"THIS IS THE 'CBS EVENING NEWS WITH KATIE COURIC'": IS IT OFFICIAL?
Good evening. I'll have that possible news on Katie Couric and CBS later, but first...
The aftereffects of John Leguizamo's visit to Fairbanks (which I can't stop talking about) a few weeks ago has indeed paid off big! "Ice Age: The Meltdown" -- which starred Leguizamo, Ray Romano, and Queen Latifah -- literally thawed the box office, opening at #1 with $70.5 million.
However, it was not a good weekend for Sharon Stone. The sequel to the 1992 film that made her a household name, "Basic Instinct 2", earned a very disappointing $3.2 million, tying with Larry the Cable Guy's movie at #10.
I guess the main reason why it flopped was because of all the cuts they made to prevent the movie from getting the NC-17 rating. But that $3.2 million it earned was just the beginning; it will make millions more when it hits DVD...this time with all the good stuff thrown back in.
Now...with one month left on her NBC contract, the chances of Katie Couric leaving the network for CBS has become pretty good. But this week, an announcement could be made regarding her future.
Since Bob Schieffer temporarily took over at the "CBS Evening News" last year, viewership has slowly increased. And although it has languished in third place for years and years, Couric taking the anchor chair permanently could be its savior. However, the road has been a rocky one since John Roberts, tired of playing the waiting game, went to CNN a few months ago.
If Couric does happen to switch networks (and shifts), let's hope she won't fail unlike Barbara Walters almost 30 years ago, when she headed to ABC after spending 13 years at "Today." The reason: ABC offered her a $1 million contract and the job as co-anchor with Harry Reasoner on their evening news, which hardly anyone watched because everyone's TVs were tuned to Walter Cronkite or John Chancellor. After Roone Arledge gave ABC News a complete overhaul in 1978, Reasoner returned to "60 Minutes" (which was about to become the #1 show on all of television by 1979) and Walters? Well, she decided to feel right at home at ABC.
And then there was a time in the mid-'80s when CBS needed a serious morning show after light-hearted "The Morning Program" didn't wake viewers up. One person they lured to be co-host was Canadian Broadcasting Corporation newscaster Peter Mansbridge. CBS offered him a huge salary and, if he stayed around longer, the possibility of Dan Rather's successor. But just as Mansbridge was about to head south of the border, executives at the CBC stepped in and heavily pressured Knowlton Nash to give up his anchor job at "The National" and award it to Peter. In the end, Mansbridge gave CBS the black eye while Harry Smith took the morning job.
So...will Couric be like Walters and take the money and run, or will she be like Mansbridge and stay put where she is? Find out this week when she makes her big decision. Good night.
Good evening. I'll have that possible news on Katie Couric and CBS later, but first...
The aftereffects of John Leguizamo's visit to Fairbanks (which I can't stop talking about) a few weeks ago has indeed paid off big! "Ice Age: The Meltdown" -- which starred Leguizamo, Ray Romano, and Queen Latifah -- literally thawed the box office, opening at #1 with $70.5 million.
However, it was not a good weekend for Sharon Stone. The sequel to the 1992 film that made her a household name, "Basic Instinct 2", earned a very disappointing $3.2 million, tying with Larry the Cable Guy's movie at #10.
I guess the main reason why it flopped was because of all the cuts they made to prevent the movie from getting the NC-17 rating. But that $3.2 million it earned was just the beginning; it will make millions more when it hits DVD...this time with all the good stuff thrown back in.
Now...with one month left on her NBC contract, the chances of Katie Couric leaving the network for CBS has become pretty good. But this week, an announcement could be made regarding her future.
Since Bob Schieffer temporarily took over at the "CBS Evening News" last year, viewership has slowly increased. And although it has languished in third place for years and years, Couric taking the anchor chair permanently could be its savior. However, the road has been a rocky one since John Roberts, tired of playing the waiting game, went to CNN a few months ago.
If Couric does happen to switch networks (and shifts), let's hope she won't fail unlike Barbara Walters almost 30 years ago, when she headed to ABC after spending 13 years at "Today." The reason: ABC offered her a $1 million contract and the job as co-anchor with Harry Reasoner on their evening news, which hardly anyone watched because everyone's TVs were tuned to Walter Cronkite or John Chancellor. After Roone Arledge gave ABC News a complete overhaul in 1978, Reasoner returned to "60 Minutes" (which was about to become the #1 show on all of television by 1979) and Walters? Well, she decided to feel right at home at ABC.
And then there was a time in the mid-'80s when CBS needed a serious morning show after light-hearted "The Morning Program" didn't wake viewers up. One person they lured to be co-host was Canadian Broadcasting Corporation newscaster Peter Mansbridge. CBS offered him a huge salary and, if he stayed around longer, the possibility of Dan Rather's successor. But just as Mansbridge was about to head south of the border, executives at the CBC stepped in and heavily pressured Knowlton Nash to give up his anchor job at "The National" and award it to Peter. In the end, Mansbridge gave CBS the black eye while Harry Smith took the morning job.
So...will Couric be like Walters and take the money and run, or will she be like Mansbridge and stay put where she is? Find out this week when she makes her big decision. Good night.
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