Since my addiction to the Today Show has been rekindled courtesy of the Compact (and the fact that our Tivo-DVR jerryrig was once again reliably unreliable and IT DIDN’T RECORD THE TODAY SHOW!), I’m obsessed with the whole future of Katie Couric story. But this being television addiction, 2006, I’m obsessed with reading about television online. Yes, I no longer waste my time actually watching television; I waste my time reading about television on websites.
What I like about this situation is that it confirms my primary nature as a reader (as does the fact that I follow baseball by reading about baseball). What I do not like is the fact that I am wasting my time reading about television.
OK, so here’s this morning’s trail: Thought I’d take a quick look at Gawker (check this link out for awesome shots of George Clooney gorging on a hot dog) before making the bed. Hopped over to Drudge (this is a first and clearly a new low for me) when Gawker pointed to it (Gawker now has many more Katie links, since she came out of the closet this morning on air). Drudge went here:
wnbc.com – News – Couric Announces Move To CBS
Because I am addicted to reading about television (remember, Katie made this announcement less than an hour before I was reading about it, so I consider this pretty much the high/low point of reading about TV online SO FAR), I read what WNBC had to say. And what bomb did my hometown NBC affiliate website throw my way? Try this on for size:
Following a months-long guessing game that has consumed the TV industry, Couric chose the 15th anniversary of her first day as “Today” co-host in 1991 to say it’s time for a change. “Today” ran a clip of her first day with then co-host Bryant Gumbel, which Couric joked was “172 hairstyles” ago.
Holy sideburns! Now we know exactly how many hairstyles it takes to become the most powerful woman in network news! Time to start a talley, so we’ll be prepared for day when I can predict the entire Eklektikos playlist before John A. has had his first cup of coffee.
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