Jim Gardner's historic Action News swan song scores massive ratings for 6ABC

Jim Gardner’s last broadcast as the anchor of Action News was unsurprisingly a massive win for 6ABC (WPVI-TV), with almost four of every five local viewers at the time tuning in to watch the end of a historic career. ABC said the Wednesday night 6 p.m. newscast was watched by 540,000 people, or 79% of all viewers at the time. The station said its 10 Facebook posts on the day — all Gardner related – earned more than 1.6 million impressions. Die-hard Gardner fans even set up a tailgate...