Happy Anniversary Katie!

Published: September 5, 2007, 4:06 am

Tags: abc, bob schieffer, brian williams, cbs evening news, charles gibson, harry smith, harrysmith, katie couric, katiecouric, nbc, network news, networknews, russ mitchell

Filed under: News, CelebritiesSo much controversy about Katie Couric taking over The CBS Evening News. And now here it is a year later (she started on September 5, 2006), so I have to ask: how do you think she's doing? I'll admit I had my doubts and might have even expressed them here, but in reality, I think she's doing fine. She can't do anything about the ratings, and the show was in third place long before Couric took over. As Bill Maher said when he was asked at the time how Couric was going to do, "I think she'll read the teleprompter fine." And she's done a fine job. Sure, there were some odd growing pains, like addressing the audience by saying "Hi everyone," the "Picture of the Week" and "First Person" segments that were dropped, and it looked a while there like they were going to end each episode by showing her legs, but the show has gotten a lot better.Continue reading Happy Anniversary Katie! Permalink Email this Comments

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