Who the hell cares where Matt Lauer is?!?
After careful consideration of the all the candidates, I, Dr. Blogstein, am ready to throw my support behind a morning news program.
After nearly 15 years as a loyal viewer of NBC’s Today, I am forced to jump ship and am now proud to endorse American Morning on CNN. Forced by the utter nonsense that Today tries to pass off as news.
It used to be that I can at least count on hard-hitting news, stories and interviews for the entire first hour of the program, from 7-8. Now, Anna Nicole stories, American Idol analysis and fashion and relationship segments have seeped in as early as 7:15! That, combined with the Ann Curry’s awkward interview style and painful “off the cuff” chatter and Al Roker’s insufferable shtick have launched me into the welcoming arms of Kiran Chetry and John Roberts.
CNN’s American Morning was really the only viable option when searching for a replacement for Today. Good Morning America was nixed. I’ve never been a real fan of Diane Sawyer, I find her bland, and I can’t take Robin Roberts seriously as I’ll always think of her as a SportsCenter anchor.
I don’t get the CBS Early Show. I mean, obviously I get it, it shows up on channel 2–I just can’t tell who the anchors are, seems like there are dozens of them. Plus Julie Chen, one of those anchors, is married to the president of CBS and that just rubs me the wrong way.
There’s too much cackling on Fox & Friends. Not only that, but I’m convinced that the show only exists to provide a platform for its hosts to plug all the books they’ve written. It’s like a two-hour-long commercial with that crew!
So, that leads me to CNN’s American Morning. Now, I wake up to news. I find out what happened while I was asleep and what may be happening that day. They have interesting interviews about important topics with intelligent news anchors. It’s exactly what I have been longing for oh so long. It’s exactly what Today used to be.
May 3rd, 2007 at 10:41 pm
Ah, Dr. B…thank you for the suggestion. I was a Today show girl from the time we moved to the states (7 years old). I have been grudgingly watching it off and on lately, and pretty much agree with your entire writeup. And…uh…Matt is busy doing commercials for large corporations under the guise of calling it ‘news’ (he was at Boeing on Monday…)
I’m going to give CNN a try!
May 3rd, 2007 at 10:46 pm
Enjoy it, Peg. Its a welcome relief from watching Matt Lauer’s vacation this week!
May 4th, 2007 at 1:15 am
Julie Chen is married to the president of CBS? That explains it. Where have I been? I didn’t know that.
Thanks for the rundown! Good suggestions.
May 4th, 2007 at 1:43 am
Kinda by default? I’ll stick to the book sellers. But please..they all suck. go to the Drudgereport
May 4th, 2007 at 2:55 pm
I never really thought about switching, I have been putting up with this Lauer thing all week. Im just to tired in the morning to care.
May 4th, 2007 at 3:09 pm
Come with us, buddy! The future is with Kiran and John.
May 4th, 2007 at 3:32 pm
I watch American Morning as well. Today etc etc all irritate me. John looks vaguely plastic but I let that pass. He beats the pants off of Ann Curry. You nailed it with the adjective awkward!
May 5th, 2007 at 1:08 am
Doc,
I haven’t been by in awhile given all the posts, the few of them being devoted to the show. Happening by, you are actually writing again! Do more. Good stuff.
May 5th, 2007 at 12:04 pm
I would love nothing more than to see Matt Laurer and Rachel Ray spend eternity together in hell. By the way, I think you were too kind to Fox and Friends. Cheers good Dr.
May 5th, 2007 at 8:17 pm
Rachel Ray makes me want to stick pencils in my ears. I can’t stand her and frankly I think her food looks like crap.
May 6th, 2007 at 12:41 pm
Gee..people with time to watch these show… I get up, S-S-S and out the dor
May 6th, 2007 at 2:28 pm
: )
May 6th, 2007 at 5:16 pm
Bond…the visuals, man, the visuals!
May 7th, 2007 at 4:41 pm
Wow, you have time to watch tv in the morning? What’s that like?
May 7th, 2007 at 5:40 pm
Well for me that time is 5-7 on the days I take my daughter to school. So it is not like bon bon time. I am just a hella grumpy beyotch if I don’t get some coffee time first thing in the morning.
May 8th, 2007 at 3:33 pm
Great call on this one, Doc. The folks at what was once the big three have screwed the pooch when it comes to doing the morning news.
CNN is definitely the way to go; if you’re limited on time Robin & Company at CNN’s Headline News channel is a good choice.