This is not exactly true. Katie Couric was a regular reporter for NBC-4 in Washington, D.C. before she was hired by the network, and was a pretty good one. She did substitute news reading for Tom Brokaw and Brian Williams on many occasions before getting the Today Show gig. It isn't like she is just some dumb broad who answered a casting call one day to be the hostess of the Today show. I think she always aspired to be a network anchor, not the queen of the morning chat shows.
....It isn't like she is just some dumb broad who answered a casting call one day to be the hostess of the Today show...
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The Perkasaurus!