Submit Content  |  Subscribe  |  Customer Service  |  Place An Ad 
* Weather * Events * Visitor's Guide * Classifieds * Jobs * Cars * Homes * Apartments * Shopping * Dating
*
Cincinnati.Com
Blogs

*
*
*

Cincinnati.Com

NKY.com
Enquirer
CiN Weekly
Community Press & Recorder
cincyMOMS.com
CincinnatiUSA
Data Center
*
*
*
*
*

*
Television
John Kiesewetter on the world of local and national TV


Senior Entertainment Reporter John Kiesewetter has been covering TV and media issues for 20 years. After joining the Cincinnati Enquirer in 1975 as a summer intern, he worked as a county government and suburban reporter; assistant city editor and suburban editor; and features editor supervising the Life section. He has a B.S. in journalism from Ohio University.

Powered by Blogger

Wednesday, September 06, 2006

Did you like Katie?

You saw what my viewer panel thought of Katie Couric's debut... what did you think? I thought she was OK, but what I expected. I think she'll get better reading the TelePrompter. They goofed by having too much soft features -- "Free Speech" and "Snapshots." But they'll figure it out. After huge ratings Tuesday night, my guess is that people will go back to Brian and Charlie.
I didn't see her interview tonight with President Bush. How was it?

Here's the link to my Couric review today:
http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060906/ENT/609060325/-1/CINCI

PS: Sorry about posting the last blog three times... Blogger site got hung up for 5-10 minutes when I tried to post, and it never indicated that it actually was posted. Sigh....
--Kiese


6 Comments:

at 9/07/2006 10:20 AM Anonymous Anonymous said...

she wasnt bad but she wasnt great i think she is used to adlibbing and i think she is used to sharing time with others not being solo but in my opinion i think she will adjust and be great

 
at 9/07/2006 11:13 AM Anonymous Anonymous said...

I watched her debut newscast on Tuesday night. But now I'm back to ABC News and Charles Gibson.

 
at 9/07/2006 4:46 PM Anonymous Anonymous said...

I think Katie did a wonderful job. I've heard so many people nit-picking. I even heard one person say they heard her stumble....once! and he even knew the word she stumbled on. We all need to face the facts: Katie Couric is the most well-known woman in television news. she is great at her job and she will go on to become one of the most popular *evening* news people just like her great success in the mornings. Katie is also one of the smartest business women in America today. She knew when to leave The Today Show...on top making millions. and she left for another high profile job to make millions more. Good Luck, Katie. Keep up the good work.

 
at 9/07/2006 9:31 PM Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hey, can't go wrong with having star power for your announcer:

Uncle Walter!

 
at 9/07/2006 10:13 PM Blogger Flixking said...

I dont think it matters who "reads" the news on network television. I happened to catch katie and I guess she did ok, she pronounced all the words correctly and read in a clear, audible voice. Isnt that really all there is to doing the news?

 
at 9/08/2006 3:12 AM Anonymous Anonymous said...

kiese,

you can go into the "Edit" screen for your posts and delete the 2nd and 3rd ones there. leave the top one since that's where people's comments are.

 
Post a Comment*

* Our online blogs currently are hosted and operated by a third party, namely, Blogger.com. You are now leaving the Cincinnati.Com website and will be linked to Blogger.com's registration page. The Blogger.com site and its associated services are not controlled by Cincinnati.Com and different terms of use and privacy policy will apply to your use of the Blogger.com site and services.

By proceeding and/or registering with Blogger.com you agree and understand that Cincinnati.Com is not responsible for the Blogger.com site you are about to access or for any service you may use while on the Blogger.com site.

<< Home


Blogs
Jim Borgman
Today at the Forum
Paul Daugherty
Politics Extra
N. Ky. Politics
Pop culture review
Cincytainment
Who's News
Television
Roller Derby Diva
Art
CinStages Buzz....
The Foodie Report
cincyMOMS
Classical music
John Fay's Reds Insider
Bengals
High school sports
NCAA
UC Sports
CiN Weekly staff
Soundcheck


Site Map:   Cincinnati.Com |  NKY.com |  Enquirer |  CiN Weekly |  CincinnatiUSA
Customer Service:   Search |  Subscribe Now |  Customer Service |  Place An Ad |  Contact Us
Classified Partners:   Jobs: CareerBuilder.com |  Cars: cars.com |  Homes: HOMEfinder |  Apartments: apartments.com |  Shopping: ShopLocal.com
Copyright © 1996-2005:   Use of this site signifies agreement to terms of service and privacy policy updated 10/05/2005