Posted on 06/02/2006 9:50:58 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Couric Compares Male Anchors To 'Ted Baxter'
POSTED: 11:57 am EDT June 2, 2006 UPDATED: 12:12 pm EDT June 2, 2006
In her first appearance at CBS, former NBC personality Katie Couric took some shots at "pretentious" male network anchors - and the "Today Show."
Couric appeared at a convention of CBS affiliated stations in Las Vegas in Thursday.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Couric said evening news audiences "don't want a mechanical Ted Baxter," referring to Ted Knight's stuffy character on the "Mary Tyler Moore Show." "People want a multidimensional (news anchor) and not someone they can put in a box."
The Reporter also said that Couric said the "pretentious era" of evening-news anchors was going to end.
Among the current and past news anchors possibly alluded to by Couric are ABC's Peter Jennings and Bob Woodruff, NBC's Brian Williams and Tom Brokaw, and CBS's Bob Schieffer and Dan Rather.
Next week, respected newsman Charles Gibson takes over as ABC's solo evening anchor as Woodruff recovers from wounds suffered in Iraq.
In the same interview session with Lesley Stahl, Couric said "as much as I love doing 'Today,' there's only so much I could do -- only so many interviews about hormone-replacement therapy and so many fashion shows."
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Warped and shoe fetishist.
She is what she is. A creature of the post modern feminazi era. All surface and no depth.
"The bubble-headed bleach blonde, comes on with a smile,"
The Eagles, `Dirty Laundry'
IOW Courtic is not just feminizing and dumbing down CBS, she is seekign to totally castrate the news in favor of her brand of PERKY fake but accurate.
What's up with that "Dorothy" pic? The caption on that one should read "there's no face like homely...." Holy cow, her hemorroids must be acting up again!
The perky one is the perfect Georgette Baxter.
The only way the networks will ever get any viewership again is to have an intelligent, informed person presenting the news. Sorry to say - Katie Couric ain't the one! Even Fox News is guilty of including a too much "cutesy" and too little substance. Right now, I'd say there's no reliable TV newscast. It's all been dumbed down.
ping
We build celebrities up so much, it's no wonder they have such an inflated view of themselves. Wait until the ratings come in on this woman. She'll wish for the word "inflation."
We build celebrities up so much, it's no wonder they have such an inflated view of themselves. Wait until the ratings come in on this woman. She'll wish for the word "inflation."
We build celebrities up so much, it's no wonder they have such an inflated view of themselves. Wait until the ratings come in on this woman. She'll wish for the word "inflation."
I take that back - Georgette was a sweetie.
She is the female version of Ted Burgundy.
Do you think Perky fakes it? Oh, YES YES YES YES YESSSSSSS.
Yeah, the USA wants an aging older woman who is barely holding on to her looks with an extreme case of vapidity highlighting the evening news!
I was going to post that, but I thought I better look first. Yep - beat me to it.
"I hate spunk." - Lou Grant
Very funny
I do not think that she will be taken seriously by anybody even the liberals she will work hard to represent. She offers too much material for guys like Leno to leave alone.
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