Vargas back on anchor duty
After getting an assist on the evening news from ABC colleagues Diane Sawyer and Charles Gibson, Elizabeth Vargas is back to anchoring “World News Tonight” alone.
For most of last month, Sawyer and Gibson had alternated shifts on the broadcast, filling in for Vargas’ injured co-anchor, Bob Woodruff, who was seriously wounded in a roadside explosion in Iraq in late January. But Vargas did the newscast by herself last week and is scheduled to be alone behind the anchor desk again this week. Vargas recently announced she is expecting her second child, due sometime in late summer.
ABC News spokeswoman Cathie Levine said the network only planned to have Sawyer and Gibson substitute for Woodruff for a short period. ABC is expected to announce a long-term plan for “World News Tonight” in the coming weeks.
Matea Gold
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