Dan Rather‘s primetime special got stuck with a Friday-before-Labor-Day time slot because CBS “wanted to get the special on the air before Katie Couric’s debut as evening-news anchor on Sept. 5,” the AP confirms. “CBS promised the special as a good-faith gesture to Rather when it announced in June that he would be leaving. It incorporates material from a prime-time Rather special that ran shortly after he stepped down as anchor in March 2005, but with a fresh interview.”
Susan Zirinsky says Rather was “incredibly gracious” during the process of making the show. “He is grateful for stepping back and looking at what is an incredible contribution to CBS and to journalism. He’s very proud of that.”
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