Violins: Direct your attention to your television screen!
Fanfare: live from NBC News World Headquarters! This is NBC Nightly News! Question motif: Our anchor this evening is Brian Williams.
Answer motif: the most trusted journalist of his age!
QM: Our mission is to bring you the news of the day.
AM: in a convenient half hour format!
QM: from anywhere in the world where news events occur.
AM: without any political bias!
BW as QM: good evening and welcome.
BW as AM: to this evening's broadcast!
BW as QM: of the program I am anchoring.
BW as QM: this edition of!
BW as AM: NBC Nightly News.
BW as AM: from wherever!
BW as QM: You may be watching this broadcast, which could be absolutely anywhere around this world or ours!
BW as AM: Now let's get to the headlines!
BW as QM: just as soon as we shamelessly plug our own website.
BW as AM: msnbc.com!
BW as QM: and give our obligatory kudos to our cable satellites.
BW as AM: MSN- and CNBC!
BW as QM: Now with that out of the way, we can finally get to the news! Audience as AM: thank god, it's about mother f***ing time!
Violins: Thank you so very much for you patience!
Audience as AM: we swear to god we were about to switch over.
QM: but where on earth where could you have possibly gone?