"But NBC's Katie Couric apparently wasn't impressed."
I really doubt a big you know what would even impress her at this point. She turned into a zombie years back never to return to the realities of life. Dumb blonde airheads are way beyond her at this point.
I'm kinda amused by Katie. I live overseas and get back to the states for two weeks out of each year. I'll turn on the tv and watch the Today program for maybe the first two mornings there...and start laughing at her attempts to play a real news person...and by the third day...I just switch over to Fox.
Most folks I know in the south...rarely take her serious. I suspect that her power base is the New England area and California. If I were Fox...I'd bring on some female comedian for a month, to imitate Katie...and make a total fool of the gal.