CBS Evening News W/Katie Couric

[bellcurve]

I wrote that in the O'Donnell thread earlier, before I saw Katie on the Evening News tonight. But now that I've seen her, I have a little bit of an opinion.

I still think she's all wrong for the Evening News. And the retooling of the format(Free Speech Tuesdays & Thursdays; Snapshots) isn't great either.

I like the re-do of the theme music. Very magestic and news-like.

She can't be judged on one day alone. A major event(like an Election or national tragedy/disaster) will determine how I officially feel about her.

All I know is that is MISS Bob Sheiffer. That old coot made the Evening News worth watching.

[Josh]

Awe...a thread my very own.

Okay yeah, I'm not feeling the new features either. However, I can see where CBS is coming from hoping to pull in a younger demographic. That said, I think Katie was very well spoken, very professional and I think she showed, for a lack of a better word, good RANGE as compared to what we've seen her doing from the last 15 years you know.

So for the first day "on the job" it wasn't bad. I like her and when I do watch the evening news, it is CBS, hell I grew with Dan Rather.

[Adam]

Its certainly different seeing Katie there but I am sure she'll do fine. One day does not make a career.

[Actor87]

I'll forever miss Dan.

I was impressed with her debut episode and can't wait to see how she does in her first news special...the thing they're doing tomorrow to commemorate the approaching 5 year anniversary since 9/11.

[WTGH]

She did OK, although she needs to bring her voice up a bit.

I don't mind seeing her on the Evening News, but I hate how she's intruded into 60 Minutes.

-Anyone catch Nightly News with Brian Williams? "I wish good luck to Katie Couric, debuting today on this timeslot. Limited luck"

[Ms. Walsh]

Yeah, she was okay. Not great, but not awful. I still don't think that CBS is going to move out of 3rd place anytime soon. I loved Bob Scheffer, but I think I'm going to switch over to ABC soon.

BTW, those pics of Suri looked so fake. She looked like a doll.

[JER Soaps Fan]

First of all, I hope to clear up some confusion I've seen in this and other threads. It's actually Bob Schieffer, not Bob Scheffer.

As a personal opinion, I liked the new format. It made the news EASY to watch, and frankly, there is NO more boring newscast than the network nightly news. All the war stories and the complicated names. It's just boring. For that reason, I appreciate CBS's aim of 'dumbing down' the news, for lack of a better word.

Katie had a few bloopers where she mispronounced words or hesitated, but over all, I enjoyed her.

And yes, I am SO watching again tomorrow. Crazy as it is, I really think this newscast could be Must See TV (on a different network), just to LOOK at Katie.

[KMan101]

I enjoyed it. I NEVER watch any evening news except my local news, but I actually might watch it from now on.

[Ms. Walsh]

Yeah, I wasn't sure how to spell his last name. I'm horrible at spellings. I just knew that it didn't look right, but w/e. I'm still upset that he's no longer an anchor, even though he's going to be a "special" correspondent. Still, I'm glad that the network finally put a woman in the front seat. It will make things a lot more interesting IMO.

One thing I do like is that now it's going to make CBS stand out from ABC and NBC. For a long time, it felt like the 3 shows were just all the same. There was nothing that really differentiated them.

I still think that Katie is better than Brian Williams. There's something about him that I really don't like.

[bellcurve]

The fact that he and Y&R's Peter Bergman used to share the same stylist before Peter got his haircut? SWOOP!

Sorry that I got a few letters mixed up, JSF. Not everybody won the spelling bee in Elementary school.

[JER Soaps Fan]

That's okay, bellcurve. No harm, no foul.

That resolved, I agree about the aversion to Brian Williams. For me, it's not BRIAN HIMSELF that bothers me. It has more to do with the fact that I just do NOT believe that's the way he really talks. He looks a certain way that precludes him from talking that way. He's just using a VERY obnoxious, VERY boring "voice of God" approach, when um, hello, that one is going out of style, as evidenced by the need for Our Savior, Katie.

Get with it, Bri, STOP faking.

[MichaelGL]

I liked the music. I really loved the change of graphics. The ones they had before were dull because they basically only used one color which was blue. The set is even better than before. I love the overall feel of the telecast. I'm going out on a limb but I like the new "Free Speech" segment. It's a breathe of fresh air to the genre. For once I was excited and anticipating the news, and for once the Evening News left me with a good feeling.

So I guess I'm going to watch tomorrow.

[Josh]

NBC should have gave the top spot to Kaite when Tom Brokaw left.

[WTGH]

I love that voice!!!!!!

He seems serious, yet he can poke fun at himself.

A few weeks ago he read an email froma viewer who claimed he/she was so distraught by Brian's horrible outfit one evening she turned to ABC!

Forgot to say, I don't like Katie moving around the set so much. Reclining on the desk seemed unprofessional.

[JER Soaps Fan]

Wait, Bri read an e-mail ON AIR?!! That seems way too casual for NBC News. Was it just on Jay Leno or something?