> The problem here is that Leonard Goldenson came up with the strategy
> for going for young demos back in the early *60s,* when Boomers fit
> that demo (while Gabler makes it sound like the strategy was conceived
> around the time of Carson's retirement). In fact, the complaints
> Boomers have made lately about being ignored by modern media could be
> argued as the ultimate case of being hoisted by your own petard.

I think Gabler is right when he suggests that claiming demographic
wins was ABC's way of making lemonade out of their ratings lemons,
whenever they started trying to sell them.

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