The first quarter of the year weren't good news for ABC's evening newscast, "World News," which dropped to the lowest numbers the program has had in a first quarter since the People Meter was
introduced by Nielsen in 1987. The same situation hit CBS, where the "Evening News" also hit a new low for the months of January through March.
The good news was all for NBC, where
"Nightly News" scored its best first-quarter numbers since 2005. Over all, the numbers were: 9.92 million viewers for NBC; 8.27 million for ABC and 6.45 million for CBS. Viewers are stitl watching --
more than 24 million in the first quarter - continue to dwarf any news program on cable. The falloff may be attributed to changing anchors: Gibson left "World News," while at "GMA," George
Stephanopoulos takes over from Diane Sawyer.
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