Ranking Fictional Newscasters From "Give Them A Peabody" To "Pull Them Off The Air"

The Morning Show is back for a second season on Apple TV+, and we are EXCITED about it.

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And watching all the hosts of The Morning Show backstab each other to try to keep their anchor chairs made me wonder, Who is the best fictional news anchor of all time?

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Bradley Jackson may have no answer to that, but I do!

So I, in good BuzzFeed fashion, did a ranking of notable fictional news anchors according to how good they are at their jobs.

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A couple of ground rules: 1) Only FICTIONAL news anchors qualified, so if the movie/TV show was based on a true story (like The Insider or Bombshell, where actors play real people), they didn't make the cut. 2) I only included on-air talent, so all of the producers/camerapeople don't count. (Thats why Nightcrawler's Lou Bloom isn't on the list.) 3) This is for newscasters only and not journalists in general, so magazine editors/newspaper reporters/podcasters/radio DJs are not represented here. 4) For whatever reason, sportscasters in movies are almost always either cameos of real sportscasters or radio announcers/commentators, so sadly, there aren't many to be found here. (I wish I could have included Ranch Wilder.)

Regarding ranking criteria, I tried to factor in only things that are directly related to job performance, so if they have an affair outside of work, that wouldn't factor in. However, behind-the-camera workplace behavior also plays a part here because they're still on the job. I also gave points for degree of difficulty. If their job is HARD and they are still excellent, then they are ranked higher on the list.

Are you ready to see where your favorite ranks?

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35.Diane Simmons, Family Guy

Diane Simmons reads the news

34.Herb Welch, Saturday Night Live

Bill Hader stands with a microphone dressed as an old man

33.Ron Burgundy, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

Will Ferrell sits with papers behind a news desk

32.Mitch Kessler, The Morning Show

Steve Carell sits behind a news desk

31.Howard Beale, Network

Peter Finch shouts in front of a wall of clocks drenched in a trench coat

30.Bradley Jackson, The Morning Show

Reese Witherspoon stands with a microphone in a gravel lot

29.Bruce Nolan, Bruce Almighty

Jim Carrey interviews an older woman next to a waterfall

28.Perd Hapley, Parks and Recreation

Adam Scott and Jay Jackson stand in the back of a press conference

27.Ted Baxter, The Mary Tyler Moore Show

Mary Tyler Moore sits beside Ted Knight who is on the phone

26.Tom Grunick, Broadcast News

William Hurt sits behind a news desk

25.Sally Langston, Scandal

Kate Burton sits at a news desk

24.Mike Pomeroy, Morning Glory

Harrison Ford sits behind a news desk

23.Phil Connors, Groundhog Day

Bill Murray stands with a microphone in front of the groundhog stump

22.Tricia Tanaka, Lost

Sung Hi Lee doing an interview

21.Charlotte Dennon, Elf

Daniel Tay reads a book to Claire Lautier on air

20.Avery Jessup, 30 Rock

Michael Mosley and Elizabeth Banks sit behind a news desk

19.Bridget Jones, Bridget Jones's Diary

Renée Zellweger sits at a computer

18.Chet Ubetcha, The Fairly OddParents

Chet Ubetcha interviews a man dressed up as a chicken

17.Aaron Altman, Broadcast News

Albert Brooks sits at a news desk

16.Lilly Moscovitz, The Princess Diaries

Heather Matarazzo and Patrick Flueger sit behind the "Shut Up and Listen" desk

15.Will McAvoy, The Newsroom

Jeff Daniels sits at a news desk

14.Alex Levy, The Morning Show

Jennifer Aniston stands in a doorway

13.Lanie Kerrigan, Life or Something Like It

Angelina Jolie interviews a chimpanzee

12.Robin Scherbatsky, How I Met Your Mother

Laura Bell Bundy and Cobie Smulders sit behind a news desk

11.April O'Neil, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Judith Hoag stands next to Leonardo

10.Colleen Peck, Morning Glory

Diane Keaton dances with children ballerinas

9.Realistic Fish, SpongeBob SquarePants

Fish in a suite with a microphone

8.Murphy Brown, Murphy Brown

Candice Bergen interviews some puppets

7.Kimberly Wells, The China Syndrome

Jane Fonda stands with a mic between Michael Douglas and Daniel Valdez, her crew

6.Mary Jane Paul, Being Mary Jane

Gabrielle Union stands with a microphone with people behind her

5.Veronica Corningstone, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

Will Ferrell and Christina Applegate sit behind a news desk

4.Caesar Flickerman, The Hunger Games

Stanley Tucci interviews Jennifer Lawrence onstage

3.Lee Gates, Money Monster

George Clooney stands in front of his news desk

2.Gordon Deitrich, V for Vendetta

Stephen Fry sits with his arms crossed

1.Gale Weathers, Scream

David Arquette and Courteney Cox stand in front of a news van

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