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Katie Couric Scores First Interview with Hudson River Hero Pilot

Take that Matt Lauer! Less than a month after her former “Today” show co-anchor was scheduled to do a live interview with Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, the pilot who guided U.S. Airways Flight 1549 to that safe Hudson River landing, Katie Couric has swooped in and scored a huge coup. Score one for CBS. According to network execs, Couric plans to travel to Charlotte, North Carolina tomorrow to interview Sullenberger and his crew, who by the way, just appeared live at the Super Bowl in Tampa. Sullenberger, his co-pilot and two female flight attendants stood on the field at Raymond James … Continue reading →

Is CBS Cutting Couric?

Even if that were their plan they certainly wouldn’t spin it that way. Instead, the brass at the eye network would make it appear to viewers that Katie Couric herself made the decision to leave her cushy anchor job for greener pastures. Enter the Wall Street Journal. The paper recently ran an article in which it quotes CBS News executives and a select group of Couric’s inner circle saying what insiders predicted was bound to happen sooner rather than later: The former “Today” show host is expected to leave her post at CBS Evening News shortly after the January 2009 … Continue reading →

Katie Headed For Iraq

Just a few weeks shy of celebrating her first anniversary as “CBS Evening News” anchor–Katie Couric is ditching the desk and heading for Iraq. In what network insiders are calling an “ambitious reporting trip,” Couric leaves today for the war torn country. She is scheduled to anchor the “CBS Evening News” from Baghdad next Tuesday and Wednesday, then from Damascus on Thursday and Friday. This will be the first time Couric will be reporting from the region. She is the second major network anchor to travel to Iraq since ABC News’ Bob Woodruff was nearly killed by a roadside bomb … Continue reading →

All About Katie

I’ll admit I have written quite a number of blogs about Katie Couric. Most of them were penned in the days following her historic move to the “CBS Evening News.” Next month will mark Couric’s first anniversary at the CBS anchor desk and wouldn’t you know that her big day is being marred by the publication of a new book that allegedly paints the peppy former “Today” show queen in a very unflattering light. Talk about timing. It’s no secret that Couric has faced a ton of criticism in the last few months. Rating for her show have tanked since … Continue reading →

Katie’s Popularity Nosedive

I hate when critics turn out to be right. Hordes of them lined up to voice their negativity when Katie Couric decided to leave her cushy job at NBC’s “Today” show to take the quantum leap of becoming the first female solo anchor of a nightly news program. That was nearly 10 months ago… and now it seems their taunts may becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy. According to a new Gallup Poll survey, one-third of Americans say they have a negative view of Katie Couric. What’s more, those same people say Couric’s personal popularity lags behind rivals Charles Gibson and Brian … Continue reading →

Katie Couric Makes History Again

Katie Couric hasn’t even appeared on-air as CBS’ new lead anchor and she’s already helping the network make history. CBS has just announced that it will become the first network to simulcast its evening news broadcast online, starting on the night of Couric’s debut as anchor September 5th. This is big news in the world of broadcast journalism as all of the networks have aggressively pushed their newscasts onto the Web over the past couple of years. They have been almost forced to do so since the audience for evening newscasts has plummeted in recent years. The idea to simulcast … Continue reading →

Katie Couric Looking For Love

I remember the day former “Today” show co-host Katie Couric retuned to work following the death of her husband Jay Monahan. Her normally peppy voice cracked as she publicly thanked viewers who had sent her letters of support during her personal tragedy. It choked me up. I remember thinking that it was bad enough that she was a young widow and forced to be single mother to her two young girls, but having to cope with an indescribable loss in front of an audience of millions had to be excruciatingly painful. That’s why I was happy to hear that Couric … Continue reading →

Tom Brokaw Meets the Press

Did you hear that? The high pitch screams came from NBC bigwigs after veteran news anchor Tom Brokaw agreed to moderate NBC’s “Meet the Press” through the November election to fill the vacancy created by the death of Tim Russert. Did you hear that? It was the nation breathing a collective sigh of relief. Simply put no one can replace the highly revered and dearly beloved Russert. However, if anyone can help fans deal with Russert’s tragic and untimely death while still holding presidential candidates responsible for their words and actions it’s Tom Brokaw. Brokaw will begin his moderating duties … Continue reading →

Tim Russert Dead at 58

The hardest working man in television news has died. NBC political guru and host of “Meet the Press,” Tim Russert died at work this afternoon. According to reports, the famous TV journalist and political heavyweight collapsed while he was recording a voice-over at NBC’s Washington news bureau. He was 58 years old. The New York Times is reporting that an ambulance rushed to the studio and at one point Russert was reportedly briefly revived, but according to witnesses, the broadcasting giant apparently passed away either on the way or at a local Washington D.C. hospital. About an hour ago former … Continue reading →

Anchors Unite

You may have thought you were in the middle of a bad commercial if you tuned into the network morning shows yesterday. In a rare moment of unity the main anchors from all three network evening newscasts—NBC’s Brian Williams, CBS’ Katie Couric, and ABC’s Charlie Gibson—gathered on air to promote a fundraiser for cancer research. “Stand Up to Cancer” will air simultaneously on all three major networks on September 5th. The telethon will run commercial-free for an hour during primetime and will feature a host of musical performances and celebrity appeals. The rare simultaneous broadcast is reminiscent of the benefits … Continue reading →