Ultimately what caused Katie Couric's downfall (and what seems to be happening with Megyn Kelly) is she tried to be the servant of two masters. You can succeed at fluffy breakfast-chat interviews OR you can succeed at hard news... it is nearly impossible to do both (Barbara Walters might be the only longstanding exception, although I suppose one could include Oprah if you absolutely must, but I wouldn't). If Kelly is including the fluff for the same reason Edward R Murrow included his celebrity interviews... to be given the freedom to pursue hard news stories... then more power to her. But Murrow did what he did to take down McCarthy and HUAC... does anybody believe Kelly has such an agenda, or the ability to follow through with it?
On Fri, Jun 9, 2017 at 5:29 PM, Steve Timko <steveti...@gmail.com> wrote: > Barbara Walters had a staff who would research and offer suggested > questions and topics for her interviews. It wasn't like she came up with > those questions on her own. Couric had strength as a live interviewer but > i'm not sure that has shown much since she left NBC. I haven't watched her > Yahoo interviews. > I'm guessing Kelly's Kardashian interview will do better in the ratings. > How many outlets are succeeding with hard news right now? It didn't work > for Al Jazeera. > > > On Fri, Jun 9, 2017 at 4:43 PM, PGage <pga...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Her ability to break through to a more mainstream audience is part of her >> challenge; but I am questioning the decision to position her as a Barbara >> Walters/Katie Couric figure, highlighting full length interviews with a mix >> of newsmakers and pop culture figures. I dont know that this is the best >> way to get real news or insight for even the most talented, and I dont know >> that she has anything like that talent. >> >> >> On Fri, Jun 9, 2017 at 10:41 AM Tom Wolper <twol...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> On Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 1:12 AM, Henry Fung <calwa...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> This all seems like Rock Center redux. >>>> >>> >>> One week's show would be too soon to judge. If the same executives and >>> production team behind Rock Center are involved in this show, their best >>> judgment would lead them to recreate that show. I think Megyn Kelly's >>> problem is going to be that she established herself as a star on a partisan >>> cable news channel and that doesn't build her the broad fan base she would >>> need to carry an hour news show. >>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> 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 tvornottv@googlegroups.com >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> -- >> Sent from Gmail Mobile >> >> -- >> -- >> 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 tvornottv@googlegroups.com >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > -- > 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 tvornottv@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- -- 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 tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
