I wasn’t paying much attention when Chuck Todd’s MTP Daily, a daily spinoff of Meet The Press, popped last September. But editors of NewscastStudio, a trade publication for creative pros working in television, were, and I’m genuinely surprised that they didn’t acknowledge that the Capitol building logo design is a direct lift from Saul Bass‘s art for Otto Preminger‘s Advise and Consent (’62). NewscastStudo quote, posted on 9.28.15: “The show uses a very animated style for its graphics, likening it to ‘Schoolhouse Rock!’ The look, a vast departure from the Sunday show, brings a fun and playful patriotism to MTP Daily.”
