Katie Couric has signed a deal with ABC television to host and produce her own syndicated daytime talk show starting in September 2012, ABC said on Monday.
Couric, 54, will also contribute to other ABC News programs starting this summer, anchoring specials and contributing interviews, the Disney/ABC Television Group said in a statement.
The daytime show is as yet untitled but will be produced by Jeff Zucker — Couric’s old boss from her days as host of NBC’s top-rated morning show Today.
Couric told ABC News in an interview she hoped the show would be smart and fun and a place where “you can go to make sense of a very complicated world.”
“Smart conversation, those are the two words that I would like to aspire to, and also fun conversation,” Couric said. Couric, known as “America’s Sweetheart”, ended a five-year stint on May 19 as anchor of rival network CBS Evening News.
“We’ll be running the gamut from everything from serious stories, like a new cancer drug, or what’s going on with the deficit and trying to explain it so people can really understand it, to dealing with kids and technology and what is all this technology doing to our children’s brains and ability to socialise, to bullying, to fun, popular culture stories.” On her appointment in 2006, she was the first woman to serve as a solo US network evening news anchor.
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Gaga’s gown comes off at awards show
London: Pop diva Lady Gaga suffered a wardrobe malfunction yet again during her arrival at an awards ceremony, when her black gown slipped exposing her chest.
The 25-year-old singer, known for her outrageous style statements, was invited by the Annual Council of Fashion Designers of America Awards to collect the “Fashion Icon” prize in New York.
The Judas hitmaker, who was donning a turquoise wig and a black spike-breasted gown by Thierry Mugler, tried to pose with her hands behind her head, when the unfortunate incident happened, reported Daily Mail.
However, Gaga seemed unfazed by the incident and went on to praise Mugler’s designing talents in her acceptance speech.
—PTI