NEW YORK — Katie Couric has worked in morning television, the evening news and nowthanks in part to Oprah Winfrey — will try out a daytime talk show.
Winfrey’s exit from the market she dominated for much of the past two decades is providing Couric with an opening. The former “CBS Evening News” anchor and “Today” show host and ABC announced their long-anticipated deal on Monday, setting September 2012 for the premiere of Couric’s new show.
“Oprah leaving made it seem like it was feasible,” Couric said, “because to go up against Oprah would be pretty terrifying. I don’t think anybody could really do that.”
Couric will have a part-ownership stake in her new talk show, which reunites her with Jeff Zucker. The former NBC Universal chief, who was in the control room during many of Couric’s years at the “Today” show, will be executive producer of the talk show, which doesn’t have a name yet. The Associated Press
