News Series 2000
'''News Series 2000''' is an updated and expanded version of the original [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] [[O&O|owned-and-operated stations']] ''[[Eyewitness News]]'' theme, an edited version of the "Tar Sequence" cue from the [[soundtrack]] to the [[1967]] film ''[[Cool Hand Luke]]'' by [[Lalo Schifrin]].
The package made its debut in [[1983]], when [[Frank Gari]] was commissioned by [[Chicago]]'s [[WLS-TV]] to create a news music package based on the Schifrin theme. [[WABC-TV|WABC]] in [[New York City|New York]] picked up the package a year later, and it quickly spread to ABC's other owned-and-operated stations. In [[1990]], [[KABC-TV|KABC]] in [[Los Angeles]] became the last ABC-owned station to pick up News Series 2000.
Despite its association with ABC O&Os, the package has also been used on affiliates of other networks (e.g. [[WPTV]], the [[NBC]] affiliate in [[West Palm Beach, Florida]]). It has also been used overseas, with [[Cable TV Hong Kong|Hong Kong Cable News]] using it from 1993 until 2002.
In 1993, Schifrin raised his royalties for using ''Cool Hand Luke'' and its variations to a level that effectively priced the theme out of the local news market. Gari was then commissioned by WABC to compose a new music package called "[[Eyewitness News#Eyewitness News: The News Music Package|Eyewitness News]]." This new package, based slightly on ''Cool Hand Luke'', has been updated several times. On the other hand Gari also composed a new theme based on an alternate signature of "News Series 2000" called [[News Series 2000 Plus]]. This package was also commissioned by [[WLS-TV]] one year earlier.
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| '''[[Designated market area|DMA]]#'''
| '''DMA Name'''
| '''Station'''
| '''Affiliation'''
| '''Years Used'''
| '''Other Notes'''
|-
| 1.
| [[New York City, New York]]
| [[WABC-TV]], formerly [[WJZ]]
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| 1984-1993
|
|-
| 2.
| [[Los Angeles, California]]
| [[KABC-TV]], formerly KECA
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| 1990-1995
|
|-
| 3.
| [[Chicago, Illinois]]
| [[WLS-TV]], formerly WBKB
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| 1983-1992
| Made a dual debut with [[KGO]]
|-
| 6.
| [[San Francisco, California]]
| [[KGO-TV]]
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| 1983-1987
| Made a dual debut with [[WLS]]
|-
| 10.
| [[Houston, Texas]]
| [[KTRK-TV]], formerly KXYZ
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| 1984-1995
|
|-
| 11.
| [[Detroit, Michigan]]
| [[WXYZ-TV]]
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| 1984-1996
|
|-
| 20.
| [[Orlando, Florida]]
| [[WFTV-TV]], formerly WLOF
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| 1991-1995
|
|-
| 21.
| [[St. Louis, Missouri]]
| [[KMOV-TV]], formerly KMOX
| [[CBS]]
| 1989-1993
|
|-
| 29.
| [[Raleigh, North Carolina]] / [[Durham, North Carolina]]
| [[WTVD-TV]]
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], formerly [[Columbia Broadcasting System|CBS]]
| 1985-1992
|
|-
| 38.
| [[West Palm Beach, Florida]]
| [[WPTV-TV]], formerly WJNO
| [[NBC]]
| 1993-1998
|
|-
| 43.
| [[New Orleans, Louisiana]]
| [[WVUE-TV]], formerly WJMR
| [[FOX]], formerly [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| 1992-1997
|
|-
| 52.
| [[Jacksonville, Florida]]
| [[WCWJ]], formerly WJWB
| [[The CW]], formerly [[The WB]]
| 1985-1991
|
|-
| 62.
| [[Mobile, Alabama]]
| [[WALA-TV]]
| [[FOX]] , formerly [[NBC]]
| 1989-1994
|
|-
| 69.
| [[Green Bay, Wisconsin]]
| [[WLUK-TV]]
| [[FOX]], formerly [[NBC]]
| 1990-1995
| Package used prior to affiliation change
|-
| 73.
| [[Des Moines, Iowa]]
| [[WHO-TV]]
| [[NBC]]
| 1989-1995
|
|-
| 93.
| [[Colorado Springs, Colorado]]
| [[KRDO-TV]]
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| 1991-1996
|
|-
| 95.
| [[Davenport, Iowa]]
| [[WHBF-TV]]
| [[Columbia Broadcasting System|CBS]], formerly [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| 1985-1989
|
|-
| 110.
| [[Lansing, Michigan]]
| [[WLAJ-TV]]
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| 1992-1996
|
|-
| 117.
| [[Peoria, Illinois]]
| [[WHOI-TV]], formerly WRAU
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], formerly [[Columbia Broadcasting System|CBS]]
| 1989
|
|-
| 145.
| [[Joplin, Missouri]]
| [[KSNF-TV]], formerly KTVJ
| [[NBC]], formerly [[Columbia Broadcasting System|CBS]]
| 1990-1994
|
|-
| 148.
| [[Salisbury, Maryland]]
| [[WMDT-TV]]
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| 1985-1987
|
|}
==External links==
*[http://www.southernmedia-nmsa.com/search.php?search=3,1,61 SouthernMedia's NMSA] - listing of American stations that have used News Series 2000
[[Category:Television news music packages]]