"I'm beginning to really like CNN's loosey-goosier Situation Room," Broadcasting & Cable's John Eggerton blogs. He notices that the net has "taken steps to undercut that breathless tone" that was so apparent in the beginning. "Wolf Blitzer has loosened the collar a bit," and Jack Cafferty takes the edge off the breathless Security Watch promos.

"Plus there is an element of danger, a flying by wire-ness about the new bombard 'em with stuff, format (It almost feels like a Web page masquerading as a TV show)." Here's the rest...

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