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She signed off at the end of her nightly broadcast with "I'll see you right back here tomorrow night." The show, like the competing evening newscasts, ended the year with ratings 14% below that of the preceding year. Until 2014 she was the anchor of ABC's flagship broadcast World News and the network's principal anchor for breaking-news coverage, election coverage, and special events.[SIZE=2][13][/SIZE]
On June 25, 2014, it was announced that she would step down from the anchor chair at ABC World News in September 2014. She will remain with ABC News and will focus on creating specials and conducting high-profile interviews.[SIZE=2][14][/SIZE]
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The show, like the competing evening newscasts, ended the year with ratings 14% below that of the preceding year.
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So, overall evening news viewership was down. That would indicate that it wasn't necessarily a result of Diane Sawyer anchoring. If the other shows had higher ratings and ABC lower, then there might be reason to believe that it was because of her. There's no evidence that she was "removed." I think you're just projecting what you want to believe.
Well, what I believe is that if her ratings had been up as they were at first, she wouldn't have been pulled. And I believe that they saw Muir as their savior. As I understand it, he leads the pack amongst the three nets, not that I watch any of them.
I don't believe that celebrities in good health choose to retire simply because they're financially set. And this includes the foolish, wealthy pro athletes who risk their health by continuing to perform in their occupations. In recent years, there have been a few exceptions to this mindset in pro football.
Regardless of what you believe and project, there's no evidence that she was pulled. And yes, there are celebrities in good health who choose to retire because they're comfortable enough to be able to do so. But Sawyer didn't completely retire. She refocused on the aspects of the job that she enjoys more. It's more of a Jodie Foster move. She's stepped back from acting to focus on directing.
Regardless of what you believe and project, there's no evidence that she was pulled. And yes, there are celebrities in good health who choose to retire because they're comfortable enough to be able to do so. But Sawyer didn't completely retire. She refocused on the aspects of the job that she enjoys more. It's more of a Jodie Foster move. She's stepped back from acting to focus on directing.
Well, what I believe is that if her ratings had been up as they were at first, she wouldn't have been pulled. And I believe that they saw Muir as their savior. As I understand it, he leads the pack amongst the three nets, not that I watch any of them.
I don't believe that celebrities in good health choose to retire simply because they're financially set. And this includes the foolish, wealthy pro athletes who risk their health by continuing to perform in their occupations. In recent years, there have been a few exceptions to this mindset in pro football.
Yes, like Barbara Walters.....born 1929......much older than Diane Sawyer,
Sawyer is just a pup compared to Walters.
Barbara just keeps going like the energizer bunny.
Diane Sawyer was born December 22, 1945 ....in 5 days ....71,
always looking good too.
Celebrities are either the attention seekers type....who go until they drop,
or the reclusive types, that take it or leave, the ones people say "what ever happened to...."
Attention seeker for sure is Regis Philbin, he hated giving up "Live",
I think he was forced out.
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