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Broadcasters Endure News Ratings Fall

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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