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CBS Evening News With Katie Couric, The
SERIES: CBS, Weekdays 6:30p (30 minutes)


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Starring Katie Couric (anchor)

Dan Rather's replacement on the nightly CBS national news broadcast is former Today co-host Katie Couric, who becomes broadcast television's first solo female anchor.

GENRE(S):	News & Talk
FIRST AIR DATE:	September 5, 2006

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Orlando Sentinel Hal Boedeker

She offered a real mix that suggested the CBS Evening News will be a fascinating place to visit.

New York Daily News David Hinckley

The former "Today" co-host's maiden voyage in her new post was impressive. She was serious at the start, folksy at the end, and poised and professional throughout.

Chicago Tribune Maureen Ryan

The broadcast opened with swooping flair and kept up an energetic pace throughout.

Kansas City Star Aaron Barnhart

The pace of Tuesday’s telecast was brisk. The story mix seemed about as interesting as a 22-minute newscast can be these days.

Chicago Sun-Times Doug Elfman

The premiere of "The CBS Evening News With Katie Couric" was professional, fairly relevant and only slightly cheesy.

Variety Brian Lowry

The more intriguing question was whether CBS would make good on early pledges to try to reinvent the wheel, to which the answer is an unqualified "No." Instead, they have simply put a new and undeniably expensive face behind it.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Rob Owen

After months of media hype befitting the inauguration of a head of state, the "CBS Evening News With Katie Couric" debuted tonight and revealed itself to be ... a normal national newscast.

The New York Times Alessandra Stanley

The network’s new face handled her first day at the anchor desk... calmly and competently.

USA Today Robert Bianco

The broadcast itself was very much network news business as usual — and so was Couric's performance.

Arizona Republic Bill Goodykoontz

If most of her debut was solid if not spectacular - almost by design, seemed like - the ending fell flat.

Baltimore Sun David Zurawik

As conversational as her predecessor, Bob Schieffer, could be, Couric is even more casual -- nearly over-the-back fence chatty at times, in fact.

Boston Globe Joanna Weiss

She was a genial viewer stand-in, even during a slightly bewildering interview of New York Times columnist Tom Friedman . It wasn't anything Bob Schieffer couldn't have done, but then, Schieffer isn't a brand.

San Francisco Chronicle Tim Goodman

Unfortunately, the writing on Couric's newscast -- she's also managing editor -- was lax and corny.

Slate Troy Patterson

The CBS Evening News is making a serious commitment to quality entertainment.

Entertainment Weekly Gillian Flynn

Am I holding evening news to a higher standard than morning talk? Absolutely. It should be challenging, not childish.

Washington Post Tom Shales

Couric's broadcast did not seem to hasten the decline and fall of TV news, but it didn't offer anything really new, either -- and on its first outing, it didn't offer anything news.

Newark Star-Ledger Matt Zoller Seitz

Couric's demeanor as a newscaster isn't the problem -- at least, not most of the time. The problem is the broadcast's graceless lunge toward morning show affectations, which are presumably supposed to make "The CBS Evening News" seem fresh, exciting and a tad cheeky, but come off as opportunistic instead.

Philadelphia Inquirer Jonathan Storm

Katie Couric was great, but what have they done to The CBS Evening News?

Hollywood Reporter Barry Garron

TV's first solo woman anchor, it seems, will preside over a news-flavored broadcast that consists of one or two news pieces, a few headlines and a host of soft features.

Miami Herald Glenn Garvin

[It] seemed an uneasy imitation of the soft-core morning news genre from which she came.

The average user rating for this tv show is 5.0 (out of 10) based on 21 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

carlos d gave it a10:
CBS Evening News With Katie Couric is the best..she if great

charlene v gave it a3:
Katie and her voice just does not hold up on this show. I can never tell when she is sincere or not. I do not watch anymore. Everytime I try the show I end up turning the channel to Brian Williams

Ted Ted gave it a0:
She simply is the reason I switched from CBS News after being loyal to them.....I would recommend a role on "I pity the fool"

John L gave it a7:
I love Katie but she needs to be bring more to this. Something different. More energy. Top news only. Something for everybody in 30 minutes.

Marie B gave it a10:
I love Katie Courics delivery of the news,The way she looks you right in the eye.She is beautiful,Composed and keeps your attention.CBS your doing great keep it up...

gene o gave it a2:
Katie needs to realize the evenig news business is about creditbility in the news reported, not about coming with some fun base from the morning alternative enteainment show. Way to go.

Fatima M. gave it a1:
I love that Katie was talking about how we don't need the news to be like Entertainment Tonight, and then her first story was on Suri Cruise. Do what you want Katie, but don't you dare call it news.

CBS Evening News With Katie Couric, The SERIES: CBS, Weekdays 6:30p (30 minutes)

CBS Evening News With Katie Couric, The
SERIES: CBS, Weekdays 6:30p (30 minutes)