[crt89]

I've often noticed that at the end of the local newscasts, sometimes there will be a longer ending than others. What I mean is, sometimes after the morning newscast, or afternoon newscast, they will show the camera views of certain spots, usually from the radar tower or a beachcam, etc. The theme will play over this. Sometimes this happens for a few brief seconds, but other times it will go on for a minute or more and more shots will be shown. This is also when parts of the theme music that you don't usually hear will be heard.

I suppose this happens after the evening news as well, but usually if it's at night, they will just show a shot of the camera panning out from the set. There have been times that the radar is shown instead of any of these scenes if there are active thunderstorms.

Has anyone noticed this, and am I correct in assuming this is to fill the time slot if the newscast happens to end early?