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...officially installs the former Today host as Tom Brokaw's substitute on the Nightly News, fueling speculation that she may someday be co-anchor...
...that lingers is a fond memory in the mind's eye. That is how it has gone for even the biggest stars, from Red Skelton to Walter Cronkite. NBC doubtless imagined it would be no different when it undertook to freshen the Today show by easing veteran co- anchor Jane Pauley toward the sidelines. But in the eight months since Pauley announced she would resign from the show, after seeing her role threatened by the advancement of the younger Deborah Norville, the fortunes of Today have steadily plummeted while Pauley's popularity has only risen. Ironically, she seems to have...
Last week the network took a big step toward acknowledging that fact by outlining a plan that could lead to her becoming co-anchor of the evening newscast. Officially, the anchor's chair will continue to belong only to Tom Brokaw, who has held the post since 1982. But to boost ratings and, NBC said, to exploit Brokaw's skills as a reporter, the network plans to send him out on the road far more often: at least three times a month. Whenever he is away, Pauley will serve as "sub-anchor." Says Nightly News executive producer Steve Friedman...
...News executive producer Bill Wheatley about a month ago with Friedman, a volatile former executive producer of Today. But because Brokaw and Pauley have been close friends since * working together on Today, he is to all appearances comfortable with her assignment, at least as long as she remains sub-anchor. "Read my lips: nothing has changed," says Brokaw. "There will be internal restructuring, but we will still be covering the news. Jane will liberate me, in a way." Brokaw points out, however, that "I can't be on the road any more than I was last year. I was gone...
...network has given a woman a real shot at the top anchor job since Barbara Walters failed to perform ratings magic for a sluggish ABC reporting staff in the mid-1970s. Waiting in the wings are Diane Sawyer at ABC and Connie Chung at CBS. But the big three networks have been unwilling to alter the competitive lineup of solo anchors that has stood unchanged for almost seven years, although many observers think viewers are yearning for fresh faces...