ABC - GIBSON AGAIN TAKES OVER LEAD IN NEWS RACE

In the nightly news race, ABC's World News With Charles Gibson beat NBC Nightly News With Brian Gibson for a second time this month. The ABC newscast drew 9.38 million viewers versus 9.07 million for NBC's. CBS Evening News With Katie Couric fell to its lowest numbers yet, recording just 6.91 million viewers (Couric did not anchor the news program on three nights of the week and was replaced by Russ Mitchell.) Meanwhile, Radar magazine has reported that Nightly News executive producer John Reiss "has been shown the door" following the newscast's loss to Gibson's. The magazine commented that a decision was made to delay the official announcement of Reiss's departure "to avoid the appearance of NBC panicking at losing ground."

28/02/2007