Katie CouricÂs Debut Draws Strong Ratings
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Her first night as anchor drew the largest audience in more than eight years for CBSÂs evening news program.
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An estimated 18.6 million people in the US tuned in to watch the debut episode of Joey - the spin-off of Friends. Television channel NBC said it was their best-rated comedy premiere in that evening slot in 14 years.
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By DAVID BAUDER, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS  During the week leading up to the opening of the new television season, "Dancing With the Stars" made a strong return, Katie Couric won again, and Fox's "Happy Hour" appears anything but.
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Still searching for her own  distinctive sign-off, Katie Couric finished her second week at  the top of the network news pecking order, giving CBS its first  week-to-week ratings victory in eight years.
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By David Kronke\\ Television Critic  When Katie Couric assumes her role as anchor of "The CBS Evening News" on Tuesday, it will be a historic moment -- she'll become the first lone female anchor of a nightly newscast.
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Burdened with a reputation for being   "perky" and "fluffy," Katie Couric debuts as "CBS Evening News"   anchor next week amid network hopes she can stem the tide of   younger viewers fleeing to Internet and cable.
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Actor Matt LeBlanc is celebrating after his new sitcom Joey debuted with an average of 17.9 viewers. The highly-anticipated Friends spin-off, which follows LeBlanc&#39;s character Joey Tribbiani as he moves from
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Television sweetheart Katie Couric   debuted on Tuesday as "CBS Evening News" anchor and the first   woman to solo host a newscast on one of the country's three   major broadcast networks.
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The newest edition of CBS reality  hit "Survivor" got off to a mighty start against NBC comedy  "Joey," beating the "Friends" spinoff and "Will & Grace"  premiere in their first matchup, according to early TV ratings  on Friday.
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Rick Kaplan, who was hired by CBS to turn around the ratings slide of its evening newscast with Katie Couric, has an opportunity to stage a comeback of his own.
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Good news for Katie Couric: Lots of people know her and like her. In fact, Couric, who takes the "CBS Evening News" anchor chair Sept. 5, is better known than her soon-to-be rivals, according to a poll released Thursday by Pew Research Center for the People and the Press.
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By Gail Shister, The Philadelphia Inquirer  Dec. 13--Katie Couric can't catch a break.   So say three female media experts about the CBS Evening News anchor, who's been under the public microscope since her Sept. 5 debut.
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Katie Couric, who is scheduled to take over the anchor seat next week, will handle a segment honoring Bob Schieffer tonight.
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By Dave Larsen Staff Writer  Did you miss Katie Couric's heavily hyped CBS Evening News debut or Conan O'Brien's hilarious Emmy Awards opening? They're on YouTube.
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ABCÂs ÂGood Morning AmericaÂ is hoping that Katie Couric leaving ÂTodayÂ will help it challenge NBCÂs dominance in morning ratings.
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Katie Couric cruised to an easy ratings victory on her second night as "CBS Evening News" anchor, too.
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It may be too soon to anoint Katie   Couric queen of network news, but her debut as the CBS Evening   News anchor has given the program its first No. 1 finish in the   weekly ratings race in more than six years.