ABC, thanks so much

In a move they should have made in the first place, those in charge at ABC News have decided to give Elizabeth "Now With Spawn" Vargas and her phantom, injured co-host Bob Woodruff the boot and pass the anchor chair over to Charles Gibson, who is being pulled at long last from the morning show abyss to take over World News Tonight starting Monday.

Not only does this mean Peter Jennings is finally getting a serviceable successor, with any luck, it will also save us from having to endure the local news tradition of whenever an anchor has a baby, suffering through a series of stories on "motherhood" that are really just an excuse to beam the wrinkled newborn banshee's creepy little face into people's homes.