production was based in washington, d.c., with offices in the tenley circle area immediately east of nbc's nebraska avenue studios. lloyd dobyns, the show's anchor, appeared on a stark white, modernistic set. in the absence of a theme composed especially for the show, the producers opted to use the opening minute of "piano concerto no. 1 in d-flat major, op. 10: i allegro brioso" by sergei prokofiev, feeling that it added gravitas to the show—something they hoped would set them apart from abc's lightweight "20/20".