Katie Couric Says I Quit!

April 10, 2008

Update: According to Eonline.com, CBS denies that Katie will be breaking her contract before it expires in 2011. Katie is “working hard and having fun,” she said. “My colleagues continue to impress me with their commitment to the newscast, and I am very proud of the show we put on every day.”

According to the Wall Street Journal, Katie Couric is expected to leave her anchor job at CBS Evening News possibly as soon as the January 2009 presidential inauguration. Although her contracts runs until 2011, Katie wants out and so do the execs. at CBS The potential move comes as a result of continual low ratings for the nightly newscast, a high (estimated $15 million a year) salary for Katie and pressure at the network to slash costs and attract more viewers. This is horrible news because Katie is the first female evening news anchor ever and it’s sad to see things aren’t working out for her. Do you all enjoy Katie or are you glad her time is almost up? Thoughts?

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12 Responses to “Katie Couric Says I Quit!”

Khadijah on April 10, 2008 at 5:59 am #

Glad! Her set was weak as water.
mrchadmane on April 10, 2008 at 6:01 am #

I like her, and don’t think it was her fault that the ratings were low. I mean who watches the evening news anymore? Everyone I know watches CNN for up to date news coverage, or they use the internet. I just think the broadcast itself is to blame. Poor Katie.
Erica Nicole on April 10, 2008 at 6:08 am #

As the saying goes: Things Happen For A Reason.
Tee on April 10, 2008 at 6:47 am #

Naw, never felt her in that spot…she boring as watching paint dry…
Mike on April 10, 2008 at 6:48 am #

She is horrible. Her very first show was good. The rest SUCKED!
lovelylady on April 10, 2008 at 7:19 am #

Truthfully she should have never been given the position. She wasn’t that great in her original anchor position.
Keyshia on April 10, 2008 at 7:56 am #

I wonder if she will try and get her job back at NBC now? Cause Meredith V. sucks on that show!
mrsFAB on April 10, 2008 at 8:10 am #

Keyshia, I am with you on this one! I can not stand Meredith on the Today Show. I watch it every morning and I am always complaining about Meredith! I wish they would fire her and bring Katie back to where she belongs. But I do like Kathy Lee on there now. If Katie does not come back, maybe they can stil fire Meredith and give her spot to Kathy lee!
AntBee on April 10, 2008 at 8:38 am #

She’ll be alright. $15 million per year plus since they want her out, they will have to pay her contract out, so I don’t feel so bad for her. Glad she’s not smiling like the Joker in that picture. Shit gives me the creeps when she does that.
DRegina Bryant on April 11, 2008 at 2:22 pm #

I love Katie. I myself love her more on The Today show. Sorry to see her leave. I wish her best of luck in whatever she does from their. She will bounce back. Love you, Katie.
E Dog on April 11, 2008 at 8:40 pm #

I am sad that things didn’t work out for her but I didn’t think she was the right woman for the anchor chair. Some people attribute it to sexism, but I never looked at it like that: she came from a morning show where she did a lot of fluff and entertainment pieces, so I think it would have been difficult to take her seriously as an evening anchor. My only hope is that her successor is also female and better suited for the position.
insiderJill on April 14, 2008 at 11:15 am #

Katie Couric is a shallow, clueless twit who has no inetrest in serious news. She wants to talk about realty tv, fashion and gossip. Her disinterst and lack of intelligece are the reason the CBS news is failing. I do not think this would have been the prblem with Diane Sawyer or Elizabeth Vargas.