Katie Ratings Slipping (Drudge Developing)

The Drudge Report ^ | 9/11/06 | Drudge

[joesbucks]

Katie Couric CBS 'EVENING NEWS' premiered with a 9.1 household, metered market rating and fell continuously thereafter: 9.1--7.0--6.5--4.9. Friday's household rating earned Katie third place... Developing...

[joesbucks]

Funny how Rush's day was next to lowest. Seems he didn't help boost her ratings as some thought.

[OldFriend]

Drudge joked last night that by Friday, Katie should have stayed home.P>Frankly, she belongs in the kitchen on a morning show. No gravitas, no intelligence, not even a pretty face.

[Brilliant]

Who?

[From One - Many]

One cannot place a cheerleader behind a desk reading a teleprompter and expect anything else.

[RexBeach]

Huge drop from Thursday to Friday.

[Brilliant]

She needs a sidekick... How about Dan Rather or Walter Cronkite?

[SoFloFreeper]

Yeah, well, a liberal bias like CBS news spews out every night DESERVES a last place rating.

[roses of sharon]

Sweet.

Her obvious anti-Americanism was evident on the first nite, and her admitted liberal ideology is blatant.

Why not just admit her stance, goals and agenda?

[sandra_789]

This cuts me deep.

[gridlock]

Rush's fans are either smart enough to get his commentary on-line, or tuned in and out quickly enough that they didn't help Perky Katie's numbers.

Either that, or enough people are dropping out that even Rush's groundswell was not enough to stem the tide. In any case, the gimmicks are done, and Perky Katie will rise or fall on her own merits.

In other words, she's toast.

[auto power]

...(snicker) (snicker)...why does this news "flash" warm my heart........

[mainepatsfan]

The viewers were folks who just wanted to see how bad she would be. Once was more than enough.

[Common Tator]

Funny how Rush's day was next to lowest. Seems he didn't help boost her ratings as some thought.

The real proof will be what it did to RUSH's ratings.

[RexBeach]

Yup. I won't be able to sleep tonight knowing that Ms. Couric is pulling such huge numbers. Hah!

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Or Carrot Top.

[babaloo]

Her voice is really annoying. I had not noticed that before. Party's over.

[staytrue]

No gravitas, no intelligence, not even a pretty face.

Ok, but this is true of the other networks too.

[goresalooza]

"In other words, she's toast."

I predicted that when I first heard SeeBS had hired her. LOL!

This is great news on a very sad day. God Bless those we lost on 9/11.

[Brilliant]

Nah. Carrot Top would probably steal the show. It would become the "CBS Evening News, with Carrot Top."

[small voice in the wilderness]

K-Mart Katie. Her ratings are going down faster than a K-Mart tire. And somewhere near Austin, rather sits in the darkness, smoking slowly, and sticking another pin in the katie kewpee doll.