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New CBS graphics package confirmed. 

https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2021/01/cbs-new-graphics-super-bowl-espn-on-site-studio-sunday-ticket/

The new FOX score bug looks like the ESPN 2006-2007 and 2015-2017 MNF graphics rolled into one. I like it, but don't necessarily love it. 

TNT using the same graphics for the sixth straight season. It's getting old and stale. Was hoping for something fresh.

Surprised they didn't at least make minor changes.

Sounds like CBS will be debuting new graphics, but not a major rebrand like last time. Seems to be more of tweak than anything.

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The basic on-air graphics that will be seen throughout the main game telecast will not be drastically different from what CBS Sports has been using throughout the 2018-19 NFL regular season. In fact, CBS Sports —with the help of design firm Troika—rebranded its on-air look in 2016, its first in 35 years, which debuted for Super Bowl 50.

 

"We did a massive rebrand for Super Bowl 50 and are still pleased with how it looks,” LoMonaco said. “It has redefined the personality of CBS Sports.There’s a lot of love for the look and it solves a lot of esthetic and practicality issues for us as designers, so we were not quick to walk away from but enhance the look and make it extra special for the Super Bowl telecast.”

 

These graphics will be delivered by ChyronHego systems for the insert graphics and also SMT’s SportCG product for the lower-third CBS in-game eyebar (designed by Reality Check Systems). Full motion animations will be pre-produced at CBS in New York using Adobe After Effects and Maxon Computer’s Cinema 4D software. A graphics design company called Troika was also brought in to help creatively.

 

https://www.thebroadcastbridge.com/content/entry/12645/cbs-sports-looks-to-raise-the-graphics-bar-for-super-bowl-liii

Interested in what the augmented reality graphics that they are talking about in the link above look like. Richar Deitsch also mentioned it in his Super Bowl preview over at The Athletic.

This is bothering me a lot. 

So I am watching Washington-Auburn on ABC, and so far the entire game has featured the bright yellow space telling viewings that Oregon State-Ohio State is on ESPNEWS. And it is right under the score bug. WHO THOUGHT THIS WAS A GOOD IDEA?! ESPN really needs to fix their Bottom Line.

^ Looks like it. I personally am indifferent about it. A slight improvement over the old one, but that's about it. What I hate are the ads right beneath it on the new ESPN bottom like. It's distracting.

WGN has new graphics too, for the the first time in like forever. 

ESPN has new baseball graphics. 

I don't know how legit this guy is, but he does seem to have some inside info regarding NBC's graphics. 

3 hours ago, buzzcut said:

If the following scoreboard is any indication, NBC may have gone there, but for the gradients in the score:

This looks great. An improvement over NBC's current score bar, which isn't bad itself.

Looks like ESPN is already changing their college basketball graphics. Not sure I like it. 

I love Fox's new baseball graphics. I would go as far as saying it is their best graphics package they've ever had for baseball. Still think their football scorebar is a little too plain, but it works for baseball.

TBS on the other hand..what the hell are they thinking? I am so tired of TBS broadcasting playoff baseball games. Everything about their broadcasts suck. From their announcers ( love Ernie Johnson, but he's not a PBP guy), their theme music, their camera work, etc is bad.

It looks like a more plain, boring version of CBS' graphics. Not sure how I feel about them. I initially disliked Fox's last score bug, but I eventually grew to like it. 

Score bug has only been slightly updated.

New Fox graphics.