TV Quotables: World News with Charles Gibson
As the Northeastern United States Experienced a Blustery Winter Storm…
World News anchor Charles Gibson put his finger right on it while opening the March 16 edition of the weeknight news program. I guess astute observations like this are why Gibson has recently emerged as the leader in the ongoing, never-ending Battle of the Evening Newscast Anchors. (The March 19–25 print issue of TV Guide reports that “ABC’s World News With Charles Gibson was the top-rated newscast in February, beating NBC Nightly News With Brian Williams in sweeps for the first time since 1996.” CBS Evening News With Katie Couric placed third, with average ratings of 7.6 million viewers as compared to ABC’s first-place 9.7 million and NBC’s second-place 9.6 million.)
In reference to the massive travel problems that the storm caused in the Northeast due to the unfavorable snowy and windy conditions, Gibson’s opening remark to viewers noted:
“Up in the sky, it might be a bird, but it’s not a plane.”
Now that got a good, long laugh out of me, especially since I had experienced my fair share of “cold snow right smack dab in the eye no matter which way you turn” syndrome when I went out earlier near the beginning of the storm.
Air Date: March 16, 2007
World News with Charles Gibson currently airs Monday–Friday on ABC at 6:30pm EST
Charles Gibson photo courtesy of ABC
