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Katie Couric’s talk show to be named ‘Katie’
The Daily Caller ^ | 8/23/11 | Laura Donovan

Posted on 08/23/2011 9:11:57 AM PDT by Nachum

Just months after the conclusion of talk show “Oprah,” former “CBS Evening News” host Katie Couric will have a syndicated television program named after herself.

Art for the much-anticipated talk show “Katie” hit the Internet Monday with the lofty tagline, “The Opportunity Begins September 6th.”

“Katie,” premiering on ABC next month, is part of Couric’s network agreement that enables her to contribute interviews, participate in special events coverage, and anchor television specials, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Ample details on “Katie” have yet to be released, but Disney/ABC Television Group president Anne Sweeney told The Hollywood Reporter earlier this summer that the program will be “topical” and “capture the zeitgeist of what people are talking about.”

(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...


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KEYWORDS: courics; katie; katietheclown; named
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They only named the show that because "Perky" was already taken...
1 posted on 08/23/2011 9:12:00 AM PDT by Nachum
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To: Nachum
...much-anticipated talk show...

Seriously? By whom??

2 posted on 08/23/2011 9:13:34 AM PDT by econjack (Some people are dumber than soup.)
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To: Nachum

I thought it was going to be called “Former Beltway Reporter” Show?


3 posted on 08/23/2011 9:13:57 AM PDT by RexBeach (Mr. Obama can't count.)
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To: Nachum

I thought ‘Barfy’ would be appropriate...


4 posted on 08/23/2011 9:14:06 AM PDT by bcsco
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To: Nachum

I don’t know how they came up with that name, but it will eventually be called: “The cancelled show, Katie”


5 posted on 08/23/2011 9:14:17 AM PDT by GreenAccord (Bacon Akbar)
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To: Nachum
grunt.


6 posted on 08/23/2011 9:14:25 AM PDT by SparkyBass
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To: Nachum

Call it “Dumb-Sh*t!”


7 posted on 08/23/2011 9:14:28 AM PDT by Spruce
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To: Nachum

I think “Hag-Bag” is more poetic...and accurate.


8 posted on 08/23/2011 9:14:41 AM PDT by twister881
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To: Nachum

How ‘bout “Kasting Kouch Katie”?


9 posted on 08/23/2011 9:15:51 AM PDT by nesnah
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To: Nachum

Was “Vapid” already taken?


10 posted on 08/23/2011 9:17:09 AM PDT by muir_redwoods (Somewhere in Kenya, a village is missing an idiot)
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To: Nachum

“Cootie”


11 posted on 08/23/2011 9:17:18 AM PDT by Huskrrrr
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To: Nachum

How ‘bout “Koffee Talk With Katie’s Kolon”?


12 posted on 08/23/2011 9:17:46 AM PDT by SparkyBass
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To: nesnah

I like her song...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5TVO7XpJ7k&feature=related

and it is really perky!


13 posted on 08/23/2011 9:17:57 AM PDT by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: Nachum

I'm baaaaaack.

14 posted on 08/23/2011 9:18:24 AM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: Nachum

`K-k-k-katie!’?


15 posted on 08/23/2011 9:18:46 AM PDT by tumblindice
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To: Nachum

She should do us all a favor,go on board with “The View” and take the whole squawking henhouse down with her.


16 posted on 08/23/2011 9:19:24 AM PDT by gimme1ibertee ("Criticism......brings attention to an unhealthy state of things"-Winston Churchill)
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To: econjack

I’m glad she has a new show.
I’ll not watch this one either.


17 posted on 08/23/2011 9:19:57 AM PDT by donhunt (I am sick and tired of those bastards insulting and lying to me.)
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To: gimme1ibertee

The View has it’s own song too...

‘They’re coming to take me away’

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnzHtm1jhL4


18 posted on 08/23/2011 9:21:38 AM PDT by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: gimme1ibertee

The View has it’s own song too...

‘They’re coming to take me away’

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnzHtm1jhL4


19 posted on 08/23/2011 9:21:52 AM PDT by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: Nachum
"A rose by any other name twould smell as sweet."

Or...."an abject failure by any other name is still a failure."

20 posted on 08/23/2011 9:21:52 AM PDT by Logic n' Reason (The stain must be REMOVED (ERADICATED)....NOW!!)
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