Pretty soon, all that will be left is a pile of horseteeth.
Posted on 10/31/2006 11:46:05 PM PST by Aussie Dasher
Despite her newsmaking interview with Michael J. Fox last week, Katie Couric's goal of taking the "CBS Evening News" to the top is getting further out of reach.
Her average audience of 7.3 million viewers left the "CBS Evening News" 1.1 million behind ABC's second-place "World News." It was the biggest gap between the two broadcasts since the week of Feb. 6, according to Nielsen Media Research. NBC's "Nightly News" led the way with 8.9 million viewers last week.
Couric scored the attention-getting interview with Fox on Thursday after he was criticized by Rush Limbaugh for supposedly playing up symptoms of Parkinson's disease in a campaign ad. But it caused no appreciable jump: Thursday's broadcast had 7.4 million viewers, Nielsen said.
CBS and Couric have tried some new things with the evening newscast, including longer interviews and a "Free Speech" segment where guests offer opinions. In the light of the ratings, they will likely face pressure to head to a more traditional format.
Couric's average of 7.3 million was identical to the Bob Schieffer-anchored newscast during the same week a year ago, Nielsen said.
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Katie will have to lead with Kerry tomorrow, too. She'll have that Chip and Dale smile under wraps of course, but she'll be cryin on the inside, the perky twerp.
Katie who and CBS what?
When we switch to all digital the alphabet news is going to lose half its viewers. No more free programming.
Perky katie really stinks. Her smarmy "interview" with fox was a hoot. Katie wore go-go boots and fox thrashed around like a break dancer. (Funny, he can hold still when he wants to)
"Perky" Katie, has at this point nothing more than a contract.
I'm pretty certain that contracts can be extricated from.
I honestly cannot remember the last time I watched CBS or any other "network" news broadcast. I'm guessing I'm not missing anything...
All of the mainstream American (at least) networks are liberal, but CBS seems to be more liberal than the rest. This, as much as an odd news format by Couric, is probably why CBS news ratings are so low.
If so, please post and FReepmail me, thanks.
Katie who?
Pretty soon, all that will be left is a pile of horseteeth.
I guess you could say that CBS is stuck in a HAGMIRE.
and bad eye makeup
"I honestly cannot remember the last time I watched CBS or any other "network" news broadcast. I'm guessing I'm not missing anything."
Until Rush did his free speech piece on KKKaties show, the last time I watch network news IIRC was in 91 when the bombing started. I believe I was watching Peter Jennings.
In their typical slanted coverage, last night they did not show the original video of Kerry's "joke." They showed his press conference where he repeats it, pausing and trying to smile just before the "punch line." Instead of making the story about how stupid Kerry's comments were, their spin was "it's Bush vs. Kerry all over again."
I watched just to see how bad they would spin it. There's a hole in my picture tube now where the remote went through. Now I can get one of them fancy new HDTVs.
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