On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 8:40 AM, Mark J. <[email protected]> wrote:
> Barring any surprises, ABC is to announce today that Katie Couric will > join them for a syndicated weekday talk show and other work with ABC > News--Bill Carter on she got there: > > > http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/06/business/media/06couric.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss&pagewanted=all > > Note that ABC-Disney is shooting for the 4 p.m. time slot to be > officially vacated by Oprah in the fall in most markets--not any > network time in daytime, so shut up, "GH" fans. > I think this quote in the penultimate graph tels you everything you need to know about Katie: "Ms. Couric says she wants to build the show around conversations with newsmakers — she mentioned Michelle Obama and Lady Gaga." That is her definition of the range of newsmakers - which makes sense for a cohost of the Today Show, or a daytime chat show, but never made sense for the anchor of the Evening News. While Carter says she wants the 4:00 slot, he also says that by the time they made the deal, 4:00 had already been promised in a number of markets. I did a little TiVo research this morning and found that ABC (at least in San Francisco) already has women-oriented talk shows on at 9:00 (Regis and Kelly Lee) and 10:00 (The View). They have Who Wants to Be A Millionaire at 11:30, with what looks like local news at 11:00 and soaps on at 12, 1 and 2 (GH is at 2). At 3 they have local news. I know that one or two of the soaps have been cancelled, to be already replaced by other talk shows. Aside from the 4:00 slot (which I take it from the article is the Oprah slot) which is the most desirable slot? Is 3:00 better than 9:00? If 9:00 is better, is it possible that when Regis leaves they might move Katie into that slot? -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
