They had segue's such as 'on a reel' and 'on a roll' that made the news more interesting and informative. He smiled more than Lloyd, but he filled in well.

I was pleased to see that he was a good replacement for Lloyd. I was sorry to see Lloyd leave and was not sure what to expect with Bill Schechner. The two of them together made the show unique, exciting and well worth watching. Lloyd was kind of a 'stiffed' face anchor and Linda had this kind of a 'sneaky, shifty' smile like she knew something that nobody else knew. When it started, it had Lloyd Dobyns and Linda Ellerbee as co-anchors.

The 'good old' prime time news shows of the time could not hold a 'frog's fart under water' compared to 'Overnight'. It was the most comprehensive, fulfilled news show of it's time. Sometimes I would get in at 1:00AM Utah time (which is where I live), but most of the time, I would set my alarm to get me up by 12:50AM just so that I could watch NBC News Overnight. I work for a Railroad which means that we work day and night. Its legacy lives on with other late night newscasts, including 'ABC World News Now' (which followed in the footsteps of 'Overnight'). The show's small number of fans will remember the show's warmth, humor, and intelligence. Those who managed to stay awake long enough to watch the news program will remember it fondly. In short, this newscast was an experiment and, it was probably too far ahead of its time. At the time, there were no other late night newscasts and, there were definitely no newscasts which broadcast throughout the overnight hours. Why was this newscast ultimately taken off the air? During the early 1980's, most television stations went off the air at around one in the morning so, most people were not in the habit of staying up for an extra hour after Letterman's show to watch more television.

In addition to the national headlines, this newscast presented some of the most unusual and quirky human interest stories on television. Dobyns and Ellerbee presented the news in a tongue-in-cheek manner. Anchored by Lloyd Dobyns (later replaced by Bill Schechner) and Linda Ellerbee, 'NBC News Overnight' was American television's first full length late night newscast and, it was a newscast with a difference. During the early 1980's, NBC viewers could stay tuned after 'Late Night with David Letterman' to enjoy one of the most unique newscasts on American television.

And So It Goes by Linda Ellerbee