"Grandpa" Gibson Triumphant In News Anchor Rce
CBS Evening News, with polarizing newbie Katie Couric, 50, is under house arrest in third place. Once-untouchable NBC Nightly News, anchored by edgy Brian Williams, 48, is bleeding viewers.
But ABC World News, with Charlie Gibson, a grandpa, is now a solid No. 1 in the Nielsen wars.
If there's one lesson to be learned from the recent tumult on the evening-news landscape, it's this: new and news don't necessarily work together for the over-60 crowd, the bulk of the evening news audience.
Philadelphia Inquirer | Gail Shister | July 16, 2007 09:35 AM