Whose Fault is 'This Week'?

Harry Jaffe’s latest column looks at how ABC is struggling with “This Week.” His case-in-point is an amusingly non-hard-hitting exchange about John Edwards’ caffeine addiction, and he points to how “This Week” has lost 35 percent of its audience since September 2003:

ABC News has pinned the blame for This Week’s low ratings on matters beyond its control: The problem was that affiliates aired it at odd times. The problem was it followed weak programs. The problem was that George was still learning the ropes or getting used to new formats.

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