


The Laci Peterson story seemed to come on like clockwork at 7:35 every day, featuring her low-life husband, Scott, a prime suspect in her murder, not because there were new developments but because the story ‘rated.'” Katie Couric’s memoir “Going There” is lighting up the broadcasting world. “I felt like the show was getting softer, the hard news interviews getting shorter, the segments getting more sensational. I longed to be respected for my journalistic chops, and although I’d done many serious interviews in the morning, the fun stuff, which I had a blast doing - like flying across the plaza dressed as Peter Pan while flinging phosphorescent confetti, fulfilling my dream of being a backup singer for Darlene Love, hurling myself onto a Velcro wall - was what people remembered. Writing of her departure from “Today,” Couric said that by 2005, “I was getting restless. She launched an attack on her former “Good Morning America” rival Diane Sawyer, admits that she tried to sabotage Ashleigh Banfield’s time at NBC and also slammed Deborah Norville, whom she replaced on “Today.” Bizarrely, she admits she heard “whispers” about Lauer’s abusive behavior and goes soft on him. Insiders mooted that Couric would likely have gone on CBS after her NBC interview.Īs we exclusively revealed, Couric has left no stone unturned in detailing her path through broadcast journalism. Her appearance comes after we revealed that CBS scrapped Couric’s planned appearance on “This Morning” with Gayle King after learning that Couric had slammed the network in her new tome, “Going There.”Ĭouric will join Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb in Studio 1A, where she sat in the hot seat from 1991 until 2006.Ī TV source said: “With all the fuss surrounding the book, it will be interesting to hear from Katie herself on TV.” Katie Couric will promote her bombshell memoir on the “Today” show - despite slamming a number of former co-stars and producers, Page Six can reveal.Ĭouric, who co-anchored the NBC flagship morning show for 15 years alongside disgraced Matt Lauer, will appear on October 19. Katie Couric reveals she was diagnosed with breast cancer
