V&W: It’s Premature To Look At Ratings For The New World News Tonight

By Brian 



Quoting Broadcasting & Cable: “ABC News President David Westin on Saturday told reporters he was not concerned with any short-term fall in ratings for the new World News Tonight and its dual-anchor format featuring Bob Woodruff and Elizabeth Vargas.”

Here’s the money quote: “We have one week worth of ratings. It’s sort of like trying to guess how the Super Bowl is going to come out after one down.”

He “said he made a decision to set up the institution for the next two decades,” the AP adds…

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