On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 8:19 AM, Terry Knab<[email protected]> wrote: > http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/abc/breaking_charlie_gibson_to_step_down_from_abc_world_news_diane_sawyer_to_anchor_broadcast_130078.asp > > Breaking: Charlie Gibson To Step Down from ABC 'World News', Diane Sawyer to > Anchor Broadcast (SNIP)
CNN announced this a little while ago too - but was unable to say if Gibson was staying on full time with ABC News or retiring completely. I turned to Good Morning America but all they had was Whitney Houston in full Diva mode, thanking her people and hugging Diane and saying that she was her best friend. I have been a critic of the Katie-cast, but I would not blame Katie for feeling like Sawyer's blond hair and model-looks allow her to get away with murder. If Katie Couric had worked on Bill Clinton's staff, and was on TV hugging Mariah Carrey and being called her best friend just as her elevation to the CBS anchor chair was being announced, she would have been crucified. This will be an interesting empirical test of Katie's hypothesis that her ratings suffer because Americans don't want to get their news from a woman. If that is true, then we will expect the ratings of ABC to go down, but only of NBC to go up. If ABC stays level or goes up, or if CBS goes up roughly the same as NBC, then it would be inconsistent with her hypothesis (though I suppose Katie would then say she had softened them up for a gal). --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
