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Did Williams' "SNL" appearance help all nightly newscasts?
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Brian Williams' "Nightly News" was No. 1 the week after the anchor appeared on "Saturday Night Live," but Katie Couric and Charlie Gibson gained viewers for the week, too. "Maybe last week's surge in ratings had more to do with a ferocious hunger for news about Pakistan. (Haaa, we kid!)," writes Rachel Sklar. "It stands to reason, though, that Williams' bump was at least in some part due to the show, plus the avalanche of press before and after."
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