Charles Gibson Leaving World News Tonight

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: News,

Just over three years after taking over the desk at World News Tonight, anchor Charles Gibson has decided to retire from full-time employment. The official announcement came today after several weeks of discussions with ABC News President David Westin.

Charles, who has been with the network for over three decades, found himself in our homes every night in May 2006 following Peter Jennings’ death, Bob Woodruff’s injury and Elizabeth Vargas’ pregnancy. The unexpected post delayed what would have originally been a 2007 leave.

Prior to his evening news gig, Gibson had worked on both Good Morning America and Primetime Thursday.

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Wednesday Ratings: Katie Couric No Star in Primetime

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, American Idol, Lost, Ratings,

For some reason, CBS chose last night - an American Idol night - to test out a primetime edition of their evening news. Needless to say, the experiment bombed.

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• American Idol (27 million, 10.1/25 in 18-49) picked up 1.1 million.
• Outside of repeats, the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric (6.5 million, 1.2/3) had the worst demos of the night.
• Knight Rider (6.1 million, 1.9/5) grew by 1.1 million.
• Lost* (1.7/4) refreshed 5.3 million.
• The New Adventures of Old Christine* (4.9 million, 1.1/3) fell by 2.4 million.
• Privileged* (1.1 million, 0.4/1) did 300,000 less than 13: Fear is Real.

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