On Oct. 12, Good Morning America aired the first part of Diane Sawyer’s exclusive interview with a twitching, sweaty, contrite Mel Gibson—by far the biggest of this fall’s big gets—beginning at 7:30 a.m. The next day, the news was devastating: Early ratings reports had the Today show beating Good Morning America by 1.5 million viewers, Read More
What is gravitas? And why does it kick in at nightfall?
Gravitas lurks at the heart of the concentric speculation about Katie Couric’s television future: Should she leave Today for the CBS Evening News? Should the Evening News want her to?
It’s one thing to be the most successful morning news anchor. Being Read More
What is gravitas? And why does it kick in at nightfall?
Gravitas lurks at the heart of the concentric speculation about Katie Couric’s television future: Should she leave Today for the CBS Evening News? Should the Evening News want her to?
It’s one thing to be the most successful morning news anchor. Being an evening Read More
In December, ABC settled at last on a long-term plan for World News Tonight. News-division president David Westin announced that the empty desk left by the death of Peter Jennings would be filled not by a new old-fashioned anchor, but by a pair of youthful, globetrotting talents, Bob Woodruff and Elizabeth Vargas.
Now, two months Read More
“In this business,” said Elizabeth Vargas, the 42-year-old co-anchor of the ABC News magazine 20/20, “we’re way overdue on a woman sitting in one of those Big Three chairs.”
With her almond-hued hair in a wild, off-air frizz, Ms. Vargas was curled up in an easy chair in her dimly lit office, where she Read More
