In addition to being one of the first American broadcasters to cover the dismantling of the Berlin Wall, O'Reilly obtained the first exclusive interview with murderer Joel Steinberg and was the first television host from a national current affairs program on the scene of the 1992 Los Angeles riots.Д«y the late 1990s, as its similarly formatted syndicated competitors had already begun waning in the ratings, the program tweaked its format in an effort to retain viewers. In point of fact, Inside Edition was one of the original 'Big Three' tabloid journalism-style newsmagazines of the early 1990s on American television вЂ“ alongside Fox's A Current Affair and Paramount's Hard Copy вЂ“ which fiercely competed with each other in syndication during that period (and is the only one that remains on the air). By then, the program had shifted towards a mix of tabloid crime stories, investigations and celebrity gossip. In February of that year, Frost was replaced as main anchor by ABC News reporter Bill O'Reilly. The first anchor of the program was David Frost, who was demoted to a correspondent role after approximately three weeks, due to poor ratings under the original concept. When Inside Edition first premiered in January 1989, the program's format originally took on a high-brow approach, focusing on general news and investigative journalism. The program was created by John Tomlin and Bob Young, whose concept was picked up by King World Productions (which CBS Corporation вЂ“ itself having acquired King World through its December 2005 split from Viacom вЂ“ folded into CBS Television Distribution in September 2007 both CBS and Viacom would re-merge as ViacomCBS in 2019) in the winter of early 1988, for a debut during the 1988вЂ“89 television season. For the first week after, Deborah Norville originated the program from her home kitchen and subsequently later shot remotely from her home, with contributions from the Los Angeles newsroom before being able to establish a dedicated virtual home studio with the entire staff working from home, as the Los Angeles base was also affected by a stay-at-home order. The program was among the first directly affected by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on television on Ma(the day where the coronavirus was declared a pandemic) as the CBS Broadcast Center (and thus, the Inside Edition newsroom and studio) was closed after building personnel tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019. Eastern Time Zone each Monday through Friday, with occasional updates to each broadcast being conducted to account for new story details or other timely news pieces, and to correct technical or script issues in the original live broadcast.

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Some editions, however, are conducted from the program's West Coast newsroom in Los Angeles (from where the program's L.A.-based correspondents sometimes introduce story packages) or on location at the studios of television station which carry the program or from the sites of events which are being covered for the broadcast. The program is based at Studio 45 at the CBS Broadcast Center in New York City, which houses its main newsroom and production facilities as well as the set for the broadcast (which switched from a physical set to a virtual studio in September 2013). During major holidays occurring on a weekday, that episode may feature a format similar to the weekend edition but featuring a compilation of stories from past editions and occasionally features lifestyle-oriented stories in relation to certain major holidays (such as Independence Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas) from 2002 to 2012, certain episodes aired during the summer months also followed a similar format, mixing feature packages from past episodes introduced by the anchor of that day's broadcast with current news stories introduced by one of the program's correspondents from its newsroom. Inside Edition is broadcast in two formats: the weekday edition is broadcast as a half-hour program and features a broad mix of news stories of various types and feature segments a weekend edition (titled Inside Edition Weekend, though visually referenced as Inside Weekend in on-air graphics) is also produced, which also runs for a half-hour, and is composed of a selection of stories featured on the Monday through Friday editions the previous week.

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