Couric makes move to daytime in post-Oprah landscape with ABC

I knew this was going to happen. This was not a surprise. I think this type of TV is a better fit for Katie Couric. She has a calming, nurturing personality that would make it easy for people to talk to her.

Katie Couric has worked in morning television, the evening news and now — thanks in part to Oprah Winfrey — will try out a daytime talk show.

Winfrey’s exit from the market she dominated for much of the last two decades is providing Couric with an opening. The former “CBS Evening News” anchor and “Today” show host and ABC announced their long-anticipated deal on Monday, setting September 2012 for the premiere of Couric’s new show.

“Oprah leaving made it seem like it was feasible,” Couric said. “because to go up against Oprah would be pretty terrifying. I don’t think anybody could really do that.”

Couric will have a part ownership stake in her new talk show, which reunites her with Jeff Zucker. The former NBC Universal chief, who was in the control room during many of Couric’s years at the “Today” show, will be executive producer of the talk show, which doesn’t have a name yet. It will be based in New York.

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