Nikke Finke’s Deadline Hollywood asks, “Katie Couric Deal With ABC Coming Monday?”
It’s been pretty much a done deal that Katie Couric is headed to ABC to start her own syndicated talk show, but an official announcement can’t be made before the matching window expires at her former employer CBS. Well, that window expires this weekend, and CBS pulled its offer in early May. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that an announcement from ABC could be made as early as Monday. While a foregone conclusion, word is that the ABC is not completely done yet but is in final stages. When it’s all set and done, it is expected to include the talk show, which would give Couric the ownership and potential financial windfall she had been seeking, as well as a role for her at ABC News, including possibly pieces on primetime newsmagazine 20/20.
A few questions, and one observation:
1. Yet another newsreader at ABC whose leftwing ideology will be known to the entire planet, except for Diane Sawyer. Diversity!
2. Does this distaff second coming of H.L. Mencken have a nose for what’s the Big Story of the Day or what?
3. When she appears on The View, how will she respond when the inevitable conspiracy theories are brewed by the gals?
4. So when will Katie appear on ABC’s Dancing with the Stars?
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