ABC World News Tonight with Charles Gibson going HD in September

September 8th is gearing up to be quite the day for high-definition debuts. Earlier this year we learned that the Ellen Degeneres Show would be making its HD premiere on that very day, and now we've learned that ABC World News Tonight with Charles Gibson will be doing the same a few hours later. Hot on the heels of the CBS Evening News making the high-def leap comes an ABC spokeswoman to curve the coverage away from that other network. According to her, said program is scheduled to go HD "the week of September 8th," though no other details were revealed. Better enjoy that edge while it lasts, Katie / Brian.

[Image courtesy of John Sterling, thanks Martin]

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 31st 2008 12:54PM]

Good grief, the guy looks like a mormon.

People listen to this guy tell them the news?

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 31st 2008 3:23PM]

ABC News upgraded their studio and graphics in December 07. Its surprising its taken so long to make the switch.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 31st 2008 6:08PM]

US nightly news is 75% fluff and spin and 25% news. BBC news does a much better objective presentation of world events and actual news. I'd like to see that in HD. That said, it is about time ABC went HD. NBC Nightly News has been HD since March 07. However, most NBC reporting is still in SD...which is only good if you like to look at Brian Williams in HD.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 2nd 2008 3:26PM]

"Good grief, the guy looks like a mormon." And you point J.Goodwin?

What if he is mormon or just looks like one... does that really matter?!

If I said "Good grief, your look like a negro (based on your avatar)" I would be accused of being a bigot, now wouldn't I ?! And rightly so.

Lets keep prejudice and bigotry off this blog.