Wonder what kind of ratings just having an Aquarium Cam would get in that time slot.
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.
Who?
Huge drop from Thursday to Friday.
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.
...(snicker) (snicker)...why does this news "flash" warm my heart........
The viewers were folks who just wanted to see how bad she would be. Once was more than enough.
The real proof will be what it did to RUSH's ratings.
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.
As a person who likes Rush, I don't like the networks more. It isn't like you couldn't hear Rush any other time.
Maybe her ratings will fall through the basement. ;-)
WE HAD THIS LAST WEEK!
Couric "Honeymoon" With Viewers Over In One Day! ABC WNT Wins In Major Markets. (Disaster For CBS)
Experience | MB26
Posted on 09/08/2006 11:39:00 AM EDT 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.
I WILL HAVE AN "INSIDE THE WEEKEND COCKTAIL PARTIES" REPORT FROM CBS INSIDERS LATER TODAY.
Wonder what kind of ratings just having an Aquarium Cam would get in that time slot.
For $75 million over five years she can afford to laugh anyway.