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Topic Name: ABC (WHAT) NEWS
Message Name: News magazines
Date Posted: 05/07/2005
In Reply To: How about '60 Minutes' doing a feature on 'Everybody Loves Raymond' just as the finale is upon us?
Message: 60 Minutes, 20/20, etc., are news "magazines," folks. Take a look at Time. Towards the back, there are features. Sometimes on movies. Sometimes said movies are products of parent company Time-Warner (say it ain't so). Lost is a big hit. People talk about it the next day at work. It's feature worthy. 20/20 also did a story on "American Idol" and its phenomenol success a season or so ago. "Idol" is on Fox. If Vargas had done a story on, say, "Rodney" or some other ABC dud, yes, I'd see a problem. But again, it's a news "magazine..."

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