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CBS Evening News With Katie Couric, The
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Based on 20 critic reviews
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Show Info
Genre(s): News & Talk
First Air Date: September 5, 2006
Summary
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.
Also On The Web: Official Show Site
What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Orlando SentinelHal Boedeker
She offered a real mix that suggested the CBS Evening News will be a fascinating place to visit.
Read Full Review >New York Daily NewsDavid 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.
Read Full Review >Chicago TribuneMaureen Ryan
The broadcast opened with swooping flair and kept up an energetic pace throughout.
Read Full Review >Kansas City StarAaron 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.
Read Full Review >Chicago Sun-TimesDoug Elfman
The premiere of "The CBS Evening News With Katie Couric" was professional, fairly relevant and only slightly cheesy.
Read Full Review >VarietyBrian 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.
Read Full Review >Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob 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.
Read Full Review >The New York TimesAlessandra Stanley
The network’s new face handled her first day at the anchor desk... calmly and competently.
Read Full Review >USA TodayRobert Bianco
The broadcast itself was very much network news business as usual — and so was Couric's performance.
Read Full Review >Arizona RepublicBill Goodykoontz
If most of her debut was solid if not spectacular - almost by design, seemed like - the ending fell flat.
Read Full Review >Baltimore SunDavid 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.
Read Full Review >Boston GlobeJoanna 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.
Read Full Review >San Francisco ChronicleTim Goodman
Unfortunately, the writing on Couric's newscast -- she's also managing editor -- was lax and corny.
Read Full Review >SlateTroy Patterson
The CBS Evening News is making a serious commitment to quality entertainment.
Read Full Review >Entertainment WeeklyGillian Flynn
Am I holding evening news to a higher standard than morning talk? Absolutely. It should be challenging, not childish.
Read Full Review >Washington PostTom 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.
Read Full Review >Newark Star-LedgerMatt 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.
Read Full Review >Philadelphia InquirerJonathan Storm
Katie Couric was great, but what have they done to The CBS Evening News?
Read Full Review >Hollywood ReporterBarry 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.
Read Full Review >Miami HeraldGlenn Garvin
[It] seemed an uneasy imitation of the soft-core morning news genre from which she came.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this 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.
