Comments on: Katie Couric’s midlife crisis http://metafootnotes.com/2008/04/23/katie-courics-midlife-crisis/ msmeta's musings on the meaning of life at middle age — and beyond. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:48:26 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: LaJuan http://metafootnotes.com/2008/04/23/katie-courics-midlife-crisis/#comment-180 LaJuan Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:22:21 +0000 http://metafootnotes.wordpress.com/?p=191#comment-180 I really like Katie however she is to light-hearted for the eveving news.As long as I can remember every evening anchor were very stern and to the point. I I really like Katie however she is to light-hearted for the eveving news.As long as I can remember every evening anchor were very stern and to the point. I

]]> By: Karen http://metafootnotes.com/2008/04/23/katie-courics-midlife-crisis/#comment-175 Karen Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:25:29 +0000 http://metafootnotes.wordpress.com/?p=191#comment-175 I confess--I was a Katie Couric fan when she was on the Today Show. I haven't quite bonded with Meredith--Katie was perky but Meredith sometimes comes off goofy. I do like how Ann Curry has been given or has taken on some really intense reporting assignments. She's become far more substantive and I don't know if that's because Katie is gone. As for Katie at CBS, she lost me when she left morning news because I either watch morning or late night. I'm also an NBC kind of girl so I haven't been part of the audience who's watched her decline at CBS. But I would watch her again, age notwithstanding, if she were able to transition back to a news slot that fits for me. By the way, one of my favorite local news anchors is Detroit's Carmen Harlen at WDIV the NBC affiliate. She is wonderful example of how a woman in broadcasting can capture and retain the love of the viewing audience for years even as she ages. I confess–I was a Katie Couric fan when she was on the Today Show. I haven’t quite bonded with Meredith–Katie was perky but Meredith sometimes comes off goofy. I do like how Ann Curry has been given or has taken on some really intense reporting assignments. She’s become far more substantive and I don’t know if that’s because Katie is gone.

As for Katie at CBS, she lost me when she left morning news because I either watch morning or late night. I’m also an NBC kind of girl so I haven’t been part of the audience who’s watched her decline at CBS. But I would watch her again, age notwithstanding, if she were able to transition back to a news slot that fits for me.

By the way, one of my favorite local news anchors is Detroit’s Carmen Harlen at WDIV the NBC affiliate. She is wonderful example of how a woman in broadcasting can capture and retain the love of the viewing audience for years even as she ages.

]]> By: msmeta http://metafootnotes.com/2008/04/23/katie-courics-midlife-crisis/#comment-174 msmeta Thu, 24 Apr 2008 02:12:39 +0000 http://metafootnotes.wordpress.com/?p=191#comment-174 Good points, especially about Ann Curry, who I think is the real class act of the morning shows. I hope you're right about the acceptance factor, but I'm afraid I'm still discouraged. Good points, especially about Ann Curry, who I think is the real class act of the morning shows. I hope you’re right about the acceptance factor, but I’m afraid I’m still discouraged.

]]> By: Lori http://metafootnotes.com/2008/04/23/katie-courics-midlife-crisis/#comment-173 Lori Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:57:29 +0000 http://metafootnotes.wordpress.com/?p=191#comment-173 You know, I'd be perfectly happy watching a middle-aged (or older) woman deliver the news, just not this one. I don't think that Katie Couric's failure to attract the evening news audience has as much to do with her being an aging woman as it has to do with her being a cute little pixie who has spent too many years giggling away in our living rooms, acting like a kid who can't seem to help herself from chatting and laughing her way through study hall. I wouldn't be able to take Matt Lauer seriously either for the same reasons. You can't yuk-it-up on an a.m. morning show and expect to be taken seriously delivering the sober evening news. I thought the idea of putting Katie Couric in this position was ill-conceived from the get-go, so I'm not surpised by the result. Diane Sawyer (during her 60 minute days, not now that she has joined the a.m. crew) could have made a go of it. Even Ann Curry, who is an a.m. personality but delivers the a.m. news with sobriety may have had a shot. Katie - no way. I'm sure there are some who wouldn't accept any aging woman, but I believe that most would have accepted the right woman. You know, I’d be perfectly happy watching a middle-aged (or older) woman deliver the news, just not this one. I don’t think that Katie Couric’s failure to attract the evening news audience has as much to do with her being an aging woman as it has to do with her being a cute little pixie who has spent too many years giggling away in our living rooms, acting like a kid who can’t seem to help herself from chatting and laughing her way through study hall. I wouldn’t be able to take Matt Lauer seriously either for the same reasons. You can’t yuk-it-up on an a.m. morning show and expect to be taken seriously delivering the sober evening news.

I thought the idea of putting Katie Couric in this position was ill-conceived from the get-go, so I’m not surpised by the result. Diane Sawyer (during her 60 minute days, not now that she has joined the a.m. crew) could have made a go of it. Even Ann Curry, who is an a.m. personality but delivers the a.m. news with sobriety may have had a shot. Katie – no way. I’m sure there are some who wouldn’t accept any aging woman, but I believe that most would have accepted the right woman.

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