CBS exec: "How long was that contract?"
Posted on 09/12/2006 8:29:45 AM PDT by abb
ANTICIPOINTMENT: CBS 'EVENING NEWS' WITH COURIC KNOCKED TO 3RD IN MONDAY ROMP; NBC 'NIGHTLY' TAKES BACK TOP SPOT WITH 5.8 RATING/11 SHARE, IN OVERNIGHT METERED MARTS, AFTER COURIC DEBUT WEEK DRAMA... ABC 'WORLD' FINISHED SECOND MONDAY WITH 5.7/11 SHARE TO CBS COURIC 5.4/10... DEVELOPING..
Well that was money well spent by CBS. /s
CBS?
Katie couric?
Who?
Are her numbers better or worse than Schieffer's?
Bring back Bob Schieffer.
I don't think the American people take her seriously and a hard news anchor. That is, if anyone still watches the nightly news anymore.
That would be "See B.S."....
RLTW
Hey, us quilters want to see a "Krafting with Katie" segment!
IIRC, Schieffer pretty much held serve as the top show. So we can infer his ratings were better (although I don't have the numbers at my fingertips).
CBS exec: "How long was that contract?"
Goes to show you that CBS should not have gone with someone with the highest journalistic qualifications and experience. :-)
Well, everybody went to look at Miz Couric on her first night and, of course, Rush. After that, well, everybody has seen her and Rush isn't on again.
All this over a teleprompter reader. Amazing!
I wonder who'll be the first to cry sexism??
We should start a couple of pools.
How long will she keep the sole anchor slot?
How many millions will CBS pay to buy out her contract?
When she becomes a roving reporter, will they assign her to Outer Mongolia or Inner Mongolia?
Looks like this morning's NYT puff piece on Moonves might turn out to be his obit...
A Tortoise Savors the Lead (CBS/Moonves/Dinosaur Media DeathWatch™
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1699892/posts?page=22#22
When Kaite's contract is up and she asks for a raise I think CBS should borrow a line from Branch Rickey who said it best to Ralph Kiner:
"We finished last with you and we can finish last without you."
Bob was a thousand times better than Katie... I don't know what the hell the people at CBS were thinking...
Take a person whos made a career being a perky puff piece... and put her in the anchor chair... then continue bias reporting that got you in trouble in the first place and turn the show into even more fluff....
CBS just refuses to admit its problems. Bob was doing well in the chair, and if the powers that be had a clue they would have worked at even handed reporting and stopped making sure every time they did a story no matter what it was... going out and finding the 1 person who objected to to it no matter how insane they were and giving that view point "equal time" as though some sole nuts opinion weighs as much as the lifetime pros in the area of interest being reported on.
A report on ANWAR and the economic effects it would have to drill there on the Innuit doesn't need to have 1/3 of the time dedicated to stupid envirowackos claims of a pipeline ruining the land.....
etc etc etc...
I stand by my offer CBS.. give me complete control of your news division for 6 months.. I'll work for $1 and if you ratings aren't equal or higher than they are now, I'll walk... if they are though, I want $20 Mill on the spot. YOu have to give me complete autonomy.. hiring, firing, editorial etc etc etc... No undermining, no backstabbing.... etc.
They'll keep her in the anchor slot for at least a year. If her ratings don't improve, they just won't renew. Is her contract a one or multi year contract?
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