Next Up: Jack Hynes' (Satisfyingly Ripping) Final Word

It had equal parts hard news, equal parts teary-eyed reminiscing, and equal parts thanking the crew and viewers for their loyalty. The non-TRL version of the 10 o'clock news is no more, and the fadeout at the end was certainly goose-pimple inducing. Universal Hub gives all the details, plus a YouTube video (not subjected to the Crimson Rectangle of Shame - the box where YouTube becomes PrudeTube).

However, triple kudos goes to Jack Hynes, 50+ year veteran anchor and reporter for old WHDH*, WCVB, and WLVI. Jack Hynes, in his staid, yet rightfully angry manner, all but put Ed Ansin's underwear up on a pole on Morrissey Blvd for all of I-93 and Red Line riders to see. Good for him, as he's likely one of the last Boston media figures who isn't a political wonk, a blow-dried talking head, a blabby gossip, or a conspiracy theorist.

*For you TV geeks out there, WHDH was on Channel 5, and was a CBS affiliate from 1962 until 1972, when it became WCVB and an ABC affiliate. The WHDH currently on Channel 7 was formerly WNAC (the old ABC affiliate, which then became CBS in 1972), WNEV in 1982, and then WHDH in 1993. WHDH and WBZ switched affiliates in 1995, with WHDH becoming an NBC affiliate and WBZ becoming a CBS affiliate.