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Trio Depart ‘Katie’ As New EP Takes Reins

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday June 10, 2013 @ 6:10pm PDTTags: Jeff Zucker, Katie, Katie Couric, Rachel Miskowiec
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Katie Couric‘s syndicated daytime talk show will be entering its second season with an entirely new team of senior producers and a director. Two weeks after Rachel Miskowiec was brought in as new executive producer, she has made a staffing changes, with co-executive producers Kathy Samuels and Ethan Nelson as well as director Joseph Terry departing. Katie launched last fall with Jeff Zucker as executive producer and Samuels and Michael Bass as co-exec producers. Zucker and Bass have since left for CNN, with Michael Morrison and Nelson joining in January as executive producer and co-exec producer, respectively. (Matt Strauss also was bumped to co-EP then.) Morrison left late last month, replaced by Miskowiec, who is expected to install her own team.

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Katie Couric Was Courted To Return To ‘Today’: Video

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday May 29, 2013 @ 3:18pm PDTTags: Katie Couric, Today

Howard Stern got Katie Couric during his Sirius XM radio show to reveal that at some point there were “cautious overtures” from NBC about her returning to Today, where she spent 16 years. The morning show has had its share of troubles, from ratings declines to backlash over … Read More »

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CNN’s Jeff Zucker Poaches ‘Katie’ Producer Michael Bass

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Sunday April 14, 2013 @ 6:45pm PDTTags: CNN, Jeff Zucker, Katie Couric

Jeff Zucker continues to staff up at his new CNN post, this time with a producer he’d already put in place at the Katie Couric talk show. Even though Zucker still retains ownership in Katie. A network insider confirms to … Read More »

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Katie Couric To Interview On-Camera Manti Te’o And His Parents About Girlfriend Hoax

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Sunday January 20, 2013 @ 11:55am PSTTags: Katie, Katie Couric
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The second “big get” interview in as many weeks has landed outside the broadcast networks’ news divisions, once the go-to place for most figures at the center of a controversy. Katie Couric will conduct the first on-camera … Read More »

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Michael Morrison To Be Named Executive Producer Of ‘Katie’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday December 19, 2012 @ 11:26pm PSTTags: Disney-ABC Domestic Television, Katie, Katie Couric
Nellie Andreeva

I’ve learned that Disney-ABC Domestic Television is finalizing a deal with Michael Morrison to join Katie Couric‘s freshman talk show Katie as executive producer. I hear the hire will be announced to the staff of the show on Thursday. Morrison will take over showrunner responsibilities from departing executive producer Jeff Zucker, who co-owns the show with Couric. Morrison’s appointment allows continuity as Zucker is slated to leave for his new job as president of CNN Worldwide at the beginning of next month.

In anticipation of Zucker’s exit, Disney-ABC began quietly meeting with potential candidates to succeed Zucker at the helm of the show in October. When Zucker’s appointment at CNN was announced at the end of last month, the search accelerated and was quickly narrowed to several candidates with the goal to have someone in place by the end of the year. On Katie, Morrison joins Zucker’s lieutenants on the show: co-executive producers Michael Bass and Kathy Samuels. Read More »

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‘Katie’ Prepares For Life After Jeff Zucker

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday November 29, 2012 @ 10:33am PSTTags: Jeff Zucker, Katie, Katie Couric
Nellie Andreeva

Jeff Zucker could not have asked for better timing — on the morning his appointment as president of CNN Worldwide was announced, the latest ratings for his syndicated show Katie showed the talker hitting all-time highs. For the week of November 12, Katie Couric‘s daytime talk show drew a 2.1 household rating and 2.7 million viewers, its best weekly numbers ever and up 17% week-to-week in both categories. In women 25-54 (1.1 rating), Katie tied its best-ever weekly rating. Zucker and Couric co-own the show, on which Zucker has served as executive producer/showrunner. “I’m very excited that Jeff has such a wonderful opportunity at CNN and equally excited for CNN,” Couric said today. “I’m also grateful that Jeff has been so instrumental in getting our show off to such a strong start and look forward to working with the fantastic staff we’ve assembled and building on the strong foundation we’ve created.”

That staff includes Zucker’s lieutenants on the show: co-executive producers Michael Bass and Kathy Samuels. In anticipation of Zucker’s exit, Zucker, Couric and the company behind Katie, Disney-ABC Domestic Television, have been quietly meeting with potential candidates to succeed Zucker at the helm of the show. Now that Zucker’s departure is certain, the search is expected to pick up steam and the expectation is to have someone in place by the end of the year, providing a smooth transition as Zucker is slated to leave the show in early January. Read More »

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Katie Couric’s Syndicated Talk Show Seeks Executive Producer As Jeff Zucker Eyes Exit

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday October 17, 2012 @ 12:13am PDTTags: Jeff Zucker, Katie, Katie Couric
Nellie Andreeva

Katie Jeff ZuckerI hear Disney-ABC has launched a search for top-level producer(s) to take the reins of Katie Couric‘s syndicated daytime talk show. The contingency plan is being put in place as speculation intensifies that Katie executive producer Jeff Zucker would be leaving the freshman talker. I hear talks with potential candidates are under way, and a hire is expected within the next couple of weeks. Zucker has a major financial interest in Katie (some sources indicate he is poised to pocket $8 million from the $20 million guarantee to Couric and him), and is not likely to leave without a succession plan in place. But, having run one of the biggest media companies in the world, NBC Universal, he has been expected to jump back to the executive ranks. He currently has two lieutenants on the show: co-executive producers Michael Bass and Kathy Samuels.

There has been chatter about Zucker being courted for several top jobs, including CEO of Tribune, but attention has focused recently on the vacancy at CNN. With his strong news background, Zucker is considered a leading candidate to succeed CNN Worldwide president Jim Walton when he departs at the end of the year. Such timing would work for providing a smooth transition on Katie, which has a two-year deal with the ABC stations. (There are several other names bandied about for the CNN job including MSNBC head Phil Griffin and usual suspects David Westin, Andrew Heyward and Neal Shapiro). Read More »

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‘Katie’ Drops Again, ‘Steve Harvey’ Top New Syndicated Talker In Women 25-54 Thursday

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday September 14, 2012 @ 2:32pm PDTTags: Katie, Katie Couric, Steve Harvey
Nellie Andreeva

Uh-oh. In its fourth airing on Thursday, Katie Couric’s new syndicated talk show dropped 26% in households to a 1.7/5 in the metered markets and 38% to a 0.8/5 in the key Women 25-54 demographic. In households, … Read More »

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Katie Couric Says She Felt “Liberated” When She Left CBS In Magazine Interview

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday August 29, 2012 @ 7:20am PDTTags: CBS, Katie, Katie Couric

Katie Couric chose her words carefully in an interview with Good Housekeeping when asked about her experience at CBS while anchor and managing editor of the CBS Evening News. While proud of the work she did, Couric said … Read More »

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Katie Couric Invited Sarah Palin To New Talk Show ‘Katie’: TCA

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday July 26, 2012 @ 11:20am PDTTags: Jeff Zucker, Katie, Katie Couric, Sarah Palin, TCA

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Katie Couric Talk ShowKatie Couric breezed through ABC’s morning presentation at TCA to hype her forthcoming syndicated daily daytime talk show Katie, disclosing that she already has invited famed former interview subject Sarah Palin to come on but has yet to hear back. Couric also has invited President Obama and Michelle Obama as well as Mitt and Ann Romney to the show, which premieres September 10.

Couric also detailed what she expects the show to be (she disclosed that Sheryl Crow wrote and performs the theme song) and that producer Jeff Zucker — long her boss during her years at the Today show — will be constantly in her ear during production. ”I’m really excited to be able to work with Jeff,” Couric said. “We had some great years on the Today show and have very similar sensibilities. We can finish each other’s sentences. And I know he’s got my back. I trust him implicitly. It givers me a great sense of security to have him here, to have someone in your ear whom you really trust.”

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TV Teaser: Katie Couric’s ‘Katie’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday July 3, 2012 @ 12:34pm PDTTags: Disney-ABC Domestic Television, Katie, Katie Couric

Katie Couric‘s new syndicated talk show Katie premieres September 10. Couric and Jeff Zucker are executive producers of the Disney-ABC daytime hour. Here’s a look at the latest promo:

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Former ‘Today’ Executive Producer Michael Bass Joins New Katie Couric Talk Show

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Sunday June 17, 2012 @ 2:34pm PDTTags: Big Deals TV, Jeff Zucker, Katie Couric
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EXCLUSIVE: Another key member of the Katie Couric-Jeff Zucker team from the golden era of Today is joining them on Couric’s upcoming syndicated talk show. No, it’s not Matt Lauer, who recently re-upped his deal at the NBC morning … Read More »

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Katie Couric Goes Digital With Weekly ABC News Series For Yahoo

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday April 25, 2012 @ 9:49am PDTTags: ABC News, Katie Couric, Yahoo

Katie Couric YahooKatie Couric will host a weekly web series as part of her overall deal with ABC News that will stream on a dedicated Yahoo page, ABC announced today. Topics on Katie’s Take will include health, nutrition, parenting and … Read More »

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NBC’s ‘Today’ Tops ABC’s ‘Good Morning America’ In Ratings For Katie Couric Week

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday April 9, 2012 @ 12:07pm PDTTags: Good Morning America, Katie Couric, Today
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In one of the most closely watched ratings races, NBC’s Today show topped Good Morning America last week when the ABC program had former Today star Katie Couric as guest co-host. With hyped appearances by Meredith Vieira on Monday, Sarah … Read More »

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‘GMA’ With Katie Couric Tops ‘Today’ In Total Viewers On Wednesday

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday April 5, 2012 @ 10:32am PDTTags: Katie Couric, Today
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In what has become one of the most closely watched ratings battles ever, ABC’s Good Morning America with guest host Katie Couric edged Couric’s former show, NBC’s Today, for the first time. On Wednesday, Good Morning America drew 5.236 million … Read More »

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‘Good Morning America’ With Katie Couric Can’t Top ‘Today’ In The Ratings

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday April 3, 2012 @ 2:05pm PDTTags: Good Morning America, Katie Couric, Today
Nellie Andreeva

Katie Couric’s heavily promoted return to morning television did not result in a ratings win for ABC’s Good Morning America. On Monday, the first day of Couric’s week-long stint on GMA, ABC’s morning program averaged 4.78 million viewers to 5.11 … Read More »

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Sarah Palin, Katie Couric, & Oprah Winfrey Heat Up Morning Show Wars

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Sunday April 1, 2012 @ 9:45am PDTTags: Katie Couric, Oprah Winfrey, Sarah Palin, Today
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Katie Couric Good Morning AmericaNBC’s Today is not taking Katie Couric‘s week-long guest stint on rival Good Morning America in stride. In the span of several hours yesterday NBC launched a promo teasing the return of a “legend” … Read More »

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Katie Couric To Host ‘Good Morning America’ For A Week

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday March 29, 2012 @ 7:08am PDTTags: ABC, Good Morning America, Katie Couric
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Katie Couric Good Morning AmericaSix years after she left morning television, Katie Couric is back — for a week. The former Today host will fill in for a vacationing Robin Roberts on ABC’s Good Morning America next week. “Katie … Read More »

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Katie Couric’s Talk Show To Debut Sep. 10

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday March 15, 2012 @ 12:24pm PDTTags: Jeff Zucker, Katie Couric
Nellie Andreeva

Katie Couric’s nationally syndicated talk show will premiere on Monday, Sept. 10. The show’s executive producer Jeff Zucker unveiled the date, along with a new logo for the show and announcements of two senior production staff hires, director Joe Terry, … Read More »

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