Posted on 06/08/2013 12:43:29 PM PDT by drewh
A long time ago in a media world far, far away, Katie Couric was once seen as a competent, likable, down to earth co-host of NBC's "Today Show." She was appealing, smart, and accessible, But success ruined Couric. Over time, she became a Media Diva and a divisive, hysterical left-wing partisan. Whatever your politics, it is impossible to dispute that Couric went Hollywood -- and narcissism is never pretty
In the wake of her chilling metamorphosis, Couric has only met failure. But her latest endeavor, a daytime talk show, is making Couric's time at CBS look like the glory days of a fast-fading career:
While all television is going through a difficult time and programming is having a hard time finding its niche, Katies new talk show does not live up its expectations, a source closely connected to the ABC show told FOX411s column. Whatever constraints Katie experienced anchoring Evening News [it is] certainly taking its toll, and her return to daytime has backfired.
Others in the industry are even less kind. Its an unmitigated disaster, one seasoned studio executive said. One of the biggest failures ever in syndication. Terrible ratings, no growth, shouldnt be on the air. Where did it miss the mark? Lets start with her, she is dreadfully boring. The show offers nothing new to the audience, nothing to say.
When Katie launched in September 2012, and many expected that Couric would fill Oprahs shoes as the ultimate talk show Queen, and although the show is number one in the ranks of first-year talk shows in terms of ratings, it has endured an erratic, overall underperformance. Nielsen Media Research reported that in mid-May Courics show averaged a 1.6 rating/5 share average in households, down 30 percent from the same time period last year.
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Sorry I call em as I see em she no more Repub than GS!
Reasearch? All you have to do is watch her!
I remember when she and Robin tried to tell us our tires were no good after a year on GMA even if you had them stored in a shed!
I lost all credibility for her and ABC at that time!
Oh and if your tires are over one year old replace them!
Per DS!
Even her new set of knee pads won;t do her any good.
You obviously enjoy my posts since you can’t help but ping me everytime. Cool with me. Doesn’t bother me any. Glad you educate you. I am sure that you at least have a high school diploma hopefully.
She was at first assigned to write press releases and quickly graduated to other tasks like drafting some of President Richard Nixon’s public statements. In a few months, she was hired as administrative assistant to White House Press Secretary, Ron Ziegler and eventually to staff assistant for U.S. President Richard Nixon.[4] Sawyer continued through Nixon’s resignation from the presidency in 1974 and worked on the Nixon-Ford transition team in 19741975, after which she decamped with Nixon to California and helped him write his memoirs, published in 1978. She also helped prepare Nixon for his famous set of television interviews with journalist David Frost in 1977.[5]
I did it for you. Why is it so hard for you research? Do you just like to lie and distort? DU would welcome your type with open arms.
Look I don’t care what she has done or where she has operated the chick lies! enough said no go beat some other horse!
Anmd replace those tires!
She may have been a republican in the 70’s but she’s a lefty now!!!! Hell, using your logic you might as well say that Hillary Clinton is a republican - she once worked for Barry Goldwater.
When they do the "where in the world is Matt Lauer" shows, it would be nice if they put him in some strict islamic middle east country and left him there. Ditto that for Katie and Diane, giving them a long-term taste of the place which their idol, Barry, said was the place of the sweetest sound he ever heard. They could earn extra democrat talking points and familiarize themselves with the plight of women and infidels there.
I’m not lieing about the GMA segment on tires.
I looked for the video but it has been scrubbed. I saw the piece in it’s entirety!
She and Robin Willims had a whole expose on replacing your tires.
Their quote: “Tires one year old are no good they have to be replaced and even if you have had a new set in your garage or shed that have never been used, those tires are no good and you need to buy new ones.”
If I didn’t see it with my own eyes I would have never brought it up.
Now if that is not an out and out lie what is? Making a statement like that with visual aids to the millions watching? What did ABC do get a concession for having their two stars sell uneeded tires? DS, RW GS, and ABC are not credible enough to know about tires what the hell do they know about politics!
By the way I think my tires are 3 years old and with proper maintenence will go at least 2 more!
[She doesnt like the term Perky]
Probably because a couple of things that used to be aren’t anymore.
“And who replaces Couric in the afternoon? Well, theres a certain former talk host who launched her own network... watch for Oprah to pull an Algore, sell her network to some sucker (Al Jazerra Daytime, anyone), and quietly return to daytime TV.”
Unlike Al Gore’s loser network, OWN is finally enjoying a ratings upswing. Discovery (and Oprah) won’t sell now that profits are on the horizon.
If Oprah does ever go back to daily talk (doubtful), it’ll be on her own network, not for syndication.
There...fixed it for you...
CA....
The problem with being petite and cute when your young (and you know it) is that they need to grow up or your “cuteness” gets irritating and ugly to other people when you age.
I have seen that picture a hundred times and it is STILL disturbing.....WHY DOES THAT OTHER WOMAN THINK SHE”S GOING TO DO HOLDING LIKE THAT????? WTF is up with that?? If someone...ANYONE grabbed me like that I would punch them out. It looks VULGAR!!
Well, she must have inherited Oprah’s studio audience. The commercial for this wretched show plays during my early morning local news program, and it’s filled with hysterical women screaming their lungs out in adoration of the aging chipmunk.
Additionally, she's only a professional teleprompter READER who has the annoying knack of constantly bobbing her head to emphasize points in whatever it is she is reading to us.....
Diane Sawyer makes me want to throw up.
One more ‘personality” - we’re all supposed to want to sit around and watch and listen to her because she’s so much more charming and knowledgeable and charismatic than all the rest of us, our friends, relatives, and neighbors - but like most of those on TV and in entertainment these days, she just isn’t.......
You should see her without her 2 hour makeover....it will scare you!
{... THAT OTHER WOMAN ...}
The look on her face is almost ‘pornish’ and that young girl is in the learning curve of life inside the ‘bubble’.
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