Posts with tag anchor
Posted Jun 17th 2008 1:02PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: News, OpEd, Video, Reality-Free
Lately, the only Katie Couric most people have been seeing is the one that's depicted in the picture to the right: serious, sober, possessing whatever gravitas she can muster in her role as anchor of the
CBS Evening News. But where can you see the goofy Katie, the one that people came to know -- and some got sick of -- for fifteen years on the
Today show?
Why, on YouTube, of course! In fact,
Katie has her very own page on the leading video sharing site, where she posts extended
Evening News interviews and behind-the-scene footage. The behind-the-scenes stuff is where you see Katie at her most impish, doing things like snapping Larry King's suspenders as he leads her to the set of his show,
singing with Bette Midler, and
meeting with mommy bloggers in her office (check out the huge Warhol-esque portrait of herself she has hanging near her desk!).
Continue reading Katie Couric has her own YouTube channel - VIDEO
Posted Apr 15th 2008 9:41AM by Joel Keller
Filed under: News, Industry, Talk Show, Reality-Free
With the rumors swirling around that Katie Couric
may leave (or be removed from) the CBS Evening News soon after the 2008 election, speculation of what she might do and who might take her place has also been in the air. The latest speculation by insiders, though, is an interesting one, so interesting that it just might make complete sense.
According to the New York
Daily News, "TV insiders," whoever they are,
think that a trade of sorts might take place: Anderson Cooper comes to CBS to anchor the
Evening News, while Couric goes to CNN to host a talk show in the 10 PM slot where
Anderson Cooper 360 currently resides. The idea is to have Couric eventually take over for Larry King.
Continue reading Couric may be traded for Cooper (and an intern to be named later)
Posted Jun 28th 2007 6:23PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: News, Programming, Watercooler Talk
So now we're talking about people who refuse to talk about Paris Hilton.
MSNBC anchor Mika Brzezinski came really close to flipping out on air the other day when her producers kept placing the Paris Hilton story as her lead during the
Morning Joe show. She was egged on/patronized by Joe Scarborough and his preppy-looking sidekick.
As you'll see in
the video I placed after the jump, Mika starts out really pissed off and then starts to stage a coup on air.
Continue reading MSNBC anchor refuses to do Paris Hilton story - VIDEO
Posted Jun 11th 2007 2:02PM by Adam Finley
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Celebrities
On August 21 at 8:00 p.m., FOX will debut Anchorwoman, a comedy/reality TV program focusing on a swimsuit model who moves to the quiet community of Tyler, Texas to try her hand at local news reporting.
As a twist, the series will take place in an actual newsroom, KYTX-TV, a CBS affiliate. Actual newspersons will appear on the program, which has many people in the community asking if this is such a good idea.
Continue reading Anchorwoman has Texas town talking
Posted Mar 14th 2007 8:21AM by Anna Johns
Filed under: News, Celebrities, 30 Rock
I love, love, love local news bloopers. And this one is a doozy.
Tracy Morgan was in El Paso, Texas recently for a comedy show. He visited a local morning news program to promote the event where I think he was channeling Tracy Jordan, his character on
30 Rock. He went nuts on the anchorman and ignored all the guy's questions. Let's just say there's a removal of a shirt, dancing, talk of knocked-up strippers, and belly slapping.
About 30 seconds into the interview, the anchor obviously loses control. At two minutes, he relinquishes control to Tracy. While Tracy is very funny, the anchorman's terror and attempts at being cool had me laughing out loud.
Video is after the jump:
[Thanks to my husband for the link!]
Continue reading Tracy Morgan goes wild on local news guy - VIDEO
Posted Feb 27th 2007 2:01PM by Adam Finley
Filed under: News, Web
Huh.
I apologize for being a little late with this news, but it took my brain this long to accept that this was actually true. Yes, Yahoo is planning to launch a new online video project called "Odd News Underground" featuring a singing news anchor. Yahoo isn't saying who the anchor is, but insist the person is someone people will recognize.
I guess I can give Yahoo credit for trying to make the news even more laughable than it already is, and sure, with a name like "Odd News Underground" the new Web program probably isn't going to focus on real news, but I certainly hope they don't think this is an original idea. I've placed a video from the '90s after the jump that shows at least one man had this idea already.
Anyone want to guess who this singing news person is going to be? I'm hoping it's Matthew Wilder, personally.
[via Lost Remote]
Continue reading Yahoo and the singing news anchor
Posted Nov 20th 2006 1:35PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: ABC, News, Industry, OpEd
Page Six in the
New York Post is reporting that Diane Sawyer will take over for Charlie Gibson as anchor of ABC's
World News after the 2008 presidential election, at least according to industry insiders. Gibson took the job in June knowing that he'd step down after that election, but his replacement wasn't named. The choice of Sawyer is curious, since she's only about two-and-a-half years younger than Gibson (but
looks a whole heck of a lot better). You'd think ABC would go younger with the next anchor.
Anyway, the article goes on to speculate what Sawyer will do in the meantime. One theory is that she'll take over hosting duties for
Nightline, with Kate Snow, Daryn Kagan, or Campbell Brown taking over for her on
Good Morning America. But, remember the source, folks: Page Six's batting average on things like this is around utility-infielder level, so take this whole thing with a lump of salt.
[via
Mediabistro]
Posted Sep 15th 2006 10:44AM by Anna Johns
Filed under: ABC, News, Talent
Bob Woodruff, the ABC News anchor who was seriously injured by a roadside bomb in Iraq
last January, will soon start appearing in some primetime newscasts. His first assignment is to report on himself-- the attack and his recovery. ABC is calling his recovery "miraculous". He spent the summer recuperating with his family, where his wife says he played tennis, drove the boat and even did pilates with his sister-in-law.
ABC says Woodruff will slowly return starting this fall, but he's not getting his anchor chair back. That's all
Charlie's now. Do you think there's an awkward relationship there? Bob didn't even have his anchoring gig for a month before the attack.
Posted Aug 15th 2006 12:32PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: CBS, News, TV Royalty, Programming
Yes!
Whoa. I'm getting ahead of myself here. And, really, I was asking your opinion.
After visiting with CBS viewers in different cities, anchor
Katie Couric says viewers are hungry for more, in-depth news and information. The big three networks all have 30-minute newscasts and, unfortunately, an hour-long newscast is unlikely because that extra half-hour of network space makes some decent cash with syndicated programming. You have to go to cable news or public television to get that.
Although, cable television is evidence that an hour-long newscast doesn't necessarily mean you'll get any in-depth news and information. Thirty minutes is such a short amount of time for so much news that it's super dumbed down and, in many cases, stories are generalized in order to get everything in.
Posted Jun 14th 2006 9:14PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: ABC, News, Talent
ABC has a short story with video
on its website (scroll down to the Entertainment section) of former
World News Tonight anchor Bob Woodruff's surprise visit to the newsroom on Tuesday. In the video, Woodruff is all smiles and looks pretty good, if not a little beat up. The explosion in Iraq that injured him and a photographer
in January did damage his face, head and body.
As you can see in the picture, Woodruff now has a little hair on what was once a shaved head, where doctors performed several surgeries to save his life. (His wife is the blonde woman in the background) Woodruff told his colleagues that he was unconscious for 36 days after the explosion. He spent three months in the hospital and is now receiving out-patient rehabilitation at a New York clinic. Charlie Gibson has been
named anchor of
World News Tonight and Woodruff's future with ABC News is still uncertain.
Posted May 31st 2006 2:02PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: NBC, News, TV Royalty
This morning's tearful good-bye to Katie Couric is available on
Today's website (you have to download a free video player to see it). NBC spent most of
Today sending off Katie and wishing her well. She held it together until about 40 minutes into the show, when the tears started flowing. Katie spent 15 years as the host of
Today and will now go on to anchor
CBS Evening News. Her good-bye fest includes appearances by Willard Scott, Tony Bennett, Joan Rivers and 15 years' worth of Katie Couric hairstyles.
Meredith Vieira joins
Today in September. Katie joins CBS News as anchor and managing editor, also in September.
[Via
Pop Candy]
Posted May 23rd 2006 10:32AM by Adam Finley
Filed under: NBC, News, Talent, Industry
What was that old line William S. Burroughs spouted in those old Nike ads, something about the purpose of technology not being to confuse the brain, but to serve the body? Well, NBC news anchor Brian Williams is worried that portability and on-demand technology might not be doing much for the brains of citizens at all, claiming it allows people to filter out the bad news that is also important in keeping us informed. Part of a journalist's job, he claims, is to provide a "civics lesson." So what do you guys think? Is being able to pick an choose the information we receive a good thing or not? I have a tendency to think people have always done this, but that now it's just more convenient.
Posted Apr 19th 2006 2:34PM by Adam Finley
Filed under: CBS, News, Web, Celebrities
Major news outlets are embracing the Web these days, expanding coverage to the
blogosphere in a move that many see as the inevitable online future of television. There's already newspeople like
Brian Williams and Elizabeth Vargas, each have a blog and webcast respectively, but what about Katie Couric, the
much-hyped new addition to the CBS Evening News and 60 Minutes? Will she be kicking off her shoes and
jumping into this crazy Web thing? According to her producers, Couric is interested in having a presence on the Web and
using the medium to reach out to more people, though she isn't certain just how to approach it yet. While more people
get their news from the televised broadcast than the accompanying Web sites, the number of people who seek out the Web
alternative has been increasing.
[via Lost Remote]
Posted Apr 6th 2006 11:39AM by Anna Johns
Filed under: NBC, News, Talent
This afternoon, NBC will
officially announce the news that everybody already knows: Meredith
Vieira is the next co-host of
Today. Katie Couric
will leave NBC in May to anchor
the
CBS Evening News (something that doesn't have
Andy Rooney all that thrilled). Vieira has long
been rumored to be in talks with NBC for the position. Although most of us know Meredith Vieira as the least annoying
co-host of
The View and as host of
Who Wants to be a Millionaire, she also has an extensive news
background. I imagine that NBC considers her the perfect replacement since she's already a television 'personality' but
she actually has experience as a journalist.
I wonder how Anne Curry feels about all this. She has filled in
a lot for Katie and has gained a much larger role than just a news reader on
Today. For a while there, she
almost looked like the 'heir apparent'.
Sound off, readers! What do you think about Meredith Vieira??
Posted Apr 2nd 2006 7:08PM by Michael Sciannamea
Filed under: NBC, CBS, News, Industry, OpEd
We've been reading these rumours
for months now, but it finally looks like the speculation is about to end. TV Week says that Today
Show diva Katie Couric is about to sign a deal to become the anchor of the CBS Evening News. An
announcement is said to be coming this week. If the report is true, it'll be interesting to see how NBC handles it.
Will they allow Katie to continue on the Today Show until the end of her contract in May and have a big
farewell event at the end? Will they let her out of her contract early and have her join CBS right away? (Extremely
doubtful on that one!) The article goes on to say that The View's Meredith Vieira is being considered, among
others, as a candidate to take Couric's slot. (Anyone but Star Jones!).
Will Katie Couric bring viewers back to
the CBS Evening News? Certainly, there will be quite a bit of interest just for curiousity's sake, but will it last past
the first few weeks? This oughta be good...
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