Changes

===Present===

===Present===

When [[Brian Williams]] became the seventh anchor of the show he began at the top of the ratings, where "Nightly News" had been since 1997. However, the network soon began losing viewers as its competitor, [[ABC News]] gained first place in ratings. During a thirty-nine week period, Nightly News with Brain Williams has lost over 533,000 viewers. The loss of viewers is even greater then  CBS, which was also struggling in ratings with their new anchor [[Katie Couric]].. Williams said: "It is predictable...This is why I haven't allowed any champagne toasts in the newsroom when the ratings have been flawless and spectacular and joyous. This is a back-and-forth dogfight<ref>http://news.cincypost.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070629/LIFE/706290333/1005</ref>."

When [[Brian Williams]] became the seventh anchor of the show he began at the top of the ratings, where "Nightly News" had been since 1997. However, the network soon began losing viewers as its competitor, [[ABC News]] gained first place in ratings. During a thirty-nine week period, Nightly News with Brain Williams has lost over 533,000 viewers. The loss of viewers was even greater then  [[CBS News]], which was also losing ratings with their new anchor [[Katie Couric]]. Williams said: "It is predictable...This is why I haven't allowed any champagne toasts in the newsroom when the ratings have been flawless and spectacular and joyous. This is a back-and-forth dogfight<ref>http://news.cincypost.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070629/LIFE/706290333/1005</ref>."

==Controversy==

==Controversy==