I for one hope your analysis is wrong – but then again, that’s probably because I work supporting one of the 6:30pm news shows (well, and one of the Morning shows etc)
Looking at it from a semi-inside perspective of an IS/IT guy, the real pull these days IS the Morning show, and the Magazines – BUT (big but) the real RESPECT given by management and their peers is to the 6:30pm news
Why do you think Katie, Charles Gibson etc would leave the Morning shows or Magazines (Or in Gibson’s case – BOTH) to work that 30 minutes show? Two reasons – the respect of their peers, and the “The Evening News with XXX”
By the time you’re being considered by one of the “big 3″ networks for Anchor – you’ve made your $$$ – you have a whole lot of influence at work, and you’re being offered good $ for a job, where you no longer have to be at the office a 4:00am to get ready for the 7:00am show
