Katie Couric to Leave The Today Show

TvSquad.com is reporting that Katie Couric has apparently decided to leave NBC and The Today Show to be the anchor of the CBS Evening News.  Supposedly the announcement is going to be coming this week.  My inside sources told me this was a done deal a few weeks back, but I just refused to believe my source.  I didn’t want to believe it.  I watch the Today Show every morning, and it just won’t be the same without Katie.  Yes, she’s a bit self-absorbed, condescending, and tells horrible jokes, but I’m used to her, and it’s comforting to know she and Matt are on the TV when i wake up.  To be honest, if Matt and Katie are away, I usually switch over the ABC and watch GMA. 

So if Katie is going to leave, then who will replace her?  I hope it’s Natalie Morales…I like her a lot.  If not Natalie, then maybe the recently married Campbell Brown, or The View’s Meredith Vierra..  Actually, as long as it’s not Ann Curry I’ll probably be ok.  If it is Ann, then I will probably never see the show again.

More to come on this story as it develops.