'Rock Center': NBC's New Brian Williams Show

The Brian Williams-led NBC magazine show finally has a name.

NBC News announced Thursday that the primetime show will be called "Rock Center With Brian Williams."

The new weekly, hour-long program will be hosted by "NBC Nightly News" anchor Brian Williams. The show will also feature Harry Smith, Kate Snow and the network's other correspondents and anchors.

NBC News president Steve Capus announced the show on Monday, saying that the show's goal is to be "a weekly stop for viewers looking for a lively, informative and thought-provoking newsmagazine.” The show's name refers to the network's home at 30 Rockefeller Plaza.

"Hopefully our journalism will speak louder than any name,” Williams joked. “If it doesn't, perhaps people will tune in to 'Rock Center' hoping to see Tina Fey."

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Comments

[DebA49]

08:29 PM on 11/10/2011

It seems like a good show and the people involved are those I rate as top journalists: Brian, Ted Koppel; etc. but, who thought of that name? I don't care for the name.

[Phaedrah Ellison]

01:00 AM on 09/14/2011

I'll be watching it because of Richard Engel and Brian Williams (in that order).

[logic-a-go-go]

09:22 PM on 09/13/2011

Completely unoriginal. What are they, a bunch of followers?

[Max Shaw]

05:04 PM on 09/13/2011

C'mon B-Ri...you can do better than that.

[Bigjawn]

04:30 PM on 09/13/2011

I'd like to see it named "Meet The Press". But, unfortunately, that ain't gonna happen. Wishful thinking, I guess.

[Lady Doodlebug]

01:43 PM on 09/13/2011

Love Brian, hate the name.

[sacmom3]

03:24 PM on 09/13/2011

Ditto.

[brandon20678]

11:18 AM on 09/13/2011

Can't wait to watch, Although I don't like the name of the show.

[ChaCubed]

11:04 AM on 09/13/2011

Another option is needed: Meh.

[maxfax]

10:28 PM on 09/12/2011

Awful name.

[Manlight]

08:39 PM on 09/12/2011

What a stupid name.....

[Kendall Tawes]

08:18 PM on 09/12/2011

The name sounds like a masonry or music store. Rockefeller Center with Brian Williams would have sounded much better even if it is a bit of a mouthful. Calling it Rock Center would be only good when talking about it in passing.

[Aldo Rodriguez]

07:09 PM on 09/12/2011

BriWi?
Really HuffPost? (um...)

[tiredofpc]

06:10 PM on 09/12/2011

How about bringing back Stone Phillips, as well? NBC was foolish to let him go.

[ThinkCreeps]

05:52 PM on 09/12/2011

Dumber than rocks.

[SamBaby]

04:05 PM on 09/12/2011

I like " Access BriWi " - as in Access WiFi. News and tech junkies would know immediately that Brian Williams would host a news show.