Andy Griffith Beats Lynch Interview on TV

AP via Washington Post ^ | 11/12/03

[Pokey78]

NEW YORK - Television viewers preferred the real Jessica Lynch to the fictional one.

An estimated 15.7 million people watched Diane Sawyer interview the former prisoner of war in a 90-minute ABC News special on Tuesday, Nielsen Media Research said Wednesday.

That compares to the 14.9 million people who watched NBC's movie, "Saving Jessica Lynch," on Sunday.

[Veggie Todd]

Well, GGGGOOOOOOLLLLLLYYYYYY!
Shazam!

[Arpege92]

I watched both the movie and the interview and I found Jessica Lynch to be very humble.

[Keyes2000mt]

Is it fair to say that a network which shows two nostalgia filled specials has its best days behind it?

[itsahoot]

I watched both the movie and the interview and I found Jessica Lynch to be very humble.

I did too, but the one thing that comes to mind for me is that Jessica is an excellent example of all the reasons women should not be in combat.

[Arpege92]

"...Jessica is an excellent example of all the reasons women should not be in combat."

I mean no disrespect, but you could say the same thing about the men in Jessica's unit. They were either killed or just taken as a POW. In fact, it was a man who got them into this trouble in the first place.

Again....no disrespect