Enough already! We're totally amused by all the hullabaloo around "How did Katie do?" so thought we'd bring you the roundup of the supposedly important critics:
Washington Post
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Tom Shales says Katie Couric "did a brisk, engaging job of getting the strange new show off the ground last nigh t" but "the premiere was too jammed with 'new features,' as if the producers feared peopl e would give Couric only one night's chance before they ran away to some other option." What other critics say:
> Gay: "Last night, some of the ideas clicked, some didn't" (Newsday)
> Owen: "There were, perhaps, one too many branded segments" (PP-G)
> Ostrow: It was "a familiar stew of actual news and celebrity piffle" (DP)
> Bianco: Couric seemed stiff at times, over-enthusiastic at others (USAT)
> Friedman: Her producer let the cuteness get way out of control (MW)
> Goodman: Couric & Co. brought a casualness to the newscast (SFC)
> Brownfield: She seemed determined to keep a straight face (LAT)
> Garron: How about, "Good night from what used to be CBS News"? (HR)
> Garvin: "An uneasy imitation of the soft-core morning news genre" (MH)
> Bark: It may have sent some hardened purists into cardiac arrest (DMN)
> Weiss: Competent and safe, with a tiny bit of payoff at the end (BG)
> Read what Poynter faculty, staff thought of Couric's debut (Poynter)
> Gay: "Last night, some of the ideas clicked, some didn't" (Newsday)
> Owen: "There were, perhaps, one too many branded segments" (PP-G)
> Ostrow: It was "a familiar stew of actual news and celebrity piffle" (DP)
> Bianco: Couric seemed stiff at times, over-enthusiastic at others (USAT)
> Friedman: Her producer let the cuteness get way out of control (MW)
> Goodman: Couric & Co. brought a casualness to the newscast (SFC)
> Brownfield: She seemed determined to keep a straight face (LAT)
> Garron: How about, "Good night from what used to be CBS News"? (HR)
> Garvin: "An uneasy imitation of the soft-core morning news genre" (MH)
> Bark: It may have sent some hardened purists into cardiac arrest (DMN)
> Weiss: Competent and safe, with a tiny bit of payoff at the end (BG)
> Read what Poynter faculty, staff thought of Couric's debut (Poynter)
