I've encountered plankton with more on-air presence than Lester Holt On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 12:58 AM, Joe Coughlin <[email protected]> wrote:
> Should Brian Williams jump or be pushed, Lester Holt will be the > anchor in the interregnum. Should the ratings hold or go up, he gets > the chair permanently. > > Though I'm not at all convinced that Williams is going anywhere. > > On Sun, Feb 8, 2015 at 8:28 PM, David Lynch <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Sun Feb 08 2015 at 6:16:43 PM Kevin M. <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> as CBS learned when Rather departed and ABC learned when Jennings > passed > >> away, the days of smooth transitions are gone > > > > > > Except that ABC has has had two extremely smooth transitions since Peter > > Jennings died (Charles Gibson to Diane Sawyer and Sawyer to Muir.) And > the > > last CBS transition did about as well as could be expected considering > that > > there was no heir apparent before Katie Couric announced her departure. > > > > What NBC is currently missing is the elder statesman to come in as a > > caretaker anchor for a few months like Gibson did after Jennings' death > or > > Bob Schieffer did after Dan Rather's departure was pushed out. Brokaw has > > already done that once after Tim Russert's passing, and I can't see him > > coming back at his age, with his health history, to fill in after his > > handpicked successor's ignominious departure. > > > > -- > > -- > > 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 > > --- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "TVorNotTV" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [email protected]. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > -- > +++++++++++++++ > Joe Coughlin > http://www.twitter.com/inturnaround > > -- > -- > 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 > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
