Posted on 09/14/2006 7:13:10 AM PDT by MindBender26
Couric Furious At CBS Suits. She Claims "They Are Stabbing Me In The Back."
Katie Couric is not a happy camper this morning. The Suits at CBS have sent a strong signal throughout the news department that they have already lost faith in her. Here are the details as reported to me this AM from an old friend at West 57th.
(Here beginnith the First Lesson.)
“Promos” (short for promotional announcements) are advertisements a station or network runs to promote their own programs. A 30 second televised message advertising Veg-O-Matic is called a “spot” (short for spot advertisement.) A 30 second message advertising the CBS Evening News is called a “promo.”
Promos are the lifeblood of an individual high-profile anchor’s ratings. The commercial time committed to promos is directly linked to increased ratings.
If a station or network has faith in a rising star reporter or anchor, they will run a “heavy rotation” of promos for that person. Likewise, if the network suits have little faith in the anchor, that personality will receive few promos.
Why not give everyone plenty of promos? It’s simple; there are only so many minutes available to run promos and spots during a 24 hour period. Every time a network airs a promo, they abandon the revenue that would have been produced by a commercial run during that same time period.
(Here endith the First Lesson)
Well… a new promo schedule has just been circulated at CBS, and Perky’s promo time is WAY down. Both the frequency and desirability of time of airing have been cut drastically. This is a clear sign that the Suits have read the tea leaves and are already abandoning Perky.
Some reduction was expected after her first week but a CBS insider described the cuts as “drastic” and “approaching abandonment.” In her words, “we would give more promo time to a “safe Halloween trick-or-treating” story than Katie is going to get.
Another horribly negative comment is now accepted as fact at CBS: “Sure, some people are going to watch us/her now, but can you imagine anyone having a choice between us and Charlie Gibson on ABC going with us if/when there is another terrorist attack?”
Already some other anchors’ agents are smelling blood in the water. The big guessing game at Black Rock is now, “Which power agent is having lunch with which CBS Suit today.”
P.S. Rather is working overtime on his new satellite- fed dinky cable show. Editors who have seen first drafts of story treatments say it is WAY over the top, sort of a "Howard Beale on LSD reading Rolling Stone straight to camera, with a Texas accent" concept.
More as available.
"They Are Stabbing Me In The Back."
Good! Just like she stabs us. Ihope they stab her in the back, the front, the bottom and on hertop and everyplace else. It couldn't happen to nicer Manhattan cocktail party bimbo liberal.
"Katie looked bad"
I thought the same thing. I didn't know if she was going for the "elder statesman" look or what, but she really looked haggard and old.
Katie Couric and Air America....dynamic duo....
LOL!
Would an anchor for a sewage barge be appropriate?
Does this mean she doesn't have GRAVITAS??? because you know...you HAVE to have gravitas...
"Perky's visage still adorns the front of every NYC transit bus."
That shiny old bus is a beautiful sight
With the black smoke a-rolling up around the taillight
It may sound kind-a cruel but I've been silent too long
Thank God and Greyhound you're gone.
disclaimer: I also predicted bin laden bought it at Tora Bora- he didn't, but I bet his ears are still ringing.
Has a "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane" quality to it...
"some of your critics say" you're a Communist Pig
I would say she is this one (from Animal Farm):
Squealer - The pig who spreads Napoleon’s propaganda among the other animals. Squealer justifies the pigs’ monopolization of resources and spreads false statistics pointing to the farm’s success. Orwell uses Squealer to explore the ways in which those in power often use rhetoric and language to twist the truth and gain and maintain social and political control.
Three words, Katie: GRAVITAS - ACCENT COLORS
I noticed that several years ago, it is what convinced me the news is not "the news", it is the agreed political position of the networks. And it is why I quit watching. Now I get my news from the links posted here, and I try to confirm with Fox.
You are overly sensitive and have no sense of humor.
A short ditty about Katies Colon sung to the music of RAWHIDE is funny. So is the comment about her being stabbed in the back(side). Why? Because she went on national TV and had had something stuck up her backside. I'm pretty sure they left it there too.
I rarely ever have a comment pulled but I suppose at times people can be a bit anal about things around here.
Or that other new radio venture with Gloria Steinem, Jane Fonda and Rosie O'Donut.
ROFLMAO
One of two things will happen.
1. Sex card is played if there is a bad blood bath between The Perkster and the Suits.
2. If it is a "Gee, we made an honest mistake Katie, how about your own series of specials" like Barbara Walters was bought off with when she bombed on ABC. Then she can say she wanted to spend more time with her family like BaWa did?
Barbara Walters was hired away from Today when ABC wanted Good Morning America to have a shot at getting viewers when it was first launched.
Shortly afterwards, ABC realized what a goof they made and put BaWa out to TV pasture doing puff pieces on her specials so she wouldn't compete against ABC in any other time slot.
At the time it was stated by all parties involved, that she had no idea the job could be so demanding and realized her kids were growing up without her and she had decided to move on to specials that permitted her to spend more time with her family.
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