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Drudge: Katie Couric's CBS Evening News Drops to 3rd Place on Friday Night
Drudge Report ^ | 9.11.06 | Matt Drudge

Posted on 09/11/2006 1:05:13 PM PDT by gopwinsin04

Katie Couric CBS 'EVENING NEWS' premiered with a 9.1 household, metered market rating and fell continuously (each day) thereafter: 9.1--7.0--6.5--4.9. Friday's household rating earned Katie third place... Developing


TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: cbs; couric; emptyskirt; haha; nolegsnoratings; qatyalkhouriq; seebs; thiswassopredictable
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To: gopwinsin04

Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.


41 posted on 09/11/2006 1:16:02 PM PDT by NCC-1701 (RADICAL ISLAM IS A CULT. IT MUST BE ELIMINATED FROM THE FACE OF THE EARTH.)
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To: gopwinsin04

Katie's ratings are dropping faster than Dan Rather's credibility.


42 posted on 09/11/2006 1:16:52 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: Cementjungle

Can they do the digital "nip/tuck" thing in real-time? If she does the news naked, we had better hope so!


43 posted on 09/11/2006 1:17:23 PM PDT by gruffwolf
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To: abb

In another year, she'll be on the wrong side of 50. How's that for a prospect CBS? If I was Rupert Murdoch, I would tart up some 20 something blonde bimbo, put her in a bikini and have her read the news. Can you say ratings bonanza?


44 posted on 09/11/2006 1:18:09 PM PDT by slackerjack
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To: gopwinsin04

Her 15 minutes of fame was up long ago. Besides who watches TV network news anymore?


45 posted on 09/11/2006 1:18:48 PM PDT by The Great RJ ("Mir wölle bleiwen wat mir sin" or "We want to remain what we are." ..Luxembourg motto)
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To: gopwinsin04

We've gotta start a Dead Pool.


46 posted on 09/11/2006 1:19:56 PM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: gopwinsin04

The curiosity factor having ended, there's no surprise she took a nose dive in the ratings. I'm sure they hoped it wouldn't go straight to the bottom in one week.


47 posted on 09/11/2006 1:20:18 PM PDT by Bullish ( The pig headed monkeys of Islam can kiss my grits!)
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To: Cementjungle; Red Badger
I suppose the other option is to have her do the news naked or something.

Either that, or show everyone her innards.

48 posted on 09/11/2006 1:20:38 PM PDT by SmithL (Where are we going? . . . . And why are we in this handbasket????)
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To: gopwinsin04

All of us here called it a long time ago. Imagine if they used the Fox News model, where they would present items in a fair way and without the obvious hatred for all things that are to the right of Fidel Castro. They would overrun both NBC and ABC in a month or two.


49 posted on 09/11/2006 1:22:10 PM PDT by capydick (Not to know is bad; not to wish to know is worse.)
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To: twigs
"Actually, I would love to be a wall in the room where the executives are meeting to discuss what to do..."

That's an easy one, they'll determine the reason for the slide is she's being too nice and not asking the tough questions of Bush. They will say, hey we have to stop being cowed by this administration and stop acting like we're the propoganda arm of the West Wing. We need to take off the kid gloves and lay bare all of the lies, obsfucation and tell the American people the truth...this President is a threat to our security.

Then they can sit back and watch their ratings climb. (sarcasm off)

50 posted on 09/11/2006 1:22:11 PM PDT by marlon
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To: pissant

Courage!


51 posted on 09/11/2006 1:22:44 PM PDT by unkus
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To: SmithL
Either that, or show everyone her innards.

That would be a re-run,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

52 posted on 09/11/2006 1:24:00 PM PDT by Red Badger (Is Castro dead yet?........)
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To: Bullish
Exactly.

It's too early to sign the death warrant, IMO...she may surprise us all.

53 posted on 09/11/2006 1:25:43 PM PDT by gogeo (The /sarc tag is a form of training wheels for those unable to discern intellectual subtlety.)
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To: twigs

Apparently the CBS higher-ups forgot to watch her coverage of the 9-11 attack before they signed her up.

This morning I watched on MSNBC the rebroadcast of NBC's coverage on 9/11. Couric was appallingly bad --- emotionless grave tone (apparently demonstrating range --- as opposed to "perky"), making comments void of perception and historical depth. To give you an idea of how bad it was, Matt Lauer had to carry the commentary til Brokaw arrived.

NO ONE will turn to NBC at a time of critical breaking news (as opposed to the "we-caught-JonBenet's-killer" kind) with her at the helm.


54 posted on 09/11/2006 1:25:48 PM PDT by thouworm
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To: EQAndyBuzz

Heck, I'd settle for "fair and balanced", an objective which even Fox fails to meet most of the time.


55 posted on 09/11/2006 1:26:04 PM PDT by CedarDave
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To: Red Badger

there used to be a perky something personality show host on Big Network TeeVee back in the 20th century named Katie. I wonder if she's related?


56 posted on 09/11/2006 1:26:06 PM PDT by Republicus2001
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To: gopwinsin04
What? Viewers think Miss Perky is just 'air' with no gravtas?
57 posted on 09/11/2006 1:27:09 PM PDT by AmericaUnited
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To: Red Badger

"Either that, or show everyone her innards."

""That would be a re-run,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,""


I think her best move would be an on air gynecological exam.


58 posted on 09/11/2006 1:27:25 PM PDT by BadAndy ("Loud mouth internet Rambo")
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To: gopwinsin04
Friday's household rating earned Katie third place... Developing

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59 posted on 09/11/2006 1:27:27 PM PDT by WideGlide (That light at the end of the tunnel might be a muzzle flash.)
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To: gopwinsin04
Very soon, expect to see more...



...personal one to one interviews and...



...location shoots for the CBS Evening News.
60 posted on 09/11/2006 1:27:46 PM PDT by Ghengis (Alexander was a wuss!)
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