At the end of this season Katie Couric's talk show will be no more. In anticipation of the end Katie has signed a deal with Yahoo and will be reduced to interviewing people for the internet site which will see her become a thumbnail on their front page. It seems as if Katie was not willing to lower the budget of her show or reduce her salary so the Yahoo gig is all she has left. They are going to pay her a ton of money which she will need because after the Yahoo gig where else are you going to go? Sure, I can see her hosting a Proactiv infomercial for a year or two and then we will hear her voice on debt settlement radio ads before she finally is convinced to try and resurrect Today in about ten years but will be so bitter that no one will like her and she will close out her career buy selling people solar panels.
My first rule of advice to everyone is to never leave a great gig or show because you think you can make way more money elsewhere. Katie left Today because she was tired of sharing the spotlight and thought she could make cajillions of dollars and keep all the fame for herself. It hasn't worked out well.
Who watched Boardwalk Empire last night?!?!
ReplyDeleteStay on topic, Johnny!
ReplyDeleteI think Chippie will do just fine.
Whoa enty, piwer down the katie bashing. Now I dont like her or talk shows or even daytime tv, but be fair: this chick poops money, shes fine that way. Famewise there will always be people who think kindly of her. Maybe she figures, wth, let me get in on this internet stuff.
ReplyDeleteBut mirning hists, esp women, take note: once you leave, people are DONE with you. Look at kathie lee, pauly, katie, norville-out of sight, out of mind. Dont leave unless u want to retire.
Johnny-empire was fresking epic last night, but oh, my Richard!!!!!! Rip
ReplyDeleteYeah, i'm super bummed about it. I dunno if I'll watch next season.
DeleteF-ing A!!! Put spoiler alert on that shit!!! I haven't watched it:( a piece of me just died inside
DeleteSorry!! I thought i wldnt watch after jimmy died, but did, snd u will too. Again sorry about spoiling!:(
DeleteOT: The Charting of my Divo Fit (ala Kevin Dillon)
ReplyDeleteLeft the house in a rush this morning. No time for a proper breakfast. I can't believe they expect me to be punctual.Once at work, I forcefully asked for Eggs Benedict (if you're polite, people will just ignore you.) What the hell? Did they have to drive over to Chicago to get them. Apparently there's no sense of urgency on their part.
Huh, @1eye? Huh?!
ReplyDeleteI'd give it 10 minutes, tops, before you remind them who exactly you are.
ReplyDeleteDamn minions.
ReplyDeleteAmazing what ego maniacs these people are!! Millions and millions in the bank and just can't stay away from a camera and hang on to a little fame.
ReplyDelete@Charlie...you may have to remind them of your greatness and thus superiority frequently throughout the day. Good luck.
ReplyDeleteShe's going to The View no secret
ReplyDeleteDo they still have Publisher's Clearinghouse Sweepstakes? She could do that!
ReplyDeleteWell this turned out well. The network cancelled a long running soap opera for this.
ReplyDeleteWas Richard was the guy with half of his face left after the war? I've only seen the first season of it.
ReplyDeleteNOOOO! They killed Richard? Glad I'm not watching this season.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I'm done. I was kind of done last year when they killed the hot Irish guy but I am so done now.
DeleteI thought Katie was taking Barbaras place on the View?
ReplyDeleteI miss my OLTL!
ReplyDeleteDammit Auntliddy!! What Hammer Girl said!
ReplyDeleteWell, she DiD in fact make cajillions of dollars, regardless of how ratings have been in her post-Today career. And she will continue to make them from Yahoo. So I don't know what Enty's "she will need it" comment is about because I'm pretty sure Katie, her kids, grand kids, and great-grand kids are all set for life no matter what.
ReplyDeleteABC paid Katie a kajillion dollars up front. They probably want some of the money back since she never hit any of the rating numbers they expected.
ReplyDeleteABC gave her a sweetheart deal. She is just laughing all the way to the bank.
How much money does one person need? Nothing left but greed.
ReplyDeleteWell it hasn't exactly worked out well-I agree
ReplyDeleteHer show sucked as bad as her nightly news gig
thought she was going to the View though.....one of those worse kept secret things
it's weirdly hard to like her no?