Now, I love TCM, and like Oscar month, when it usually hauls up a few rarities (like THE WHISPERERS, with Edith Evans) to go along with the usual award-lauded fare. But it's stopped running the pre-show graphics that explain what the film was nominated for and whether it won. I kind of figured SAN ANTONIO wasn't up for Best Picture in 1945, but I had to scurry over to IMDB to find out what its two nominations were.

And--sacrilege!--Robert Osborne provided a lead-in to THE REIVERS, but no lead out. Do I need to be concerned? Or do I just have too much time on my hands... :)

I don't know if this has anything to do with the abandonment of the pre-show graphics, but judging from this article there has been a significant shake-up in TCM management recently:

"The Moviegoer" article from Creative Loafing Atlanta

Great piece, thanks for the link.
Here's a fascinating section with something I never knew about Osborne, with the best part bolded:

"Paul Henreid, who played opposite Bette Davis in Now, Voyager, came to visit a friend who was giving the class," Osborne recalls. "And he saw me, and he said, 'You know, I'm doing a TV western called "The Californians," and I'm directing an episode, and you'd be right for the guy for it."
The studio that owned the show, Desilu, was run by Lucille Ball and her husband, Desi Arnaz. He wound up being an assistant to Ball while trying to get his acting career going. She was more impressed with Osborne's curiosity and knowledge of movies and actors than his acting talent.

"She was fascinated by the fact that I was staying at Jane Darwell's house, because Lucy loved all the character actors she worked with. She was fascinated with the Edward Everett Hortons and the Donald Meeks, and those guys. ... She was fascinated that I knew who they all were. So that's kind of what attracted her attention to me, was my attention to old movies."

While Arnaz was off on his various extramarital affairs, Osborne says, Ball often turned her mansion into a repertory movie theater, inviting Osborne and his friends over to watch old movies and talk about the stars. Back then, there was no concept of "classic cinema" – new movies opened, played and closed, never to be shown again.

The great thing about that announcement is that it never goes out of date. Kind of like KELSEY GRAMMER IN REHAB or IRS TROUBLES FOR WESLEY SNIPES.