Charles Gibson
Charles Gibson announced Wednesday that he will stop anchoring ABC's World News Tonight at the end of the year.
Gibson, 66, who has been ABC's anchor since 2006, will retire from full-time employment altogether, according to ABC News. "It has not been an easy decision to make," Gibson said in an e-mail to the World News staff Wednesday morning. "This has been my professional home for almost 35 years. And I love this news department, and all who work in it, to the depths of my soul."
Good Morning America anchor Diane Sawyer, 63, will replace Gibson behind the newsdesk beginning in January 2010 ...
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Charles Gibson, Over a Barrel: The Truth About Oil
For the ABC News special Over a Barrel: The Truth About Oil (airing Friday, July 24, at 10/9 CT), Charles Gibson traveled the country to uncover some of the little-known secrets of the oil industry, including why prices have fluctuated so drastically — and what exactly fuels such changes.
"Everyone wants to find a villain," Gibson tells TVGuide.com in this video Q&A, "but the amazing thing about oil is that ...
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Barack Obama
President Obama is back on prime time: ABC News will present an interview and a town-hall discussion with the president on health care issues next Wednesday.
Obama will host the discussion at the White House with ABC's Charles Gibson and Diane Sawyer, who will moderate the discussion with the live audience and take viewer-submitted questions.
The one-hour special will air June 24 at 10 pm/ET on a two-hour ...
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Charles Gibson by Ina Mae Astute/ABC, Brian Williams courtesy NBC and Katie Couric by Andrew Eccles/CBS
The "big three" networks are putting ratings wars aside for at least one day in September when ABC, NBC and CBS will each "Stand Up to Cancer" by airing a fund-raiser to benefit research.Each of the nets will donate one hour of commercial-free, primetime coverage to the telethon simultaneously, says Variety. Each of the networks' evening news anchors — Charles Gibson, Brian Williams and Katie Couric (whose husband died of colon cancer in 1998) — made the rounds on each network's morning shows today to promote the telethon, on which they will all appear as well.The fund-raiser will air Sept. 5 and will feature live performances from music artists as well as appearances from film and TV stars, none of which have been announced at this time. — Adam Bryant
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Charles Gibson, moderator of tonight's Democratic debate
On the eve of April 22's Pennsylvania primary, Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton will clash in a 90-minute Democratic presidential candidate debate from Philadelphia (tonight at 8 pm/ET, ABC). At ringside is Charles Gibson, the ABC World News Tonight anchor who shares moderating duties with George Stephanopoulos. We caught up with Gibson to get his thoughts on the grueling campaign.
TV Guide: Explain the significance of Obama vs. Clinton.Charles Gibson: It's self-evident — we have two candidacies that I'd never thought I'd see. It is the first time since 1928 that there hasn't been a president or a vice president on the ticket for one party or the other. It's the first time we've had anything this wide open in my lifetime.
TV Guide: What are the keys to the knockout for Obam
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Charles Gibson courtesy ABC
Cheers to ABC for devoting a half-hour of prime time to coverage of the New Hampshire primary. After the Alphabet scored surprisingly strong ratings Saturday night with the candidates' debates, the 'net happily bumped an episode of Just for Laughs to make room for Charlie Gibson and Co. CBS and NBC, on the other hand, stuck with the People's Choice Awards and The Biggest Loser. ABC offered its own versions, with John McCain as the People's Choice and Mitt Romney as the Biggest Loser on the Republican side, and the Democrats too close to call. Of course, ABC's civic good deed probably wouldn't have happened if not for the writers' strike, but at least something positive has come out of that stalemate.• Read and react to Bruce's opinions on Jon Stewart, Desperate Housewives and more!• Share your own raves and rants about other shows on the Reader Cheers & Jeers discussion board.• We may feature your Cheer or Jeer on TVGuide.com or in TV Guide magazine!
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Charles Gibson by Ida Mae Astute/ABC
Here's a novel idea for strike programming: news. ABC has scheduled for Tuesday prime time a half-hour special with World News anchor Charles Gibson reporting on the results of the New Hampshire primary. To accomodate the move, the network will pull an episode of Just for Laughs that was scheduled for the 8:30 slot. ABC may have been emboldened to try some special news coverage after seeing the ratings it scored Saturday for coverage of the Democratic debate — moderated by Gibson — which scored 9.4 million viewers and a 2.3 rating/6 share among 18- to 49 year-olds. If it whad been a sitcom, those numbers would have merited a full-season pickup. — Stephen BattaglioRelated:• Cheers & Jeers casts its vote for ABC's decision
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Charles Gibson by Steve Fenn/ABC
Apparently not at all discouraged by the fact that he didn't get to not ask J.Lo point-blank about her pregnancy, ABC Newsman Charles Gibson is forging ahead and will conduct an exclusive interview with President George Bush and First Lady Laura Bush at Camp David, just days before Thanksgiving/the tryptophan sets in. The sitdown will cover such topics as the war in Iraq, the turmoil in Pakistan, the economy and rising gas prices. (Off-limits, however, is any Grey's talk; GWB is a Gizzie 'shipper.)Portions of the Q&A will air Nov. 20 on World News and Nightline, and Nov. 21 on Good Morning America.
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ABC's World News with Charles Gibson just won its first quarter in more than a decade, averaging eight million total viewers to NBC's 7.5 mil. CBS' Evening News with Katie Couric owned third place with 6.1 mil. ABC's was the only evening newcast to gain viewers during the time frame, up seven percent, as NBC and CBS dipped four and nine percent, respectively.On the cable front, Variety notes, Fox News won its 22nd straight quarter by drawing 1.5 million prime-time viewers, fueled by The O'Reilly Factor's dominance at 8 pm with 2.2 mil non-spinning heads.
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A Gallup survey released on Thursday confirms one secret to Katie Couric's lack of success. Whereas rival evening news anchors Charles Gibson and Brian Williams are viewed positively by 62 percent and 59 percent of viewers, respectively, Katie only merits a thumbs-up from barely half the sample. What's more, the face of CBS Evening News has a full 29 percent of respondents viewing her negatively, as in they simply "don't like her" — a likability that, the AP notes, arose during Legs' final years at The Today Show.
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