As the much-deserved memorials pour in for ABC anchor Peter Jennings, it is difficult to resist speculating about the future of the network nightly news. Television execs will cast about for how -- or even if -- they can revitalize the genre. It might involve fog machines or podcasts or Jon Stewart. Jennings was there when the first generation of old men gave way to the network suits' bright ideas about people wanting to see a hipster read the news:
Peter Jennings' Wisdom Will Be Missed
Peter Jennings' Wisdom Will Be Missed
Peter Jennings' Wisdom Will Be Missed
As the much-deserved memorials pour in for ABC anchor Peter Jennings, it is difficult to resist speculating about the future of the network nightly news. Television execs will cast about for how -- or even if -- they can revitalize the genre. It might involve fog machines or podcasts or Jon Stewart. Jennings was there when the first generation of old men gave way to the network suits' bright ideas about people wanting to see a hipster read the news: