Rome Hartman "was highly and widely recommended to [Sean] McManus as a producer with a great sense of news and a talent for storytelling," TV Week says.

"'Twenty minutes into our first discussion, I knew that on many levels we were thinking alike,' said Mr. McManus, stressing that he was in no way seeking a 'yes' man to spearhead the revamping of Evening News, which CBS Chairman Leslie Moonves has publicly and repeatedly said is long overdue."