Newsmags Becoming “Mere Mortals”

“After years of occupying sacred ground on network schedules, primetime newsmags have suddenly morphed into mere mortals,” Variety reports. “I’m not expecting to have to scale back,” says Phyllis McGrady, ABC News senior veep in charge of both shows and “Good Morning America.” “I feel ‘Primetime’ and ’20/20′ are both going to be on the schedule.” (Not everyone is so sure, though.) And CBS’s Susan Zirinsky says it’s her job “to fight and make the case” to keep 48 Hours on the air. A great in-depth story…

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