
Courtesy/Chicago-SunTimes
CNN is reporting today the news that Katie Couric will join ABC for a daytime talk show is premature since CBS has the right to match any network offers. Couric’s representative told CNN on the record Thursday that there is “nothing new to announce.” One source, who asked not to be identified said, “Nothing is going to happen for some weeks until there is clarity as to what CBS will do with regard to matching an offer to another suitor.”
Talks are continuing between Couric and ABC, another source said. Couric’s role at ABC beyond a syndicated talk show still needs to be determined, the source said. The possibility that a Couric talk show would bump the long-running soap General Hospital off ABC’s afternoon schedule is “pure speculation,” the source said.”