"The networks [expect] to carry at least some coverage" of Gerald Ford's "lying in state under the Capitol Rotunda and his state funeral, The Hollywood Reporter says.

"It will not be on the magnitude of Ronald Reagan who had two terms and was a dominant figure in American politics," Tom Brokaw says. "I think the Ford family knows that. But it (Ford's tenure) was vitally important because he not only said 'our long national nightmare is over' but he dedicated himself to the case in the next two years, I think historians will judge him very well."