May 27
Katie’s Coming Back?
Just heard on Today: Katie Couric is returning to the Today show tomorrow, according to Matt Lauer. She’s coming back, apparently, for a single appearance and to make a “major announcement.”
Is she announcing that she’s giving up the anchor chair at the CBS Evening News? Probably not. It seems like CBS wouldn’t allow her to go announce such a thing on her former show at NBC.
Meredith Viera even joked, upon hearing the news, “Permanently?” Viera, of course, replaced Couric on Today when Couric left for CBS.
Is it some cheap marketing ploy designed to make people just curious enough to watch? Yep.
I’m curious enough, and I’m sure I’ll be disappointed by whatever the “major announcement” turns out to be.
UPDATE: I found out what the “major announcement” is, and wouldn’t have spoiled the details until I realized that all of the networks were doing a fine job of spoiling it on their own. And it’s not just Katie Couric appearing on Today. NBC’s Brian Williams is going to appear on ABC’s Good Morning America. And ABC’s Charlie Gibson is headed to CBS’s The Early Show. In fact, all three anchors are appearing together on all three morning shows.
The reason? To announce a new initiative to fight cancer. More here.
See? Not knowing was a lot more exciting.
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May 27th, 2008 at 8:36 am
The one thing I DON’T want to see is Katie
back at NBC.
May 27th, 2008 at 10:48 am
I was thinking that she’s going to CNN to take Larry King’s job when his contract is up, which I think is soon. But why would she go on NBC to announce that? Maybe it’s not job related at all. Perhaps she’s getting married.