Yippee!!
Posted on 09/08/2006 8:39:00 AM PDT by MindBender26
The overnight Nielsen Ratings are in, and they are a disaster for Katie Couric.
Couric's CBS Evening News was beaten by ABC WNT in New York, Chicago and other major markets
After all the hype, CBS and the other networks had expected a "honeymoon" lasting for at least a month as viewers sampled Couric's new show. It lasted one night.
Although she eeked out a national ratings win, the big cities have already abandoned her.
In places such as New York, Chicago and Philadelphia, where the big advertising dollars are spent, last night's CBS/Couric ratings free-fall mean one thing; Viewers sampled her Wednesday night, and didn’t like what they saw.
The huge ratings drop would have been understandable had there been a major breaking story, and viewers would have been expected to go to Gibson or Williams for Cronkiteian experience and “gravitas.” But it was a slow news night, a perfect time for Couric's "perky charm" to radiate and attract viewers, but both she and the ratings fell flat.
Bottom line, $15 million a year and months of super-hype.... all for nothing.
Old contacts at CBS I spoke with this AM said everyone is making lunch reservation to eat/drink together.... but at restaurants far from Black Rock or West 57th. Everyone wants a "tribal think" to decide who (other than themselves) is to blame for this disaster, but they are eating in out of the way places in Greenwich Village or the East Side, so they won’t be seen together.
There will be much more of this over the weekend.
Here's Rush last night. Click on his pic.
http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/eveningnews/main3420.shtml
Can somebody do an animated GIF of Couric morphing from the Thin Couric to the Fat Couric?
there used to be a perky TeeVee personality back in the 20th century who used to appear on one of Big Media networks named Katie. I wonder if it's the same one?
When are they going to get it? Katie is a lib.
Libs fall flat on their face.
Yippee!!
Not surprised at all. Don't like Curic, and I don't think she is anchor news material.
Rush Limbaugh on CBS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHoZb6gcDvw
sorry, the audio is this Rush clip is much better
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bom-8p7L0Qk
It was worse than having a "Name the Band" contest.
Har!
Don't break out the party favors just yet.
If she moved the desk away and wore short skirts her rating might be better.
I'm guessing this isn't Katie's first one night stand.
I was happy to read a transcript of Rush's contribution and thought it was excellent: words one will NEVER hear from
DNCBS or DNCspan. Haven't seen and don't expect to see Katie anytime soon!
I laughed out load when he put that skit up, at least they do have a sense of humor on that show.
Oliphant of the Boston Globe was on with Don Imus this morning, and he tried to cut Rush down for his appearance on CBS last night, when Imus surprised him and me. Imus said, "He didn't say anything that I didn't agree with." End of topic.
They can do photoshop on live TV?!?!?
That ending made me literally laugh out loud. I'm not sure Mara liked it, but Brit, Beetle, and Mort did.
I watched the first night.She is no Jessica Savage.
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