The Evening News has two casts of characters, the group that works for CBA and the group involved in the kidnapping. The news people stand for the forces of goodness. Putting aside all their personal and professional differences during the crisis that strikes Sloane and involves their company, they devote their efforts to tracking down the terrorists and releasing the hostages. As each one enters into action, the author provides a capsule biography describing their special talents and personal traits which never change during the story. Thus, executive producer Chuck Insen is consistently determined to impose his conception of the type of news to feature each evening while senior field producer Rita Abrams is always forthright and self-assured and cameraman Minh Van Canh can work calmly and efficiently in the most dangerous or complicated situations. Crawford Sloane always displays dignity and integrity and even in the midst of...