CTV's credits were interesting.  As many of you know, Lane steinhauer's employment with CTV was terminated in the fall as one of the most recent "waves" of layoffs.   He worked in engineering- and had come over to CTV when they acquired the CHUM City properties.  He's a great guy.   He was listed in the credits last night.  I wonder how many others who were terminated by Bell in 2025 appeared in the credits?

NBC Nightly News did its once-a-year credit roll on Christmas. It took more than seven minutes and was filled with both pics of the staffers and their names. The sheer volume of people who work there is incredible - hundreds and hundreds as they all went by. 

It was amazing to see what each one did. In addition to the usual camera people, reporters, production types and editors, they had an international division, a social media division, a publicity division, an affiliate division, an intake division and possibly even a division dedicated to widgets - it went on so long I lost track.

It's nice for those who toil behind the scenes to get credit, even if it is only once a year. But I can see why they don't do it more than that. In a 23 minute or so newscast (minus the commercials) it takes up almost a quarter of the show just getting through all those names. 

We used to run a "long credits" roll on my station at the end of every Friday show at 6 PM, time permitting. The people in the control room called it the "hey grandma, look for my name," because it went by so fast. Blink and you missed it! And yet I was constantly amazed by the number of people who would ask me, "was that your name I saw fly by on those credits Friday night?" So someone was watching it. 

(And by the way, you wouldn't believe the trouble those credits caused me as the guy who once had to type them all out. Staffers were constantly asking me to change their name - "I want it to say "David" not "Dave," or "Put my middle initial in there," or "I've decided to hyphenate my surname," and on and on and on it went. As if anyone was really paying attention. Nonetheless, I did make all the changes they requested, regardless of how crazy the requests were.)

Global News Toronto ran a staff name credit on Christmas eve and New Year's eve. It was 2 minutes long and began like this.

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CTV's credits were interesting.  As many of you know, Lane steinhauer's employment with CTV was terminated in the fall as one of the most recent "waves" of layoffs.   He worked in engineering- and had come over to CTV when they acquired the CHUM City properties.  He's a great guy.   He was listed in the credits last night.  I wonder how many others who were terminated by Bell in 2025 appeared in the credits?

I knew Lane Steinhauer years ago. A great guy and a wonderful engineer who definitely deserved better. Not sure if he plans on retiring or finding another gig, but whoever ends up with him will be getting a real gem!

 
I also worked with Lane years ago, great guy. I imagine that he may well retire since he’s around that age, and besides, as I discovered, there aren’t many broadcasters hiring anymore, especially for older, (and more experienced!) people.

I have always enjoyed the end credits, its unfortunate thats its only done once a year. Growing up it was done at the end of every local newscast.

And my guess is on a slow Newsday, 2 minutes or more of credits uses up a lot of time, and this can be put togather well in advance.