April 02, 2012
— Ace Ehhhh... I guess this is a story.
Viewers will cast their votes with their clickers Tuesday.
If you're a Couric fan who misses those bygone mornings on the Today show, then click to Good Morning America, where Couric, now an ABC star, is subbing all week for co-host Robin Roberts.But maybe you love the "mama grizzly" panache of Sarah Palin. And maybe you're still miffed by how Couric, then anchoring the CBS Evening News, went to town on Palin during the 2008 presidential race. Then tune into NBC's Today, where, during the 8 a.m. (EDT) hour, Palin will serve as a guest host at Couric's old haunt. (Take that, Katie!)
The politics here are complicated: If Palin "wins" in the ratings, than NBC, the most left-wing of all the networks, wins.
If Palin loses (which I don't think she will, but if she does lose) than NBC could lose the thing that makes Today very profitable, which is being able to brag they haven't lost in the ratings to Good Morning America or any other competitor since 1995.
So... to the extent we care at all, do we want NBC continuing to raking in premium advertising prices for its low-cost, profitable morning show?
Anyway, they'll be on tomorrow.
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Posted by: steevy at April 02, 2012 01:46 PM (7W3wI)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 02, 2012 01:47 PM (8y9MW)
Posted by: steevy at April 02, 2012 01:47 PM (7W3wI)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 02, 2012 01:48 PM (i0App)
Posted by: Bill D. Cat at April 02, 2012 01:49 PM (npr0X)
Posted by: jakeman at April 02, 2012 01:49 PM (96M6e)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 02, 2012 01:49 PM (8y9MW)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, feeling all extra curmudgeony today at April 02, 2012 01:50 PM (d0Tfm)
Posted by: So, Palin Is Competing With Couric For Ratings Tomorrow AM at April 02, 2012 01:50 PM (GTbGH)
Posted by: SantaRosaStan, curious progressive capitalist at April 02, 2012 01:51 PM (Dll6b)
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo-intellectual at April 02, 2012 05:50 PM (hXJOG)
---proof??
Posted by: SantaRosaStan, curious progressive capitalist at April 02, 2012 01:51 PM (Dll6b)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at April 02, 2012 01:51 PM (SB0V2)
Posted by: steevy at April 02, 2012 01:51 PM (7W3wI)
Have we proven that, or are we just assuming? I think this needs research. I'll do Sarah, you check Katie.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 02, 2012 01:51 PM (8y9MW)
Posted by: fluffy at April 02, 2012 01:52 PM (3SvjA)
Posted by: nickless at April 02, 2012 01:52 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Iowa Bob at April 02, 2012 01:52 PM (RJ+Yj)
Posted by: Dr Spank at April 02, 2012 01:53 PM (KNvk+)
Posted by: toby928© at April 02, 2012 01:53 PM (GTbGH)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at April 02, 2012 01:53 PM (SB0V2)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at April 02, 2012 01:54 PM (Ec6wH)
Posted by: AlexC at April 02, 2012 01:54 PM (2/p+u)
Posted by: SantaRosaStan, curious progressive capitalist at April 02, 2012 01:54 PM (Dll6b)
Like Sarah, Dislike Couric= Win For Today Show
Posted by: Mitt Still Sux But O-bah-muhh Sux More at April 02, 2012 01:54 PM (RVjEq)
I miss that show. I don't know if it's still on or not- but I don't get the channel (MTV?) that it was on.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 02, 2012 01:54 PM (8y9MW)
Posted by: toby928© at April 02, 2012 01:55 PM (GTbGH)
"I'm slacking, as usual."
Me too. I might turn that on tomorrow morning just to give SarahCuda a boost in the ratings.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at April 02, 2012 01:55 PM (d0Tfm)
Posted by: jakeman at April 02, 2012 01:55 PM (96M6e)
In this case I will be working during the early morning air time, so I've Got my RePlayTV set to record the whole 3 hours, until they get this sorted.
(Todd should have an hour a day too - just saying I'd time-shift it too!)
Posted by: MoJoTee at April 02, 2012 01:56 PM (e1kfW)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at April 02, 2012 01:56 PM (Ec6wH)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at April 02, 2012 05:55 PM (d0Tfm)
I think that only works if you have a Nielson box, right?
Posted by: Tami at April 02, 2012 01:56 PM (X6akg)
Posted by: Dr Spank at April 02, 2012 05:53 PM (KNvk+)
I like the cut of your jib buster.
Posted by: Beto at April 02, 2012 01:56 PM (cYQg0)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at April 02, 2012 01:56 PM (jucos)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 02, 2012 01:58 PM (8y9MW)
Posted by: navycopjoe at April 02, 2012 01:58 PM (B2fm1)
Posted by: toby928© at April 02, 2012 01:58 PM (GTbGH)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 02, 2012 01:58 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: Auntie Doodles at April 02, 2012 01:59 PM (6uXZa)
Posted by: jakeman at April 02, 2012 01:59 PM (96M6e)
Posted by: Wm T Sherman at April 02, 2012 01:59 PM (w41GQ)
I really liked Palin when she first came out in 2008. Down to earth, a good conservative, built herself up from nothing. The goofy accent didn't bother me.
After the 2008 shellacking, I had hoped that she would immerse herself in learning everything there was to know about economics and foreign policy, and reinvent herself in 2012. She's smart enough that she could have done that.
This move kills any political chance she has in the future. It's too stereotypical-- a soccer mom type hosting a morning chat show. And that's okay--if she's decided that public politics isn't her thing anymore, I certainly don't begrudge her making a good living. At least the leftist looters can't sue her every week like they didn when she was governor. I wish her the best. And I hope she shellacks Couric.
Posted by: Palandine at April 02, 2012 01:59 PM (g7D8V)
Palin should 'look up' and make sure there are no giant buckets of green slime over her head.
I don't trust NBC at all. ....Period. ....For anything.
Posted by: wheatie at April 02, 2012 02:00 PM (+5U+B)
49I'd like to see Palin beat the living shit out of Couric, for charity.
Posted by: Dr Spank at April 02, 2012 05:53 PM (KNvk+)
I like the cut of your jib buster.
'beat the living shit out of' doesn't mean 'pillow fight' in this case, does it?
Posted by: model_1066 at April 02, 2012 02:00 PM (YbQJm)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 02, 2012 02:01 PM (UOM48)
I wonder if the producer is professional or apolitical? It would be easy to make the host look bad by messing with the cameras and floor direction.
Posted by: rd at April 02, 2012 02:02 PM (9sUlj)
Posted by: steevy at April 02, 2012 02:03 PM (7W3wI)
"I think that only works if you have a Nielson box, right?"
Not sure if the cable companies take part in that or not.
I asked our local cable provider a couple of months ago if they kept track of cancelled stations through the boxes, and never got a reply that made sense. Which means they probably do, but don't want to tell anybody. I was wanting to block out Current TV, AlJizzeera and a few other leftie stations just to put a burr under their saddle.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at April 02, 2012 02:03 PM (d0Tfm)
Ann Curry has to be the dumbest woman on television. She probably couldn't find Alaska on a map.
You can see it from Russia!
Posted by: garrett at April 02, 2012 02:03 PM (IUwie)
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at April 02, 2012 02:03 PM (eHIJJ)
Posted by: CoolCzech at April 02, 2012 02:03 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 02, 2012 02:03 PM (Af3Wg)
Posted by: Auntie Doodles at April 02, 2012 02:03 PM (6uXZa)
Posted by: The Guy Who Won't Let People Be Who They Are at April 02, 2012 02:05 PM (jucos)
"Second?"
Hear! Hear!
And I also think the Battle of the Network Stars should be fought with guns.
/Steve Martin
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at April 02, 2012 02:05 PM (d0Tfm)
Posted by: CoolCzech at April 02, 2012 02:05 PM (niZvt)
now people whine that she is doing something other than Fox News
Posted by: The Dude at April 02, 2012 02:06 PM (M8yfa)
Posted by: Soona at April 02, 2012 02:07 PM (TRGoi)
At least they found a guest lineup commensurate with Palin's relevance and experience.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at April 02, 2012 02:07 PM (SY2Kh)
Katie will come on drunk and angry at the unfairness of the universe. In her altered state she'll imagine she has to perform some sort of Royal Nonesuch to win the ratings competition over that unspeakable trailer-dwelling chillbilly Palin who refuses to lie down and die like she's supposed to. I could forsee Katie maybe doing a strip tease and hoarsely singing an ironically-chosen pop music number as she demonstrates her famous "I'm taking a dump" dance moves.
Winning!
Posted by: Wm T Sherman at April 02, 2012 02:07 PM (w41GQ)
Posted by: CoolCzech at April 02, 2012 02:07 PM (niZvt)
Gal does look like the lead singer for Twisted Sister, don't she?
I'm not gonna take that.
Fuck You, buddy.
Posted by: Dee Snider at April 02, 2012 02:10 PM (IUwie)
Gotta wonder if there's any connection between Palin's network shot and Easter....
Seriously, I happened to hear her "call-in" on the Today show this morning, and realized that standing more than 30 seconds of her accent, diction and vocabulary was more than I could stomach.
It will bring her some dough, and some added celebrity, but the net positive on her politics-wise strikes me as being slightly lower than zero.
Posted by: MrScribbler at April 02, 2012 02:10 PM (MQc8e)
Posted by: navycopjoe at April 02, 2012 02:10 PM (B2fm1)
Posted by: lowandslow at April 02, 2012 02:12 PM (GZitp)
Posted by: Soona at April 02, 2012 02:12 PM (TRGoi)
Posted by: navycopjoe at April 02, 2012 02:13 PM (B2fm1)
I hope SarahCuda shows some videos of her and Todd's latest moose hunting trip.
An jumping jacks.
She could also ride into the studio on a Harley...
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at April 02, 2012 02:13 PM (d0Tfm)
Posted by: Fritz at April 02, 2012 02:13 PM (KWdVT)
Posted by: nickless at April 02, 2012 02:14 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: steevy at April 02, 2012 02:14 PM (7W3wI)
91 Who watches this crap anyways?
As an adolescent, I learned I could get in a fap before school to Joan Lunden...although having gym during 1st period was a bit of a challenge.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at April 02, 2012 02:14 PM (Ec6wH)
Posted by: nickless at April 02, 2012 02:14 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: wheatie at April 02, 2012 02:15 PM (+5U+B)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 02, 2012 02:16 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: Ken Royall at April 02, 2012 02:18 PM (9zzk+)
now people whine that she is doing something other than Fox News
Posted by: The Dude at April 02, 2012 06:06 PM (M8yfa)
They're a bunch of whinos, related to rinos.
Posted by: Temper Tantrum at April 02, 2012 02:19 PM (AWmfW)
Posted by: Ken Royall at April 02, 2012 06:18 PM (9zzk+)
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*yawn* What did you say?
Posted by: Soona at April 02, 2012 02:20 PM (TRGoi)
67Ann Curry has to be the dumbest woman on television. She probably couldn't find Alaska on a map.
Dumber than Janeane Garafalo? Is she still on TV?
Posted by: model_1066 at April 02, 2012 02:21 PM (YbQJm)
Posted by: nickless at April 02, 2012 02:23 PM (MMC8r)
If they ask her if she has been reading newspapers and magazines, she should say that she has been reading the Zimmerman 911 call transcript. Both the original and the NBC cover version.
Posted by: Alaskan at April 02, 2012 02:25 PM (vdMyh)
What's sort of odd about this is......why hasn't Fox put her on to do something like this?....She's been under some sort of 'exclusive contract' with them, hasn't she?
I mean, if Sarah were interested in standing in for someone, doing the News....how come Fox hasn't put her in on an hour show like this? ....Does this mean that she's no longer under contract with them?
Posted by: wheatie at April 02, 2012 02:25 PM (+5U+B)
Hollow trees, falling in vacant and remote forests...
Posted by: Tsar Nicholas II at April 02, 2012 02:31 PM (f8XyF)
If they ask
her if she has been reading newspapers and magazines, she should say that she
has been reading the Zimmerman 911 call transcript. Both the original and the NBC cover version.
Posted by: Alaskan at April 02, 2012 06:25 PM (vdMyh)
She needs to expose them on that.
Posted by: Temper Tantrum at April 02, 2012 02:33 PM (AWmfW)
Old people, same as the network news. Watch the ads, you'll see plenty for dietary fiber, vitamin supplements, AARP supplemental coverage, "I've fallen and I can't get up," etc.
Posted by: Ghost of Lee Atwater at April 02, 2012 02:40 PM (v3pY7)
Posted by: IrRegular Joe at April 02, 2012 02:41 PM (Vg4Vv)
Posted by: IrRegular Joe at April 02, 2012 02:46 PM (Vg4Vv)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at April 02, 2012 03:00 PM (r4wIV)
Posted by: Domain of losses at April 02, 2012 03:09 PM (qaeUD)
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I don't disagree with this, but, God help me, I find Ann Curry relentlessly sexy. I can't help it.
Posted by: Kensington at April 02, 2012 03:13 PM (H84UO)
Posted by: waelse1 at April 02, 2012 07:34 PM (VaU8E)
She's only doing this because she needs to be the center of attention. The spotlight has been on the ACTUAL candidates and she can't handle that.
You know what will make me take her seriously? Pretending to be a talk-show host on scummy NBC! Yup, that'll add much-needed presidential gravitas to her thin resume... NOT.
This makes as much sense as her realiaty show on TLC (the same network of course as "Kate + 8", "Toddlers & Tiaras", and "LA Ink"), her being involved with DWTS, or her empty-platitudes on Fox.
But to read the Plinbots who make their way into my twitter stream this is earth-shattering, awesomest-est news!!eleventy11!
Posted by: Aslan's Girl at April 02, 2012 09:20 PM (KL49F)
Based on your posts, I suspect nothing whatsoever can make you change your opinion toward Sarah Palin in any positive manner.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at April 03, 2012 08:17 AM (r4wIV)
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Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 02, 2012 01:46 PM (8y9MW)