The Curse of Katie Couric

Here's the big mistake NBC made when selecting on-air talent for The Today Show post-Couric/Gumble.  They thought Katie Couric was successful because she was perky, and this became the kind of foundation block for casting decisions going forward.  When, one can argue, Couric was successful in spite of being perky.

The result has been a string of disasters, mitigated only by the non-perky ones like Meredith Vieira and my girl Ann Curry.

Who is hot when she's not crying.

Yes she is.

And don't even get me started on Matt Lauer.