Members Sylph Posted June 6, 2007 Members Share Posted June 6, 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bellcurve Posted June 6, 2007 Members Share Posted June 6, 2007 Not surprising, especially because Katie is all wrong for the CBS Evening News. I felt like Russ Mitchell did an outstanding, upstaging job when he filled in for Couric the week of Gerald Ford's death. It was like having Schieffer back. Less glamour, less unintentional smiling, more news. I was hoping that b!tch would be on vacation for the rest of the week. The main reason why Katie can't connect with viewers is because no one buys her as a serious journalist. And the face-lifts and botox that give her half-smiles when she's reporting serious topics make her look terrible on-camera. If CBS wanted a woman and wanted a "name" anchor, they should have just went with Diane Sawyer. At least she's not an aging sorority girl wanting to recapture her youth on the air. I am really hoping they buy out her contract and replace her with either Russ Mitchell or hell, pay Schieffer whatever he wants to get his old ass back in NY. That's my boy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members aMLCproduction Posted June 6, 2007 Members Share Posted June 6, 2007 I am surprised the her show has taken a ratings dive. I wonder how CBS feels knowing they paid her all that money. ABC beating NBC for 6 weeks, wow. I guess NBC ratings are really taking a nose dives all across the board Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members bellcurve Posted June 13, 2007 Members Share Posted June 13, 2007 That was stupid of Rather to speak to FOX NEWS, one of the same media outlets that wanted his head for the 60 MINUTES II story he did that got him fired. I wouldn't say the Evening News is tart! My God, I wish it were. Maybe it would make the show that much more exciting. And Moonves wants us to give it time?! By then, they'll all be watching Charles Gibson, who's numbers are climbing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Q Steph Posted June 13, 2007 Members Share Posted June 13, 2007 What should have been a chance for history to be made has turned into a disaster. Katie's low ratings imply that women can't do the job of a news anchor. It all rests on you Hillary to shatter sexist misconceptions. Dan Rather can shut the hell up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ATWTCarOn4Ever Posted June 13, 2007 Members Share Posted June 13, 2007 ICAM! I feel really bad for Katie and in fact women everywhere because this situation is deteriorating RAPIDLY and if it doesn't improve anytime soon she's definitely going to be fired I think. And that would be tragic. I don't find her to be "fake" or anything. I just don't watch ABC, NBC, OR CBS for news at that time. I'm more of a CNN type of guy. But I don't understand why her ratings are so low. Thats the biggest mystery of all to me. There was so much hype and potential surrounding her. Where did it all go? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sylph Posted June 13, 2007 Author Members Share Posted June 13, 2007 As Bellcurve mentioned, it's not the fact that she's a woman - she is the wrong woman for CBS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bellcurve Posted June 13, 2007 Members Share Posted June 13, 2007 I hope you don't think that I'm sexist or that I have misconceptions. I think there are several women that would have done GREAT in the Evening News(Meredith Vieira would have been a dream!). Katie just doesn't have it and I honestly don't think she ever did. It's a combination of her lack of hard news experience and the extensive plastic surgery that gives her this smiling thing when she's trying to be serious. It's really sad. I say Russ Mitchell or Bob Schieffer! Because she's not that good! In fact, she's not good at all! I only watch the CBS Evening News because most of the daytime/late evening programming I watch happens to air on my CBS Affiliate. Shieffer should have just stayed. CBS should have offered the man whatever he wanted to keep him. Shieffer's broadcasts brought an energy and charm to them that I don't think we've seen in years. No pretensions about him, he just delivered the news to you. He had a charm that made him easy to relate to not just the on-assignment anchors he handed the stories over to(like Lara Logan I think her name is) but the audience who watched him. Any woman that replaced Shieffer needed to have these qualities. Katie just doesn't have those. So it is no shock to me that she has not only managed to undo Shieffer's work(yes, the ratings rose with him in charge, not by much, but a rather significant gain) but has sunk the CBS Evening News to lows that haven't been seen since the 1980's. That's pathetic. I started watching the Evening News again after Shieffer took over CBS. He's greatly missed by me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Q Steph Posted June 13, 2007 Members Share Posted June 13, 2007 Oh, I don't think any of you are sexist. I firmly agree that Katie is the wrong choice as anchor. Her bubbly persona is off putting when delivering serious news. Her biggest error was on the first day. She wanted viewers to give her a sign off. The telecast is not a call in particpation program. My earlier comment was meant to infer that her inability to be a comptent host might lead others to reject the notion that a woman can do the job as well or good as a man. Katie should save face and go to 60 Minutes. She seems more in her element, buttressed by others and fluff pieces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted June 13, 2007 Members Share Posted June 13, 2007 ^She already does stories for 60 Minutes, I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Q Steph Posted June 13, 2007 Members Share Posted June 13, 2007 Yeah, she should just anchor herself there permanently. Jane Pauley or Diane Sawyer should replace her on CBS Evening News. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bellcurve Posted June 13, 2007 Members Share Posted June 13, 2007 LOL. LOVE IT! I agree with this as well, although I think a lot of people in the industry realize it's Couric and NOT the fact that she's a woman. I do think they'll wait another five-to-ten years before they try anything else groundbreaking, even hiring someone African-American, like Russ Mitchell(whom I adore...he's so handsome and the kind of anchor/personality Bryant Gumbel should have been). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members YRIsTheBest Posted June 13, 2007 Members Share Posted June 13, 2007 I feel bad for Katie Couric! She never should've left Today....! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tylerbo20 Posted June 14, 2007 Members Share Posted June 14, 2007 I hope she doesnt get fired, would she come crawling back to NBC??? they would fire Anne Cury in a heart beat and Katie could do the morning news lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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