Regis Philbin
May 30th, 2007, 06:51 PM
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117965791.html?categoryid=14&cs=1
Gibson wins over 'Nightly News'
CBS 'Evening News' hits low
By MICHAEL LEARMONTH
ABC News' "World News With Charles Gibson" won the May sweep decisively over "NBC Nightly News With Brian Williams," marking Gibson's second consecutive sweep win and widening his lead in the evening news race.
It's the first time "World News" has won consecutive sweeps since 1996, the year ABC's Peter Jennings ceded the ratings crown to NBC's Tom Brokaw and the Alphabet began the first of nine years in second place.
During May, "World News" averaged 7.95 million total viewers, a 650,000-viewer margin over "Nightly News," which averaged 7.3 million, according to Nielsen Media Research.
CBS' "Evening News With Katie Couric" averaged 6.1 million viewers, its lowest total for any sweep since November 1991, when Nielsen began storing data electronically.
"World News" was the only evening newscast to add viewers vs. the last May sweep, increasing 7%; NBC dropped 11% and CBS 15%.
NBC's Williams is still ahead for the year, averaging 8.88 million viewers since September compared with Gibson's 8.68 million, but the consecutive victories point to a likely changing of the guard as Gibson gets set to mark a year in the job that unexpectedly fell to him after Bob Woodruff's wounding in Iraq and the pregnancy of Elizabeth Vargas.
Gibson wins over 'Nightly News'
CBS 'Evening News' hits low
By MICHAEL LEARMONTH
ABC News' "World News With Charles Gibson" won the May sweep decisively over "NBC Nightly News With Brian Williams," marking Gibson's second consecutive sweep win and widening his lead in the evening news race.
It's the first time "World News" has won consecutive sweeps since 1996, the year ABC's Peter Jennings ceded the ratings crown to NBC's Tom Brokaw and the Alphabet began the first of nine years in second place.
During May, "World News" averaged 7.95 million total viewers, a 650,000-viewer margin over "Nightly News," which averaged 7.3 million, according to Nielsen Media Research.
CBS' "Evening News With Katie Couric" averaged 6.1 million viewers, its lowest total for any sweep since November 1991, when Nielsen began storing data electronically.
"World News" was the only evening newscast to add viewers vs. the last May sweep, increasing 7%; NBC dropped 11% and CBS 15%.
NBC's Williams is still ahead for the year, averaging 8.88 million viewers since September compared with Gibson's 8.68 million, but the consecutive victories point to a likely changing of the guard as Gibson gets set to mark a year in the job that unexpectedly fell to him after Bob Woodruff's wounding in Iraq and the pregnancy of Elizabeth Vargas.