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Palin to perch with Couric … Lifetime delays ‘Runway’ debut
What would happen if the major news anchors decided NOT to pursue Republican veep candidate Sarah Palin?
Would the new Star of Alaska be happy to be left alone? Or would she be pursuing the anchors with a vengeance, begging for her closeups?
The “big get” is the goal of all TV newsies, and Palin, virtually unknown until John McCain tapped her to be his running mate, has been the biggest “get” out there until ABC’s Charlie Gibson nabbed her last week.
Palin is still considered a “get,” otherwise the pursuit would not continue. Late Tuesday, CBS announced that anchor Katie Couric will spend two days on the road with the Republican veep wannabe. (Oh, and by the way, McCain also might be part of Couric’s package.)
CBS says Couric’s interview will air in two parts: on the “Evening News” on Monday, Sept. 29, and the following morning (Sept. 30) on “The Early Show.” The timing nestles nicely with the vice presidential debate on Oct. 2.
Presumably if Palin says anything remotely newsworthy, snippets of the interview will air sooner and spread like wildfire to other TV news outlets — just as Gibson’s sit-down in Alaska did.
Palin also has an interview planned for later this week with Fox News guy Sean Hannity.
Left out of Palin’s picks? Anyone remotely connected to MSNBC, which the Republicans loathe for the left-leaning Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthew, and NBC’s Brian Williams, who apparently is guilty by association.
Lifetime delays ‘Runway’ debut
“Project Runway,” now in its final season on Bravo, will make its switch to Lifetime in January ‘09. The original plan was to bring the show back for a new season in November, fairly quickly after its Bravo finale in October.
But Lifetime decided to insert more lead time between the end of Season 5 and the beginning of Season 6 to build up anticipation for the show’s re-launch on a new network.
Guess the network folks don’t realize that viewers watch shows, not networks. It won’t make a lick of difference to “Runway” fans that the show is on Lifetime rather than Bravo …
Especially because “Runway” is keeping all of its original fashionistas: host/executive producer Heidi Klum, judges Michael Kors and Nina Garcia and fashion mentor Tim Gunn.
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By Dave
September 19, 2008 6:09 AM | Link to this
Hmmm... Obama gave an interview to O'Reilly, but McCain's people won't let MSNBC guys anywhere near Palin. Kinda tells you who can and who can't hold up to tough questioning.