# Who Is Going To Watch The Katie Couric Show? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 5, 2006, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-going-to-watch-the-katie-couric-show/371521 "2006-09-05T16:21:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-going-to-watch-the-katie-couric-show/371521/1 "2006-09-05T16:21:01Z")
OK, so it’s really the CBS Evening News. Tonight Katie Couric takes the chair, previously occupied by Uncle Walter and Dan Blather, just to name two. Will you watch it because it’s her first news gig? Are you a CBS News loyalist? Will Katic survive? Do you really care? ---
**Author:** ![Rodgers01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-going-to-watch-the-katie-couric-show/371521/2 "2006-09-05T16:26:30Z")
Don’t care, won’t watch it. If I get my news from TV it’s from one of the all-news networks; most of the time I just get my news from the newspapers. I might keep my ears open for the consensus on how she did though. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-going-to-watch-the-katie-couric-show/371521/3 "2006-09-05T16:28:42Z")
I watch the CBS news because the local news I like is on a CBS station. I’ll give Couric a week or two. If she’s too inane, I’ll start changing the channel. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-going-to-watch-the-katie-couric-show/371521/4 "2006-09-05T16:30:06Z")
And now that I’ve got my answer in: Moved from IMHO to CS. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-going-to-watch-the-katie-couric-show/371521/5 "2006-09-05T16:33:59Z")
I am, or was rather, a CBS News loyalist. I watched Dan preferentially until it became clear he’d let personal views cloud professional judgement. I returned when Bob Schieffer took over and Lordy but do I love that man. How Les Moonves expects anyone who enjoys Schieffer’s professionalism and persona to shift and embrace Couric is a mystery to me. I wish her the best and I’ll probably peek in tonite just out of curiosity but I’ve already been looking around to determine where I’ll go next but it definately won’t be CBS except for the local broadcast. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-going-to-watch-the-katie-couric-show/371521/6 "2006-09-05T16:35:02Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > I watch the CBS news because the local news I like is on a CBS station. I’ll give Couric a week or two. If she’s too inane, I’ll start changing the channel. What he said. Except I’ll give her a day or two – that’s what they invented the remote for. ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-going-to-watch-the-katie-couric-show/371521/7 "2006-09-05T16:36:27Z")
I watch the evening news from the Big 3 with some regularity with no real loyalty to any of them. I would tune into a new anchor whether it was a massively publicized event with a well-known personality (like this), or just a run-of-the-mill new anchor. So, yes, I do plan to watch. Besides, I like Couric anyway. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-going-to-watch-the-katie-couric-show/371521/8 "2006-09-05T20:43:00Z")
I have no interest in Couric. One news reader is like another. Watch Link tv and Democracy Now. ,Mosaic And use the internet. The commercials drive me crazy.I do watch sone CNN and cspan. and Span2 ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-going-to-watch-the-katie-couric-show/371521/9 "2006-09-05T21:00:18Z")
I **NEVER** watch the network (or local) news, but I’m almost embarrassed to admit that I had considered giving it a peek tonight. What a slave I am to advertising! ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-going-to-watch-the-katie-couric-show/371521/10 "2006-09-05T21:04:00Z")
I have no real interest in Katie Couric since I tapped that ass back in 1996. \* - I wanded her with a Garrett handheld metal detector when I was on the V.I.P. entrance security detail at The Olympic Village during the Games. It sounds so much funnier to say, “See Katie’s ass? I tapped that once. I almost got Chelsea Clinton, too.” ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-going-to-watch-the-katie-couric-show/371521/11 "2006-09-05T22:38:15Z")
I do not really care much, I will not watch tonight because it conflicts with a class, and, for numerous reasons, I am not planning on watching anytime soon. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-going-to-watch-the-katie-couric-show/371521/12 "2006-09-05T23:01:35Z")
I became a regular viewer of the CBS Evening News because of Bob Schieffer. For the network to replace him with a Barbie doll like Couric really pisses me off. I don’t like to watch things that piss me off, unless there is some good reason to do so, and in this case there is no such reason. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-going-to-watch-the-katie-couric-show/371521/13 "2006-09-05T23:24:07Z")
Although I never watch TV news, when I did, CBS was always behind ABC & NBC among the big 3 anyway, but now?. I honestly couldn’t watch Katie in good conscience (impossible to truly take seriously after her Today gig). ---
**Author:** ![randwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-going-to-watch-the-katie-couric-show/371521/14 "2006-09-05T23:49:13Z")
I thought she did okay. I was surprised to see all the floging of the CBS News website. After reporting the death of that crocodile hunter guy in one sentence she said “For more information go to our website.” Hey CBS, people who get their news from websites already know everything you’re telling us at 6:30 PM. If the website is where we’re suppose to go for our news, why bother producing a broadcast at all? ---
**Author:** ![PastAllReason](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@PastAllReason](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastAllReason)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-going-to-watch-the-katie-couric-show/371521/15 "2006-09-06T01:42:28Z")
So, no, but I rarely (hardly ever) watch American news broadcasts that aren’t CNN. I was, though, amused by the commercials promoting her imminent arrival, where she was being interviewed by two women, peers I assume. What amused me was that they had their heads tilted at exactly the same angle when asking questions, and practically did synchronized nodding whle Couric spoke. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-going-to-watch-the-katie-couric-show/371521/16 "2006-09-06T02:41:18Z")
> [@Duckster](#): > > Do you really care? Only if they send a camera crew up her butt again. ---
**Author:** ![DaveRaver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daveraver/32/1078_2.png) [@DaveRaver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveRaver)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-going-to-watch-the-katie-couric-show/371521/17 "2006-09-06T03:13:23Z")
I think she did a competent job, but I miss having the news read by a grandfatherly type. I also miss the old musical theme: that was a bigger part of the appeal than they might have realized. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Shroud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/439d5e/32.png) [@The\_Shroud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Shroud)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-going-to-watch-the-katie-couric-show/371521/18 "2006-09-06T03:29:37Z")
Perhaps my ears were deceiving me, but I think the voice-over intro (“This is the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric”) was read by none other than Walter Cronkite. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-going-to-watch-the-katie-couric-show/371521/19 "2006-09-06T03:37:09Z")
I watched. I was not impressed. With some of the best writers at her disposal, the script was poor. With the best makeup artists money could by, the pancake makeup was way too thick. Her jacket was poorly fitted. And here tenseness was palpable, especially with the contorted face. Fine, I’ll pass off some of this to first day jitters. If it exists when I return in six weeks, CBS played a multi-million dollar gamble and lost, big time. That’s what happens when you attempt to buy style with no foundation of substance. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-going-to-watch-the-katie-couric-show/371521/20 "2006-09-06T03:45:38Z")
> [@The Shroud](#): > > Perhaps my ears were deceiving me, but I think the voice-over intro (“This is the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric”) was read by none other than Walter Cronkite. I am absolutely sure you’re correct. I’m an NBC loyalist but, I succumbed, due to (God help me) Drudge’s big spin on what was planned for her Debut Week- Cronkite, Clinton, and Limbaugh. What really intrigues me- when she intro’ed the “Free Speech” segment (basically, a Guest Editorial- tonight’s was Morgan Spurlock), the only one she gave advanced notice about was that Rush was coming on Thurs night. Yeah, I’ll probabaly watch that also. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-going-to-watch-the-katie-couric-show/371521.md?page=2)