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.
This is typical liberal thinktank stuff. They are so full of themselves and do not see the light of the oncoming train at the end of the tunnel.
Now that's the real Katie Couric.
Katie's makeup person should be fired. That's part of the aged appearance and yes, I'm sure the intent was to make her look more serious.
Well, when you're not sleeping with Moonves, you've got no pull. Simple at that.
She might consider, "Buh bye. I'm outta of here!"
OH UH?! Does this mean the Honeymoon is over?! :)
I knew this move was going to be a stinkbomb when I first heard it announced.
And I know NOTHING about network television.
>>I was saying the other day that she needs a sidekick...<<
I think that monkey died a long time ago.
LOL!
I tuned in just as she was signing off last night.
She said something like "I'll be here tomorrow. I hope you will, too."
She really had a pleading tone. I almost felt sorry for her, but suddenly I couldn't stop laughing.
Bigskyfreeper, that was great idea, her new sign off lol! I never understood why the suits at the networks like her so much , I couldn't stand her even before I knew her politics.
No one I've heard speak of her can stand her. But the networks have made her wealthy. (?????) Can't understand it at all.
Yep. Some preemptive CYA going on here. It appears Connie - - er, Perky - - is in deep doo-doo.
1. Start covering the Republicans as something other than fascist crooks who oppress the common man.
2. Start giving the military some positive stories (a feature three nights a week on overseas units and what they have been doing would be a good start).
3. Actual investigative stories on topics pertinent to all Americans, such as HOW oil prices are REALLY determined, rather than the moonbat conspiracy theories.
4. Institute a "no Bill Clinton or Jimmy Carter" policy for the first 60 days.
5. Admit that the TANG story about Bush was a fraud, and offer an honest apology.
Excellent! If they were to do that I might even tune in myself. In my time zone I think they compete with Shepard Smith.
Great analogy - thanks
Soon she'll say, "Tune in tomorrow, or else I'll shoot this dog."
Maybe if she did a version of Naked News? ......Naaaahh.
>>I hope these Suits were smart enough to put a Weasel Clause in her $56 million contract...<<
I'll bet they did.
At least maybe she'll finally go away. Although the way libs work, she's be like Rosie O'Donut or Connie Dung and come back from the dead.
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