In September 2008, Katie Couric did an interview with Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, in which the …
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TCA 2012: Katie Couric Starts Again, Again
Seven years ago, the TV business was abuzz over Katie Couric‘s reinvention of herself as a CBS news anchor, having spent years as the host of NBC’s Today Show. This year, she was back at the Television Critics Association press …
Regis Philbin Announces Retirement
Regis Philbin, morning-show host, game-show phenom and the man who, according to Guinness, has been on television for more hours than any other human, announced on today’s Live with Regis and Kelly that he will be stepping down from the show, some time around the end of the summer.
Philbin is a master of what is, when you think about …
Rosie and Oprah, Together At Last
Two of the biggest names in daytime talk will be allying as Oprah Winfrey’s OWN network announced it has signed Rosie O’Donnell to host a talk show, to begin at some point after the channel’s launch in January. It’s an attention-getting deal, but one that you could interpret a few ways: a coup for Oprah, a step back for Rosie or a …
Mary Hart Leaving Entertainment Tonight
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If there’s one thing that TV, especially long-running syndicated TV, is good at doing, it’s making you feel sentimental and nostalgic for shows that you hardly actually watched. It is in that spirit that I announce, with a touch of actual sadness, that Mary Hart is leaving …
Reports: Oprah to End Talk Show in 2011
According to several reports, Oprah Winfrey will announce tomorrow that she is ending her talk show in 2011. The show, reportedly, will bow out Sept. 9, 2011, the last day of Oprah’s current contract. It bears mentioning that there have been announcements and reports that the Queen of Talk would hang it up in the past; in 2002, her plan …
Guiding Light to Go Dark
I don’t tend to cover a lot of daytime TV at Tuned In, because, well, there are so many hours in a day and that’s a full-time job in itself. But this is worth note: CBS’s Guiding Light, which began on the network in 1952, is reportedly going off the air in September. Counting its original radio iteration, the show has been on in various …