]

RIP Jim Lehrer

[@janelmoore4110]

I was born in the 70’s

[@janejane2010]

1:47 meant no more Barney and Arthur for the day

[@brandonreina4886]

3:00 PM - Maya & Miguel 3:30 PM - Arthur 4:00 PM - SciGirls 4:30 PM - Cyberchase 5:00 PM - Nightly Business Report 5:30 PM - PBS News Hour 6:00 PM - Nature

[@jonp4846]

The one from the 70's was the best!

[@jeffreydahmer6547]

RIP MARK SHIELDS (1937-2022):(

[@newtimetravelhyman88]

You Forgot The Robert MacNeil Report

[@GaboTV1]

I didn't find the intro.

[@newtimetravelhyman88]

+GaboTV Oh okay

[@17z483]

Shimmer and Shine Intros 1984-2017

[@julioceasartorres379]

Its Song old PBS Newshour 2001 like Nashville General Hospital at Meharry

[@Alexs23743]

The first one is more like "PBS Disco Hour".

[@ghracetullao2500]

Not the tomatoes! 0:00

[@medjerab5]

The 1995's intro is a copycat version of the old one .

[@GaboTV1]

It's not really a copycat. They only changed a few things because Robert MacNeil stopped working as an anchor at the NewsHour.

[@medjerab5]

GaboTV I know , but I mean they should changing it completely .

[@GaboTV1]

My Channel I think they didn't really care about the NewsHour, and focused on other programs.

[@blazebrodypc2006official]

Can U Do The Credits Plz???

[@jwilliams7554]

Square one TV is over, time to switch to Nickelodeon or do homework

[@fiendish67]

I'm going to track down Hari Sreenivasan and throw that ugly tie away and leave him a nice one, Ive seen him wear that several times.

[@erich1070]

🤣Don't do him like that🤣

[@fiendish67]

@@erich1070 I'm gonna" track him down and burn, and the video on youtube, just for you! : -) You sealed the ties fate.

[@robjackson5245]

"Newshour theme" from 2001 and probably it was used a few years before then, R&B gangsta shit PBS > BBC On the strength PBS more gangsta

[@Adam-er5rc]

PBS (Probably Bull Shit)