It’s the one intangible quality no News Anchor or Host can fake! They either have it or they don’t.
Warmth.
TAKE THE “WARMTH” QUIZ
Tag Archives: Katie Couric
MEGYN’S COLD TRUTH
NBC’s recent firing of Megyn Kelly was no surprise to those of us who know how to “read” TV News talent. Megyn was incredibly successful on her Fox News Channel program. That show appealed to men, most of them over 60, who were looking for right-leaning pundits hoping to pick political fights with their foes. That’s the essence of Sean Hannity‘s little bully program and the format fit Megyn nicely because she’s better looking than Hannity. In that format, Megyn Kelly shined. But there’s a problem. Continue reading MEGYN’S COLD TRUTH
LIGHTS, CAMERAS, PUPPIES
Nobody will say it, at least publicly, so I will. Katie Couric will not be the savior of daytime television. She will not be “the next Oprah”. Her talk show will be cancelled after its first season. This is not a guess or a prediction. It’s simple fact – proven over and over again. Katie, like a parade of former news people turned talk show hosts before her, including Jane Pauley, is, in my opinion, missing one simple TV ingredient that will prevent her from conquering daytime – warmth. Continue reading LIGHTS, CAMERAS, PUPPIES