All posts containing the tag: "cbs evening news"

Katie Couric: 'I Owe It All to TMZ!'

Posted Jun 4th 2009 4:48PM by TMZ Staff

Katie Couric has seen a ratings surge on the "CBS Evening News" -- but don't credit her new 'do or her infamous stems.

The real reason behind the sudden popularity: TMZ TV's story on her hair over the years ... and she agrees.

If you missed it, check it out to the right.

Tags: cbs, cbs evening news, CbsEveningNews, cbsnews, hair styles, HairStyles, katie couric

Comments [31]

Sphere

SHARE |

Email 4ie6

Katie to CBS Viewers -- How Do I Say Goodbye?

Posted Sep 5th 2006 7:26PM by TMZ Staff

We'll have to settle for just one of two big answers tonight: A knee-length black dress topped by a fitted white jacket. As for the other, you may in fact be the one to decide.

Katie Couric made her long-gestating and heavily-hyped debut on "The CBS Evening News," and she began by quickly answering the question about her wardrobe and wrapped up by avoiding the question about what her signature sign-off would be, asking viewers to make suggestions. The opening featured a voiceover by Couric's predecessor, Walter Cronkite.

As for the rest of the broadcast, CBS correspondent Lara Logan and Hulk Hogan both figured prominently, as did Suri Cruise. But producers clearly meant to convey the seriousness of their journalistic intention by delving into a multi-segment story about the Taliban (where Logan went into a Taliban camp) and the War on Terror, which included a sit-down interview with New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman. In fact, while CBS' lead story was nearly ten minutes long, ABC's "World News" was cycling through several of the day's top stories, including the Ford Motor Company CEO's resignation and a piece about oil prices.

On the lighter side, Couric Day One also showed us the first photos of Suri Cruise in Vanity Fair magazine and included an op-ed-style commentary by filmmaker Morgan Spurlock which invoked wrestler Hulk Hogan in an orthographically confusing segment titled freeSpeech. (Rush Limbaugh will be the mouthpiece on Thursday.) And Couric deferred her decision on a signature sign-off, putting the ball squarely in her audience's court. For tonight, she went with, "I'm Katie Couric, thank you so much for watching, and I hope to see you tomorrow night."

We'd like you to give you the chance to help Katie decide, so take a stab at our suggestions.

Filed under: TV

Tags: CBS Evening News, CbsEveningNews, Katie Couric, KatieCouric

Comments [116]

Sphere

SHARE |

Email 4ie6

Schieffer's Teary Goodbye

Posted Sep 1st 2006 2:05PM by TMZ Staff

With tears welling up in his eyes, Bob Schieffer finally concluded his 18-month tenure as anchor of the CBS Evening News with an emotional in-studio tribute.

Incoming anchor Katie Couric joined Schieffer at the end of Thursday night's broadcast in studio for a retrospective of his career, featuring a one-on-one pre-taped interview with the former Today Show host herself (perhaps to give viewers a sneak peek of the Katie to come?).