The decision for him to be the replacement for Brokaw has been years in the making. Tonight is his first duty as full-time, 5 night a week anchor of NBC Nightly News. Anchoring the news is a natural fit for Williams.
I didn't like his newscast tonight. He's way too stiff, robotic. It's like he's an animatronic mannequin reading the news.
Compare that to any of the guys on Fox, whose personalities all come shining through, even if to a goofy extent in Shep Smith.
Ed