September 03, 2006
End of a TV Era
Tuesday evening will mark the end of a particular tv watching era for me. For 50 years, I've watched the CBS Evening News, with Douglas Edwards, Walter Cronkite, Dan Rather and Bob Schieffer. I'm not sure how it started but possibly because we listened to WCCO radio and then WCCO TV, the local CBS affiliate. I'll still watch WCCO, but will not watch Katie Couric. She has neither the experience nor gravitas for such a position. And despite the hype, she is not the first woman to solo anchor the evening news — the conveniently forgotten Elizabeth Vargas of ABC was the first.
I'll be watching the ABC Evening News with Charles Gibson. A change in habits every 50 years or so is good and I'm looking forward to becoming familiar with the ABC news correspondents. Another bonus is that I can now watch segments of interest to me on the Today show without cringing.
I'll be watching the ABC Evening News with Charles Gibson. A change in habits every 50 years or so is good and I'm looking forward to becoming familiar with the ABC news correspondents. Another bonus is that I can now watch segments of interest to me on the Today show without cringing.
posted @ 2:08 PM
