Will Katie Have Legs? (Does Couric Rate Lower In Q Scores Than A Can of Budweiser?)

tvweek ^ | Wednesday, August 23rd, 2006 | 'Tom Shales'

[vox humana]

More importantly, will she go sleeveless and flex her biceps?

Even a novice gym rat would be rolling on the floor laughing at Couric's pathetic attempt to strike a double-biceps pose.

I suspect that her new reading competency is even less professional.

[Chode]

That “tick tick tick” heard in the hallways at CBS News isn’t the “60 Minutes” clock—or Walter Cronkite’s pacemaker.

It’s PKC's Stiletto Heels coming down the hall...

[NativeNewYorker]

I've *seen* her legs...and your headline brought back not-so-great mental images.

[Myrddin]

My wife sent me what might be a mock interview.

Couric to Marine Sniper: What do you feel when you shoot a terrorist?

Marine Sniper: Recoil.

[nascarnation]

media alert 2007 - - after tanking at CBS, Katie goes to Al Jezeera

[TXBubba]

Who is going to flop first, Couric or Rosie? I think they both start their new gigs next week...not that I'll be watching either. But I am anxious to see which ratings go down the quickest.

[George Smiley]

I'm quite sure that if they'd picked their new anchor from among the ranks of the Playboy bunnies they'd get both a much better journalist and someone far more pleasing to the eyes.

Perhaps the funniest line I've read on FR all month.

Not a Playboy bunny, but something similar was tried during sweeps week, and it worked.

[taillightchaser]

How dare you demean a can of Budweiser like this. This socialist b!tch doesn't have the brains of the pop top on the can of Bud!!!!!

[no-to-illegals]

CBS, Al Jezeera
There's a difference?

[nascarnation]

Al Jez is in the triple A league, LOL

[curmudgeonII]

Who cares?

[George Smiley]

BTW, the correct, ahem, typography for the Columbia Broadcasting system post-Rather is

cBS

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