Word: anchors
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...status ladder of network news, anchoring a morning newscast has long been a sign that you haven't quite made it to the top rung of superstardom. Today co-anchor Katie Couric, one of NBC's biggest stars despite the fact that she has to appear in full makeup at 7 a.m., has gone a long way toward disproving that accepted wisdom. Still, early-morning duty is widely regarded as a stepping stone to the really plum jobs on the evening news or one of the prime-time newsmagazines...
...Diane Sawyer caused quite a shock in the TV world last week when she agreed to get out of bed a few hours earlier to help rescue the floundering Good Morning America. The prime-time news diva was named interim co-anchor of the show along with Charles Gibson, who returns to GMA after ending an 11-year stint on the show just last May. The surprise move revealed much about the alarms set off at ABC over the ratings collapse of its once dominant morning show. It may also say something about how big TV-news stars can, when...
...still neck and neck with NBC's Today show for No. 1. From there it's been all downhill. Put under control of the news division in 1995 (after years under the auspices of the entertainment side), GMA seemed to drift and grow tired. Yet when longtime co-anchor Joan Lunden was eased out in 1997, no obvious successor was ready to step in. After Gibson moved on too, the show was left with a new team, Lisa McRee and Kevin Newman, who had little following or chemistry. The show's viewership has fallen further and further behind Today...
...team consisted of sophomores Valerie Dixon, Myehla Reed and Marna Schutte along with Shearer running the anchor...
...reason for the defensive lapse was the absence of co-captain Claudia Asano, a defensive anchor along with Ruggiero and juniors Courtney Smith and Christie MacKinnon. Most of Northeastern's shots came in transition, as Harvard's defense played well enough to keep the Huskies from setting up in the offensive zone...